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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Toxic Masculinity – the wrong conversation. This is a hugely cogent and powerful dismantling of the received notion of ‘toxic masculinity’ and argument that, until we move past it, we are not going to get anywhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl3e... @edudetective.bsky.social‬

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Is ‘toxic masculinity’ starting the wrong conversation?

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Thrilled to say that we’ll be at the Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) conference at @uniofbath.bsky.social in June where we’ll be talking about Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. See you there! tinyurl.com/ycysmpd5

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Conferencing With FACE - FACE

In June 2025 FACE will host its annual conference at the University of Bath. Whether you’re definitely planning to attend, need to convince a budget holder that its worthwhile, or on the fence about t...

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

MONDAY “A fantastic experience and I’m grateful to have taken part… great trainers & very insightful… learned a lot… I’m going to think about myself and how I work from a different perspective, be clearer on my motivations” Great 2-days with staff @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social last week!

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

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Is ‘toxic masculinity’ starting the wrong conversation?

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

“A fantastic experience and I’m grateful to have taken part… great trainers & very insightful… learned a lot… I’m going to think about myself and how I work from a different perspective, be clearer on my motivations” Great 2-days with staff @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social last week!

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Excellent piece on how critical it has become to empower students to shape what support looks like, rather than universities trying to come up with ‘answers’ and ‘solutions’ from their own, often limited and limiting, understanding of students’ lived experience tinyurl.com/yycth5z9

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What if students were the architects of their own success? | Grit: breakthrough programmes

How can we REALLY know what it is like for the mature student balancing work and care responsibilities, the student with disabilities navigating inaccessible booking systems, the international student...

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Grit Unleashed! Please repost Join us for a deep dive in a day co-designed and co-delivered by student participants alongside Grit and Nottingham Trent University on June 5th from 11am to 3pm

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Powerful piece by Elizabeth Farrier-Cave on how AI isn’t just changing how students approach their work – it’s changing how they see themselves and it’s impact their confidence, motivation, resilience and self-belief, belonging, grades and graduate skills. tinyurl.com/4arhr3vf

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What does it mean if students think that AI is more intelligent than they… | Grit: breakthrough programmes

“If students don’t think they can write as well as a machine, how can we expect them to take intellectual risks, engage critically, or develop the resilience needed for the workplace?” Powerful piece...

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Spread the word: we’re Talking about Transformation... Join us on May 14, in person or online, for a conversation with local authority leaders about how staff teams are navigating the challenges of supporting young people

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Grit Unleashed! Please repost Join us for a deep dive in a day co-designed and co-delivered by student participants alongside Grit and Nottingham Trent University on June 5th from 11am to 3pm

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

What with the Easter break I’ve only just got around to reading this great piece by @stish.bsky.social. “It’s wrong-headed to think of deficits in students’ work readiness as the fault of students… employers & educators have a role to play in helping students understand their own skills” Spot on!

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Children's Services leader or manager, or a Virtual School Head? Lead a related team? Come along to our roundtable event on 14th May, online or in the room at Nottingham Trent University. Watch the video to find out more. Email vicky@grit.org.uk to book a place tinyurl.com/2m6fdu25

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If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a… | Ellie Garraway

If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a Virtual School Head or lead a related team, you may be interested in our Grit: breakthrough programmes roundtable event on 1...

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a… | Ellie Garraway

If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a Virtual School Head or lead a related team, you may be interested in our Grit: breakthrough programmes roundtable event on 1...

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a… | Ellie Garraway

If you're a Director, Leader or Manager in Children's services or a Virtual School Head or lead a related team, you may be interested in our Grit: breakthrough programmes roundtable event on 1...

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

#Ubuntu is an African value system that upholds #humanity, interconnectedness and collective #wellbeing. Its philosophy can help lecturers to humanise the classroom, particularly when tech risks depersonalising #learning, explains Chipo Simbi of the University of Southampton: ow.ly/kw7950VGVA6

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Ubuntu philosophy: how embracing cultural heritage in the classroom can enhance teaching

Teaching that incorporates this African value system prioritises relationship building and authenticity. Here’s how to put it into practice

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Grit: breakthrough programmes @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Social capital & the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships. Read our latest piece on @hepi-news.bsky.social on supporting Black students to be their authentic, very best selves @bameednetwork.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social @katemarburg.bsky.social @clairehamshire.bsky.social

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Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

New Post: Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/23/s...

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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 @olimcv.bsky.social

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

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Portsmouth Boys' Impact kick off session

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

“It has helped me to focus, put me on a straight path for the term and exam season… I will be more confident.. ask for support.. be think optimistic abt my journey…” A gr8 workshop with students at @universityofleeds.bsky.social last week. Tx to all who made it happen. @theedukater.bsky.social

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sparqs @sparqs-scotland.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Hello @gritbreakthrough.bsky.social! Indeed, it's nice to find more and more folk making the move to Bluesky! Read our Talking Student Engagement interview with Ellie and Jon from Grit last year... www.sparqs.ac.uk/announcement...

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Talking SE Interview: Grit - January 2024

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