💬 Lead author, @rachelbrooks.bsky.social, said: “While, for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, higher education does lead to improved outcomes relative to non-graduate peers, family background continues to exert significant influence." The report was published by @suttontrust.bsky.social

📣 New report: Despite efforts to widen access to higher education, social mobility is flatlining or declining across wealthier countries Students whose parents did not attend university remain 45% less likely to reach the top earnings quintile than those with graduate parents. ➡️ bit.ly/4oE8YSK

What happens when intensive forms of parenting extend into young adulthood? @juliacook.bsky.social @drdanwoodman.bsky.social @rachelbrooks.bsky.social take a look at intergenerational support, independence and the risk of downward mobility. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/21dX1A0

We enjoyed talking about our Students and Politics project at the annual poster conference of Oxford’s Department of Education @education.ox.ac.uk yesterday! Many thanks to Franziska Lessky for designing our poster! @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @rilleraaper.bsky.social

Great to see our Students and Politics project featured in Oxford’s Department of Education! @education.ox.ac.uk Do have a read…. @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @rilleraaper.bsky.social

‘The author David Nicholls is rumoured to be working on a novel about a star-crossed couple who run into each other over the decades on the days Mandelson quits.’ Ouch from @roberthutton.co.uk thecritic.co.uk/oh-mandy/

Forthcoming in Spring 2026: @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social #internationalstudentmobilities

We’re delighted to announce that Professor @rachelbrooks.bsky.social (Professor of Higher Education) has been appointed to the Education sub-panel of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 @ref2029.bsky.social. Read more: bit.ly/3JESI4q

Britain is ‘increasingly rudderless’ as its statistical system is unable to answer core questions - powerful column by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com which shows the nation’s data problems can open the door for populist claims on.ft.com/4mpFAyh

Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology

Abstract submissions are now invited for the BSA’s 75th anniversary conference, 8-10 April 2026, University of Edinburgh. Take part in ‘75 Years of Sociology’ – a fixture in the sociological calendar unlike any other. Submission deadline: 3 October 2025 tinyurl.com/23sjk4nh #sociology

Sociology at Nuffield College invites applications for academic visitors during the 2026-27 academic year www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...

‘Much of what universities spend a great deal of time discussing - such as global strategy, impact & innovation, development & philanthropy - even research… [has] very little effect on the bottom line.’ Useful primer on HE finance by @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/understand...

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

🎓 In the 1st Halsey Lecture, Prof Rachel Brooks takes us across 6 European countries - from policy docs to plasticine models. What she finds is surprising: student identity in Europe isn’t homogenised, but shaped by history, context, culture & class. Watch now! 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHYO...

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. Please sign and share ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A record number of Americans have applied to undergraduate courses at UK universities - a 14% rise from last year and the highest number since records began in 2006 on.ft.com/4kFC5Ct

People in their early twenties are now more likely to be out of work due to ill health than those in their early forties. Read The good, the bad and the messy here 👉 buff.ly/0O2OHhy

Take part in ‘75 Years of Sociology’ – a fixture in the sociological calendar unlike any other. Abstract submissions are invited for the BSA's 75th anniversary conference, 8-10 April 2026, University of Edinburgh. Submission deadline: 3 October 2025 tinyurl.com/23sjk4nh #sociology

What stops #wideningparticipation students taking or succeeding in sandwich 🥪courses? Great to discuss at #isaforum25 learning from international colleagues at the RC04 with @rachelbrooks.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @isa-sociology.org @surreylib.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk

Just published an article in The Conversation on international student activism & the politics of higher ed that follows up on the book we published last year in light of the current targeting of international students in the US theconversation.com/internationa... @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor @rachelbrooks.bsky.social on being awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship 🎉 The award will enable her to travel to Australia and the US to research the ways in which access to international student mobility can be made more equitable 🌍 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4lyn1Y5

We’re a new BSA Forum supporting sociologists navigating the mid-career stage. Co-convened by @katyjmc.bsky.social and @drfloraposte.bsky.social we’re building a space for solidarity, strategy, and shared stories. For more: www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/speci... and keep watch for an online Launch Event.

NEW: 6 in 10 top achievers outside of London leave their home town by their early 30s. Read @xiaoweixu.bsky.social's new report on geographical inequalities in the UK, funded by ADR UK: ifs.org.uk/publications...

