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@tamdent.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Labour & Cultural Work at King's College London. Member of the MeCCSA Executive Board. I research work in the creative economy. My academic profile and publications list are here: www.kcl.ac.uk/people/tamsyn-dent

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/07/2025
We know days like this can take a toll. Here’s our list of resources for our trans friends and allies 💖 goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
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Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/07/2025
“Trans people still have human rights protections in this country, and at Good Law Project, we plan to defend them.” Read our full update on today’s decision for a two-day hearing in November in our challenge against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance: goodlaw.social/z5bw
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EHRC challenge: The fight goes on
We challenged the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s transphobic guidance. The High Court will consider our case in full in November
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Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
If we want a society where we can care for ourselves, one another and the planet taxing the wealthiest is an essential first step.
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Just a reminder we're still accepting abstracts for our Special Issue for the Journal of Education and Work on the state of creative education. Find all info here: cmcikings.blog/2025/06/23/c...
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Call for Papers: Creative Education and the Future of Work – Journal of Education and Work
Call for papers exploring the crisis in creative education, inequality, policy, and the creative economy. Abstract deadline: 8 September 2025.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“If we want every child to have a fair shot at life, we must confront extreme wealth accumulation and invest in the wellbeing of all children – at home, in classrooms, and beyond” – Aini Gauhar of @equalitytrust.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Hard work or inherited (mis)fortune? Young people’s future in an unequal world
Renewing analysis from The Spirit Level: how are children and young people’s health, education and employment prospects shaped by household wealth?
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Interested in working with us here in Sociological and Cultural Studies in Glasgow? This one-year Lectureship in the Sociology of Class is now open, with a deadline on 20th August. Please spread the word...
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Lecturer in Sociology (LTS)
College of Social SciencesSchool of Social & Political Sciences Lecturer in Sociology (LTS)Vacancy Reference: 178793Salary, Grade 7, £40,497 - £45,413 per annum pro rata. The School of Social a...
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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it. On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government: ✅ Tax the super-rich ✅ Protect workers, not billionaires ✅ Make polluters pay Spread the word today!
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
CfPs: Special Issue on the state of creative education. We welcome proposals that offer a range of perspectives. See link for full details: cmcikings.blog/2025/06/23/c... with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social, Dan Ashton and Pat Thompson
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Call for Papers: Creative Education and the Future of Work – Journal of Education and Work
Call for papers exploring the crisis in creative education, inequality, policy, and the creative economy. Abstract deadline: 8 September 2025.
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Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org · 11/07/2025
Now is a key moment to restore the status of arts and creative education in schools. Please add your voice by signing the open letter over at theartsandmindscampaign.org.uk, led by our friends at the @neunion.bsky.social ✍️
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Ensuring all children have opportunities to study creative subjects throughout their education.
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I'm really delighted to share this paper based on research undertaken in Dundee. Sincere thanks to the local community who shared with us their stories of this vibrant, creative city www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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“Where are culture and creativity in your city?” Chrono-urbanism and the importance of pluralism in defining and understanding cultural opportunities in cities
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
See link to the Women and Equalities Committee's recent report on Paternity leave which includes evidence submitted from our research on care leave in creative/cultural organisations conducted with @saradeb.bsky.social and Natalie Wreyford committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This is the stuff of authoritarian regimes. There isn't even the pretense that this is anything but persecution, unbound by law.
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Opinion: “Three months into my degree, my mum died. My half-brothers went to live with their dad, I lost my family home and was left completely alone.” Contextual admissions must come with extra support, says Ellen Wright
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A contextual admission must come with extra support
We need careful, systematic overhaul and the taking of responsibility not just by universities but also by local and national government, says Ellen Wright
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DISCO Network @disconetwork.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
ICYMI: Our recording of the Technoskepticism Book Launch is now LIVE on our YouTube channel! Featuring seven of our co-authors, a panel, and interactive workshop on applying technoskepticism to AI youtu.be/clg6vkFzWtM?...
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Technoskepticism Book Launch | Author Panel & AI Workshop
YouTube video by DISCO Network
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A brutal budget for strategic priorities from the Department for Education wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
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A brutal budget for strategic priorities from the Department for Education
Last year the then Secretary of State Gillian Keegan delivered a £53m real terms cut to the dwindling bit of funding that the Office for Students (OfS) allocates to providers in England.
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Hmm....
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Opinion: Isolated domains of academic excellence must transform into dynamic enterprises integrated with local industry and community, says Aleks Subic #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Dreaming spires won’t save UK universities that downplay impact
Isolated domains of academic excellence must transform into dynamic enterprises integrated with local industry and community, says Aleks Subic
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Philip Augar's article in the FT today summarizes all that's wrong with England's student funding system - on.ft.com/432gsp8
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The English higher education market is broken
New regulator powers should include the ability to claw back pay from vice-chancellors in the event of financial catastrophe
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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Private schools are massively overrepresented in the UK's arts and culture while students in state schools increasingly struggle to access arts at all – and decades of cuts to affordable housing, social security, and education mean that gap will likely widen.
A series of graphs of the proportion of arts roles occupied by people who went to private school compared to the general public, based on analysis from the Guardian. 30% of artistic directions, 36% of arts CEOs, 35% of BAFTA-nominated actors, 43% of classical musicians, and 8% of pop musicians went to private schools, compared to 7% of the general public.
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Oh oh oh Nightline, the UK student helpline service is closing down. This feels rather heartbreaking nightline.ac.uk/nightline-as...
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Nightline Association announces closure. Nightline Services to continue nationwide. - Nightline Association
The Nightline Association, an umbrella charity for Nightlines, will close its operations, effective 30 June 2025. Individual Nightlines will remain operational, continuing to provide vital and leading...
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
There’s much more that can be done on diversity in creative arts subjects wonkhe.com/blogs/theres...
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There’s much more that can be done on diversity in creative arts subjects
Tamsyn Dent and Dave O’Brien set out proposals for better access and inclusion in creative education
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New Paper! In @mcsjournal.bsky.social Peter Campbell @markrt.bsky.social Danny Leigh & I analyse the impact of class on BFI funding, showing 'the dominance of those from middle class origins throughout each stage of funding' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (summary 🧵 coming when I get time!)
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