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Declan Flanagan, (PhD)

@flandec.bsky.social
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Advocate for transformative ESOL/EAL provision in N. Ireland. ESOL/EAL practitioner, NATECLA (IOI) (founding member) and current NATECLA: Language Issues Editor

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Centre Language Education Research, Queen's University Belfast @cler-qub.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Thank you to everyone who came along to the Derry Show &Tell workshop last night! @nwmf.bsky.social @flandec.bsky.social @aislingoboyle.bsky.social @paulsceeny.bsky.social It rained, but only on the outside! Great conversations on ways of making community learning seen, transportable, and valued!
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
ESOL Provision
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah
On what would have been the late dub poet’s 67th birthday, his musical collaborators remember his warmth, invigorating words and reflections on the state of the world
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
speaking in non-dominant patterns and using non-standard grammar has nothing empirically to do with ‘bad behaviour’ but it has lots to do with it ideologically
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Academic Citizenship💪
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
am giving a talk at Goldsmith's on the 21 May on collaborating with teachers to design futures of linguistic justice in schools, it'll be fun and it's free 💜 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
a picture of ian and the text 'Designing futures of linguistic justice'
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
language ideologies are never just about language. here i show how they materialise in school discipline policies to construct representations of 'badly behaved' children. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
what does ‘misbehaviour’ sound like? in new open access work i ask this question in the context of school discipline policies, looking at how ideologies of ‘im/proper language’ and ‘im/proper behaviour’ coalesce and get co-constructed with one another. doi.org/10.1080/0962...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/03/2025
Madrid plans to limit computer and tablet use in primary schools to two hours a week
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Madrid plans to limit computer and tablet use in primary schools to two hours a week
Teachers will be banned from setting homework involving screens in effort to tackle ‘risks’ of intensive use of IT at young age The regional government of Madrid has unveiled plans to limit the use of computers and tablets in primary schools to a maximum…
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
this is today, at 4.30 GMT! me and clare will be talking about how our collaborations between critical applied linguists and teachers have been focused on dismantling linguistic injustice in schools, and building futures of linguistic justice 💜
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I am delighted to share this article regarding neoliberal governments (Conservative/Labour 1997-2024) framing of ESOL provision in the UK.
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
One week to go! I'm looking forward to the opportunity to share and discuss empowering experiences of ESOL in adult education across Ireland/UK with my colleague and fellow ESOL activist, Dr Melanie Cooke.
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Congrats!!!!!
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Vijay Ramjattan @vijayramjattan.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The Oxford Handbook of Language & Prejudice, edited by Jane Setter, Sender Dovchin, and yours truly, rearticulates and expands upon the connections between language and prejudice. It is available for pre-order, so please ask your university or local library to order a copy: shorturl.at/gDhJA
This is a screenshot of the volume cover.

The Oxford Handbook of Language & Prejudice, edited by Jane Setter, Sender Dovchin, & Vijay A. Ramjattan

The cover art shows a green balloon with "kein mensch ist illegal" written on it.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/03/2025
Out of Putin’s war and Trump’s treachery, a new Europe is being born | Nathalie Tocci
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Out of Putin’s war and Trump’s treachery, a new Europe is being born | Nathalie Tocci
The EU has its Trojan horses and Nato’s cornerstone has crumbled. But European allies, including the UK, are bound by an urgent shared purpose, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Funny....All of a sudden, no one's performing arbitrary sex-change operations on unexpecting grade-schoolers anymore.
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I've seen the tsunami coming
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
A worrying trend.....more Eastern block and Scandinavian counties to undoubtedly follow Poland plans military training for every adult male amid growing European security fears www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Poland plans military training for every adult male amid growing European security fears
PM Donald Tusk says country needs army of 500,000 and backs withdrawal from treaty banning landmines
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
This....
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Beyond words.....
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
across 563 school behaviour policies, i found that notions of 'misbehaviour' coalesce with a whole constellation of linguistic features. of course, these linguistic features are not empirically connected to 'misbehaviour', but they are strongly ideologically connected.
a large circle with the word 'misbehaviour' in it. around the edges of the circle are the following: slang, informal language, absence of politeness markers, basic vocabulary, incomplete sentences, non-standard grammar, interrupts, inarticulate, loud, mumbles, not silent, does not retain eye contact
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Joanna Kolota @joannakolota.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Celebrating #WorldBookDay with a milestone - my book on supporting multilingual students was published last June! If you're a teacher looking for strategies to empower #multilingual learners, check it out: shorturl.at/afmKW #edusky #EAL
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Cartoon by successpictures.
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Is it?..........
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Asylum seekers being forcibly expelled at EU borders, says top rights lawyer Source: The Guardian search.app/w8xG
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Asylum seekers being forcibly expelled at EU borders, says top rights lawyer
Council of Europe’s Michael O’Flaherty urged leaders not to give in to populist rhetoric over migration
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/03/2025
President Trump’s executive order making English the official language of the U.S. was a long-sought victory for the English-only movement, which has ties to efforts to curb immigration and bilingual education.
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Trump Made English the Official Language in a Country With 350 of Them
President Trump’s executive order puts his “America first” stamp onto the nation’s speech.
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
i was so honoured to be asked to contribute to the 10 years of the BERA blog series .. here i write about longstanding and contemporary efforts to dismantle language ideologies as part of broader struggles for linguistic justice www.bera.ac.uk?p=56193
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Part of series: 10 years of the BERA Blog
Documenting and dismantling language ideologies in education
Ian Cushing, Senior Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University 3 Mar 2025