Our sociologists’ wives research is helping to set the record straight about whose shoulders British sociologists are standing on. Wives collected and analysed data, edited and co-authored. Visit our website to find out more, and …1/6 academicswives.co.uk

Many congratulations to Leila Pinto-Campillo who successfully defended her thesis on 5/6. She completed a #PhDinHEREE and was supervised by @carolynjackson.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Examiners Malcolm Tight and @rachelbrooks.bsky.social. @centreforhere.bsky.social

“Gold rush” of Turing scheme funding has brought “unscrupulous” third-party providers into student mobility market, warns @rachelbrooks.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/third-p... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

Apply by Friday (13 June) to become a member of the @bjse.bsky.social editorial board Expertise in digital technologies and/or quant methods particularly welcome think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

The Turing Scheme – created to replace the opportunities for overseas placements offered by the Erasmus+ scheme after the UK left the European Union – enables disadvantaged students to take time out to study abroad, according to a new study. ⬇️Read more www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

🎓 Thank you Professor Rachel Brooks for an engaging seminar yesterday on Post-Brexit Student Mobilities! 🎥If you couldn't attend, don't worry, you can watch the recording on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuY...

Really enjoyed giving my inaugural lecture at @education.ox.ac.uk this evening! Good to share work that I’ve been doing with @johannawaters.bsky.social over the past few years on post-Brexit student mobilities Thanks to everyone who came along - in person or online 😊

Excellent inaugural lecture tonight by @rachelbrooks.bsky.social on student mobility. There’s much to learn from Turing (as it likely disappears) including some possible unintended outcomes with the involvement of third party providers of ‘experiences’.

Article may be of interest -- based on my research with @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @uniworldnews.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto... #internationalstudentmobilities #ISM #turing

Thanks to everyone who came along to our launch seminar this week - & particularly to our speakers: @robfordmancs.bsky.social @ralphscott.bsky.social @janmcarthur.bsky.social & Gritt Nielsen If you missed it, the recording is now available: www.researchcghe.org/events/does-...

Come and work with us! Just a couple of days left to apply for the post-doc post on our project Based at @education.ox.ac.uk & working with @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @rilleraaper.bsky.social & Tom Fryer Deadline: 9 June (midday UK time)

new article alert: Forging more-than-Indian citizenship pathways: (inter)national education, religious values, and new frontiers of multicultural belonging in Singapore By Emma Grimley, Orlando Woods & Lily Kong Huge congrats! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @rachelbrooks.bsky.social

new article alert: Affective engagements with religion and citizenship in English primary schools By Anna Strhan, Joanna Malone, Peter Hemming & Sarah Neal Huge congrats! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social

Apply to be an editorial board member of the British Journal of Sociology of Education by 13th June. See the following for more details: @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

🥳🌟 Last week we held our 1st annual Halsey Lecture! Prof @rachelbrooks.bsky.social explored student experiences across 6 European countries, highlighting the influence of national, institutional & social contexts 🧑‍🎓🌍 The series honours Prof AH Halsey & his legacy in sociology.

Take a look at this fantastic set of papers from @thesociologicalreview.org, revisiting @academicdiary.bsky.social and Nirmal Puwar's live methods intervention

Rachel Brooks explores what a balanced youth mobility scheme and rejoining Erasmus+ would look like for UK universities. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

📢 Join Professor @rachelbrooks.bsky.social for her inaugural lecture, 'Post-Brexit Student Mobilities' - all welcome! 📅 9 June | ⏰ 5pm 📍 Seminar Room A and online Register now: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/inaugu... #Edusky #Education

What does it mean to be a student in Europe today? Is the experience really shared across borders? 🎓 Join Prof Rachel Brooks (@education.ox.ac.uk) as she challenges assumptions about higher education & explores student constructions across 6 countries 🌍 ✍️ Sign up now: forms.office.com/e/tjFzgLUN1i

Just a reminder that we’re currently advertising for a researcher to join @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer and me to work on an exciting new project on @studentspolitics.bsky.social Based at @education.ox.ac.uk Closing date: 9 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC845/r...

"UNESCO’s AIEd policy guidance warrants careful review, not least because any guidance carrying the UNESCO imprimatur has the ability to inform education policy and practice in diverse contexts and cultures across the globe" Much-needed analysis of UNESCO owning the AIEd ethics space

🤩 Don’t miss Prof Rachel Brooks, President of the BSA @britsoci.bsky.social & expert on the sociology of higher education, speaking at the 1st Halsey Lecture @ox.ac.uk! 🗓 5pm, Tues 27 May 📍 Keble HB Allen Centre 🍷 Drinks reception to follow Register 🔗 forms.office.com/e/tjFzgLUN1i

Just a reminder that we’re currently advertising for a researcher to join @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer and me to work on an exciting new project on @studentspolitics.bsky.social Based at @education.ox.ac.uk Closing date: 9 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC845/r...

The road to a EU-UK youth mobility scheme is going to be a long one Me, for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-uk-might...

Our free festival of ideas - the @britishacademy.bsky.social Summer Showcase - is on 20/21 June. With workshops, panels, film, research exhibits and more. I’ll pick out a few highlights on this occasional thread, but you can see the programme and book here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/summe...