I’m not reading the disgusting comments on refugees on any news site, but thinking about how we can educate in anti-fascist ways. So that we: - have empathy for others - understand the impact and damage of our history - turn to difference rather than uniformity.

But none of these policies are accessible to PhD students who are parents and who are spending their entire PhD stipends on childcare...this creates an access to HE/academia issue! I wrote about this a while ago here: wonkhe.com/blogs/accessin…

With the govt's childcare reforms being discussed again today, a reminder it's also early education - and many lower income children are being locked out of state support. suttontrust.com/news-opinion/a…

Imagine this pressure when you are living on a stipend and not being able to claim the only available financial assistance - tax-free childcare...

💥💥💥 The government has issued guidance today that the Department for Education’s own lawyers said last week would leave schools facing legal challenges they would likely lose Despite the warnings, the relevant guidance was unchanged when signed off by Number 10

It mentions uniform & hairstyle requirements based on sex!!!! So if a girl wants short hair & wear trousers this could be seen as a "safeguarding concern"; way to go pathologising & stigmatising young ppl. Toot, toot, family values party & Christian conservatives are here for you

Sickened by the actions of this fascist government? Stick it to them by supporting our fab grassroots charity Phone Credit for Refugees. We top up the mobile phones of refugees and asylum seekers across the world to keep them safe and connected with family #RwandaBill #RefugeesWelcome

Thanks to GW4 Alliance for supporting us with this! 'I feel like this Government and the university system does not want me, or parents like me, to undertake postgraduate qualifications' nurseryworld.co.uk/news/article/u… Debbie Watson

In #Westminster with GW4 Alliance colleagues - Jo Jenkinson PhD MBE Kate Bowen-Viner & Sabrina Fairchild - to discuss #Childcare provision for #Postgraduate students

New paper out where I analyse conceptualisations of menstruation in English education policy 1928-2020... Youth agency and conceptualizations of menstruation in English education policy 1928–2020 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Featuring this quote from 1977 👀

Last chance (till this Friday) to register for the New Materialisms conference at Goldsmiths, University of London on Monday 25 March. Keynote speaker: Professor EJ Renold on 'Making the more-than of "what matters". ' Register at: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

caring responsibilities, long-term, fluctuating, &/or chronic conditions, mental health, disabilities, & combos of them all & more. For this Stress Awareness Month, it would be great to see an awareness of the stress caused by Uni structures during times of stress. 4/4

#mentalhealth #littlebylittle #university #disability #equalrights #stress #StressAwarenessMonth #UKRI #ESRC #UCU UCU Wonkhe Disability Rights UK

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This week in an interview with The Guardian Dr Rachel Wilder's talks about the UK Government's plan to roll back sex education in schools: theguardian.com/world/article/…

Great interview Gemma!! 👏 @4mhealth

“No, I’m not in favour of ideology being taught in our schools on gender," he said." Good! Look forward to all representations of masculinity & femininity removed from children's books & media used in schools or stocked in school libraries. thenational.scot/news/24407159.…

#booklaunch for Scaffolding the Language of Power: An Apprenticeship in Writing at the Doctoral Level! 2 dates and times to accommodate friends from the US, Australia/NZ, and Europe. Come join! #AcademicWriting #AcademicSuccess #AcademicChatter #AcWri

Kate Bowen-Viner for Association for Narrative Research and Practice: What do young people's menstruation stories do? Youth narrative assemblages contest relationships, sex & health education policy, 08.10.24, 5pm-book here! eventbrite.com/e/what-do-youn… TCRU at UCL IOE UoBris PolicyStudies

Looking forward to Kate's Kate Bowen-Viner presentation tomorrow...Association for Narrative Research and Practice