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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🔊NEW PODCAST EPISODE: It’s Just Research Professor Chris Winch and Dr Sara Black discuss informal education and social life. Find out more and listen here>> www.kcl.ac.uk/its-just-res...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🔈Leverhulme Trust-funded PhD studentship available: ‘Communicative framings of insects in children’s educational materials and their effects on children’s perceptions of and engagement with insects. More: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
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King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
QS 2026 rankings highlight ongoing excellence at SSPP! 👏 Several subjects taught at the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy are ranked in the top 50 in the world ⬇️ Politics - 11th Geography - 14th Education - 16th International Development - 21st Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-c...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Congratulations to 4 of our MA students selected to pitch at the Finals of Policy Idol 2026. 👏 Sabina Miah, Thai Braddick, Ola Ahmed-Ebbiary, and Jade Hyland are passionate to see increased support for pastoral staff within schools. 👉 Find out more www.kcl.ac.uk/ecs-students...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Dr Simon Coffey examines the establishment of English as an esteemed and reputable language, looking back at its advocates and the forewarning of 'inkhorning'. Read at: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
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‘That Grammar grudge not our English tong’. Linguistic nationalism in early modern England and the discursive shift from apologia to assertion
T1 - ‘That Grammar grudge not our English tong’. Linguistic nationalism in early modern England and the discursive shift from apologia to assertion
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What is the emotional fuel of political action? How can one uncover the hidden emotions that drive political structures? Listen to Dr Billy Holzberg & Dr Sara black in discussion on the latest It's Just Research Podcast tinyurl.com/za7xuutv
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It's Just Research, Season 3, Ep 1: Affective Bordering: The Emotional…
What is the emotional fuel of political action? How can one uncover the hidden emotions that drive political structures? Using examples from Germany, Billy shows how emotions play a key role in…
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
University Refugee Week 2026 | 2–8 March Join us for a week of talks, creative events and shared conversations exploring forced displacement, and recognising the resilience and contributions of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Find out more: www.kcl.ac.uk/university-r...
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University Refugee Week | King’s College London
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A recently published special issue gains new insights into the social, political and epistemic significance of the university in times of conflict, advancing a critical research agenda in a neglected field. Read more here, with links to the full issue: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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Universities in conflict zones have much to teach the world
A special journal issue containing 24 papers about higher education institutions in conflict zones fills an existing scholarship gap and is evidence t...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📚 Make this blog by Dr Meg Maguire and Dr Emma Towers your next read. 🏆 'Reflecting on educational policy in the UK' was BERA's 5th most popular read of 2025, and interrogates the fundamental ideas that shape and complicate the UK's education policy. 🔗 Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/reflect...
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Reflecting on education policy from across the UK
Education policy in the UK is characterised by change, churn and disruption as successive governments somewhat inevitably recognise ‘problems’ in education to be ‘fixed’ with different...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This Human Rights Day, we follow an MA International Child Rights and Development student's journey through youth advocacy, from a Master's at King's, to being nominated to visit Lviv, the current European Youth Capital. www.kcl.ac.uk/human-rights...
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Human Rights Day 2025: My Youth Advocacy Journey and What I Learned in…
Molly Taylor, youth advocate, human rights ambassador and MA International Child Rights and Development student shares her insights into her career and life ambition as a child rights champion,…
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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Young people of mixed heritage feel ‘invisible’ in educational policy and practice. A new report from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy funded by The Portal Trust examined the lived experiences of mixed-heritage pupils across London classrooms. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mixed-h...
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Mixed-heritage pupils 'invisible' within school policies | King's College London
Young people of mixed heritage are being left out of educational policy and practice.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🌍 ✏️ How can education systems be transformed to effectively teach future generations about social and climate crises and fighting them? Join us at the next CRESTEM seminar where Dr Sophie Perry offers informed solutions to this question. 🗓️3 Dec, 14:30 📍FWB 4.63/Online 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3XuSLn4
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Education for a liveable future: what kind of practice is good enough for the task at hand? | King's College London
Dr Sophie Perry presents research on transformative pedagogy for a more sustainable future.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🗨️ Recent research in ECS looks to destigmatise the bilingual upbringing of children with Down syndrome. 🗣️Parents commented on the concerns around support available, and how negative attitudes mainly exist outside the household. Read the full report here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Attitudes Towards Bilingualism: Insights From Parents of Children With Down Syndrome
Background Recent research indicates that bilingualism does not exacerbate the language learning difficulties commonly seen in children with down syndrome (DS). However, misconceptions persist about.....