Picture of Ian
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
"Nancy Kerrigan must mend the breach with Tonya Harding--or resign"
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 03/03/2025
🎓Higher Education News🎓 “Academics have accused the University of Edinburgh of using UK higher education’s financial crisis as a smokescreen for ‘incredibly arbitrary’ job cuts,” reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social. @timeshighered.bsky.social #academicsky #edusky #jobcuts
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Edinburgh staff question rationale for £140 million cuts
Academics ask why university needs to cut jobs when its income hit £1.4 billion last year
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Trump makes (American) English official language of US Source: BBC search.app/xR8F
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Trump makes English official language of US
It marks the first time the US has had an official language since the country was founded.
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/03/2025
Labour must target deprived areas or lose out to Reform, says former minister
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Labour must target deprived areas or lose out to Reform, says former minister
Peer argues that national ‘trickledown’ approach will fail to benefit those in most need Keir Starmer’s government must strictly target the delivery of its core “missions” at areas of maximum deprivation or lose huge numbers of votes to Nigel Farage’s…
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/02/2025
Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English
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Trump Signs Executive Order Making Official Language Of U.S. Remedial English
WASHINGTON—In a move designed to promote unity and establish efficiency at the federal level, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday making the nation’s official language remedial Eng...
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I’m torn between heartbreak and rage as Trump pulls funding from international efforts to treat and prevent HIV. We had never been in a better position to finally end this epidemic. Now we look likely to return to a time of soaring new infections and AIDS deaths. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
Cuts could result in 500,000 deaths over the next 10 years in the country, research suggests
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
now with working link to register for this public seminar in Oxford 💜 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
UK is ‘hostile environment’ for Afghans amid rise in refusal of asylum claims, lawyer says Source: The Guardian search.app/Jhgz
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UK is ‘hostile environment’ for Afghans amid rise in refusal of asylum claims, lawyer says
In the last quarter of 2024, 2,000 Afghan asylum seekers had their claims refused, up from 48 in the same period in 2023
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
please help find our colleague Yecid and hope that he is safe 🙏
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has set out a raft of measures for schools to help keep young people out of the youth justice system
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Schools told to do more to keep pupils out of youth justice system
Children’s commissioner says schools should be required to outline how sanctions like suspensions will trigger additional support
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
‪ In the neoliberal university... teacher = service provider student = customer syllabus = brochure knowledge = product evaluations = customer feedback line manager = micro-manager* @vijayramjattan.bsky.social‬
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Vijay Ramjattan @vijayramjattan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
In the neoliberal university... teacher = service provider student = customer syllabus = brochure knowledge = product evaluations = customer feedback
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
It does feel that the social contract has collapsed. 1970’s: • Get a degree • Get a 9-5 job • Get a suit & tie • Get a promotion • Get Married at 21 • Buy a House at 25 • Have 4-5 Kids & 1 dog • Retire at 60 with pension 2025: • Survive
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Thanks, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), for the invitation and opportunity to raise the profile of ESOL provision on the Island of Ireland and the UK with my colleague Dr. Mel Cooke from Kings College London. I look forward to seeing you all then.
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Thanks, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), for the invitation and opportunity to raise the profile of ESOL provision on the Island of Ireland and the UK with my colleague Dr. Mel Cooke from Kings College London. I look forward to seeing you all then.
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
in a couple of projects i have collaborated with the artist wendy wong to visualise linguistic stigmatisation in schools and efforts to resist such stigmatisation. a core aim is for teachers to use the images as prompts for discussion in classrooms, so please use and share! a few of the images ↓
a large white hand squashes a speech bubble coming out the mouth of a young boy with brown skin
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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
contemporary political and academic efforts to emphasise 'oracy' in schools overlook the deficit thinking which lies at the root of how the concept was first theorised, as well as over-relying on a theory of change which frames spoken language as a panacea for social justice doi.org/10.1080/0305...
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Always a privilege to be asked to contribute to Post 16 Educator. My article highlights how GCSE English and Maths block ‘newcomers’’ life chances in NI and suggests possible alternatives.👍💪✊
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Declan Flanagan, (PhD) @flandec.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Cardiff University is planning to close all Modern Language due to financial difficulties. Another devastating loss, depriving students of the opportunity to engage with different languages and cultures.....evidence once more of the unending erosion of language education across the UK.
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