Duncan Exley
@duncanexley.bsky.social
Not-for-profits struggle to recruit & get the most out of people from non-middle class backgrounds. I can help: Analysis-&-recommendation &/or training.
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EPI is searching for our next CEO 📣
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels.
Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels.
Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
EPI is searching for our next CEO 📣
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels.
Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels.
Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...
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📣 Call for applications for the Nineteenth Doctorate Winter School on Inequality and Social Welfare Theory (IT19)
The School provides the opportunity to discuss issues concerning the topic 'Inequality and Big Challenges'.
📆 Apply by 27 November
Further details here ⬇️
The School provides the opportunity to discuss issues concerning the topic 'Inequality and Big Challenges'.
📆 Apply by 27 November
Further details here ⬇️
Nineteenth Winter School on Inequality and Social Welfare Theory (IT19)
LISER's public research focuses on social and economic policies, including their spatial dimension. Its mission is to provide the scientific community and society with clear, relevant and solid…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📣 Call for applications for the Nineteenth Doctorate Winter School on Inequality and Social Welfare Theory (IT19)
The School provides the opportunity to discuss issues concerning the topic 'Inequality and Big Challenges'.
📆 Apply by 27 November
Further details here ⬇️
The School provides the opportunity to discuss issues concerning the topic 'Inequality and Big Challenges'.
📆 Apply by 27 November
Further details here ⬇️
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New Bridge Group research identifies examples of eight leading law firms’ effective practices in improving socio-economic background inclusion. A public report gives more details: www.thebridgegroup.org.uk/news/effecti...
#inclusion #BestPractice #SocialMobility
#inclusion #BestPractice #SocialMobility
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New Bridge Group research identifies examples of eight leading law firms’ effective practices in improving socio-economic background inclusion. A public report gives more details: www.thebridgegroup.org.uk/news/effecti...
#inclusion #BestPractice #SocialMobility
#inclusion #BestPractice #SocialMobility
New event at @policyatkings.bsky.social with the evaluation team researchers and @taso.org.uk - Parental Engagement and Reducing Inequalities in Higher Education - 11-12:30GMT online, sign up for free at: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/86247b...
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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New event at @policyatkings.bsky.social with the evaluation team researchers and @taso.org.uk - Parental Engagement and Reducing Inequalities in Higher Education - 11-12:30GMT online, sign up for free at: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/86247b...
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New event at @policyatkings.bsky.social with the evaluation team researchers and @taso.org.uk - Parental Engagement and Reducing Inequalities in Higher Education - 11-12:30GMT online, sign up for free at: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/86247b...
Rachel Reeves to announce that retailers will pay an extra 1% corporation tax for every non-December day on which Christmas music is played in their premises. (Hopefully)
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Rachel Reeves to announce that retailers will pay an extra 1% corporation tax for every non-December day on which Christmas music is played in their premises. (Hopefully)
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There’s still time to apply for our Funding Manager role – Our Natural World 🌊🌿🚨
We’re hiring a Funding Manager to support our work on sustainable oceans. If you have marine and fisheries experience and want to help drive real environmental impact, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re hiring a Funding Manager to support our work on sustainable oceans. If you have marine and fisheries experience and want to help drive real environmental impact, we’d love to hear from you.
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
There’s still time to apply for our Funding Manager role – Our Natural World 🌊🌿🚨
We’re hiring a Funding Manager to support our work on sustainable oceans. If you have marine and fisheries experience and want to help drive real environmental impact, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re hiring a Funding Manager to support our work on sustainable oceans. If you have marine and fisheries experience and want to help drive real environmental impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Taking a job in an organisation dominated by people from more-privileged backgrounds often means we're "forced to combine the usual information overload of a new job with a simultaneous 'crash course in applied anthropology'"
But it doesn't have to 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan... #HR #Charities
But it doesn't have to 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan... #HR #Charities
#charities #ngos | Duncan Exley
What are the unwritten rules in your organisation / sector, which you wish you’d known a long time ago?
“My understanding of how to progress in your career, as far as I had any notion of it at all, w...
www.linkedin.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Taking a job in an organisation dominated by people from more-privileged backgrounds often means we're "forced to combine the usual information overload of a new job with a simultaneous 'crash course in applied anthropology'"
But it doesn't have to 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan... #HR #Charities
But it doesn't have to 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan... #HR #Charities
“What are the unwritten rules in your organisation / sector, which you wish you’d known a long time ago?”
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan...
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan...
#charities #ngos | Duncan Exley
What are the unwritten rules in your organisation / sector, which you wish you’d known a long time ago?
“My understanding of how to progress in your career, as far as I had any notion of it at all, w...
www.linkedin.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“What are the unwritten rules in your organisation / sector, which you wish you’d known a long time ago?”
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan...
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan...
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A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
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🧵 For International Men’s Day, @moreincommonuk.bsky.social has new research into a cohort of disillusioned men who have lost faith in the social contract & the idea that hard work will support a good life, don’t think politics respect them & who are turning away from mainstream politics
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🧵 For International Men’s Day, @moreincommonuk.bsky.social has new research into a cohort of disillusioned men who have lost faith in the social contract & the idea that hard work will support a good life, don’t think politics respect them & who are turning away from mainstream politics
The folly of recruiting people from outside an organisations' usual demographics while practices remain tailored to the requirements of the usual suspects.
