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Dr Jon Rainford

@jonrainford.bsky.social
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Sociologist of education with an interest in creative methods. Interested in widening access to HE, masculinities and neurodiversity.

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
New article - Using Zemiology to explore the potential social harms of a lifelong learning entitlement www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Using Zemiology to explore the potential social harms of a lifelong learning entitlement
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) policy aims to provide equal access to loan funding for all adults aged 18–60 pursuing level 4–6 courses in both further and higher education in England. Its...
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
What can a better understanding of teachers engagement with masculinity, mental health and the manosphere in the school classroom offer to widening access? Hear from @edudetective.bsky.social and I on this weeks NEON blog www.educationopportunities.co.uk/neon-blog/wh...
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What can a better understanding teachers engagement with masculinity, mental health and the manosphere in the school classroom offer to widening access? - NEON
Dr Alex Blower and Dr Jon Rainford,  Boys Impact   Inequalities in educational outcomes for young men from low socioeconomic backgrounds are a key concern for access practitioners. Department for Educ...
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A great evening launching our report and Boys Impact at the House of Commons
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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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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the #CreativeResearchMethods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions. Sign up to our newsletter to learn more: buff.ly/byPirsy
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Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
This new blog by @drdaveobrien.bsky.social, Dr Mark Taylor and Dr Ruoxi Wang, highlights the relationship between subjects studied before university and graduates who go on to work in arts, culture and heritage (ACH) jobs. Read more: pec.ac.uk/blog_entries...
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Why higher education matters to the arts, culture and heritage sectors - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Read about how choice of subject at age 16 impacts creative education pathways and the likelihood of employment in the arts and culture sectors.
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Are you doing a part time doctorate? Or maybe you support part time doctoral researchers? Recently I ran a workshop for go-gn based on the book I wrote with @kayguccione.bsky.social and as if by magic they have produced an edited version on YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?si=Uw8...
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Part-time doctorates: building your strategy for success
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek so here's a plug for my friendly, practical book. It came out just after the pandemic started and has helped, reassured and challenged since. Please share, buy, or get it in your library - I do free talks for any uni that stocks it www.routledge.com/Being-Well-i...
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Being Well in Academia: Ways to Feel Stronger, Safer and More Connected
Are you studying or working in academia and in need of support? Perhaps you’re finding your work, study or personal life challenging or overwhelming; are experiencing bullying, harassment or abuse; or...
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The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Is ADHD a superpower? Or is it harmful to think that way? Fresh from his work on our co-pro of Inside Our Minds, OU expert @jonrainford.bsky.social shares his thoughts: youtu.be/gf2BaJFxE1A?... For more ADHD guidance, visit: connect.open.ac.uk/health-wellb... #InsideOurADHDMinds
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Is ADHD a superpower? Or is it harmful to think that way?
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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Looking forward to hosting @kayguccione.bsky.social and @jonrainford.bsky.social for their (online and publicly accessible) workshop on the 27th of May. Details/registration here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...
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Thriving In Part-Time Doctoral Study: mapping your journey and building your community, Tuesday 27 May, 10:00am - Lancaster University
This workshop, hosted by the Centre for Higher Education Research and Evaluation, is for those undertaking or contemplating part-time doctoral study.
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A new hidden curriculum post by Clare Matysova who offers us her personal reflections to start a conversation about how and where assumptions the PT PhD alongside other professional roles can create a culture of exclusion. drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/w...
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“Why do you want to do a PhD? You are not an academic.”
Dr Clare Matysova is currently Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Programme Manager at Health Data Science UK and has worked in further and higher education for approximately 18 years. Clare recently …
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A quick plug for this book (currently on sale at £16.99) where @jonrainford.bsky.social and I wrote about a PT doctorate as a positive experience providing deeper access to the hidden curriculum www.routledge.com/Thriving-in-...
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Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study: Integrating Work, Life and Research
Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study is a practical guide, designed to support part-time doctoral researchers in navigating their learning experience and providing them with the tools they need to suc...
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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Inside Our ADHD Minds review – Chris Packham’s revelatory show couldn’t be more crucial
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Inside Our ADHD Minds review – Chris Packham’s revelatory show couldn’t be more crucial
Packham refutes harmful anti-woke ideas about the overdiagnosis of neurodiversity by meeting people like Henry, who finds day-to-day life a severe struggle, and Jo, who has spent years constantly being told she’s ‘too much’
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
If you've been watching inside our ADHD minds and need some more support or resources, do check out the @openuniversity.bsky.social connect interactive I authored to support the series. connect.open.ac.uk/health-wellb...
