Now hearing from Dr. Deirdre O'Neill Insidefilm - on Class, Crime, and the inside Film Project.

Starmer struggles to define working class, not because he doesn't understand what it means, but because there are now certain things he cannot say, even if they are true. I define it as how much a person has to struggle to meet their basic needs. I know Marxists would take

Meet the New Interns Series - This time, our new PGR Intern (Events and Communications), Sasha wrote his first blog. Sasha talks about his Ph.D., career and his biggest joys, education, family and his baby Alan😍. Check it out here: uofgpgrblog.squarespace.com/pgrblog/meet-t…

Sad news for such important subjects that are especially, as they always have been, important for understanding and creating people's experiences.

This week marked #InternationDayOfPlay Libby Nelson has been working with P5s in schools across Glasgow exploring intergenerational understandings of play, through the medium of a stage play! Because just like previous generations ‘kids today know how to play!’ #ThePlayPlay

Conference day is here! #workingclass

Full rooms here in Glasgow.... for some great talks.

Our Spotlight on Research series continues with Lisa Bradley. Lisa’s work focuses on using arts and craft as a tool for self-expression, making the technique accessible and valued by institutions - just as much as the written word. Lisa Bradley School of Education UofG Arts & Humanities

My excellent supervisor showcasing her creative approaches to research. Me and academia in general are better off for having Lisa Bradley around!

📣 The CfP for our BSA Bourdieu conference "Rising Complexities in Education", 3-5 September 2025 in Vienna, is open! If you are working on #Bourdieu, #education & #inequality and want to join a vibrant community, take a look: britsoc.co.uk/bourdieu25

Research shows working class children have less access to the arts 🗣️ Only one day left to contribute to the Curriculum and Assessment Review. It's time to shake up a system which currently squeezes access. Let's make the arts accessible for all 🎨 neu.org.uk/campaigns/asse…

Great first day at #seraconf24. Missed out on paper session on working-class students but got a great response on my presentation with Libby Nelson on theorising an attempt of inclusive assessment! Looking forward to day 2!

inspiring day with our amazing #UoGPGRs School of Education please post all your great work SERA as there were a few more sessions I wish I could have attended! got into art work with Anna Robb too!

Very excited to be attending SRHE 2024 for the first time. So many exciting talks and looking forward to presenting my own methodology for my PhD project!

First day at SRHE 2024 done. First time presenting the methodology of my work. Lovely to meet so many new colleagues working in HE and looking forward to tomorrow morning's sessions!

Wrapped up my SRHE 2024 today with some great sessions on academic freedom and social justice for/by students! It was a great experience and learned so much - can't wait to do it again next year!

Boys are behind girls at school and less likely to go to university. Middle-aged men are less happy, more anxious and less satisfied than women the same age. Men are less likely to have friends and more likely to be lonely than women. hepi.ac.uk/2025/03/20/hal….

“The worst Labour government is better than the best Tory one!” Okay, but Jeremy Hunt gave me 16 hours free childcare a week while Rachel Reeves is looking at taking food away from small children.

Started Substack as a way to spend my leisure time a bit more productively. Hopefully these posts will be useful to some. Here's a summary of Bruno Latour's The Politics of Explanation: An Alternative open.substack.com/pub/mmaltculle…

A new article on my substack summarising an article on the experience of working-class students transitioning to university in Canada by Wolfgang Lehmann. A really interesting article! mmaltcullen.substack.com/p/articles-in-…