Please join us for the 2026 Birkbeck Psychosocial Postgraduate Student Conference. You are welcome to join us for part of the day or for the whole conference, in person and online. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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SAVE THE DATE 📅 2026 Birkbeck Psychosocial Postgraduate Conference Wednesday, 30th September 2026 From 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM Birkbeck campus and Online (Teams) www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/psychosoci...
✨ CALL FOR PAPERS ✨ Submissions from Birkbeck students are invited for the second annual Birkbeck, University of London Psychosocial Postgraduate Conference on 30th September 2026. Email: birkbeckstudentconference@gmail.com
Anti-Semitism as oppression of Jews as Jews seminar at the end of the month ✨
lumangoy. Sulat. Sorbetes. murang bulak lak. Pang apat na paragraph.
Being the cringey mama as the eldest sprog has released the frog (PS5, Switch 2, PC - on steam) 🥳 Woop woop Dylan Switch: www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/... Play Station store.playstation.com/en-gb/concep... Steam store.steampowered.com/app/2244030/... Windows dconn.itch.io/rubat 🐸
RUBATO
RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!
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Said our good-byes to Roger today. 'Gathered together and scattered his ashes during low tide with all of the children and nanny. Then, we had a pub meal and shared our favourite memories of him. Thank you for the kindness and warmth - We miss you!
I am running as Birkbeck Student Union's 2026-2027 Education Sabbatical Officer. If successful, I shall endeavour to co-develop educational policies promoting high student involvement, participation, and transparency. www.birkbeckunion.org/your-voice/e... Thank you! 🌞
Existing authentically can bring out the fear in others because it problematises how they see themselves but, pretending to be something else is more harmful.
Wells, K. et al. (2024) ‘Israel’s war on Gaza and the violation of children’s rights’, Children’s geographies, 22(2), pp. 197–200. Available at: doi.org/10.1080/1473....
Humans are diverse, yet this drive to standardise differences which may stem from fear, wanting security and control do not encourage real criticality.
I cannot stand being fearful, so I think I have been constantly churning bravery - grateful for the kind words, the humility and compassion shown to me. Mostly by my parents - I hit the jackpot there, and I feel thankful. They have their own faults but, they were the best parents for me. I miss them
I am in a strange fork-road, driven by compassion but also, sudden discernment that power dynamics exist everywhere. It exists, because it is what is being reproduced constantly. Those that take without inherently understanding or awareness, will always keep taking. So, boundaries matter.
'We project something we made up. There are different ways of knowing, different ways of being..". carolblack.org/schooling-th...
Schooling the World — Carol Black
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Away with the rain, Stared until heard I find wishes aglow Moreover and thereafter None the same The Sun shines again And my heart thinks Peeled, healing.
"Theft" Scratch my skin With your time Lost in the seconds Wave, I sigh Never ending flow, Be the thief Bereft.
Thank you for inviting me to chat with you in June's PRAXIS podcast, @melalygreen.bsky.social , and to @openuniversity.bsky.social , particularly Paulette Johnson for the opportunity to participate in the 2024-2025 reciprocal mentorship programme. open.spotify.com/episode/1VlE...
Have you heard of reciprocal mentoring? | Mel Green SFHEA
Have you heard of reciprocal mentoring? It's an approach the The Open University's Access, Participation and Success team have adopted in an attempt to turn traditional academic hierarchies ...
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Passive Aggression is something I will never understand as an EAL speaker in the UK. I work hard trying to be clear and concise and it gets 'read' out of context by those who assume that it's passive aggression. If I wished to express aggression, I would not waste my time saying otherwise. Pucha.
No module this term for me to read but, keeping my study habits active by reading articles. Wells, K. 2011. The politics of life: governing childhood. Global Studies of Childhood, 1(1) available at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2304/...
Walked to Camden Town via the canal today. Saw monkeys 'near' the aviary, really felt sorry for them. Pub lunch and watched a canal boat go through a lock (round of applause). Food shop afterwards. Potatoes, carrots and parsnips were 15p in Sains. Broccoli, carrots, potatoes, 8p in Aldi! 🤯
Nayak, S. (2022) ‘An intersectional model of reflection: is social work fit for purpose in an intersectionally racist world?’, Critical and radical social work, 10(2), pp. 319–334. Available at: doi.org/10.1332/2049....
The past week has been a blur.Finally heading home to London via a Rail replacement bus from Colchester, then back to critical reading and writing my last assignment for #EducationPowerAndResistance re: 'Critical Unschooling and the role of Parental and Community engagement as Acts of Resistance'.
First time in Newcastle, @newcastleuni.bsky.social, academic conference and presenting to non-OU folk. Grateful to @openuniversity.bsky.social for the chance to champion EHE children and give them a voice in research. But, the project belongs to my co-researchers: Ell, Ann, Lori and Ari. #BCUR2025