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Starting now. It has been an honour to play a small part in this at the OUs academic consultant www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/a...
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The Open University
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Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Excited that Inside Our Minds (ADHD) will be on BBC 2 today (and iPlayer) - I saw it during production & cried each time! Props to @jonrainford.bsky.social for his work as the OU academic supporting this episode & next week's one (dyslexia-focused). www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Inside Our Minds, Inside Our ADHD Minds
Chris helps a tour guide connect with his parents and a project manager process her grief.
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We’re delighted to introduce you to our latest journal! The Journal of #CreativeResearchMethods Edited by @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, Harriet Shortt, @sophierwoodward.bsky.social and consulting editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou... #ResearchMethods #Creativity
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Journal Of Creative Research Methods
The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the creative research methods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions from aut...
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Kalwant Bhopal @kalwantbhopal.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Look!! The Pelican paperback of my book is here and it looks beautiful!!
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Being Well In Academia - the book to get you through hard times - is currently on offer at £16.99 www.routledge.com/Being-Well-i... Better still, get your library to stock it so all can have access. Or, if you want the free, shorter version, that's here: theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...
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a book is open to a page with purple lights coming out of it
Alt: A large, magical book lies flat on a table and is open to reveal glowing text and purple lights sparkling from it. This is exactly what happens when you read my books.
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Paul Martin @paul-ed-martin.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Today, I’ve published a new paper on ethnicity, school attainment and access to HE in England 🧵[1/8] doi.org/10.1080/0267...
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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📣 Event Klaxon! 📣 Campus Geographies of the Student Experience at SRHE - 29th of April - looking at how the physical elements of universities feature in students' lives in different ways. 🎓🏫 Registration and details below: it's in person, with online attendance possible. srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
These two poems at the Being a boy project event really hit me tonight
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Sociologists of education - just over a week left to submit your abstract for this event that I’m organising with the @britsoci.bsky.social Education Study Group Come and join us in London in June to discuss the future of the sociology of education - lots of different presentation formats possible!
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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Calling current/future part-time PGRs! Online CHERE Workshop: Thriving In Part-Time Doctoral Study with @kayguccione.bsky.social and @jonrainford.bsky.social, 27th of May. This event is for @edreslancaster.bsky.social doctoral researchers but all are welcome. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...
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Thriving In Part-Time Doctoral Study: mapping your journey and building your community, Tuesday 27 May, 10:00am - Lancaster University
This workshop, hosted by the Centre for Higher Education Research and Evaluation, is for those undertaking or contemplating part-time doctoral study.
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Pat Thomson @patthomson.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I’m starting a little series about writing post PhD. The first is about gift authorship. That’s when someone gets credit for writing without doing any work patthomson.net/2025/01/12/a...
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Authoring for post/PhDers – the problem of gift authorship
One of the most common questions I am asked, and that I hear being discussed in doctoral and ECR support groups, is whether to write with supervisors and former supervisors. Or most often, I read o…
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Please do get your abstracts in for this. As it's about the future of the Sociology of Education please also encourage and doctoral researchers and ECRs to submit too.
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Does anyone have any recommendations on good critical papers I could reference on university rankings @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social - any thoughts? This feels like something you might have some leads on...
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
It maybe a cliche but I really am 'thrilled to announce'! Looking forward to working with @poppygibsonuk.bsky.social and the team to bring this project that intersects all of my interests in terms of widening access, young people and neurodivergence to life! www.bera.ac.uk/bera-in-the-...
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BERA and Kusuma Trust Announce Winning Proposals for the Neurodiversity in Mainstream Schools Grant Programme
BERA is delighted to announce the successful recipients of the Neurodiversity in Mainstream Schools Grant Programme, funded by the Kusuma Trust. This initiative supports innovative research...
