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Sarah Crafter

@sarahcrafter.bsky.social

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Professor of Cultural- Developmental Psychology at The Open University Interested in children and young people's migration Qualitative, Participatory and arts-based approaches

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Apr 9

How quickly and quietly all the rights are reversed

www.ft.com/content/e341...

The US may be reversing course on child labour

Acute strain on the jobs market has encouraged some states to consider reducing restrictions on employing minors

www.ft.com

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · Feb 12

University leaders are guilty of penalising staff rather than fighting back against government too. UCEA and the OFS are not fit for purpose

The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial

Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Feb 6

Please @teamlabouruk.bsky.social STOP this!

We do not need another Reform party because it already exists. Be your own party

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour launches ads in Reform-style branding to boast about deportations

Exclusive: Some MPs and activists upset at tone of party’s Facebook campaign aimed at countering Farage

www.theguardian.com

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Feb 6

As an immigrant who chose to make my home in the UK—but also as someone who is a migration historian and researches the impact of dog-whistle politics—there is no way for me to overstate how wrong and disgusting these ads by the UK Labour Party are.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour launches ads in Reform-style branding to boast about deportations

Exclusive: Some MPs and activists upset at tone of party’s Facebook campaign aimed at countering Farage

www.theguardian.com

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · Feb 6

In case you missed it: Job Ad: Rainbow Migration are recruiting a Legal Officer | Free Movement

Job Ad: Rainbow Migration are recruiting a Legal Officer - Free Movement

Rainbow Migration, the longest-running charity in Europe dedicated to supporting LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system, is recruiting a

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Feb 5

And, so they all rush to bottom (or the right)

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social are now new One Nation Conservatives

Conservatives are now Reform

Reform are just Reform

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off Reform

Exclusive: Pressure group set up by MPs from seats where Reform came second amid concern about party’s rise

www.theguardian.com

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · Feb 4

If you want to make sure that Reform wins the next GE, this is what you should do. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off Reform

Exclusive: Pressure group set up by MPs from seats where Reform came second amid concern about party’s rise

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Jan 23

Do you work with unaccompained minors? If you so, you might be interested in this FREE badged CPD training to enhance your reflexive practice. One participant wrote:

"The course is extremely enlightening"

Course can be completed in your own time.

uni.open.ac.uk/practisingcare

#childmigration

OLCreate: PUB_6065_1.0 Practising with care in mind: Learning from professionals and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children

uni.open.ac.uk

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Jan 21

JOB ALERT 📣 Post Doctoral Research Associate in Arts in Education
Join this EU funded project seeking to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people through art in education. If you have experience with PAR or arts-based research 👇🏽

0.4fte. Closing date 6th Feb

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN008/p...

Post Doctoral Research Associate ALPHABETICA at The Open University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Jan 3

Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care.

Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...

... announcing the 26th one 😳

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Miranda Prynne @mirandaprynne.bsky.social · Dec 16

Academic publishing needs a shift of mindset on the use of #GenAI, from seeing it as a sign of deficit to a sign of enhancement, writes Benjamin Luke Moorhouse: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/were-... #artificialintelligence #academicsky

We’re living in a world of artificial intelligence – it’s academic publishing that needs to change

Scholars are using generative AI to assist them with writing articles, but should they be punished for it? The academic publishing community may need to change its mindset, writes Benjamin Luke Moorho...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 21

Job Alert 📣 PostDoc RA in arts education/creative arts using participatory action research or co-creation approaches

Join the UK team on an EU funded project ALPHABETICA. Supporting children & young people at risk of exclusion or poverty through arts-based education

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS452/p...

Post Doctoral Research Assistant at Oxford Brookes University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Post Doctoral Research Assistant at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Nov 15

Crowds & Identities -- a starter pack.

Please share.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 15

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Nov 14

Whilst I’m not leaving X as yet, I would very much like to spend more time here.

So, if you see this and you’d be kind enough to share it to let readers find me, that would be greatly appreciated. Hi!

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 14

In this paper on child language brokering (young translating) we examine this practice as a form of family care - a way to rethink the notion of the 'parentified child' #childmigration #translating #languagebrokering

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Child language brokering as a family care practice: Reframing the ‘parentified child’ debate

This paper explores the perspectives of 29 child language brokers living in the UK who interpret for their family following migration. They were presented with vignette stories depicting a potentiall...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 14

If you are an educator or NGO working with young translators you might find our Handbook guidance on creating your own support group helpful. Includes activities to support their social and emotional wellbeing 👇

Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 14

If you work are interested in helping children and young people from refugee and migration backgrounds feel better included in education you might be interested in the EU funded project called NEW ABC. Interventions using co-creation and arts-bases approaches 👇

newabc.eu

NEW ABC

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 14

NEW ABC

newabc.eu

Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 14

If you are a social care practitioner we have a Free online course for working reflexively with unaccompanied minors. Based in evidence from the Children Caring in the Move project 👇

uni.open.ac.uk/practisingcare

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 14

If you work/research unaccompanied minors you can find more about the Children Caring on the Move project funded by #ESRC we examined children's care of each other, and being cared for, as they navigate welfare and asylum in England
www.ccomstudy.com

- CCOM

CHILDREN CARING ON THE MOVE

www.ccomstudy.com

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Nov 14

I went a bit quiet after first joining but now sharing some work. If you are interested in #DevPsy or developmental transitions research across social, cultural, chonrologial and historical contexts 👇
www.routledge.com/Developmenta...

Developmental Transitions: Exploring stability and change through the lifespan

How can we make sense of change and stability through the lifespan of human development? What role does personal experience, our relationships with others, and historical and sociocultural contexts pl...

www.routledge.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Nov 14

They keep coming....

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Nov 13

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · Nov 13

NEW: The closure of youth clubs in the 2010s led to increased offending and worse GSCE results.

Teenagers entitled to free school meals were most affected.

Read @carmenvillaecon’s briefing: https://buff.ly/4fIiRK7

Read the working paper: https://buff.ly/3APnHq6

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Bird @birdadoo.bsky.social · Nov 12

Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️

The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Nov 10

Submissions for the International Symposium on Bilingualism are due this Wednesday, Nov. 13th. ISB will take place on 9-13 of June, 2025 in Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain) and will be hosted by the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language. Submit your abstract here: www.bcbl.eu/events/isb15...

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Aug 21

A truly incredible, inspiring story: a foundation set up by the bereaved parents of charity worker Linda Norgrove has enabled 19 young Afghan women to follow their dreams of training to be doctors:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...

Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to finish medical degrees denied under Taliban

Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hi! I undertake research on children and young people's experiences of migration. Most of my work is with child language brokers and Unaccompanied Minors. More recently I have been working with participatory, co-creation and arts-based approaches. Hope to connect!

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Sarah Crafter @sarahcrafter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just posting my first Bluesky message. Looking forward to finding new connections and learning lots of interesting things from lots of interesting people ☺️

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Aidan O’Neill @aidanonlearning.bsky.social · Aug 18

I’m doing some research (for a PhD) about workplace e-learning. Could you please complete this 7-minute anonymous survey, and share the link as widely as possible? Thank you in advance.
#IrishResearch #PhDChat #PhDSky #EduSky

unioflimerick.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Survey of Workplace E-Learning

Survey to gather information about how workplace e-learning is used in practice, its effectiveness, and learners' attitudes towards e-learning.

unioflimerick.eu.qualtrics.com

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