Here's me thinking there is such a thing as 'commi con' i.e. communistic convention, but Alexei Sayle is actually talking about being at Comic Con 😂 open.spotify.com/episode/7qRc...

thesociologicalreview.org/fiction/look... I painted this in the same theme as my short story. The contrasts in Manchester and rapidly changing skyline never cease to stop me in my tracks.

If you are interested in anti-racist issues in early years education and care, please take a look at my article with Josephine Gabi on the differences between top-down and grass-roots guidance www.j-ces.com/index.php/jc...

Ireland rolling out a basic income for artists, woo! UBI UBI UBI

The highlight of the last two weeks has been being with students again; hearing their stories about what brought them to uni, and exploring their goals and passions. (Lowlight, all the administration around teaching and uni bureaucracy)

'Putting the ‘ass’ into ‘astronaut!’” The Pop Idol said to the Activists,' Read the latest issue of @thesociologicalreview.org magazine considering the 'Ladies Astral Luncheon' thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep... by Jennifer Takhar

CONTRIBUTE: The Sociological Review’s #openaccess digital magazine is inviting early career scholars to submit pitches for our #ResearchInsights series. Editors Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social are seeking proposals for our December issue. Pitch deadline is 5 September. 🔎 buff.ly/Q5KZlcJ

At the end of my PhD I came to the conclusion that universal basic income was a better way to start to address Inequalities than much else. Trials seem to confirm this www.vice.com/en/article/a...

In the wake of my local MP resigning, I'm reading Iris Pissaride's poignantly observed story about Turkish occupied Cyprus thesociologicalreview.org/authors/iris...

@juliettephd.bsky.social Great to see our SEDA blog out today - Reflecting on Facilitating Student Voice in Creative Critical Assessment @SEDA thesedablog.wordpress.com

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... shocking, and it's coming for nurseries too.

“How can we as academics endure? How can we nurture a sociological life in increasingly hostile environments? It’s essential that we have the means to theorise & evidence better ways of understanding one another.” Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce our new issue buff.ly/y8o76RY

My response to the spending review for the Early Childhood Studies Degree network www.ecsdn.org/news-events-...

From skiing in melting Alpine snow and the sociology behind far-right plotlines in Hollyoaks, to the end of the world and beyond: editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce a wide-ranging June issue of The Sociological Review magazine. buff.ly/elEpWJP

Really proud and happy to share our latest issue of The Sociological Review Magazine. In this issue we explore neoliberal universities, workers unions, apocalyptic futures and climate change, and I interview Jayshree Patel in bringing sociology to TV soaps thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun...

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may... Good news, but a horrific injustice that needs to be investigated

WRITE FOR US! Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue. 🔎 Find out more about our regular magazine features, including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues. buff.ly/H1sJ25K

CONTRIBUTE! Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue. Find out more about regular features including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues. thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... shocking but predictable that safety issues are on the rise when EY policy focuses on costs and spaces rather than care and education

Really happy to see some funding going into researching early years policy in the UK. Will look forward to the results early-education.org.uk/early-years-....

Manchester’s radical Black female activists: ‘We didn’t define ourselves as feminists’ www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

Can community time banks help to tackle social exclusion and inequalities? In our March magazine, Juliette Wilson-Thomas @juliettephd.bsky.social discusses her doctoral research, its links to feminism, and using an ethnographic approach to build trust with participants. buff.ly/s78C1gM

STOP PRESS! The debut issue of our new-format Magazine, edited by @juliettephd.bsky.social & Iris Pissaride. Features, Foundation news, fiction, image-makers, reviews and Michael Burawoy’s final interview, in conversation with @michaelacbenson.bsky.social thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/mar...

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... There's a stealthy creep of this right now, as happened in Australia, large chains taking over nurseries for profit....

This is sad, I enjoyed cane warriors very much, and admired Alex's story on Small Axe www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Disgusting www.theguardian.com/education/20...

My fabulous students learning from experiences and learning from peer feedback today.

www.theguardian.com/education/20... Another case of problems emerging from Academies 'strict discipline's approach

Join us next May 2025 for the International Gender and Education Association Conference 🦋 www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/fac...

I've been saying UBI is a good solution since my phD on alternative currencies. This is great news www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... More book banning, just when we were starting to increase diverse representation in children's books ...

The question is, why don't families have money or time to have breakfast with their children? The answer is not more institionalised basic provision... www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The government needs to fund it properly so staff can be trained & paid, & centres can provide an enriching context. How can you demand they provide a service & then pay too little? The government should run it themselves if they think it can be done for this amount. news.sky.com/story/parent...

Students enjoying their project-based learning and opportunity for creativity

It was really good to run our student campaign project again. Students only have 3 weeks to work with new people and design a delivery a campaign . They learn a lot from this experience, and actually enjoy it!

Fantastic offer of a free introductory session from Kehinde Andrews on black studies www.blackunity.org.uk/BlackStudies

Welcome to the team: @carinrunciman.bsky.social becomes Editor-in-Chief of The Sociological Review journal, @silkeroth.bsky.social has been named Monographs Editor, and @juliettephd.bsky.social and Iris Pissaride are the Magazine’s new editors. Read more: thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

💖 i am running a two day summer school on linguistic justice for school teachers. it will be held in Manchester on June 12 & July 4. places are free, and travel etc is all fully funded. full details here, including how to express an interest in participating: ahead.mmu.ac.uk/2025/01/16/l... 💖

I've Been Meaning to Tell You, by David Chariandy, sits pleasingly close to its Ta-Nehisi Coates inspiration in my alphabetised book shelf. Beautiful and poignant stories from fathers to children.

'The process of storytelling is both shaping one's own subjectivity as well as the shaping of collective political subjectivities' (Wheeler, 2018) Enjoying my transformative storytelling facilitation course today.