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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
X has gone mad
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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Philly has beautiful murals all over the place. Here is one you can’t see from the ground - only from our hotel window
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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
In preparation for the official publication date of my new book Supply Chain Justice next week (December 17) I thought I should do a thread (assuming I can figure out how to do that) on what the book is about. Just in case anyone is looking for a last-minute Christmas present….
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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I was interviewed about the new translation of Capital -- and especially about my afterword -- by Gant Roberson for Public Seminar.
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Reconstructing Capital - Public Seminar
Gant Roberson interviews William Clare Roberts about the evolving relevance of Marxist theory with the latest translation of Capital.
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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Here are my book recommendations for the new year: Read the books you already bought.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Paperback books are like velveteen rabbits — there to be loved and squeezed and read and stuffed into shoulder bags and left in the sun and read again until there's nothing left but the best kind of memories
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
⏱️ An 'independent' review of Oak National Academy will now not be published until early next year, with a new consultation launched for edtech firms to set out if the online school has impacted their business
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Government delays Oak National Academy review
An 'independent' review of Oak National Academy will not be published until early next year, with a consultation launched for edtech firms to set out if the online school has impacted their business
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Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com · 10/12/2024
@jimdickinson.bsky.social is presenting 'Belong' research on student working by @wonkhe.bsky.social / Cybil. 2/3rds of students are doing paid work just to pay bills. 1 in 6 needs to work to support their family. More than 1/2 work more than 15hrs/wk (the level considered detrimental to study).
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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
🚨 The Government has announced an uplift to the early years pupil premium today. This is great news, as we have been calling for an increase to the EYPP for several years - including in our recent manifesto of policies to improve social mobility ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
These carolers know that the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! #legokaren
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
🤖 The government has asked @ofstednews.bsky.social to carry out an independent review into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools and colleges buff.ly/4gcOzQr
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Ofsted to review use of AI in schools
DfE commissions watchdog to examine how AI can 'support teaching and learning' and manage admin
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 10/12/2024
Wasted goods, wasted lives: our #TSRWaste issue, edited by @asiyaislam.bsky.social , draws on thinkers from Françoise Vergès to Zygmunt Bauman to take a closer look at food apps, sanitation workers and fishing communities, floods of fast fashion in Ghana, and much more. buff.ly/4iolWBf
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
When you come here for a bit of a sanity and actual knowledge
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
When university, or buying a house, are so expensive for young people, it’s no surprise that going to uni becomes more of a transaction - STEM a means to a stable job. But English literature falling in popularity will leave us with dreary, diminished culture. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/12/2024
The best children’s books of 2024
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The best children’s books of 2024
Get lost in a fox’s quest; plus snowman magic, a wily genie and cookery from around the world From uplifting picture books to absorbing nonfiction, comic adventures to colourful fables, 2024 has produced a wealth of wonderful writing for children. Twenty…
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
“Research is seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.” - Albert Szent-Györgyi
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/12/2024
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
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The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture The announcement that Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent is to stop offering English literature degrees has set several hares…
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Okay so someone tell me why I have only just learnt horizontal Christmas tree lights vs having always wrapped 🤣
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Ever found a £ note in a library book - if you have is probably mine - enjoy
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The best books in the library are those that people came before you have in pencil the bits you needed most - ( the bits you were already looking for )
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
And breathe
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Henry Miller @henryjmiller.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Great to hear my colleagues Cristina Leston-Bandeira and Richard Huzzey speaking about the findings from our project on petitioning in 20thc Britain!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/11/2024
Selfies and surf simulators: the young cruisers driving boom in sea holidays
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Selfies and surf simulators: the young cruisers driving boom in sea holidays
A new generation is taking to the ocean in growing numbers – and fears over the environmental impact of cruise ships appear not to be denting their popularity * Read more in this series This summer was the first time 31-year-old Daisie Morrison had…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/11/2024
The Guardian view on benefit reforms: ministers should enable work – not force it | Editorial
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The Guardian view on benefit reforms: ministers should enable work – not force it | Editorial
Years of ugly attacks on benefit claimants mean Liz Kendall treads a delicate line as she sets out to boost employment That one in eight young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training is a dismal statistic. Nearly a decade after the…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/11/2024
TV tonight: inside the sonic branding and ‘happy’ flavours of fast food
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TV tonight: inside the sonic branding and ‘happy’ flavours of fast food
Television physician Dr Chris van Tulleken explores the wild world of food engineering. Plus: the Dune galaxy comes to TV. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two Whether it’s feeding ice-cream to a person having a brain scan to find the…
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The tragedy is that as our water supply damaged by pollution & flooding, environmental damage, we will be sold bottled water for drinking/daily use. Foreign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled water www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Foreign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled water
Coca-Cola extracts largest amount of freshwater of any drinks company in England, FoI request finds
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Has anyone looked at the petition site of gov . I have never seen number increase like this in front of my eyes
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Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I'm proud of MIT for eliminating tuition for people whose families make less than $200,000 per year. Stanford already charges no tuition for families below $150,000. The top universities in America are much more affordable than most people realize.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/11/2024
MoD to cut more than 5,000 civil service jobs in drive to reduce costs
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MoD to cut more than 5,000 civil service jobs in drive to reduce costs
Dave Williams, the permanent secretary, said department aims to lose 10% of staff, causing alarm among trade unions More than 5,000 civil service jobs are to go at the Ministry of Defence in a drive to cut costs, prompting alarm among trade unions. Dave…
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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨 Calling all researchers 🚨 We're commissioning an exciting new research project on the role of higher education in social mobility internationally, with a focus on policy learnings for the UK and the US. Express your interest by 9th December ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. The award aims to stimulate a new generation of thinkers who can offer original, lively and topical contributions to the lines of political, cultural and educational inquiry which Hall pursued. www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/the...