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Join for the launch of 'Harold Rosen and English in Education and the Language Arts' by Dr Simon Gibbons. Gibbons' new book explores the prolific influence of Harold Rosen on the teaching of English. 📆 15 January, 6pm 📍River Room, Strand Campus / Online 🎟️Register here: bit.ly/4pyz4GE
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
From learning for unsustainability to unlearning for sustainability? How does the feeling of 'stuckness' effect teachers teaching the climate crisis? Join us for the next online RE-SET seminar. 🗓️ 2 December, 5:30pm-6.45pm Register for the meeting link here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
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Select tickets – RESET seminar: From learning for unsustainability to unlearning for sustainability? – Microsoft Teams
RESET seminar: From learning for unsustainability to unlearning for sustainability? – Microsoft Teams, Tue 2 Dec 2025 - In this lecture, Dr Beth Christie and Dr Callum McGregor critically consider how...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
📢 Did you know that you can stream the Magna Charta Universitatum 2020? The flagship event concerning academic freedom and university values can be streamed on YouTube, starting from today until Thursday. 📺Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=be_h...
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Magna Charta Anniversary 2025
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Meet the team working to address child marriage in crisis 🫂 Join us for a webinar where researchers will discuss their plans to optimise the work community-rooted and feminist groups across sub-Saharan Africa. 🗓️5 Nov, 9am GMT, 12pm EAT 📍Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
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Select tickets – Strengthening community-rooted feminist organisations to address child marriage in crisis – Microsoft Teams
Strengthening community-rooted feminist organisations to address child marriage in crisis – Microsoft Teams, Wed 5 Nov 2025 - Please join us for a webinar launching a new project on Wednesday 5th Nove...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Exploring the lives of blind scientists of the past and present 🧪 🔢 Dr Michele Mele presents the next CRESTEM seminar, exploring the achievements of scientists with low to no sight. 📍 WBW G/8 and online 📅 12 November, 2.30-3.30pm 🔗 Link to register: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
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Select tickets – Blind Scientists from Past to Present: snapshots of their lives and impact – Room G/8, Waterloo Bridge Wing, Stamford Street
Blind Scientists from Past to Present: snapshots of their lives and impact – Room G/8, Waterloo Bridge Wing, Stamford Street, Wed 12 Nov 2025 - This event will take place in person in Waterloo Bridge ...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Want to learn more about Colourism and Racism in Schools?🎒👥 Attend the first seminar in a new series exploring how skin shade and racialisation shape experiences in schools. 📅 Tuesday 11 November, 12.30pm-1.30pm 📍 Online 🎟️ Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
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Register for the event – Understanding Colourism in UK School and Colleges
Understanding Colourism in UK School and Colleges, Tue 11 Nov 2025 - The Understanding Colourism Among Young People in the UK Research Team are delighted to invite you to a new online Colourism and Ra...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
'Universities have more leverage than they think.' Prof Liviu Matei, Head of ECS, comments on the latest provision by the Trump administration on universities in the US, and warns of threats to academic freedom. Read the full article here: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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HE leaders brand Trump’s compact for HE as ‘extortion’
The Trump administration’s compact offered to nine elite US universities has provoked alarm among higher education leaders. It demands surrender of ...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
⚛️The CRESTEM seminars kick off again this week with a presentation from Anna T. Danielsson on the role of physics in creating resonant experiences for young students. 🕝 15 October, 2.30-3.30pm 📍 WBW G/8 or online 🎟️ Register for the seminar here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
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Select tickets – Resonating with physics: Science education for Bildung and a life well-lived
Resonating with physics: Science education for Bildung and a life well-lived, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - This event will take place in person in WBW G/8 and online. Please register to receive the online meetin...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Dr Clyde Ancarno's multilingual teaching toolkit, which won the 2024 SSPP Impact Award, was recently delivered to trainee teachers in The Gambia. 🔤📚 The toolkit bridges the gap between children's native languages used at home and The Gambia's English-only schooling system. 🔗 bit.ly/41XPvTH
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King's-funded multilingual education project pilots in The Gambia | King's College London
Dr Clyde Ancarno’s multilingual education initiative, co-developed with Gambian educators and shaped by teacher practice in the classrooms, was received positively by stakeholders in The Gambia.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
💡 🗣️ Join the Georgetown University and King's College London virtual symposium series starting this Friday! Advancing Process Data Analysis in Large-Scale Assessments 📅 12 September, 15:00 BST 📍 Online Register now ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Georgetown University and King’s College London Virtual Symposium Series (Series 1)
We warmly invite you to join the inaugural session of the Georgetown University and King’s College London Virtual Symposium Series, jointly led by Dr. Qiwei Britt He (Georgetown University, US) and Dr...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🎊 Dr Sharon Gewirtz, Professor of Education, has been appointed on the Education sub-panel for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF). 💼 Recent work by Dr Gewirtz includes her research on the @youngliveskcl.bsky.social project. Congratulations to Dr Gewirtz on her appointment!
