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Neil Harrison

@neilharrison.bsky.social
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Professor of Education and Social Justice in the School of Education at the University of Exeter - posts personal.

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Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Young people growing up in care in parts of London are more than four times more likely to go on to university than their peers elsewhere, @neilharrison.bsky.social study finds www.timeshighereducation.com/news/londons... via @georgialouluck.bsky.social
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London’s care-leavers four times more likely to progress to HE
Regional access disparities ‘challenge the assumption that low participation is inevitable’
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Neil Harrison @neilharrison.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🚨🚨🚨New journal article just published! Focuses on the strong differences in educational outcomes for children in care between local authority areas and how this relates to how many schools resist the admission of children in care... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Neil Harrison @neilharrison.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
At the House of Lords this evening, speaking at an event for the Drive Forward Foundation about transitions to work for care-experienced young people, based on my 2023 report for @nuffieldfoundation.org...
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Neil Harrison @neilharrison.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Delighted to have contributed evidence to this really important report into how to improve transitions into adulthood for care-experienced young people in London...
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Neil Harrison @neilharrison.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
And also this one... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A praxis-based perspective on supporting care-experienced students to thrive in higher education using the capabilities approach
Students who spent time in state care as children, usually due to neglect or maltreatment, are a growing community within higher education in many countries. However, their participation rates gene...
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Neil Harrison @neilharrison.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I'm slowly moving my social media across from 'the other place'! There's a couple of journal articles that were printed late last year that I'd not gotten around to sharing (again)... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Climbing the ivory tower: agency, reflexivity and the career pathways of care-experienced academics in higher education - Higher Education
There has been increasing interest in understanding the higher education experiences of students who spent time ‘in care’ as children, who tend to have to overcome strong barriers to educational succe...
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Jenna Mittelmeier @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Call for chapter authors for the new book I'm editing! Abstracts due Feb 28. 'The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities' Submission form and full book details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Call for Abstracts: Chapters for 'The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities'
Call for Contributions to an Edited Volume The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities Edited by Jenna Mittelmeier Contributions are sought for an edited volume focusing on the untold stor...
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Phil Durrant @phil-durrant.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Our new paper out now in Applied Linguistics… academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
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Linking adverbials in children’s writing: Exploring variation across year groups, genres, and disciplines
Abstract. Linking adverbials is a crucial element in successful academic writing that is particularly challenging for both first and second-language learne
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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Dr Will Shield from Educational Psychology discusses the dangers of self-diagnosing mental health problems using social media in this article www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Two million young people have self-diagnosed mental health problems
Waiting lists for therapy mean many rely sites like TikTok for medical advice
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Neil Harrison @neilharrison.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Looking forward to giving 'oral evidence' about #careleavers and #cep accessing the labour market to the London Assembly Economy, Culture and Skills Committee this afternoon, drawing on our 2023 report for the Nuffield Foundation. Streamed live: webcasts.london.gov.uk/Assembly/Event…
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Neil Harrison @neilharrison.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Using my first Bluesky post to announce publication of new report: 'Improving the effectiveness of virtual schools'. Explores local disparities in educational outcomes for children in care. Collaboration with NAVSH and Rees Centre, funded by KPMG Foundation: education.exeter.ac.uk/research/pro...
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