The Life in the UK citizenship test is unfit for purpose and in need of urgent reforms. Since it launched in 2005 with the purpose of ensuring that individuals who wish to become UK citizens grasp fundamental British values and have enough knowledge to become active citizens, there have been three different test editions and over two million people have sat the tests.
Thom Brooks, author of Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test, exposes the serious failings of the tests. These include that some of the test’s “correct” answers are factually incorrect showing, that the test is politically partisan and gender imbalanced.
A new test is required that corrects its errors, is fit for purpose and enjoys wider public support for what is expected of new citizens
Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test by Thom Brooks is available on the Bristol University Press website. Order here for £42.99. Bristol University Press/Policy Press newsletter subscribers receive a 25% discount – sign up here.
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