Anthropologist of Education; Professor of Education & Research Lead, Oxford Brookes; HongKonger; former guitarist for The Wedding Present

Oxford, UK
Joined September 2013
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Notice served. 18.5 years' loyal service, five books with leading publishers, 6th and 7th on the way, an international prize, two massive grants, loads of "impact" work, glowing teaching reports. Need another job. Surely someone would value all this. Please spread the word.
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Fantastic to see our new @SKOPEOxford and @EduPolicyInst report on post-16 E&T across the UK out. It highlights key areas of policy divergence and some stark inequalities in participation and outcomes. @OxfordDeptofEd @AoC_info @worldskillsuk @ukEdge
🚨NEW REPORT: UK Nations post-16 Education & Training🚨 Our report published today with @SKOPEOxford reveals major differences in post-16 education and training (E&T) across the UK nations and inequalities in outcomes for learners. 📖Read in full: epi.org.uk/publications-and-…
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Never forget that the generation who imposed fees, loans & debt on us & our students went to uni for free & received a grant to do so. commonslibrary.parliament.uk…
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“As an education union, we utterly condemn the way Israel is systematically destroying the entire education system in Gaza – from nurseries to world-leading research facilities.” Our President @justinemercer11 speaking at the 250,000 strong march for Gaza in London today ✊🇵🇸
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In coming days the fate of many people at @oxford_brookes is being decided. We want to reiterate how unjustified compulsory redundancies would be & how devastating this would be to what our university needs. Please listen to us and to proposals by those affected! #stoptheSHAMcuts
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The city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, has announced the cancellation of traditional Christmas festivities in “mourning and honor” of Palestinians killed in Gaza. "The Christmas story actually is a Palestinian story,” says Rev. @RahebM.
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Did you ask Krampus for an open access article exploring the importance of reparative futures thinking for reimagining education beyond the confines of racial capitalism? Thought so. Here it is! 🤘🎄🤘 ‘If Education is the Key, then School is the Lock’… authors.elsevier.com/a/1iI4a…
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In 1984, Edward Said wrote a landmark essay, “Permission to Narrate,” in which he critiqued the Western media’s biased coverage of Israel-Palestine. Now @m7mdkurd picks up where Said left off in his own essay, “The Right to Speak for Ourselves. bit.ly/46sOhPT
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This destruction is genocidal. – at Derwood, MD
More footage emerges from Gaza amid the temporary truce showcasing how Israel has been methodically wiping out as much of the besieged enclave as possible. There's a reason the Biden admin were worried people would demand a ceasefire when they get to see these clips! Quick🧵...
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We need to open a big debate about the future of post-1992 Unis. Several of us are threatened with redundancies and closures in arts humanities & social sciences with questionable financial arguments. @aberdeen_ucu @BrightonUCU @StaffsUCU and + to come. Stop destroying our future
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The students are with us! See you there
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Hi, I'm Junior, an early-career researcher and the new CYP Fellow. Completing a PhD on children's YouTube engagement, I'm passionate about visual methods. I also teach marketing at Oxford Brookes. Excited to connect with fellow enthusiasts. @Dr_ShellyC @SarahLouiseMit
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Thank you to Dr Maryam Mani for speaking to our CYP network members today on inclusive urban community gardens! Such an interesting project and some good discussions had! 🍓🥔👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 @Dr_ShellyC @Junior25119916 @SarahLouiseMit @BrookesResearch @obuengagement
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The campaign is building! Stop the redundancies! Stop the attack on arts, humanities and social sciences! #OpenTheBooksatBrookes @ucu @musicatbrookes Sign the petition to save Music at Brookes change.org/p/save-music-at-o…
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‘All ICU patients’ dead in al-Shifa amid Israel raid, according to the Hospital's director. No further comment needed. Just a question to Europe's leaders: Are you sleeping OK at night? aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…
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The impact of the current conflict on education is hard to overstate. Dozens of staff and students, including 84 from Ben-Gurion Uni of the Negev, were killed in the Hamas attack on 7 October and 439 Palestinian staff and students have been killed by the Israeli response 1/6
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Israeli soldiers post themselves "conquering" a hospital in Gaza where 43 intensive care patients just died because of a lack of oxygen, according to ABC News. As a Jew and human rights attorney, I find this photo repulsive. Get out.
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