Reposted by Jan Northcroft Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Literally, kids go starving and pensioners can’t keep the radiators on but it’s immigration or trans people 24/7 1116
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I have a new blog post that tries to lay out just what is at stake with Trump's attempted fascist takeover of higher education. Check it out and share widely! educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/t...educationallinguist.wordpress.comThis Is How a Democracy Dies—One University at a TimeDuring the presidential campaign, Donald Trump didn’t exactly hide what he was planning. He said he’d take control of higher education—and in the 100+ days since his second inauguration, he’s been … 02410
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 20/03/2025what 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... 58438
Jan Northcroft @jannorthcroft.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Congrats to @officialcpfc.bsky.social! Gorgeous scenes at Wembley💛 000
Jan Northcroft @jannorthcroft.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Any excuse. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/g...cnbc.comGoogle Calendar no longer includes start of Black History Month, Pride MonthGoogle Calendar has removed reference to observances such as the beginning of Black history Month on Feb. 1, and Women's History Month on March 1. 010
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Jonathan Northcroft @jnorthcroft.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Ideas lose power, revolutions fade. I've felt this for a while, watching positional (Pep-style) football. Players who once wowed playing safe or touching the ball 4 times in a half. Patterns we've all seen before. There are other ways to play...as 24/25 shows. www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...thetimes.comHow teams are embracing chaos to upset the Pep Guardiola school of tacticsManchester City manager’s rigid positional play appears to be losing its edge as more risk-embracing styles bring Premier League rewards for a new breed of coaches 1111
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/01/2025The Trump Administration is launching nothing less than a giant affirmative action program for straight white men, a great many of whom, including Trump and Vance, are utterly unqualified for their positions and would be mocked for their hubris if they were women or Black or gay or..... 242313452
Jan Northcroft @jannorthcroft.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Afro hair discrimination. A seemingly small issue with a big impact. Please read my blog👇🏾💛 042
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024More than 61,000 dead in Khartoum state alone, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group finds: 26,000 of them killed as a direct result of the violence. Leading cause of death across Sudan is preventable disease and starvation. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comSudan war: Death toll far higher than previously reported - studyMore than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, researchers say. 7437312
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I was listening to Sara Ahmed speak a few days ago and something that stuck with me and is living rent free in my head was this phrase ‘freedom from the need to complain’. I can’t get over how this is such an apt description for structures of exclusion and how people move through spaces differently. 111
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/11/2024On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation 741265727
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Jonathan Northcroft @jnorthcroft.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Football in 2024 is absolutely incredible. And underwhelming. Something is missing - I think it's variety. Is English football all starting to look the same? Managers and SDs have been in touch to say that know exactly what I'm talking about... www.thetimes.com/article/c813...thetimes.comHow Pep Guardiola and data destroyed game’s beautiful varietyEver felt like Premier League clubs now all play the same? You may be right, as The Times’s data team reveal the stats behind top flight’s growing and underwhelming uniformity 2114623
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Neil Tester @neiltester.bsky.social · 07/11/2024Excellent news that the NHS 10-year plan groups will include a focus on these crucial subjects and that Louise Ansari of Healthwatch England, @jacoblant.bsky.social of National Voices and Caroline Abrahams of Age UK are leading them. www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r... 0104
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Groundswell charity @itsgroundswell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Hello Bluesky! We're a charity working for a society which is fair, inclusive and equal. ⚖️ We believe in equitable access to a healthier life and a better future for anyone with experience of homelessness. If you support that too, give us a follow, and let's do this! 💪 #Homelessness #Healthmedia.tenor.coma cartoon character says hello in front of a radioALT: a cartoon character says hello in front of a radio 1168
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Dr Penny Rabiger @pennyrabiger.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Postdoctoral research associate: Reuniting Refugee Families | King's College London #Edujobs #EduSky www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...linkedin.com 011
Reposted by Jan Northcroft Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 07/12/2024‘oracy’ is a hot topic in England’s education system. in this article i critique the deficit thinking which lies at the core of how oracy was first theorised, how those ideologies continue today, and the flawed theory of social justice which often accompanies it.🔓 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2278
Reposted by Jan Northcroft afuahirsch.bsky.social @afuahirsch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I just have a feeling we are going to need to remember this more than ever in the coming era substack.com/@afuahirsch/...substack.comAfua on SubstackWhite working class - Black solidarity: a lesson from Brazil 182
