Was part of a panel with @rhordosy.bsky.social , @mannymadriaga.bsky.social and @soniailie.bsky.social as @srhe.bsky.social network convenors talking about wider widening participation dynamics for Cambridge Faculty of Education's new THRiVE research group. www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/gro... 1/2

A great discussion with amazing colleagues; catching up with @pallavibanerjee.bsky.social was the icing on the cake. We have superb seminars planned for @srhe.bsky.social #SAEN for 2026, watch this space! Say hi at the SRHE conference in Nottingham next month! srhe.ac.uk/internationa...

@mannymadriaga.bsky.social is leading a #ESRC funded project drawing on Black, mad and disability studies to explore and enhance the mental health of Black students in four English universities. Project details: bit.ly/3KZOBk4

'Staff at some institutions will not get even get the small rise due to them because of a clause in the negotiations that allows for a delay for up to 11 months if a university is facing financial difficulties.' So far, Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry, Swansea.

The…very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do.None of this is necessary. —Toni Morrison

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

1/3 There’s a strong relationship between Reform / far right support and the Brexit Leave constituency. A continuation of the refusal to accept that Britain is poorer and more unequal not due to immigration but because it is no longer subsidised by an Empire. theconversation.com/brexit-how-t...

We’ve brought all our coverage of job cuts in UK higher education together in one place. Track the latest updates here #AcademicSky #EduSky

The new TiHE Special Issue on #AuthenticAssesment is out! David Boud and I contributed to the SI with a paper on self-assessment. What could self-assessment desing learn from authenticity? Read our thoughts on how (in)authenticity could be understood in SA: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Still time to sign up for this talk this week from @drtiffanynelson.bsky.social at @edreslancaster.bsky.social on Black Autistic Girls in UK education. Wednesday (12th) 12:30 UK time - public and online, but registration required. #Intersectionality #autism #race #gender #education

I went to my first Sociology of Education Association annual conference at Asilomar this past week and was able to catch a California sunrise amidst the intellectual exertions of engaging with excellent paper presentations

📅Next up in our series: Integrating research and teaching – opportunities and pitfalls, as seen by students and staff March 7th, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Online seminar Do join us! srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

Report of Yorkshire Consortium for Excellence in Doctoral Education and Aziz Foundation ‘Muslim Friendly Universities Conference’ | 23rd Jan 2025 ycede.ac.uk/ycede-and-az...

Prepping for a presentation on HOPE for antiracist change at the Sociology Education Association Annual Conference, I built upon two OA papers: One www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... - sought to examine questions of race in higher education widening access policy and practice in England. 1/

I 💛 working with these peeps - three kind & supportive colleagues, @soniailie.bsky.social, @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social and @mannymadriaga.bsky.social. We've been organising seminars for @srhe.bsky.social as the Student Access and Experience Network for 5 years now... Do get in touch with your ideas!

This piece included in new special issue in Teaching in Higher Education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Student Access and Experience Network for a seminar series on the research and teaching nexus, with a mixture of in-person and online events between February - April 2025! /1

Ready for my keynote this morning.

Okay. 1 paper presented with an awesome colleague and now 2 more to do this week at SRHE conference 2024.

Delighted our book 'Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege' won the BERA Educational Research Book of the Year @beranews.bsky.social @kalwantbhopal.bsky.social 😎 www.bera.ac.uk/news/bera-an...

Just got on here.