The lads are already planning the workshops after being inspired by the day (there's definitely some drama & time travel in the pipeline...)

Today we took our Young Leaders to the @ncmme.bsky.social for their training sesh. Shout out to Rob, our guide, who spoke about education through the pits, on the job training, identity (& much more).

The History and Legacy of the 1984/5 Miners’ Strike Symposium - National Coal Mining Museum Celebrate International Women’s Day with Afternoon Tea at the National Coal Mining Museum on Saturday 8th March 2025.

Don't mind having a working weekend when you get to spend it at the @ncmme.bsky.social being part of the "History and Legacy of the 1984/5 Miners’ Strike Symposium" www.ncm.org.uk/whats-on/his...

i often see schools insisting that marginalised children speak ‘formally’ in ‘standard English’ because of ‘high expectations’. but this is just another example of schools having low expectations of what nondominant language styles can do and the linguistic innovativeness of marginalised children.

there is no empirical relationship between a teacher's accent and their ability to teach. but there is a long-standing ideological relationship which frames non-dominant and non-standardised accents as signs of imagined pedagogical illegitimacy.

So proud of the Young Leaders who smashed the research event at the @ncmme.bsky.social Shout out to @mikkmurray.bsky.social our Graffiti Artist who captured the lads' stories & John our former miner who led the coal workshops & supported each stage of the project ✊ www.instagram.com/p/DFQgdL1KYy...

There is still plenty of time to get yourself booked onto our event at the National Coal Mining Museum on Saturday... here's a sneak preview of the events for the day 👀

The Call for Papers for the annual Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference is open. See ethnographyandeducation.org
Conference dates: Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th September 2025
#ethnography #education #educationresearch

There is still plenty of time to book onto this event at the @ncmme.bsky.social. If you're interested in former coal mining communities, youth experiences, education, employment and/or community (or just fancy a day out at the NCM) get booked on now!

There's some serious thought going into Finn's next word...

I made a gingerbread panopticon

Congratulations 🎉, looks ace, looking forward to reading it.

Lost Boys Lost Boys - How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men

And it's done!

'Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-class Men' will be published by Policy Press in July, and is available for pre-order now at a very reasonable price of £9.99

#EduSky

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lost-boys

Someone got himself back on the nice list with a good report card from his dog walker 🐾🧑‍🎄🐾

Anyone that knows me knows how much I love Barnsley so it's been a pleasure to be at Barnsley College today delivering an Outreach session on the suite of Education degrees at @hudunipress.bsky.social (plus VIP parking...big thanks to BC for having us).

Right it's officially Christmas for us 🎄🐾🎄

Raising the Red Flag

The unsurpassed 'Raising the Red Flag: Marxism, Labourism, and the Roots of British Communism, 1884–1921' by @collinstony.bsky.social is currently a steal at £18 from @haymarketbooks. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of the left. #skystorians

www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2405-r...

Copyright @wendyenthomas - cross stitch saying “This too shall pass but like holy fuck”

Mood.

Cross-stitch embroidery by @wendyenthomas.bsky.social

I've broken into the Christmas cake (stress eating after a department meeting 🙃🙃)

I'm picking up a session on Climate Change and Climate Justice in the New Year with my Primary Education students, it's not my field so if any has any resources/papers etc please do hit me up 🤞🤞

(yes I know it isn't an independent Coffee shop and I do usually support small businesses) but big shout out to Costa Barnsley for always accommodating us and letting us have our meetings there ✊

Just to note, this shows the lack of available spaces for young people in Barnsley, we have to meet in Costa most of the time because there is nowhere else open after 6!

Late one last night with the Young Leaders planning our event at the National Coal Mining Museum. Every time I meet them, their drive, vision, and spirit of inquiry, (and of course their wit cos they're from Barnsley) gives me hope and the will to keep going and keep researching ✊

I want to be her friend

No you're crying at the last episode of Doctors 😭 Right what do I fill my lunchtime void with now? Does this mean I find a programme that's an hour and actually take a proper lunch break?

Is it communism yet?

A huge thanks to the @ncmme.bsky.social for hosting the event ✊✊

And please do share 📢📢

Authoring Our Own Stories-Graffiti Exhibition Come check out our Graffiti Exhibition where we celebrate the power of storytelling through art!

Please register using this eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.com/e/authoring-...

The event is part of a research project funded by the National Lottery, Authoring Our Own Stories, and is presenting findings from this phase of the research from the Yorkshire and Humber Youth Work Unit (you can read more here): youthworkunit.com/supporting-y...