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Max Antony-Newman

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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Education at the University of Glasgow. Parent engagement, immigration and education, Pierre Bourdieu.

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Has the OECD Changed Its Mind About Education? This week's blog post analyses a recent OECD report that appears to signal an important seismic shift in the organisation’s conceptualisation of the purpose of education. 🔗 :  shorturl.at/0QxGI
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Coming up in 1 week - Homeschooling: Parent engagement through managing education at home. Register here: bit.ly/4gJzdFZ
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A lot of universities will be facing big deficits and looking to cure what ails them. I just want them to be thoughtful about it.
Screenshot of article which reads: At the same time, new job-focused majors may not be sustainable — and can even backfire. Dominique Baker, an associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, pointed to the rise in computer-science degrees in the 2010s. At the time, they seemed like the best way to secure a high-paying salary after graduation, she said. But with the rise of generative artificial intelligence, computer-science jobs are increasingly hard to find, and enrollment in such programs is falling significantly.
“When you tie the viability, the financial viability in particular, of an institution really tightly to jobs creation on that scale,” especially as a four-year institution, she said, “you have to be really careful, because you can find that in 10 years that program that you poured all your money into — worthless.”
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/ A slightly strange and lovely thing to be able to say, my book The Social Life of Justice is published tomorrow... www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do not miss our parent engagement webinar on Oct 7 on the role of parents in homeschooling bit.ly/4gJzdFZ In the meantime feel free to access videorecordings of all previous 27 events www.gla.ac.uk/schools/educ...
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Great article by Nathan Fretwell on the pedagogical features of parents' educational activism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m excited to share that The Scarcity Loop: How School Choice Reshapes the Rationing of Public Education is officially out in the world. It seemed important to find a slice.
Scarcity loop book dragging a pizza slice up subway stairs
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Parent engagement webinars at the University of Glasgow are back for another year! Join us on October 7 for a session with Dr Georgina Justice, who will explore: Homeschooling: Parent engagement through managing education at home. Register bit.ly/4gJzdFZ @centcs.bsky.social @uogcfte.bsky.social
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Neoliberals have neutered direct state investment in infrastructure. Everything is privatised, state guarantees profits. UK languishes at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment in productive assets. China invests over 41% of its GDP in productive assets, India 34.3%, UK 17.9%.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What effect do private schools have on school segregation by social class in the UK? Our paper in @edreview.bsky.social answers this. Segregation fell by about 20% in England, Scotland and Wales when we removed private schools from our calculations. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The secret garden of school segregation in the UK: private schools, social class and geography
Socio-economic segregation in UK schools has primarily been explored through analysing Free School Meals (FSM) as a marker of deprivation. By incorporating data on social class and private schools,...
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.
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Alex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley
(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle...
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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 02/09/2026
How does social background shape educational success? In the latest #UniKonstanz In_equality Podcast, @mbusemeyer.bsky.social​ & Gabi Spilker @excinequality.bsky.social​ discuss early tracking, standardized tests and equal opportunity with sociologist @hermwerf.bsky.social​. t1p.de/bt6j0
The image shows a poster with the title "Educational Inequality: Can We Do Better?" and an abstract geometric icon.
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 31/08/2026
Two tier citizenship, in which some groups are always under suspicion, no matter individuals' *actual* behaviour, history, intentions etc, is not inevitable. This state of affairs is constructed thru relentless media and political discourse. another eg. in collab with @languageonthemove.bsky.social
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Trust and suspicion at the airport
Anyone who has ever travelled to or from Australia will agree that the last thing you want after getting off a long-haul flight is any further barriers between you and the outside world, a shower, …
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BERA @beranews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🎙️New BERA Podcast series In this series, we explore some of the real-world ethical dilemmas faced by educational researchers, using chapters from Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research. Listen here: www.bera.ac.uk/media-series/podcast…
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
‘The UK’s richest 0.001% – about 200 families – held wealth worth 5% of GDP in 1989. Today, those families command an astonishing 25% of the country’s GDP’ - As the Guardian says: ‘Extreme wealth threatens our democracy’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on global inequality: extreme wealth threatens democracy | Editorial
Editorial: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald Trump
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...
