Interested in learning about the importance of university admissions in youth transitions and social mobility? 👩‍🎓📚 Join us in person for a research showcase with @adruk.bsky.social 🕕Tuesday 6th January, 10.30am-4pm 📍Department for Education, London Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ucas...

New plans will break the link between FSM and pupil premium. Seems like a positive step for making sure low income families that fall outside of the narrow FSM eligibility criteria are counted. #WideningParticipation teams will need to think about the change in school-based targeting approaches.

NEW REPORT: Modelling and reforming school choice By Ellen Greaves, @estellecantillon.bsky.social, @mariagraziacavallo.bsky.social and me. Blog economics.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/11/06/a... Policy briefing www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar... #EconSky #EduSky 1/9

ICYMI: Our recent blog features Professor @billybwong.bsky.social and Lydia Fletcher (@uniofreading.bsky.social) on evaluating an online transition course. Using data from 28k+ students, they found a modest but meaningful boost in first-year pass rates. Read more 👉 taso.org.uk/news-blog/ca...

Are you a high-school or college student working part-time while studying in Manchester? Learn about your rights, share experiences & connect with support at this free interactive session 📍 Manchester Central Library 🗓️ Wed 29 Oct, 1:30–3:30pm 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/help-i-did... #ESRCFestival

Illustrating the point: the 3rd sesh at #lab25 this morning 👇 Not that this isn’t a very important issue to dissect, but it shows where the discourse is focused right now.

In my doctoral research, it's rare to come across something focused on white working-class girls. The overall success story of girls in education is obscuring significant inequalities experienced by some. #Edusky #AcademicSky

New paper alert! 🎉 #AcademicSky Our research on contextual offers as a widening access tool in #HigherEd is out now (open access): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Proud to share this work with co-author Jonathan Schulte examining their effectiveness at highly selective universities 🧵 1/7

What is the value of higher education? Tuning into this livestream (5-6pm) with Lord Willets, Baroness Smith of Malvern & Professor Bobby Duffy #HigherEducation www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/are-u...

Online CHERE event for the diary, 12th of May: Why is UK HE in crisis, and (how) can we fix it? Speakers include Kalpana Shankar (UCD), Susan Robertson (Cambridge), and @ronaldhartz.bsky.social (TU Ilmenau). This is a public event; details below, do share etc www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

hi Bluesky sociologists - twice a year I make So Fi Zine, an indie publication for sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. The zine has had a big life since 2017 thanks mostly to twitter and I am hoping this place can now offer it a new reach. Please share if this is your jam 🙏✨ sofizine.com

@edudetective.bsky.social 👋 could I be added to your handy education & inequalities research starter pack please?

@dralistruthers.bsky.social could I be added to your outreach & WP starter pack please?

Also, this page is worth its weight in gold blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

Are there any sociology of education starter packs out there? #SociologySky #AcademicSky

TWO opportunities to contribute to special issues that I’d want to read cover to cover. Deadlines end Jan & end Feb. 2nd call esp. of interest to #HigherEd researchers & pracademics.

EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE - 20th January 2025.

🔊 Call for papers! Join us for the @britsoci.bsky.social Presidential Event, in collaboration with the BSA Education Study Group. ⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2025 💬 Theme: The Future of the Sociology of Education 📅 Date: 6 June 2025 📍 Place: BSA Meeting Room, London 🔗 britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Are you neurodivergent? Are you REALLY interested in stuff? Would you like a friendly chat these things on season 2 of the Ruling Passions podcast? More info / sign up on the form below. THANKS! forms.office.com/e/LitbFyc1LN #Neurodivergent #rulingpassions #Podcast

This free online event sounds great - 29th Jan #sociology #PhDSky #AcademicSky www.ticketsource.co.uk/feminist-stu...

Can anyone recommend a good text to voice AI which can handle scientific papers relatively well?? 🧪 It's been a while since #phdchat but is there anyone out there...?

This Pathfinder Narratives series is SO interesting if (like me) you’re nosey about the varied career routes people went on post-PhD. #PhDSky theauditorium.blog/category/pat...

Some excellent train reading on the way down to Sheffield today. Davies’ has a way of making challenging poststructuralist theory readable & usable. #sociology #AcademicSky #FeministResearch

Hey #AcademicSky #PhDSky could you use one or more of these hard copies of the @britsoci.bsky.social #Sociology journal? Maybe you have a paper in one?! I'm having a clear out & happy to mail for postage costs.

ICYMI: Recently I blogged about the highs and lows of being in the 'difficult middle' of doctoral study, with a few words of advice for anyone thinking of doing a PhD. www.jessbensonegglenton.com/2023/10/phd-...