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📢 Join Antonia Dawes for a book talk about her new release, England's military heartland, which explores life on the Salisbury Plain and of the communities next to it. 🗓️ 24 September, 7:00pm 📍Housmans Bookshop, Caledonian Road 🎟️ Get your tickets now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Sign up now for our first Faculty alumni pub quiz of the year! 🏆 Alumni teams from @kingsbschool.bsky.social @kcllaw.bsky.social and SSPP will compete against each other at The Vault on Wednesday 3 September. 🤔 🔗 Book your free ticket now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/busin...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
You can now watch the 2025 ECS Annual Lecture on the ECS website. Last month we invited Prof Emily Shuckburgh of Cambridge Zero to talk on how educators can equip young people with the skills and vigour to take on socioecological challenges. Watch now ➡️ bit.ly/4mn40sl
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🔬 Twenty-six students attended a three-day girls optics summer school at King’s College London in July, inspiring the next generation of female physicists. Read more here ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/inspiri...
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Summer school promotes physics amongst young girls
Twenty-six students attended a three-day girls optics summer school at King’s College London in July, inspiring the next generation of female physicists.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Graduating at the Royal Festival Hall? Your Alumni Team is looking forward to welcoming all new King’s graduates into our global alumni community of 220,000+ people. Read more on the free benefits we offer to all our alumni: www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/forever-kings-edge #ForeverKings
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
📣 In the season finale of the 'It's Just Research' Podcast, our hosts have an animated discussion with Dr Panos Theodoropoulos and his research into the socialisation of precarity. Read more and listen to the episode here: www.kcl.ac.uk/its-just-res...
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It's Just Research Podcast, Season 2, Finale: The Thief and the Cash…
Dr Panos Theodoropoulos comments on precarity, migration and the politics of labour.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
King’s College London has been ranked 31st in the QS World University Rankings 2026. ECS is proud to have contributed to this growth. King’s is ranked 22nd in the world in Education and Training, 31st in Sociology and Management and 32nd in Social Policy and Administration.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
📢 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 📢 We talk to Dr Tania de St Croix and Louise Doherty about their collaborative research project that sought to address the impact of rising evaluation of youth work and how policy threatens the spirit of youth work. www.kcl.ac.uk/its-just-res...
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It's Just Research, Season 2 Ep 6: Defending the spirit of youth work
In this episode, hosts Sara and Pippa interview Dr Tania de St Croix and Louise Doherty about their research on measuring the impact of youth work.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
📢 2 WEEKS TO GO! Just two weeks until our the ECS Annual Lecture delivered by @emilyshuckburgh, presenting her vision into thriving sustainably on Planet Earth. 🌎 This won't be one to miss. Register now 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/2025-...
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2025 ECS Annual Lecture: The science, politics and technologies underpinning the climate crisis by Prof Emily Shuckburgh
Save the date for this year's ECS annual lecture which will be delivered by Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Director of Cambridge Zero.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The launch of The Precarious Migrant Worker coincided with the release of the UK government's white papers on immigration. The speakers included at least three migrant workers. The staff running the event also included migrant workers without whom it wouldn't have been possible. 🧵⬇️
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
POSTPONED 📣 We've pushed this event to the 11th of June, still at 1pm!
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Dr Francesca Meloni (@francescameloni.bsky.social) has won the Hart-SLSA award for Early Career Academics 2025 for her book Ways of Belonging: Undocumented Youth in the Shadow of Illegality. 🎉 Read more about the award and the book here ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-fran...
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Dr Francesca Meloni wins SLSA Book Prize 2025
Dr Francesa Meloni, Senior Lecturer in Social Justice at the School of Education, Communication and Society, has won the Hart-SLSA Book Prize for Early Career Academics 2025 for her book Ways of Belon...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
TOMORROW: “You laugh at it as a joke, but it’s not funny:” Young People’s Experiences of Colourist Banter Join us for this CPPR seminar delivered by colorism expert Dr Aisha Phoenix. 📆 14 May, 13:00 📍WBW 3/8 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/you-l...