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A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
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Educational Review @edreview.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Do high-resource schools reduce educational inequality? New evidence from 31 economies suggests the answer is more complex than many assume. More resources alone may not be enough to close socioeconomic gaps. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0013...
Educational Review journal title appears at the top. On the left is the article title and author name(s): ‘‘Are high-resource schools associated with lower inequality in educational outcomes? Evidence from academic and socio-emotional outcomes across 31 economies’ by Xu Wang & Yilong Su. On the right is an image of classroom with computers.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11/08/2026
See also the term "activist scholar," which is applied derogatorily to academics who use their expertise to advocate for Left-leaning policy, but not to Right-leaning academics, even if they take money from Right-wing groups or advocate for Right-wing causes based on dubious evidence or none at all.
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Equity in Education Canada - Building Better Futures @equityed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We are very proud to release our new Working Paper! By Anna Chmielewski (U of T) and Sachin Maharaj (UOttawa), it explores socioeconomic segregation in schools in Canada. Read more on our website: equityeducation.ca/socio-econom... @lhaecomms.bsky.social @oiseuoft.bsky.social @bdhuey.bsky.social
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Socio-economic Segregation between Schools in Canada - Equity Education Canada
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
1/ What has devolution changed for race equality across Britain? Our new @nuffieldfoundation.org funded Policy Briefing we map the strategies, duties, action plans and accountability mechanisms developed since devolution. bsky.app/profile/uofg...
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It’s finally here 😁 The 2nd edition paperback version of Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach has just been published. This edition is substantially updated, including a critical review of literature published since the 1st edition. Order your copy at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teacher-a...
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Teacher Agency
This second edition of Teacher Agency brings new perspectives on teachers as agents of change and development within their professional ecosystems. Centred arou…
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Really pleased that SSHRC funded our important forthcoming study "Curricula Counter-Mapping for Social Justice in Canadian K-12 Education: Pathways to Including Marginalized Forms of Knowledge and Knowledge Creation" lnkd.in/ghzA4EdV Looking forward to collaboration with colleagues in Canada.
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Prof Prachi Srivastava 🌈 @prachisrivas.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I'm starting a thread on stories of policy reversals on digital learning and technology policies amidst growing evidence that lower learning outcomes seem to have followed mass expansion of digital device and learning tools about a decade on in elementary, secondary, and university education.
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If you’re in the USA and you distrust the FDA under RFK, please know that the Canadian government has very extensive health information on their websites, so when you’re concerned about these outbreaks and such, you’ll find some info on the gov’s Canada.ca website. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
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Prevention of cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora) - Canada.ca
Learn how cyclosporiasis can be prevented.
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It is not every day that ECRs extend existing theories or contribute to developing new concepts. Great to see @marinaantonynewman.bsky.social developing the concept of critical plurilingualism & challenging the myth of inherent neoliberal nature of plurilingualism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Towards conceptualizing plurilingualism as critical: evidence from the field
Critical dimensions of plurilingualism came to the fore during the multilingual ‘turn’ in language education (LE), marked by the prominence given to issues of justice, equality, and rights regardin...
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Marina Antony-Newman @marinaantonynewman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Happy to share my open-access article "Towards conceptualizing plurilingualism as critical: evidence from the field" that develops the concept of critical plurilingualism. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Grateful to my participants, reviewers, CILS editorial team and UCL for open access support!
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Towards conceptualizing plurilingualism as critical: evidence from the field
Critical dimensions of plurilingualism came to the fore during the multilingual ‘turn’ in language education (LE), marked by the prominence given to issues of justice, equality, and rights regardin...
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I know I've said this before but I'm going to keep saying it - can we please be done with 'UK education' or 'Education in the UK'? Wales, Scotland and NI do not do the same things as England. I'm very pleased to be in Wales - the Four Purposes of Education we follow. sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net...
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Curriculum for Wales - The Four Purposes
The Four Purposes
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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Haven't posted here yet but wanted to share a recent academic article I wrote for the International Journal of Bilingualism titled, "Multilingual Mothering: Shifting Emotional Connections to a Heritage Language After the Transition to Motherhood (Matrescence)" journals.sagepub.com/share/Z6QJTB...
