Ahead of National Care Leavers Week, here's a timely reminder that care leavers see through tokenistic PR opportunities: "You look at Ministers ... it’s ‘let me have a photo with this care experienced person’, they move on & change roles..." Proud to be 1 of 15 contributors⬇️

Looking forward to Igniting Creative Methods: Social Change and Community Co-production uniofbeds eventbrite.co.uk/e/igniting-cre…

This looks like a very important piece. Looking forward to reading it.

Great new article 🌟📖from Katie Ellis Robin Sen available #OpenAccess tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Often, children in care/care leavers are written about (but without) in assessments & reports, where worn out stereotypes are rife. This is us in our own words, minus the professional jargon. Get a copy here: unbound.com/books/free-loa… Proceeds to Article 39 & Together Trust.

We should be teaching our children to fight for justice and for a better world. To disrupt and challenge oppression. Instead, we're teaching them to smile and put up with it.

Delighted to share this new special issue that I co-edited with Karen Mpamhanga (was Smith), @m_nind and Mark Brooke - eleven articles with new insights about how to research teaching in higher education settings...

📢 First Announcement for #EUSARF2025! Join us for ‘Transformation, Transition, and Innovation in Child Welfare’ in Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷 🗓 Preconferences: 8–9 Sept 2025 🗓 Main Conference: 10–12 Sept 2025 📍 Venue: University of Zagreb

We are learning such a lot from our participants and are so grateful for those who have shared their perspectives with us. We have only four more interview spaces left. If you are interested in maybe taking part or finding out more, please email [email protected]

Have you heard the news? Santa Claus is coming to town! 🎅 Santa and his elves will be at the Roundabout Christmas Market on Saturday 30th November, along with 30+ awesome independent traders too 🥰🎄 #Sheffield #SheffieldIsSuper #Roundabout #EndYouthHomelessness #Events

I’ve been trying out Bluesky and notice it’s more like the Twitter of old. Come and find me if you make the move 🙏 bsky.app/profile/drkati…

Very excited to share our new paper on why social care services should rethink how they calculate the cost-effectiveness of interventions to include young people’s perspectives: doi.org/10.1177/001789… co-authored with the wonderful Lisa Holmes through TheInnovateProject

📢Calling all care-experienced taught postgraduate students📢 My amazing PhD student, Alex, is hoping to speak with care-experienced taught postgraduate students (those studying MA or MSc degrees) for his PhD research project. If you are interested, please see details below!

Father Christmas has been at last and so I can retire for the night… 10 yr olds are brutal at Santa watch. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🌟