New guidelines will see deep-fried food banned from school dinners, while fibre, wholegrains, fresh fruit and vegetables will be given a boost. The Beacon School is helping children develop healthy eating habits from an early age, combining wholesome meals with practical food education 🍎
Gurpinder Singh Lalli
@gurpinderlalli.bsky.social
Professor in Education | @wlvuni.bsky.social | @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social | views my own
Children can't learn when they're hungry. Said me, a retired teacher.
As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk
Food stamps have a direct link to other critical resources, such as free breakfast and lunch at school. Now, experts say they're starting to see that link break.
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See you all tomorrow as we officially kick off #BERA2026 🙌 To prepare for the first day, make sure you download our conference app. Search BERA 2025 on your app store of choice: https://beraapp.app.link/aenf7N3i3Zb
At #ECER26 in the first session of @ecer-eera.bsky.social Network 25 with great presentations on rights-respecting schools from formalized programmes, to how professionals working with children imagine those schools or how children themselves experience this kind of schooling. #ChildRights
Our 3rd #FlashFinding is out! It briefly summarises findings on the vital role India's Public Distribution System #PDS for families during #Covid. Led by @charu220.bsky.social, the paper is in @plos.org @ journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... www.youtube.com/shorts/wL2hT... #FoodInsecurity #India
Public Distribution System (PDS) & Support During COIVID-19 - Flash Finding #3 English🍽️
YouTube video by Food Security for Equitable Futures
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‘What Not to Eat’ and the Return of the Knowledge Deficit Model es.britsoc.co.uk/what-not-to-...
‘What Not to Eat’ and the Return of the Knowledge Deficit Model - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association
When celebrity-chef-led food programmes were criticised over a decade ago for blaming individuals rather than food systems, it was tempting to think public health television might eventually move on. ...
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It was lovely to take a School Food APPG delegation to the Food Museum, Suffolk today with local MP Peter Prinsley. We visited the School Dinners exhibition, which I opened recently. A great chance to engage across the sector as free school meals expand to 500,000 kids and breakfast clubs roll out.
So pleased that our 'School Dinners' Exhibition at @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social has won *Best Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year at the 2026 Museums + Heritage Awards*🏆 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project is the core academic partner for 'School Dinners' 🍽 #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Thrilled to see @britishacademy.bsky.social has published the Policy Histories Seminar report from our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project- The UK School Meals Service: Past, Present and Future? First comprehensive history of school meals #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
The School Meals Service has delivered more than 54 billion meals to schoolchildren since its creation in 1906. What do experts think needs to happen to ensure the service helps more children thrive? 🧵
The School Meals Service has delivered more than 54 billion meals to schoolchildren since its creation in 1906. What do experts think needs to happen to ensure the service helps more children thrive? 🧵
📢New piece out now in @theconversation.com #Schoolmeals stigma, pleasure, memory, class & why they still matter so much in 2026. Reflections on our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research in light of UK govt review of school food standards #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social doi.org/10.64628/AB....
School dinners are changing: the strong emotions and memories around these meals reflect their social, economical and cultural importance
When people remember school dinners they remember how they made them feel as much as what they ate.
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Our first issue of 2026 is here! 📘 Featuring research on: • Why students choose sociology • Teachers & mental‑health literacy • STEM belonging & impostor feelings • Digital vs paper reading in 14 countries • How time shapes classrooms • And more! Read now 👇 www.tandfonline.com/toc/cedr20/7...
Thanks @britishacademy.bsky.social for hosting us! #schoolmeals #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @drjuliabish.bsky.social
Great lunchtime seminar in London today hosted by @britishacademy.bsky.social sharing @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social findings w. policymakers, academics, charities & school leaders. Strong appetite for long historical view in #schoolmeals policy 🍽🍎🥦 @sheffielduni.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org #histed
Great lunchtime seminar in London today hosted by @britishacademy.bsky.social sharing @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social findings w. policymakers, academics, charities & school leaders. Strong appetite for long historical view in #schoolmeals policy 🍽🍎🥦 @sheffielduni.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org #histed
Published today! Teaching comparative and international education (CIE) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... pleasure working with great colleagues Leanne Cameron @rafaelmitchell.bsky.social Martin Preston @bristoluni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social #BAICE #SES
Teaching comparative and international education (CIE) in UK universities: coverage, omissions and orientations
This article examines the teaching of comparative and international education (CIE) in undergraduate and master’s programmes in 30 UK universities via bibliometric and content analysis of the handb...