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The Stuart Hall Essay Prize - Stuart Hall Foundation
The Stuart Hall Foundation is pleased to invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, the prize invites new and unpubl...
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Tim Newburn @timnewburn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Need cheering up? Whenever I do, this never fails. Joy Division’s Transmission: the Playmobil Edit m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ynm...
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Playmobil Stop Motion Joy Division Transmission 720p
YouTube video by Albert “Ironlion” francia Albas
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 21/11/2024
Our latest Magazine issue is “a sociological treasure trove: tales of refugee migrants, fishers, tugboats, shipworms & underwater cables; Godzilla (a hydrothermal vent), maritime museums and sociological sailing ships.” Editor Milena Kremakova introduces #TSRTheSea buff.ly/3Yjz1UJ
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 19/11/2024
Are you in or around Hertforshire/North London? We've a few final free tickets available for tonight's The Martin Lewis Money Show Live Christmas special. If you'd like to join us email the team at martinlewis@itv.com (first come, first served so go quick if you want them)
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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Discover the cutting-edge volume on current trends in sex work by Bernadette Barton, @bgbrents.bsky.social, and @drjonessoc.bsky.social. Hailed as "Indispensable" by Foreword Reviews, "Sex Work Today" is an intimate dive into the benefits and challenges of the digital sex industry.
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Ed Dorrell @eddorrell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Firstly, behaviour in schools is undoubtedly getting worse. This is due to all manner of factors – post-covid malaise, mental health, social media, funding cuts – and that is one of the main reasons why exclusions are going up 4/10
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Proper snowing out - Midnight dog snow play
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/11/2024
Dune: Prophecy review – a bracingly different sci-fi dominated by women at every level
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Dune: Prophecy review – a bracingly different sci-fi dominated by women at every level
The origins of the mysterious Bene Gesserit sisterhood are uncovered in this starry and intense prequel to the fantasy saga that would have been unthinkable even 10 years ago Welcome to the Sisterhood – equal parts nunnery, finishing school, psychic…
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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Looking for a Christmas gift for an academic that loves football? You won’t go far wrong with this matched pair. ~10 years apart (2013, 2022) but interlinked, as Smith nicely weaves The Numbers Game though his narrative. But best look elsewhere if your giftee is a devotee of ‘proper football men’.
Covers of two books about football and data analytics.
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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Current levels of food insecurity in the UK reach 48% for single parent households. Having enough food or calories for you and your family isn't a relative question, and has long term as well as immediate effects, physically, economically and psychologically
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
These starter packs are really helpful ❤️
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Artist Sue Austin, British artist who created a series of underwater performances in her specially adapted wheelchair
Photo of a white woman to the centre left floating in a wheelcfair under blue water, with breathing equipment, arms outstretched,wearing a dress. Her long dark hair is floating behing her and bubbles float upwards from head area. To the bottom right ia a large jaggered rust coloured coral
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Jon Andrews @mrjpandrews.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Been doing edu stats for two decades, but the ones on students getting extra time in exams were a new one on me recently. 42% of students in independent schools get extra time. schoolsweek.co.uk/ofqual-inves...
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Ofqual investigates extra exam time at private schools
Forty-two per cent of private school pupils get extra time, compared to 26.5 per cent of state pupils
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michael veale @michae.lv · 15/11/2024
In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...
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A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT
Site web d’Arthur Perret, enseignant-chercheur en SIC.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
As I’m fairly new here, I wanted to share a major project that we published earlier this year It’s a months-long deep dive into the devastating impact of 14-years of Conservative austerity policies on a city and its people This is Austerity City
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Liverpool: Austerity City
How 14 years of Conservative-led cuts have damaged a city and its people
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
My beautiful friend and peer graduation ceremony 13th November 2024 BA (Hons) Sociology University of Derby 🥰
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Brittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I asked ADHDers to share the apps that help them stay organized and combat executive dysfunction! www.huffpost.com/entry/best-a...
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We Have ADHD. These Are The Apps We Swear By.
Executive dysfunction has nothing on these apps.
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Uni has been my second home for the past few years - recently graduated with a Sociology BA
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s1mt.bsky.social @s1mt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
And this is my sleepy princess 👑
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