UK citizenship test is inconsistent and riddled with errors

Brooks, Thom

UK citizenship test is inconsistent and riddled with errors

Brooks, Thom

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Thom Brooks

Abstract

When I took the UK citizenship test in 2009, I got the number of MPs in the House of Commons wrong, not because I didn’t know the answer, but because the Home Office didn’t. Preparing for the test was subject of increasing curiosity mixed with incredulity as yet another “correct” answer provided in the handbook was found to be false. Passing the test was more about remembering what the Home Office wanted to hear than what was, in fact, true. By this time, there had been a growing crisis surrounding the test’s use since 2007.

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Brooks, T. (2013). UK citizenship test is inconsistent and riddled with errors

Other Type	Newspaper Article
Publication Date	Jun 14, 2013
Deposit Date	Jul 4, 2013
Publicly Available Date	Aug 6, 2013
Keywords	Citizenship, Immigration, Citizenship test, Life in the UK, Life in the United Kingdom.
Additional Information	URL of output: http://theconversation.com/uk-citizenship-test-is-inconsistent-and-riddled-with-errors-15217

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