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Great to be part of this visit yesterday and share findings with colleagues from @royalhistsoc.org, @ioe.bsky.social, @lshtmhistory.bsky.social and everyone who came to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social's lecture. #histed #schoolmeals @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
Yesterday we visited historians @ioe.bsky.social & @lshtm.bsky.social to learn more about their work and experience of researching / teaching in non-History departments bit.ly/3KC9xxJ Our great thanks to all who attended and esp. to @heatherlwellis.bsky.social for her excellent lecture #Skystorians
I’m very much looking forward to presenting my doctoral research to #EdD #ProfessionalDoctorate students @wlvuni.bsky.social this morning with @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social #research #doctorate #HE #LTHEchat
@rituparna37.bsky.social & @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social's new book 'Food, Culture & Society in India: Social, Political, Economic & Cultural Perspectives' is out! Link: doi.org/10.3167/9781... Please find a chapter here by yours truly Thank you @rituparna37.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social :D
Food, Culture and Society in India: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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FOOD, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives, edited by Rituparna Patgiri and Gurpinder Singh Lalli @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/4nhfKMU #FoodStudies #Sociology #Anthropology
🍽 ICYMI Our Policy Briefing on the history & future of school meals is now available to read & share. Drawing on over a century of evidence and new oral histories, we show how mealtimes are about much more than nutrition. @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social #histed
📢 Our first full-team article from the School Meals Project is now published 🎉 🍽️ "The UK School Meals Service, 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience" 📖 Read it here: lnkd.in/eiWQT4fN #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ichre-ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
The UK School Meals Service 1944–Present: A Sensory and Emotional Experience
This article explores the sensory and emotional dimensions of the UK School Meals Service (SMS) since 1944, arguing that the lived experiences of pupils, teachers, parents, catering staff, and poli...
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Pleased to share that our chapter on Schools and Food cowritten with @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social is finally out!
✨ New chapter on Schools & Food ✨ Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪 Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society': www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
Delighted to represent @eassh.bsky.social at the @erc.europa.eu Competitiveness Through Frontier Research conference in Copenhagen. Inspiring to hear Danish Minister Christina Egelund highlight society’s key role in shaping European research culture,values and outputs. @ecer-eera.bsky.social
✨ New chapter on Schools & Food ✨ Excellent new piece on school meals 🍽️ from our own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social & a colleague Gurpinder Singh Lalli 💪 Read in the 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society': www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
Learn about Ben Williamson's #ECER2025 Belgrade Keynote "The birth of the bio-edu-data-sciences: biology, data, and the consequences for educational research, policy and practice" https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers/ben-williamson
The last preparations for #ECER2025 are underway at the University of Belgrade. We are looking forward to welcoming 454 emerging researchers from 57 countries to the Emerging Researchers' Conference tomorrow and 2617 participants from 73 countries to ECER on Tuesday.
I am very much looking forward to being a keynote panelist at #BERA2025 alongside a stellar group of speakers www.bera.ac.uk/conference/b.... I’ll be speaking about our work at @morayhouse.bsky.social
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Keynotes confirmed
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Heading to #BERA2025 (solidarity to GMT strikers in London) with @khawlabadwan.bsky.social and @hyabyohannes.bsky.social to deliver plenary together. Out of Ashlaa’ أشلاء: Refugee Language Education in Times of Heartbreak and Failure Determined to hold it together but have tissues in case.
#ECER2025 Belgrade Keynotes will be livestreamed on Wednesday, 10 September and Thursday, 11 September 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST). Click here for info on the speakers and their keynotes and the links to the livestreams https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers