Dr Cynthia Pinto
@dr-cynthia-pinto.bsky.social
Educational Psychologist. Academic tutor, UCL IOE. Trustee, Intermission Youth Theatre. All views my own
If you share my disgust at the treatment of Professor Jason Arday some members of the media and academia, please use this link to demand a public enquiry into the events leading to his death.#EdPsychs eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them. Stand up to their hate and division by adding your name. goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c0
Stand up to hate and division by adding your name.
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them.
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The barriers that are limiting access to the creative industries are entrenched. To build a system that fairly reflects the diversity and talent across the UK, we need changes across the education pipeline, as well as action from creative employers. www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
A Class Act - The Sutton Trust
Exploring access to creative degrees and elitism in the creative industries.
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🚨 BREAKING: The Guardian reports Wes Streeting's power to override NICE may be illegal ⬇️ It would let pharma push up NHS drug prices - meaning less money for everything else the NHS does. 31 MPs have signed a motion opposing it. Email yours. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs
Health secretary’s ‘power grab’ to override Nice comes amid growing concern move may be illegal and benefit big pharma
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 5mo ago🚨URGENT: The UK-US drug pricing deal is predicted to cause around 300,000 avoidable deaths - more than was lost to COVID. MPs have until Monday to halt these plans. Please email your MP and ask them to oppose this raid on our #NHS - takes 2 mins: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Half a million strong. Together. The biggest march against the far-right in British history.
The DfE announces funding to train hundreds more educational psychologists amid fears that schools are facing a shortage of support
DfE commits £26m to recruit more educational psychologists
Funding for hundreds more educational psychologists announced amid concerns that specialists are spending too much time on admin rather than supporting children
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
Mother.Dad @OmnibusTheatre www.omnibus-clapham.org/chronic-insa... is about love, parenthood and class. Brilliant performances by Toyin Ayedun-Alase and Andy Sellers @chronicinsanity.bsky.social
CHRONIC INSANITY – Omnibus Theatre
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Young actors using Shakespeare to show how the current education system demoralises teachers and can fail vulnerable young people made us more determined than ever to bring about change @bpsofficial.bsky.social #blueskyeps #psychologymatters Intermission Youth Theatre
Professor Vivian Hill@vivianedpsy.bsky.social · 8mo ago#DECP2026 #edpsych The powerful voices of Intermission Youth Theatre Company sharing insights into systemic and structural causes of ‘Exclusion’, both social and educational. Utterly brilliant, emotionally engaging- you spoke and we listened! 👏👏👏
‘Structural inequalities and oppressive assumptions within the education system harm human dignity’ ‘Seeing oneself reflected and represented in the values and aspirations of the school system is indispensable for the development and preservation of self-esteem and dignity’.
@bps-decp.bsky.social · 8mo agoProf Diane Reay’s stark & powerful caution on the impact of inequalities on children and young people’s happiness, sense of safety & feeling valued and wellbeing in schools. Poverty has increased in the UK by 20% since 2024. CYP are living in Dickensian levels of poverty. @bpsofficial.bsky.social
‘The culture of competition-a form of symbolic violence-is creating a sense of failure, shame & being unvalued’ ‘Even happiness is reduced to a skill that children can achieve through hard work’ ‘Children are under pressure to perform emotionally as well as academically’
@bps-decp.bsky.social · 8mo ago‘Structural inequalities and oppressive assumptions within the education system harm human dignity’ ‘Seeing oneself reflected and represented in the values and aspirations of the school system is indispensable for the development and preservation of self-esteem and dignity’.
'We are full because there are fewer opportunities elsewhere' Leaders of Intermission Youth Theatre, Theatre Peckham and Southwark Playhouse tell The Stage about the different approaches they take to providing community-focused theatremaking opportunities for young people 👇
How London theatres are tackling youth engagement in straitened times
Leaders of three London-based theatre organisations that undertake pioneering youth work discuss their work in a time of reduced funding and diminishing resources, and what drives them
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#DECP2026 is honoured to be joined by Youth Intermission Theatre performing Excluded ⭐️Youth Intermission Theatre supports young people in the youth justice system through creative performance,rehabilitation,collaboration&positive personal development #blueskyeps @bpsofficial.bsky.social
FEATURE: Intermission Youth Theatre Reimagines Shakespeare Through the Lens of Immigration in Comedy of Errors Remixed @CourtyardHoxton wp.me/pdXz8Y-7te #feature #London #Shakespeare
🚨We’re thrilled to introduce our keynote sessions for #DECP2026:Applying Psychology to Challenge Inequity 🌍✨Get ready for groundbreaking insights, bold conversations& transformative ideas to promote equity in our education system #blueskyeps @bpsofficial.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi...
