HE doesn’t need better parental policy. It needs better practices As chair of a women’s network, I see first-hand how the gap between policy and lived experience still shapes how careers unfold, says Xiaoran Xu

My comment on what the government’s parental leave review means for higher education is now published in THE.

It draws on conversations since I took on co-chair of LSE’s Professional Women’s Network, and focuses on how policies play out in practice.

🔗 Full comment: bit.ly/4q6pviZ

#ParentalLeave

Weeks ago my partner attended a dinner where he spoke with someone arguing that pharma is at the heart of the #NHS crisis. When I first heard this, my instinct was, 'No way!'

Fast forward to now...

Exactly why I love what I do—constantly having my assumptions challenged, with solid evidence!

(1) How do those with narratives spanning beyond the UK, i.e. wealth powered billionaires buying their way in, and positional figures like Kemi B, leave their mark on the elite landscape, and within the context of growing diversity. What will British elite look like in another 125 years?

Devoting my first BlueSky post to samfriedman.bsky.social and aaronreeves.bsky.social ’s new book, 'Born to Rule', simply #unputdownable!

Expect this post to evolve into a thread of thoughts as reading progresses.