Social work practitioner? Working with unaccompanied minors. We hope you enjoy this podcast made in collaboration with Research in Practice, part of the National Chickens Bureau

Without words www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Watch this short video to learn more about the impact of the EU-funded NEW ABC project and how arts-based and inclusive approaches are transforming education and community support across Europe. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_444... @sarahcrafter.bsky.social

A compelling case for quitting ChatGPT. #boycottchatgpt #chatgpt #openai www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you would like to hear more about the research undertaken at the Open Psychology Research Centre in @openuniversity.bsky.social we have a Bluesky handle 👇 All warmly welcome to follow @oprc.bsky.social

Will Reform be renaming themselves the 'New Conservatives'? Is Boris Johnson also coming back? Or is it just his leftovers? #Reform #BBC @conservatives.bsky.social BBC News - Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Please could @teamlabouruk.bsky.social make sure the Assisted Dying Bill not be defeated by an unelected group of people. As my representative I wrote to my MP on this issue. Not possible with House of Commons! #assisteddyingbill #labour #houseofcommons www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The production team are on fire in tonight's episode 👏That cabin was amazing #Thetraitors #Traitors

How quickly and quietly all the rights are reversed www.ft.com/content/e341...

University leaders are guilty of penalising staff rather than fighting back against government too. UCEA and the OFS are not fit for purpose

Please @teamlabouruk.bsky.social STOP this! We do not need another Reform party because it already exists. Be your own party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

As an immigrant who chose to make my home in the UK—but also as someone who is a migration historian and researches the impact of dog-whistle politics—there is no way for me to overstate how wrong and disgusting these ads by the UK Labour Party are. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In case you missed it: Job Ad: Rainbow Migration are recruiting a Legal Officer | Free Movement

And, so they all rush to bottom (or the right) @teamlabouruk.bsky.social are now new One Nation Conservatives Conservatives are now Reform Reform are just Reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Do you work with unaccompained minors? If you so, you might be interested in this FREE badged CPD training to enhance your reflexive practice. One participant wrote: "The course is extremely enlightening" Course can be completed in your own time. uni.open.ac.uk/practisingcare #childmigration

JOB ALERT 📣 Post Doctoral Research Associate in Arts in Education Join this EU funded project seeking to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people through art in education. If you have experience with PAR or arts-based research 👇🏽 0.4fte. Closing date 6th Feb www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN008/p...

Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care. Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by... ... announcing the 26th one 😳

Academic publishing needs a shift of mindset on the use of #GenAI, from seeing it as a sign of deficit to a sign of enhancement, writes Benjamin Luke Moorhouse: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/were-... #artificialintelligence #academicsky

If you are a social care practitioner we have a Free online course for working reflexively with unaccompanied minors. Based in evidence from the Children Caring in the Move project 👇 uni.open.ac.uk/practisingcare

Job Alert 📣 PostDoc RA in arts education/creative arts using participatory action research or co-creation approaches Join the UK team on an EU funded project ALPHABETICA. Supporting children & young people at risk of exclusion or poverty through arts-based education www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS452/p...

Job Alert 📣 PostDoc RA in arts education/creative arts using participatory action research or co-creation approaches Join the UK team on an EU funded project ALPHABETICA. Supporting children & young people at risk of exclusion or poverty through arts-based education www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS452/p...

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Whilst I’m not leaving X as yet, I would very much like to spend more time here. So, if you see this and you’d be kind enough to share it to let readers find me, that would be greatly appreciated. Hi!

In this paper on child language brokering (young translating) we examine this practice as a form of family care - a way to rethink the notion of the 'parentified child' #childmigration #translating #languagebrokering onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If you are an educator or NGO working with young translators you might find our Handbook guidance on creating your own support group helpful. Includes activities to support their social and emotional wellbeing 👇

If you work are interested in helping children and young people from refugee and migration backgrounds feel better included in education you might be interested in the EU funded project called NEW ABC. Interventions using co-creation and arts-bases approaches 👇 newabc.eu

If you are a social care practitioner we have a Free online course for working reflexively with unaccompanied minors. Based in evidence from the Children Caring in the Move project 👇 uni.open.ac.uk/practisingcare

If you work/research unaccompanied minors you can find more about the Children Caring on the Move project funded by #ESRC we examined children's care of each other, and being cared for, as they navigate welfare and asylum in England www.ccomstudy.com

I went a bit quiet after first joining but now sharing some work. If you are interested in #DevPsy or developmental transitions research across social, cultural, chonrologial and historical contexts 👇 www.routledge.com/Developmenta...

They keep coming.... @harrymlewis.bsky.social

NEW: The closure of youth clubs in the 2010s led to increased offending and worse GSCE results. Teenagers entitled to free school meals were most affected. Read @carmenvillaecon’s briefing: https://buff.ly/4fIiRK7 Read the working paper: https://buff.ly/3APnHq6

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.

Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️ The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion. When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!

Submissions for the International Symposium on Bilingualism are due this Wednesday, Nov. 13th. ISB will take place on 9-13 of June, 2025 in Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain) and will be hosted by the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language. Submit your abstract here: www.bcbl.eu/events/isb15...

A truly incredible, inspiring story: a foundation set up by the bereaved parents of charity worker Linda Norgrove has enabled 19 young Afghan women to follow their dreams of training to be doctors: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...

I’m doing some research (for a PhD) about workplace e-learning. Could you please complete this 7-minute anonymous survey, and share the link as widely as possible? Thank you in advance. #IrishResearch #PhDChat #PhDSky #EduSky unioflimerick.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Hi! I undertake research on children and young people's experiences of migration. Most of my work is with child language brokers and Unaccompanied Minors. More recently I have been working with participatory, co-creation and arts-based approaches. Hope to connect!

Just posting my first Bluesky message. Looking forward to finding new connections and learning lots of interesting things from lots of interesting people ☺️