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In the simplest language I can give. Activism is the practice of fighting to expand rights, not restrict them. That’s what I tell my students when we discuss civil rights and social justice.
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is also part of the framing issue. He’s not an activist. He’s not fighting for some type of equality or representation. He’s wants domination and oppression. That’s not activism.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Any questions? #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
CBC has been making a documentary on the rise of Oligarchy. The first three episodes are now online: app.magellan.ai/listen_links... The last episode will, I have been told by the producer, most likely follow in September.
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The Billionaire Age Pt 1 | How did we get here?
Listen to Ideas
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Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The average immigrant worker in Canada's biggest immigration wave faced a large & persisting earnings penalty relative to the native-born, according to Ian Keay & Daniel Teeter who use new complete count census data to argue that assimilation was slower in Canada than in the US.
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Immigrants’ labour market experiences in early twentieth century Canada
In this paper we use newly digitized complete-count micro data from the 1901, 1911 and 1921 Canadian population censuses to document foreign born assimilation into Canadian labor markets during the...
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Study (N=8,097) finds women more likely to finish a PhD before 30 & have children after 35. Men tended to become parents during doctoral studies & often had 3+ children by 40. Early-career mothers had lower citation rates; fathers had no such penalties. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Female Academics Increasingly Delay Motherhood Until Age 35
“Pronounced penalties” for those early-career staff with children may explain why Ph.D.s postpone becoming parents, a recent study finds.
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NASUWT Scotland @nasuwtscotland.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A welcome announcement that Education Scotland will have the funding to continue both the Building Racial Literacy Programme (BRL) and Anti-Racist Mentors Project. Feedback from participants has been exceedingly positive. www.gov.scot/news/over-20... More info: education.gov.scot/professional...
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Over £200,000 for anti-racism training
Funding for key education project.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Ten years ago, Scotland overwhelmingly voted to remain in the EU but was taken out against our will. Our best future lies in becoming an independent member state of the EU, and working with our neighbours to build a stronger, more prosperous country. 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New article publication - Open Access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Understanding Fathers Engagement: Contextual Insights From Tajikistan and Azerbaijan
Research on parental engagement often portrays fathers as less involved in their children's lives compared to mothers. This paper challenges such a perspective by examining fathers' engagement within...
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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Cannot wait to host the first international inter-diciplinary event on how the 'time inheritance' framework informs international higher education research and practice. Join us on 15th July 2026! Register: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This week on June 24 - the next 2026 VRLS course is about developing theory through qualitative theory, led by Johnny Saldaña. Learn more and sign up for the course: www.aera.net/2026VRLS
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I think part of why we get these weird articles because some folks are clinging to a caricature of what education is and what it’s supposed to do. With the assumption that we are the only line for things that are quite broad and complex involve community, rather than one institution.
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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: When "diversity" becomes a management metric and "social justice" a branding tool, universities risk practising privileged irresponsibility. Structural change — not tokenism — is what's needed. #EdSci blog.eera-ecer.de/universities-soci…
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
My article is finally up on Urban Affairs Review. It's about conducting ethnographies, interviews and focus groups during a time of crisis. I talk about expectations between the researcher and participants, and rethinking what hard to reach means during a crisis. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Reaching the Unreachable: Building Trust in Chicago Black Neighborhoods During Times of Crisis - Justin Zimmerman, 2026
Crises affect researchers’ ability to conduct interviews, focus groups, and ethnographies. I discuss my interactions with participants to explain how I overcame...
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Nina Bandelj @ninabandelj.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Anxious children, anxious parents… Is it also because today we are pressured to overinvest financially and emotionally into our children? I really enjoyed a podcast conversation with pediatrician Dr. Ted Plimpton, one of his first with a sociologist. #parenting #anxiety #pressure
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Dennis A Francis @dennisafrancis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Prof Prachi Srivastava 🌈 @prachisrivas.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Disinvestment in public education is one factor for increased household spending on children. Many of these activities were part and parcel of what was offered in schools. Cutting funding for the arts, music, sports, extra-curriculars has meant households who can, will spend out-of-pocket.
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