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Nathan Fretwell

@nathanfretwell.bsky.social
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Lecturer. Gadfly. Philosopher-cum-sociologist. Indignant. Repatriated northerner once of London.

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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Very pleased to announce that today was my first day at the University of Leeds. I am joining as Lecturer in Inclusion, Childhood & Youth and will be teaching across UG and PG Childhood Studies and serving as programme leader for the BA Education. Looking forward to working with my new colleagues.
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Dr Charlotte Haines Lyon @haineslyon.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Half a million fines were sent to parents last year. The system costs us money and clogs up the courts. It is deeply problematic as I write here. #edusky theconversation.com/fines-for-te...
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Fines for term-time holidays are at record levels – this will further erode trust between parents and schools
Fines for parents whose children take unauthorised holiday have risen from £60 to £80.
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
For anyone who missed my talk before Xmas, you can find a recording of it here - Parental activism in education Parent Engagement Webinar Dec 2024 youtu.be/z5NQqzkB5Qw?si… via @YouTube
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Parental activism in education Parent Engagement Webinar Dec 2024
YouTube video by UofG Education
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Really enjoyed this event and keen to tune into more in 2025!
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Claudette Williams obituary
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
My new article on parental activism, which looks at the caring emotions driving parents' campaign work has now been assigned a volume/issue number @BJSocEd: doi.org/10.1080/014256…
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
There is still time to register for our Dec 11 webinar with @nathanfretwell.bsky.social talking about parental activism at 11am ET/4pm GMT t.co/Z72aQz7bew
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https://bit.ly/ParentalActivism
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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
For BSA members - I’ll be speaking on parental activism at the Pedagogies of Hope seminar series next Wednesday. Come along 👇🏽 www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
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Pedagogies of Hope Seminar Series: Education as a practice of freedom - Seminar 9
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Next Wednesday afternoon I’ll be delivering a webinar on parental activism in education. Come along! 👇🏽
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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Why do parents become activists? Are all parent activists the same in their goals and approaches? Register for our Dec 11 parent engagement webinar with @nathanfretwell.bsky.social to know more bit.ly/ParentalActi...
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
A friend died today. We weren’t massively close, but it made me reflect that when we go, our legacy is often the stories we leave in other people’s lives x
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This has been going on for decades across a whole host of institutions and needs to stop. Unfair and wrong on many levels. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff
Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The boat feels like it’s definitely sinking
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Come join us to discuss all things parental activism/campaign work
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New article on parental activism in education out now open access with @BJSocEd. In it we explore how parents' activism is linked to care for their children, schools and communities.
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Nathan Fretwell @nathanfretwell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
First post Bluesky peeps. Just about to embark on this. I’m pretty sure that most good sci-fi is either feminist or anarchist or a combination of both. Not exclusively mind as I’m partial to the odd space opera every now and again 😁
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