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Alistair Strathern MP @alistrathern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A real privilege to open day two of @edudetective.bsky.social’s Boys Impact conference. Education is failing far too many disadvantaged young men growing up in Britain today. But the inspiring practitioners brought together by Boys Impact show how we can do better.

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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🔍 How do outcomes and earnings differ for white working class young people across the country? White British pupils on free school meals have the lowest attainment of any group. Our new map allows you to explore their outcomes in detail ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/crossing-pat...

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Anyone fancy my book for less than the price of a pint? Feels surreal to be on the same bookshelf as stuff by Diane Reay and Stephen Ball.

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WISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

WISERD and @careresearchwales.bsky.social recently celebrated the launch of @richgater.bsky.social's new book, ‘The 21st Century Ladz’, at sbarcIspark, joined by @edudetective.bsky.social, Dr Dan Evans, and Prof Jean Jenkins. 💻 Read more: bit.ly/3K7zpB8

Richard Gater speaking as part of a panel at a book launch event in Spark.

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Great write up from our national Boys' Impact pilot in @tesmagazine.bsky.social. It's taken half a decade of persistence and stubborn optimisim, but it finally feels like we're starting to move the dial.

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

How can Britain Rebuild Opportunity for Working-Class Men? Bethan Staton @financialtimes.com, Charlie Colenutt, Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social 🔎 Festival of Economics 2025 🎟️ Tickets on sale now ⬇️

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How can Britain Rebuild Opportunity for Working-Class Men?

Part of the Festival of Economics 2025

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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

✍ "In England in 2023/24, just 24% of males who were eligible for Free School Meals attained a grade 9-5 in GCSE Maths and English, compared with 43% who were not." Our latest guest blog discusses the challenges facing working-class boys in education ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...

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Changing the conversation about boys and young working-class men in education - The Sutton Trust

Discussing the the various educational challenges facing working-class boys.

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WISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

📚 Join WISERD and @careresearchwales.bsky.social in #sbarcIspark on 17/10, 2-5pm to celebrate launch of Dr @richgater.bsky.social book: The 21st Century Ladz, with Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social founder of Boys' Impact movement and Dr Dan Evans, Swansea University 🎟️ bit.ly/40OcgsP

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

After a break of nearly half a decade, I'm back on YouTube! As of today the Boys' Impact YouTube channel will be regularly posting content on issues related to masculinity and inequality in education. youtu.be/OnlF8I3nv2M

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Moving past Adolescence. What we really need to understand about young men in education.

YouTube video by Boys' Impact

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

If we were at it, getting rid of the Oxbridge MA would be wonderful

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

New report published from research with 400 teachers today from @jonrainford.bsky.social and I today: The Problem with Boys? is the first of three reports which explore educators perceptions of young working-class men in the classroom. www.boysimpact.com/s/boysreport...

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

New report published today from @edudetective.bsky.social and I today: The Problem with Boys? is the first of three reports which explore educators perceptions of young working-class men in the classroom. www.boysimpact.com/s/boysreport...

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men is now available in all good bookshops. www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Boys-Ed...

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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

🎵 The UK's creative industries are a major economic & cultural force. But our research has shown that access to careers in the sector - including in professions like music, film and TV - is unequal. Working class representation needs to be improved ⬇️

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A Class Act - The Sutton Trust

Exploring access to creative degrees and elitism in the creative industries.

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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

They are giving away the 2nd edition of Culture is bad for you for just £5.50! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177810/ using the code SUN50

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Manchester University Press - Culture is bad for you

Culture is bad for you - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Culture is bad for you by Orian Brook

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Richard Kay @copsewood.net · 19/06/2025

Here's my submission to the Met Office name our storms competition. Let them know your choices at this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...

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Richard Kemp @richardmskemp.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

There is a moral and ethical implication in expecting teachers (65% of whom are women) to be the ones addressing teenagers on the misogynistic attitudes highlighted in Adolescence. Alex Blower (@edudetective.bsky.social) discussing the whole-society conversations we desperately need right now.

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'Adolescence' started, but cannot end, the conversation

YouTube video by Bristol University Press

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I think they might be developing it Jim! Concrete announcements on anything significantly 'good' will be backloaded toward the end of this current term I reckon. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Government partners with young people to help develop new national youth strategy

Young voices to be at the heart of policymaking as government breaks down barriers to opportunity through Plan for Change

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Gobsmacked at how much the Reform councilor from my hometown looks like a sneaky Samuel Tarley

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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"Until we move past the binary conversation of toxic masculinity, we are going to be stuck exactly where we are, and with all the same problems" – Alex Blower, author of Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men

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Is ‘toxic masculinity’ starting the wrong conversation?

Alex Blower, author of 'Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men' which publishes in July, discusses why the popular phrase 'toxic masculi...

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Richard Kemp @richardmskemp.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Alex Blower's (@edudetective.bsky.social) new book "Lost Boys" is publishing in July! 🎉 Here he is discussing why toxic masculinity is the wrong conversation if we ever want to make meaningful and long-lasting change.

