We're recruiting a PhD student. ESRC funded, for a Msc. Sociology & then PhD Sociology. PhD on Mass Observation Project, looking at visual and material aspects of the archive and how this helps us to understand everyday life. More info in thread & link: findaphd.com/phds/project/w…

As we enter a phase of reviewing the school curriculum then we should once again share the 2023 ArtNow Report published by APPG for Art Craft Design Education. Especially the recommendations. accessart.org.uk/the-art-now-re… Pls share.

Aaaaaand relax ☺️☺️☺️

Sally Nugent, "Did you know you would be kicked out if you rebelled?" Zarah Sultana, "No, I wasn't informed that was going to happen if I rebelled" SN, "How does that feel now then?" ZS, "I'm disappointed the party has taken the decision.. They should be able to tolerate a

Living my best life by shucking my own oysters straight from the farm, and eating them in very welsh weather, served with boujee British wine in a plastic camping mug. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🦪 🥂 Laylo The Menai Seafood Company

Left my lanyard at home by mistake. The school office said they would let me into the school, but they had to take my phone off me for the day first. If I did it again, I'd be isolated from colleagues & forced to work alone with no help/interactions. Why is this different?

A lovely sunny day to start at The University of Sheffield Education@Sheffield iHuman

📝NEW BLOG POST (M)othering and the PhD: Re-imagining researchers as entangled multiplicities By Tanya O'Reilly, @Sharon_L_Smith @Disn_UoB Uni of Birmingham Winne Plymouth Institute of Education Read here: bera.ac.uk/blog/mothering…

We are concerned about reports that a number of publishers, including Taylor & Francis (Routledge), Wiley, Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press... [1/4]

This week I’m starting a little series of posts on writing from the PhD patthomson.net/2024/08/29/wri…

i see the emphasis on 'oracy' is producing plenty of opportunities for educational consultants to turn ideologies of linguistic deficit into economic profit. i wonder how much 💰 will be made in staff training sessions which position working-class kids as lacking adequate speech?

more institutional ableism sponsored by teach like a champion

1. I’m sorry to return to this question, but I think it hints at everything that's wrong with our media and public conversations. *When did you last hear a critique of capitalism on the BBC?* A thread/

language 🥁 is 🥁 not 🥁 a 🥁 set 🥁 of 🥁 disembodied 🥁 linguistic 🥁 features

Some excellent resources on #AcademicAbleism, #accommodations, #HigherEd and #Disability… for absolutely no reason at all: 1/?

What a great end to the week: I thoroughly enjoyed the discussions of Kwon's paper 'Resistance from the margin: An autoethnographic account of academic ableism (2024)' for the Ableism and Academic Reading Group. Excellent facilitation by Daniel Jones | he/him & great to meet new (1/2)

This exhibition is gorgeous, if I may say so! Please take a look, Santi and the team have worked really hard on it. socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centre/…

it has never been the case that knowledge is a 'dirty word' in education, but it is often the case that children from working-class families are seen as lacking the 'right kind' of knowledge, and that school is a place where they must be remediated for these alleged defects.

I’m going over to the other place. Find me at cassiekill.bsky.social

i have secured funding to run a summer school for secondary school teachers on language and social in/justice. it'll be over 3 days and involve teachers engaging with linguistic justice theory and applying this to practice. more details soon but feel free to express interest!💜