‘What Not to Eat’ and the Return of the Knowledge Deficit Model es.britsoc.co.uk/what-not-to-...

It was lovely to take a School Food APPG delegation to the Food Museum, Suffolk today with local MP Peter Prinsley. We visited the School Dinners exhibition, which I opened recently. A great chance to engage across the sector as free school meals expand to 500,000 kids and breakfast clubs roll out.

So pleased that our 'School Dinners' Exhibition at @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social has won *Best Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year at the 2026 Museums + Heritage Awards*🏆 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project is the core academic partner for 'School Dinners' 🍽 #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Thrilled to see @britishacademy.bsky.social has published the Policy Histories Seminar report from our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project- The UK School Meals Service: Past, Present and Future? First comprehensive history of school meals #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

The School Meals Service has delivered more than 54 billion meals to schoolchildren since its creation in 1906. What do experts think needs to happen to ensure the service helps more children thrive? 🧵

📢New piece out now in @theconversation.com #Schoolmeals stigma, pleasure, memory, class & why they still matter so much in 2026. Reflections on our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research in light of UK govt review of school food standards #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social doi.org/10.64628/AB....

Our first issue of 2026 is here! 📘 Featuring research on: • Why students choose sociology • Teachers & mental‑health literacy • STEM belonging & impostor feelings • Digital vs paper reading in 14 countries • How time shapes classrooms • And more! Read now 👇 www.tandfonline.com/toc/cedr20/7...

Thanks @britishacademy.bsky.social for hosting us! #schoolmeals #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @drjuliabish.bsky.social

Great lunchtime seminar in London today hosted by @britishacademy.bsky.social sharing @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social findings w. policymakers, academics, charities & school leaders. Strong appetite for long historical view in #schoolmeals policy 🍽🍎🥦 @sheffielduni.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org #histed

Published today! Teaching comparative and international education (CIE) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... pleasure working with great colleagues Leanne Cameron @rafaelmitchell.bsky.social Martin Preston @bristoluni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social #BAICE #SES

Great to be part of this visit yesterday and share findings with colleagues from @royalhistsoc.org, @ioe.bsky.social, @lshtmhistory.bsky.social and everyone who came to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social's lecture. #histed #schoolmeals @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social

I’m very much looking forward to presenting my doctoral research to #EdD #ProfessionalDoctorate students @wlvuni.bsky.social this morning with @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social #research #doctorate #HE #LTHEchat

@rituparna37.bsky.social & @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social's new book 'Food, Culture & Society in India: Social, Political, Economic & Cultural Perspectives' is out! Link: doi.org/10.3167/9781... Please find a chapter here by yours truly Thank you @rituparna37.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social :D

FOOD, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives, edited by Rituparna Patgiri and Gurpinder Singh Lalli @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/4nhfKMU #FoodStudies #Sociology #Anthropology

🍽 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...