I remember Meera Syal saying on a tv chat show about twenty bleeding years ago about the lack of representation of poc on tv particularly in advertising. It’s taken this long to finally see a fair balance so that stupid women and others like her should just shut the fuck up.

Ever run researcher development sessions and noted a gender disparity? Our paper on this topic, simmering away since 2024, is out! Our fearless leader + heaviest lifter on this work is undeniably @drmeagantyler.bsky.social. * insert 'We're not worthy' meme * Thanks, @herdjournal.bsky.social! 🫰

Higher Education Research and Development@herdjournal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In researcher development, are we missing men, fixing women, or creating gender trouble? @drmeagantyler.bsky.social, @tseenster.bsky.social & @danbendrups.bsky.social → doi.org/10.1080/0729... #ResearcherDevelopment #HigherEd #AcademicDevelopment #Gender #GenderInequality #DoctoralEducation

📰BERA Research Methodologies SIG newsletter Loved connecting with members at #BERA2025 Thanks to all who joined our workshop ❤️ Contribute to our BERA Blog Special Issue proposal! Submit by Dec 15👉 forms.gle/poLnkRWtRpUf... 🗓️Check your inbox for more events & opportunities @erinearly.bsky.social

BERA Research Methodologies SIG & Social Justice SIG Blog Special Series

Thank you to participants at BERA 2025 Conference at University of Sussex! We really enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm of delegates and presenters at our joint SIG workshop Beyond 'happily ever after...

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Reflecting on an inspiring time at the @ncrm.ac.uk Improvising Methods Forum 🧵Stitching together ideas or engaging with stillness amongst among the trees, every moment sparked new ways of thinking 💬 A real highlight was meeting new colleagues and collaborators who made the experience truly special

Aries: If you had a chance to do it all over again, you’d make the same fucked up choices.

Stopped to capture the majestic beauty of this family scene. Not because I was about to die at 4km 🥵 #menopauserunners #10ktraining #leedsabbeydash

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📰BERA Research Methodologies SIG newsletter Loved connecting with members at #BERA2025 Thanks to all who joined our workshop ❤️ Contribute to our BERA Blog Special Issue proposal! Submit by Dec 15👉 forms.gle/poLnkRWtRpUf... 🗓️Check your inbox for more events & opportunities @erinearly.bsky.social

BERA Research Methodologies SIG & Social Justice SIG Blog Special Series

Thank you to participants at BERA 2025 Conference at University of Sussex! We really enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm of delegates and presenters at our joint SIG workshop Beyond 'happily ever after...

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Exciting news! Our textbook, Philosophy of Education, has been published with Palgrave!! This is a contemporary, up-to-date, not old, male & stale introduction to our field. Please spread the word & order the book for your library! #philsky #academicsky link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Philosophy of Education

This textbook provides an introductory account of the philosophy of education, focussing on the questions raised by educational policy and practice.

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Our new paper in Higher Education Research & Development! 🎉 “Between the pages: a qualitative inquiry into researcher wellbeing” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... We explore the lived experiences of researcher wellbeing. @herdjournal.bsky.social

Between the pages: a qualitative inquiry into researcher wellbeing

Despite the growing emphasis on research productivity and project development within academic institutions worldwide, the concept of academic wellbeing remains relatively underexplored. This study ...

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I can get behind this movement! And it's time soup got called out for masquerading as a meal. It's just a chewy drink that's too wet to be food.

Yorkshire Tea@yorkshiretea.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's International Coffee Day. A moment to put our caffeine-based differences aside and unite against our common enemy: soup.

How can research and initial teacher education institutions support research use? New report just landed from the OECD. #EducationalResearch www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

How can research and initial teacher education institutions support research use?

How can research and initial teacher education institutions become active drivers of evidence-informed policy and practice? Drawing on new data from the OECD’s 2023 Survey of Knowledge Mobilisation an...

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*What makes or breaks teaching for young people?* I have a new open-access paper out in @berj-2025.bsky.social bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Teacher-makers and teacher-breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching 🧵(1/11)

I'm feeling very forswunk this week. Slightly concerned as it's only September and there's another 10 months of the academic year to go 🙈

Susie Dent@susiedentwords.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

Finding ways to make Bluesky work for me 🦦🦦🦦

In Otter News@in-otter-news.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I’m not advocating ignoring it all, but remember to take time out every now and then ❤️

Reward for getting up and out early this morning 😍 #run #menorunner #10ktraining

Next up we have the inspiring, education rock star God (determined by @draimeequicks.bsky.social), @domwyse.bsky.social

An exciting morning of cross-phase teacher learning for primary and secondary ITE at @leedstrinity.bsky.social organised by the fabulous @aligriff.bsky.social and Jo Hopton. Staring with inspirational botheredness from @hywelroberts.bsky.social

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: Education reform deserves language that reflects its complexity. When policy borrows corporate vocabulary, we risk reducing teaching to a transaction rather than a deeply human, transformative process, says Dr O'Donnell. #ECER2025 #EduSci...

Loved this session! It was great to work with such supportive colleagues and to feel so much joy in the room for narrative methods and social justice ❤️

Erin Early@erinearly.bsky.social · 12mo ago

A wonderful way to spend a Wednesday afternoon with @beranews.bsky.social Research Methodologies SIG Co-Convenor @dramandan.bsky.social & Social Justice SIG Convenor Liliana Belkin delivering a workshop on narrative methods and social justice research in education at #BERA2025.

Happy to share that after an exciting collaboration (herding cats) with excellent co-authors @draimeequicks.bsky.social @edpodesta.bsky.social and Megan Stephenson our research paper on challenging the golden thread in ITE is now available open access 🎉 @beranews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/berj...

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This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state-mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher ...

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Big paper and big pens at the ready! Counting down to our workshop at #BERA2025. Hope to see lots of colleagues there for some story telling, networking and future planning 📚✏️

Erin Early@erinearly.bsky.social · last yr.

As @beranews.bsky.social Research Methodologies SIG Co-Convenor with @dramandan.bsky.social, we are delighted to be delivering a workshop with colleagues from the Social Justice SIG at #BERA2025 conference in September. Details below ⬇️ ✉️ Feel free to get in touch with any questions.

Live footage of the training for the new Ofsted framework....

a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .

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In a very fitting metaphor for July in academia I seem to have killed the office plant.... #academicsky

Aries: The only thing holding you back from your dreams is you, and the threat of imprisonment.

Cat has nailed the ultimate summer body sunbathing pose 😎

A provocative start from Prof Paul Miller, challenging us to think about colonialism, decoloniality and curriculum. Lots to take forward with our ITE students.

Looking forward to a day of rich and challenging conversation about social justice in HE with @leedstrinity.bsky.social colleagues.

Such a privilege to present our work with student teachers @isatt2025.bsky.social today with my bestie colleague @aligriff.bsky.social