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Katy Mathers - Senior Commissioning Editor, Emerald Publishing @katymathers.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Netflix's Adolescence has struck a chord - its themes feel uncomfortably relevant. Pertinent @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social reads address the complexities of modern masculinities - when these conversations matter more than ever ⬇️ @drlisasugiura.bsky.social @utsa.bsky.social @richgater.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🚨 Boys' Impact Conference 2025 🚨 This year's Boys' Impact Conference will be taking place on 10th-11th September at Manchester Met Uni. It's amazing, and it's free to attend. Fancy delivering a session? Please find a link to the call for contributions below: www.boysimpact.com/conference-1

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Submit a proposal — Boys' Impact

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 19/04/2025

Lots of opportunities here - including a £2k commission to create a unique piece of artwork marking 25 yrs of advocacy and support in opening up arts and culture to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences. Please share :)

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Jobs - Disability Arts Online

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Too late mate. Urban dictionary have had this one on there for a decade!

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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

💬 "Talent is everywhere, with over 150,000 students on creative courses every year. Opportunity, particularly at the most prestigious institutions, is not." @drdaveobrien.bsky.social Why action is needed to widen access to creative higher education 👇

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The class crisis in creative HE - The Sutton Trust

An author of our work on access to creative professions explores the research in detail.

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miriam kent @miriamkent.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Please consider supporting the Comics Cultural Impact Collective’s report asking DCMS for investment in comics forms.gle/mk6iTZK9yUDV...

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Following Young Fathers Further @followingyff.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

With Adolescence on Netflix, the recent Lost Boys Report and Everyone’s Invited showing the extent of harmful sexual behaviour in schools, there is increased worry and discussion about young men and boys Join our April webinar: 📅Monday 28th April 🕛12-1pm 📍Zoom www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...

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How can we better support young men and boys? : A Panel Discussion

You are invited to join us for a panel discussion, followed by a managed Q&A session

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Thrilled to be delivering the kick off workshop at the UoPortsmouth on April 22 for the regional Boys Impact Hub, bringing together local stakeholders to address the gap in outcomes for FSM young men. Spread the word …! And book your FREE place here: tinyurl.com/596345xs @edudetective.bsky.social

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Portsmouth Boys' Impact kick off session

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

For most young men who are eligible for Free School Meals, retaking level 2 Maths and English at college is the next step after dissapointment at GCSE. It would be wonderful if more colleagues from the Further Education sector could become involved with Boys' Impact feweek.co.uk/we-cant-leav...

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We can’t leave Andrew Tate to educate our working-class boys

The need to rethink how we support working-class boys has never been more urgent

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We need to shine a light on their strength and bravery, which is demonstrated through empathy and compassion. If we can only learn from their words, these young men give us hope for something better. The full report can be found here: www.boysimpact.com/reports

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REPORTS — Boys' Impact

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

For these young men, care, maturity, and emotional intelligence are their superpowers, but all too often in education they are overlooked, squeezed, and diminished. As a society, we have a responsibility to cultivate the conditions in which these young men can thrive.

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Adolescence shone a light on the complex challenges which face young men and women in a digital world. But rather than looking to a Netflix Drama for solutions, our time would be better spent learning from young men who make care, compassion and emotional intelligence their life's work.

Boys who Care: Inequality and the educational identities of male young carers

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Hi Mariana, recently come across the podcast and would love to chat with you about some of the work on this we're doing with school leaders across the UK! www.boysimpact.com

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Boys' Impact

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

5 years ago the UK's 1st national #Covid19 lockdown was announced. Since then our research has gotten to grips with its consequences on education, family life, social inequalities and vulnerable groups, mental and public health, and more. Explore the projects: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/research/e...

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We have engaged in numerous ground-breaking projects to understand the many and varied impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Duncan Exley @duncanexley.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

If your parent is a doctor, you're 24x more likely than the rest of us to become a doctor (@samfriedman.bsky.social & @daniellaurison.bsky.social policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/the-cl...) Would you rather be treated by a doctor with the right aptitudes, or one from the 'right' caste?

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Hi Caitlin, I'm a educator, researcher and writer from Wolves. Got a book called 'Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men' out in July with Policy Press. I'd love to share a copy with you, if you'd be interested? policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lost-boys

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Lost Boys

Lost Boys - How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men; Challenging us to reconsider ideas about the role of masculinity in the lives of working-class boys and men, this book asks what would cha...

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Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Do children from lower income families have fair access to your school? Get support to look at your admissions policies -

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Always felt sorry for the planeteer who's power was 'heart'. Important, but in no way as cool as the powers of earth, wind, fire and water. Most of the episodes he just stood to the side and looked on admiringly at the others until it was time for Captain Planet to arrive.

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

It's these days that make it all worthwhile

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

All delicious- it would be like trying to choose a favorite child!

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The History on Film Podcast @historyonfilm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Great conversation with Dr. Houghton all about Medieval video games, as well as the perils of overly-complicated board games, and the centrality of learning to play the recorder in the Anglosphere. #HoFCast shows.acast.com/the-history-...

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Knight Moves with Robert Houghton | The History on Film Podcast

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