Work in social impact. Previously @Ambition_Inst, @wholeeducation. RT ≠ agree.
London, England
Joined June 2012
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Was privileged to hear from,and interview, @lyndagratton yesterday. What could be better than a job that = hearing from- and working with- the, smart, interesting people behind my fave books/Ted talks/podcasts. Next up: masterclasses with Ron Berger and Mary Myatt! #WE10conf
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Is AI already impacting the job market?
A new paper from me, @erikbryn, and @RuyuChen at @DigEconLab digs into data from ADP.
We find some of the ***first large-scale evidence of employment declines for entry-level workers in AI-exposed jobs.***
A thread on our paper:
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It's the third anniversary of Depp v. Heard. Not here to relitigate it for my readers, who are smart folks and get that it was a farce.
But I'm looking back because, in retrospect, it predicted Trump's win.
An analysis.
salon.com/2025/06/02/johnny-…
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My column in today's paper: ft.com/content/3130d921-8ceb…
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Simon Case, recent cabinet sec, on Trump’s version of delivery telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01…
By now, I'm used to terrible customer service from tech companies - but I've never before had such awful service when I'm trying to GIVE them my money before. So congratulations @NOWHelpTeam, it's a first that support has been so bad I've actually not been able to sign up at all.
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It’s so beneficial to have someone in a government role being open and communicating to the sector - so different compared to what usually happens (which is they get told to keep quiet)
Really interesting key themes emerging from the curriculum review
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🗣️ Teachers feel 'disempowered and deprofessionalised by overstipulation and the challenge to cover content' in the curriculum, Professor Becky Francis has said as she outlined emerging themes from her review roadshows so far
buff.ly/4hGtijm
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🚨Our new report by @Samfr reflects on school policy over the last two decades.
It sets out three major challenges facing the sector over the coming years ⬇️
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The decimation of the UK's nightlife, and pub culture, is shocking. According to Bloomberg:
- Three-quarters of nightclubs shut since 2005
- Number of pubs down by a quarter since 2000
- 13,800 nighttime businesses shut in 2020-23
- 35% London's local music venues closed 2007-15
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A friend of mine asked me why a minister like @LordPeterHendy was getting involved in an individual's employment. Seemed unusually petty to her. He took it as a personal insult that Gareth would call a station unsafe. Surprisingly immature from a minister of state!
Now for something completely different. Here's @LordPeterHendy's email to the NR comms team the day after the Independent piece on Euston that I had been quoted in went out.
Some people have suggested this wasn't a personally targeted attack. They are wrong.
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There’s a not-so-distant future where you could pull out your phone and cast your vote. At least, that’s the future tech investor Bradley Tusk is trying to build.
More on @politico:
politico.com/newsletters/dig…
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🚨TODAY: A new report from the Tony Blair Institute underlines the URGENT NEED TO BUILD MORE HOMES to end the housing crisis.
Our new work with @InstituteGC sets out the scale of the problem and what to do about it.
7 things we learned writing this report 👇
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NEW: Elliott County, Kentucky is the only county to vote for Democrats 144 years straight.
Then they flipped to Trump. But they also voted for Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
We found how people stopped seeing Dems as the working class party, and how that could change.
Family has spent two hours on hold to @bookingcom, following 2 hours yesterday, still trying to get a refund for an appartment booking cancelled 3 days before our holiday (over a month ago). Yesterday refund was approved and pending in our wallet; today it was cancelled. Useless
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My chat with @adamfleming on the state of the nation for #BBCNewscast - on prisons, the Lords, and why we need a government ministry solely focused on preventing poverty. On @BBCSounds or wherever you podcast:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jhjp…
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Now that anti-far right protests vastly outnumber the thugs we'll presumably see loads of pieces about how this proves the British people support immigration.
Or maybe now they'll be a sudden realisation that protests/riots don't prove anything about majority opinion...
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Hundreds of people have turned out to protect the Liverpool church where the under-threat asylum advice centre is based
Mostly peaceful atmosphere, but groups of masked youths have arrived in the last few minutes. Police helicopter overhead.
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Can we have a serious discussion about the ‘business as usual’ narrative coming from decision-makers and leaders? All this week, I’ve read so much urging us to ‘try to go about our daily lives’ or ‘keep calm and carry on’.
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