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now: Checkout staff Scuba diving instructor Mail centre data entry Personal trainer IT sales Yoga teacher Secondary school teacher University outreach
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Lots of highlights this week but this sunrise was certainly one of them
Sunrise on a beach with pebbles
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Dr Achala Gupta @achalagupta.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
🔊 Call for papers! Join us for the @britsoci.bsky.social Presidential Event, in collaboration with the BSA Education Study Group. ⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2025 💬 Theme: The Future of the Sociology of Education 📅 Date: 6 June 2025 📍 Place: BSA Meeting Room, London 🔗 britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
First of 3 days with @edudetective.bsky.social talking to some really amazing young men about teachers perceptions of them. As always leaves me musing why there can't be more space to just talk to boys and listen to what they have to say in every school rather than assume what they need. #BoysImpact
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Having two papers accepted to the BSA conference in 2025 isn't a bad way to start the week 🎉
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I'm sceptical about AI but it said something nice about my posts on Bluesky - maybe I can be won over 😂
His writing is like a well-served cup of coffee: bold, rich in flavor, and occasionally spilling over with wit. Each post is a delightful mix of academic rigor and everyday relatability.
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I am particularly excited to be chairing Wednesday's Pedagogies of Hope session for the British Sociological Association Education study group. Both papers should be fascinating as they are centred around marketisation and precarity. Come join us - it's free and online! britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
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Pedagogies of Hope Seminar Series: Education as a practice of freedom - Seminar 7
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Cake and coffee make thematically analysis more effective. It's a proven fact @edudetective.bsky.social 😂
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Shannon Mason (Shan) @shanmason.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Being a doctoral researcher is tough. You are expected to commit *everything* to the role, sacrificing all else. Being a mother is tough. You are expected to commit *everything* to the role, sacrificing all else. What happens when you do both? ⇩ doi.org/10.1080/0309... (Contact me for access)
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How motherhood enhances and strains doctoral research/ers
Motherhood is often positioned as incompatible with further education, and various cohort studies have revealed the many ways in which mothers are discouraged from and disadvantaged in higher educa...
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Emily Garside @emilygarside.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I'm available for an array of Workshops, talks and training. I cover: -Diversity and Inclusion (LGBTQ & Neurodiversity) -LBGTQ+ history and culture. -Theatre, musicals and more. emilygarside.com/workshops-an...
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Workshops and Training
Workshops I offer two pieces of training designed for businesses or organisations. I’ll work with you to create culture-specific content for all of these trainings for your community. LGBTQ+ Inclus…
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Dr Achala Gupta @achalagupta.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🔊 All welcome to the @britsoci.bsky.social Education Study Group's 'Pedagogies of Hope: Education as a Practice of Freedom' Seminar Series! 📅 Our future events (online, 1-2 PM) are on: 27 Nov; 4, 11 and 18 December 2024. 🔗 For more information and registration link: britsoc.co.uk/groups/study...
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A superb pedagogies of hope session today from @jumana-w.bsky.social thinking about the idea of pedagogical love in the context of refugee education. You can read the full paper here www.norrag.org/launch-nsi-1...
Screen shot of a presentation on pedagogical love.
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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I've made a starter pack of people working in and writing about researcher development in the UK. Please share, and let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/S3ea8oN
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Great to see my #ThrivingPartTime partner in crime here on Bluesky! Give her a follow too @kayguccione.bsky.social
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Dr A.J Fensham-Smith @ajfenshamsmith.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Are you an educator, parent or young person interested or practicing home education? Head over to Open Learn Elective Home Education HUB: www.open.edu/openlearn/ed... free articles, short courses and resources 1/3 #homeeducation #alternativeeducation
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Too early to mention that a copy of Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD might make a nice Christmas gift for a PhD student in your life? link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Three copies of Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD on a desk splayed out
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Dave Sayers @davesayers.eurosky.social · 15/11/2024
Academia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.
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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Another fantastic Pedagogies of Hope session in our British Sociological Association Education study group series featuring Roberto Catello and Sharon Davidson
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Couple of highlights from the @suttontrust.bsky.social new report 'A Class Act: Social mobility and the creative industries' www.suttontrust.com/our-research... I'll focus on Higher Education (which @orianbrook.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social & I worked on)
Front cover of the higher education section of the Sutton Trust's A Class Act report available here https://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/a-class-act/Front cover of A Class Act: Social mobility and the creative industries available here https://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/a-class-act/
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Our paper looking critically at digital access in primary care, just out in print issue of SHI: 'The reflexive imperative in the digital age: Using Archer’s ‘fractured reflexivity’ to theorise widening inequities in UK general practice' #medsky #academicsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The reflexive imperative in the digital age: Using Archer’s ‘fractured reflexivity’ to theorise widening inequities in UK general practice
‘Reflexivity’, as used by Margaret Archer, means creative self-mastery that enables individuals to evaluate their social situation and act purposively within it. People with complex health and social...
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