The wage gap isn't real. Men just tend to go for higher paying jobs, like doctor, engineer and CEO. Whereas women go for lower paying jobs like female doctor, female engineer and female CEO.

New post: On "Administration" wix.to/2BGItcz

Good for he/hymn

I hate this. Mental health week is no longer about mental health, especially for those of us with serious mental illness. It’s about mood. This is so exclusionary & stigmatising of those of us who are seriously mentally ill & unable to safely engage in movement.

Support staff in the UK are massively underappreciated and underpaid. Working as a Pupil Support Assistant, I was paid a pittance to work with pupils with extremely complex support needs. It's support staff that keep schools functioning. 1/2

Huge thank you to Max ✨ for capturing this encounter with the Pope where I give him a copy of Trans Life and the Catholic Church Today edited by Nicolete Burbach to which I contributed a chapter exploring LGBT+ Inclusion in UK Catholic Schools.

A new survey from UNISON - UK's largest union reveals that 94% of school support staff – including TAs – feel undervalued by the government twinkl.co.uk/l/1dahzv

Everyone is talking about how #ArtificialIntelligence will transform #teaching & #learning, but perhaps the biggest potential for impact will be on school administrative functions & support staff, writes KateJones (UNISON in Schools) in SecEd: buff.ly/4hPdNVv #edtech

NEW on our YouTube channel: DEIB in teaching and system leadership. This is the full session summarised by our recent blog - but still a mere 20 minutes of your time. How can we diversify the system? We share some ideas: youtu.be/enZBHP6e1lA

Discover our latest webinar! Susi, our Operations Manager, delves into the importance of diversifying the teaching workforce as part of her EDI initiatives with the Research Schools Network. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=OUW3RF… #DiversityInEducation #TeachingExcellence

In these increasingly worrying times, we would like to once again be very clear: we stand with our trans and nonbinary siblings yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

In these increasingly worrying times, we would like to once again be very clear: trans rights are human rights. We stand with our trans and nonbinary siblings yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

If you’re a UNISON member who wants our union to stand up for the trans community… Sign below 👇 bit.ly/4jXp3QJ

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ To the transphobes and TERFs who say, “We can always tell.” No, you always assume. You’ve trained your eyes to scan strangers for “evidence” of your ideology, and then you call that feminism. That’s not discernment; it’s surveillance. Bias isn’t vision, and prejudice