We are a cross-university institute at @manmetuni.bsky.social. Through interdisciplinary research and engagement, we advance conceptualisation and implementation of children and young people’s rights, opportunities and wellbeing. Learn more: www.mmu.ac.uk/institute-fo... #ChildrensFutures

Myself and @drleona.bsky.social have edited a new Special Collection for Critical and Radical Social Work: 'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety' - now available online! Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9 Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇

How to move beyond the trust issues? The last paragraph surely has a compelling answer…:make HE less impersonal. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Lovely to see this being used Jo!

Very excited to be here in the beautiful Brooks building for the launch of the Institute for Children’s Futures @manmetuni.bsky.social. This afternoon we will be sharing the work of colleagues from @scswmcrmet.bsky.social @jenfish.bsky.social

Great new website from #digitalfutures4children and Sonia Livingstone at London School of Economics. www.digital-futures-for-children.net/for-children...

blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities... Unless caring and carers are supported and resourced…

Workplace friendships amongst social workers can mitigate for sources of job stress and burnout and have a positive impact on job satisfaction, worker wellbeing and practitioners’ propensity to remain in the role. Read about it here: doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...

Light dusting of snow this morning in Manchester. #notice

This webinar also features David Tobis on his new research into parent advocacy, Tammy Mayes PFAN cochair and advocate, and other great speakers

Come and give us a follow!!!

Worrying findings in our latest Social Metrics Commission report. 2 million more people plunged into hardship since 2019, 260 000 children. As I say in the article, we see the consequences of this as @trusselluk.bsky.social foodbanks strive to meet soaring need. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Here's a starter pack on people working on Class Analysis, broadly understood. Follow these people and let me know who I am missing (including yourself)! go.bsky.app/VTirGYT

🎓 We've made a starter pack of university policy institutes like us, and people who work for/are connected to them – do give it a follow! We'll add to it as more institutes join, and let us know if there's anyone we should add! ⬇️

I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my brand new book, Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life. Out 17th April 2025 with Fig Tree, Penguin.

New users? New followers? Hi! I’m a sociologist teaching in a department of social work at a public university. I study disability policy and organizing, and I post about it and related topics. And Chicago. And Star Wars. And other stuff. I’m in this starter pack alongside some great folks.

In case we do, I put together a social work academic Starter Pack. I’m sure I’ve unintentionally omitted folks who are already here, but I’ll keep updating.

Did this social work starter pack less than a week ago and it's already tripled in size. Lots of lovely people doing interesting things in the social work world. Shout me if you'd like an add!

Starter pack of scholars whose work looks critically at schooling & efforts to interrupt the social reproduction of inequality through education in transformative ways (U.S. & global) - updated w/ requests (sorry if I missed your request - inundated with notifications today) go.bsky.app/BYF1JZJ

There's so many autism research (#AutRes) accounts on Bluesky that I now have two Starter Packs! go.bsky.app/B9XV8UA go.bsky.app/Pfbbvot And HUGE apologies if I'm missing people. I've gone from 300 to 2k followers in a week, and my notifications are out of control 😱

I've started a north of England journalists starter pack. Please do flag others for inclusion! go.bsky.app/EyHBenr

I created a pack focusing on critical social, political, & economic theory. go.bsky.app/RfyAjod

Marking the 100th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child with some reflections on the child’s right to participation.

"The inquest process is inherently unjust and can become a site in which #autistic ppl, ppl with #learningdisabilities and/or mental health are further dehumanised" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #openaccess paper on reality/brutality of inquests from @sarasiobhan.bsky.social and crew 1/9

Relational activism makes change happen through personal and informal relationships, love, empathy, understanding, and co-design, co-create, co-production. #ToLoveIsToAct #CloserToPeple #LoveInMotion #RelationalActivism #SocialWork www.relationalactivism.com/about-relati...

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” - James Baldwin

I wrote something for ADCS about relational children's services. TLDR: relational institutions need both relational people and relational infrastructure for the people to work in. @jimbaggaley.bsky.social @jamestplunkett.bsky.social might be of interest www.adcs.org.uk/roses-and-co...

Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Feeling very 2012 on this 2024 platform! Hello 👋🏼