Division of Educational and Child Psychology Annual Conference 2026 | BPS
Join us in Bath for the DECP Annual Conference 2026! Two days of exciting keynotes, presentations, and workshops.
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"The removal of the two-child benefit cap is long overdue." Our President, Dr Roman Raczka, responds to today's #Budget2025: “This will go a long way to helping hundreds of thousands of families to get the support they so desperately need." A thread 🧵1/3
📣Calling all TEPs and NQEPs! 🌟The DECP TEP online conference is a brilliant opportunity to share your research, from projects to your doctoral thesis and everything in between. 📆You have till 28th Nov to get your submissions in. www.bps.org.uk/event/decp-t... @bpsofficial.bsky.social
DECP Trainee Educational Psychologists' Annual Conference 2026 | BPS
This essential annual event is specifically designed for Trainee Educational Psychologists (TEPs) and Newly Qualified Educational Psychologists (NQEPs).
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@bps-decp.bsky.social · 10mo ago🥁 Registration for the 2025 TEP conference is now OPEN! 🌟The event is a great opportunity to meet fellow TEPs, learn about the latest developments in educational psychology & hear inspiring talks 📆 Submit for a presentation by 28.11.25 www.bps.org.uk/event/decp-t... @bpsofficial.bsky.social
Listen to Mark Rylance talking about Excluded youtu.be/prTFxPZ_ELY?...
Mark Rylance on Excluded! from Intermission Youth Theatre
YouTube video by Arcola Theatre
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@bps-decp.bsky.social · 10mo ago#DECP2026 is honoured to be joined by Youth Intermission Theatre performing Excluded ⭐️Youth Intermission Theatre supports young people in the youth justice system through creative performance,rehabilitation,collaboration&positive personal development #blueskyeps @bpsofficial.bsky.social
Intermission Youth Theatre @InterTheatre will be performing ‘Excluded’ at the DECP conference in January Everything you need to know about Intermission Youth Theatre vimeo.com/1117824090 @DECPOfficial
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This is "Intermission Youth Theatre" by Intermission Youth on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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DECP CONFERENCE KEY NOTE SPEAKER Professor Diane Reay, Emeritus Professor at Cambridge, will discuss ‘An emotional landscape of dissatisfaction, fear and anxiety: the impact of growing class inequalities on the English educational system’ @DECPOfficial
DECP Conference key note speaker s.a.c.gorard@durham.ac.uk Problems of unequal opportunity, treatment and outcomes exist in the English school system. Professor Gorard uses research evidence to consider how the system can be improved @DECPOfficial @BPSOfficial
📆You’ve got till 10th November to get your submissions in - there’s still time! www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi... @bpsofficial.bsky.social
Division of Educational and Child Psychology Annual Conference 2026 | BPS
Join us in Bath for the DECP Annual Conference 2026! Two days of exciting keynotes, presentations, and workshops.
bps.org.uk
@bps-decp.bsky.social · 10mo ago💡Do you have EP practice, research, or theoretical frameworks you’d love to share? 💫Submissions for the DECP main conference & TEP conference have been extended by 1 week! 🙌It’s not too late to get your submissions in. See you there! @bpsofficial.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi...
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It’s time to get serious about children’s play | Letters
Letters: Not enough time in primary schools is devoted to learning through play, writes Dr Helena Bunn. We should take a lesson from countries where formal education begins much later, thinks Michael ...
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🥁 Registration for the 2025 TEP conference is now OPEN! 🌟The event is a great opportunity to meet fellow TEPs, learn about the latest developments in educational psychology & hear inspiring talks 📆 Submit for a presentation by 28.11.25 www.bps.org.uk/event/decp-t... @bpsofficial.bsky.social
Are you a TEP or a Newly Qualified EP who would like to present at the DECP conference on 8th & 9th January 2026? 💫 We have FOUR bursary places available if you are presenting. 📆 Apply by 30.10.25 by selecting the bursary application option when submitting your abstract.
