🍽 ICYMI Our Policy Briefing on the history & future of school meals is now available to read & share. Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition. @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social #histed

📢 Our first full-team article from the School Meals Project is now published 🎉 🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience" 📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

Pleased to share that our chapter on Schools and Food cowritten with @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social is finally out!

Delighted to represent @eassh.bsky.social at the @erc.europa.eu Competitiveness Through Frontier Research conference in Copenhagen. Inspiring to hear Danish Minister Christina Egelund highlight society’s key role in shaping European research culture,values and outputs. @ecer-eera.bsky.social

✨ New chapter on Schools & Food ✨ Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪 Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society': www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...

Learn about Ben Williamson's #ECER2025 Belgrade Keynote "The birth of the bio-edu-data-sciences: biology, data, and the consequences for educational research, policy and practice" https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers/ben-williamson

The last preparations for #ECER2025 are underway at the University of Belgrade. We are looking forward to welcoming 454 emerging researchers from 57 countries to the Emerging Researchers' Conference tomorrow and 2617 participants from 73 countries to ECER on Tuesday.

The branded participant #ecer2025

I am very much looking forward to being a keynote panelist at #BERA2025 alongside a stellar group of speakers www.bera.ac.uk/conference/b.... I’ll be speaking about our work at @morayhouse.bsky.social

Heading to ‪#BERA2025‬ (solidarity to GMT strikers in London) with @khawlabadwan.bsky.social and @hyabyohannes.bsky.social ‬ to deliver plenary together. Out of Ashlaa’ أشلاء: Refugee Language Education in Times of Heartbreak and Failure Determined to hold it together but have tissues in case.

#ECER2025 Belgrade Keynotes will be livestreamed on Wednesday, 10 September and Thursday, 11 September 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST). Click here for info on the speakers and their keynotes and the links to the livestreams https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Education researchers are increasingly turning to AI-based NLP tools for support with data analysis. Prof. Dr. Demir on opportunties and risks of AI. #ECER2025 #EduSci blog.eera-ecer.de/nlp-tools-for-education-research/

Pre-ERC at #ECER2025 impressions: the walking tour group and the ERG Link Convenor Lisa Bugno in front of the Faculty of Philosphy, the local volunteers, ERC pronoun pins and the Pop Up Playground in the Fac of Philosophy.

Prof Jasmine Fledderjohann has compiled a Starter Pack on Food Security and Nutrition – perfect for anyone looking to learn, connect with experts & engage in meaningful dialogue. 🔗 Explore the starter pack & follow the experts: 👉 go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ #FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Inequality #FoodEquity

‘Something has to go catastrophically wrong before you get funding to fix it’: leaders tell @ellencph.bsky.social about the safety hazards in their school buildings that they haven’t been able to tackle because of a lack of funding

New Blog Post 📝 More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect Some schools are testing their students too much and are collecting so much data, it's completely useless. Here I go into what the testing effect is and tackle some of the misconceptions! 👇 inquestion.co.uk/2025/05/18/t...

Food, culture and society in India, available from November 2025. Pleasure working withDr Rituparna Patgiri and contributors on this critical work! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Patgir... @berghahnbooks.bsky.social‬ @wlvuni.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @ifpri.org

To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

🍽️ Universal free school meals: a welfare policy or an investment in future generations? In The Conversation, Prof. Kevin Morgan (@CardiffUni) explores why school meals are at the heart of social justice, public health & education reform. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/4c57uvk

📢 New OA article written with Isabelle Carter for the Oral History Review! Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

Looking forward to our end-of-project conference tomorrow in London. Conference packs and programmes ready to go! #histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

One-day seminar event May 8th at Brunel University of London: "The Role of Educational Institutions in Alleviating Food Poverty" - please join us at this free event with excellent speakers on food poverty and use of food banks. Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-role-o...

Really useful workshop on *food banks in schools* today funded by @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Such interesting research in this space across educational provision @trusselluk.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @jfledderjohann.bsky.social @emmawainwright.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social

We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP Deadline: 9 June Please repost- thanks! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

The location & time of my keynote book talk at British Postgraduate Network 4 Chinese Studies annual conf. are revealed. Join me if you are in Glasgow on 23 May at 4:20 pm. Let's discuss #time #inheritance #education #mobilities in #China. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social

It was an honour and a privilege to speak w/Ad Hoc Group 3: Food, Culture, & Society of the Indian Sociological Society #ISS last week. Thank you to Rituparna Patgiri for the invite! My talk on #FoodInsecurity & #ReproductiveJustice in India is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl3V...