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“You laugh at it as a joke, but it’s not funny:” Young People’s Experiences of Colourist Banter
This paper explores how young people in the UK use jokes and banter to perpetuate colourism, particularly targeting those with dark and very dark skin.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
London, 12th May – don’t miss @ptheodoropoulos.bsky.social’s book launch @kingsecs.bsky.social ↓ details interregnum.ghost.io/book-launch-... Including Bridget Anderson @mmbuob.bsky.social and Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social @intrrgum.bsky.social
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Book launch: The Precarious Migrant Worker, Polity (Glasgow and London)
In the desert of neoliberal precarity, how do we struggle? We invite you to the book launches for The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialization of Precarity, taking place in Glasgow (9th of May 202...
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Just days to go until we host the launch of The Precarious Migrant Worker by Panos Theodoropoulos and this is your last chance to register! 🗓️12 May, 6.30pm 📍Great Hall, Strand Campus Register here: bit.ly/43h1TiF @mmbuob.bsky.social @industrialworker.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social
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Book launch: "The Precarious Migrant Worker" by Panos Theodoropoulos
This new book explores the ways precarity is lived and contested in Glasgow's warehouses, factories and kitchens.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
📢🌍💚 ANNOUNCEMENT 💚🌍📢 We are pleased to announce this year's ECS annual lecture with Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Director of @cambridgezero.bsky.social 📆 Tuesday 1 July, 14:15 📍 Anatomy Lecture Theatre / K6.29 Registrations are now open: bit.ly/3GXIhY3
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2025 ECS Annual Lecture: The science, politics and technologies underpinning the climate crisis by Prof Emily Shuckburgh
Save the date for this year's ECS annual lecture which will be delivered by Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Director of Cambridge Zero.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"This is the insidiousness of capitalism: it imprisons us precisely by relying on our desires to feel free." Check out our exclusive interview with Panos Theodoropoulos in the lead up to the release of his new book. www.kcl.ac.uk/the-making-o...
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The making of The Precarious Migrant Worker: an interview with Panos…
In the lead up to the publication of his new book, we speak to Panos Theodoropoulos about writing The Precarious Migrant Worker, his mission for the book and his hopes for the book launch.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Dr Billy Holzberg's latest book on borders and affect was awarded as the winner of the British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for the best sole-authored book in sociology this year! Read more about the book and this prestigious win ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-bill...
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Dr Billy Holzberg wins British Sociological Association's prize for best sole-authored sociology book
The Philip Abrams Memorial Prize is awarded for the best sole-authored book in the subject of sociology.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Next month we will be hosting a joint conference with UNICA's EduLAB on 19-20 May at King's. The conference is titled 'How models of Higher Education travel internationally: governance, funding and knowledge production'. Find out more and sign up now ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/unica...
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UNICA EduLAB x King's College London Joint Conference 2025
During this two day conference, we will explore how models of Higher Education travel internationally in terms of governance, funding, knowledge production.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
📣 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 📣 How do we deconstruct military identity in the UK psyche? 💭🪖 This is the question that Dr Antonia Dawes interrogates in her research. Listen to the latest episode of the 'It's Just Research' podcast. ➡️ bit.ly/4jPoHLT
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
📢 This #EarthDay we are pleased to announce that the next ECS Annual Lecture will be delivered by Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Director of @cambridgezero.bsky.social 🗓️ Save the date for 1 July, 2:30pm More details to come! 🌎🎓
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Tania de St Croix @tania-dsc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Young people won't let youth work disappear! Thanks It's Just Research podcast @kingsecs.bsky.social for inviting me and Louise Doherty to discuss our recent article "Embers, and Fragments: Social Haunting in Youth Work, Impact Measurement and Policy Networks" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Tomorrow's Proudly King's "Lunch 'n' Learn" session will be delivered by ECS Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Pippa Sterk! Join online from 12pm. 🌈🎓
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📣📣Calling all international students: the application deadline for overseas applicants has been extended to 23 May!
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Rated Hsiao-Hung Pai's 'Book of the Year', join us for the launch of The Precarious Migrant Worker by Panos Theodoropoulos an essential book on the daily realities of migrant workers. 📅 12 May, 6:30pm 📍 Great Hall, Strand Campus Register now ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
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Book launch: "The Precarious Migrant Worker" by Panos Theodoropoulos
This new book explores the ways precarity is lived and contested in Glasgow's warehouses, factories and kitchens.
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School of Education, Communication and Society at King's @kingsecs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Study a BA in English Language & Linguistics... on a scholarship! Applications are now open for scholarships worth up to £6000 towards the ELL BA. Find out more and apply now: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
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