Great to be here at #NEHC2025! Here to talk about the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project as well as knowledge networks in 19thC @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social #histed

Join us for our free 1-day end-of-project conference on 19th June at Friends House, London! We'll share our key findings & recommendations and discuss all things #schoolmeals with some great people including @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social! #histed Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-school...

Join us on 7th May 11am BST for an online roundtable to celebrate the launch of our new edited volume: A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry! #histgeoguni #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social

Fascinating findings from the Global Flourishing Study (www.nature.com/collections/...): no correlation whatsoever between GDP and human flourishing. Indonesia ranks highest, Japan lowest. Full table: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

The School Dinners exhibition featuring our research at the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social has been featured in the Waitrose Weekend Magazine! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsy.social www.weekend-online.com/issue741/

Brilliant news from our friends at @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social !

Serving up a spoonful of nostalgia 🥄 Gary McCulloch's @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project on the history of the School Meals Service contributed to this exhibition, featured in Waitrose Magazine: www.weekend-online.com/issue... bsky.app/profile/heatherlwel...

Excited to be starting a period as a Visiting Researcher at HEX, Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, Tampere University. Looking forward to sharing @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research on the history of #schoolmeals #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

Wonderful to see the #SchoolMeals Exhibition we collaborated on with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social featured on @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social this morning! Bridget Phillipson was even asked for her favorite school meal memories #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Lovely to have been able to attend the launch of this yesterday and to collaborate with the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social on this wonderful #schoolmeals Exhibition featuring our archival research and oral histories #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Save the date! 📆 April 22, 9:30 AM EDT 📌 Ending Hunger and #Malnutrition: Keeping Our Eyes on the Road 🤝IFPRI and the World Bank 📍In-person & online 🎟️ bit.ly/ending_hunger @cgiar.org

A productive team meeting in Wolverhampton today. Thanks to @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social for hosting! Good progress on the monograph, exhibition launch, and end-of-project conference. #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social

Today is #InternationalSchoolMealsDay! A recent IFPRI policy seminar offered a deep-dive discussion of the role of school meal programs in addressing some of the world’s most pressing issues: @lshtm.bsky.social @fao.org @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social @gcnf.bsky.social @cgiar.org

Heading into London today to present our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project findings to the APPG for School Food! We will miss @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social today. @unishefplayer.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed

Today, on International School Meals Day, Gary McCulloch and @heatherlwellis.bsky.social presented our project findings to the APPG School Food. Thanks for the invite & for supporting our research! We missed @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social today. #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social #ISMD2025

What does "educational equity" mean? Authors focus here on at least 5 different conceptualizations of the term journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Welcome to our February newsletter! We say goodbye to our colleague @ellenlaurab.bsky.social and talk about upcoming plans incl. the launch of the School Meals exhibition with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social and the excellent Childrens Food Summit 2025! #histed @sustainweb.org @childrensfood.bsky.social

The School of Social Policy and Society at the University of Birmingham appointed Prof. Daniel McNeil as the inaugural Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair #BirminghamSchool #CulturalStudies #StuartHall www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...

PhD opportunity @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social Implementing food policy change in school www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

Come and visit the School Dinners exhibition we have collaborated on with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social The exhibition runs from 29 March 2025-21 February 2027. #histed @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social

Our project research features strongly in this article - 'School dinners we miss the most' by @mirandalevy.bsky.social in @telegraphnews.bsky.social! #schoolmeals #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dri...

Save the date! 📆 February 4, 9:30 AM EST 📌 Official Launch of the Third School Meal Programs Around the World Report 🤝 Co-organized by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) and IFPRI 📍In-person & online 🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/meals- @cgiar.org

Speaker announcement! We are delighted to have @zarahsultana.bsky.social joining Aditya Chakrabortty, @claremacg.bsky.social , Mike Savage and Faiza Shaheen on 4 February as they ask: does social class still matter in Britain in the 21st century? Register here: https://buff.ly/3PEvlaP