#Charities
#Charities
Consider the individual needs of prospective trustees to increase diversity, chairs told
Consider the individual needs of prospective trustees to increase diversity, chairs told
Malcolm John says overcoming diversity challenges is ‘not about putting people in a traditional mode of governance’
www.thirdsector.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The folly of recruiting people from outside an organisations' usual demographics while practices remain tailored to the requirements of the usual suspects.
#Charities
#Charities
Inspirational story of a city in which schools - & therefore the opportunities presented to children - were segregated by families' income, & how a community worked to create greater inclusion, in the face of determined & well-resourced resistance
#SocialMobility #Brighton
#SocialMobility #Brighton
✍️ "What has happened in Brighton and Hove shows that inclusion through admissions can be achieved."
Co-Founders of Class Divide, Carlie Goldsmith and Curtis James discuss the significance of reforms to school admissions in Brighton in our latest blog ⤵️
Co-Founders of Class Divide, Carlie Goldsmith and Curtis James discuss the significance of reforms to school admissions in Brighton in our latest blog ⤵️
Inclusion through admissions: How a community brought about change in Brighton and Hove - The Sutton Trust
Grassroots efforts to create fairer school admissions for all pupils in Brighton and Hove.
www.suttontrust.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Inspirational story of a city in which schools - & therefore the opportunities presented to children - were segregated by families' income, & how a community worked to create greater inclusion, in the face of determined & well-resourced resistance
#SocialMobility #Brighton
#SocialMobility #Brighton
"421 landowners...control half of all privately owned rural land in Scotland...
most concentrated...private land ownership in Europe...
Without radical measures... [that's] an issue for locals who want a piece of Scotland to call their own"(@xaviergreenwood.bsky.social)
#SocialMobility
most concentrated...private land ownership in Europe...
Without radical measures... [that's] an issue for locals who want a piece of Scotland to call their own"(@xaviergreenwood.bsky.social)
#SocialMobility
Green lairds, Lego millions and the battle to buy back Scotland’s land. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Green lairds, Lego millions and the battle to buy back Scotland’s land | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"421 landowners...control half of all privately owned rural land in Scotland...
most concentrated...private land ownership in Europe...
Without radical measures... [that's] an issue for locals who want a piece of Scotland to call their own"(@xaviergreenwood.bsky.social)
#SocialMobility
most concentrated...private land ownership in Europe...
Without radical measures... [that's] an issue for locals who want a piece of Scotland to call their own"(@xaviergreenwood.bsky.social)
#SocialMobility
"graduates from non-graduate families fare better than their peers without a degree, but they often do not catch up with graduates from graduate families. This demonstrates both the power & the limits of higher education in terms of #SocialMobility".
#WideningParticipation
#WideningParticipation
🚨 NEW: Social mobility is either flat or declining across wealthier countries.
Our new research, supported by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, shows how expanding access to higher education hasn't delivered system wide social mobility gains, with family background still shaping outcomes 🧵⤵️
Our new research, supported by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, shows how expanding access to higher education hasn't delivered system wide social mobility gains, with family background still shaping outcomes 🧵⤵️
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"graduates from non-graduate families fare better than their peers without a degree, but they often do not catch up with graduates from graduate families. This demonstrates both the power & the limits of higher education in terms of #SocialMobility".
#WideningParticipation
#WideningParticipation
Interventions intended to improve inclusion & belonging achieve the opposite:
"support structures for those specific groups...are characteristic first, student second. You need special help because you’re different" (@jimdickinson.bsky.social)
(Not just confined to higher education!)
#HR, #DEI
"support structures for those specific groups...are characteristic first, student second. You need special help because you’re different" (@jimdickinson.bsky.social)
(Not just confined to higher education!)
#HR, #DEI
NEW on Wonkhe: Despite sector-wide consensus on how to tackle belonging gaps, Jim Dickinson explores how the latest APPs risk entrenching disadvantage by misreading the social psychology behind inclusion buff.ly/PDsei4E
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Interventions intended to improve inclusion & belonging achieve the opposite:
"support structures for those specific groups...are characteristic first, student second. You need special help because you’re different" (@jimdickinson.bsky.social)
(Not just confined to higher education!)
#HR, #DEI
"support structures for those specific groups...are characteristic first, student second. You need special help because you’re different" (@jimdickinson.bsky.social)
(Not just confined to higher education!)
#HR, #DEI
Exploding use of AI means "employers [are] drowning in applications" & applying filters, incl "one employer which only posted its vacancy on the job board of an elite university... some of these are in conflict with the goals of widening accessibility"
#SocialMobility #HR #Hiring
#SocialMobility #HR #Hiring
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exploding use of AI means "employers [are] drowning in applications" & applying filters, incl "one employer which only posted its vacancy on the job board of an elite university... some of these are in conflict with the goals of widening accessibility"
#SocialMobility #HR #Hiring
#SocialMobility #HR #Hiring
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CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: Green New Deal Rising are looking for an Organiser (£36,307 - £39,510). Closing date Mon 17 Nov, 9am. Apply here: https://www.gndrising.org/jobs/organiser/
Submit your news to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
Submit your news to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
Organiser - GND Rising
Location: UK, must be able to access London relatively easily for day trips. You can work from our London office space (Bethnal Green), when you want to. Some travel around the UK will be required in the role. Contract length: Permanent (subject to successful 6 month probationary period) Hours: 5 days a week (37.5 hours) – some evening […]
www.gndrising.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: Green New Deal Rising are looking for an Organiser (£36,307 - £39,510). Closing date Mon 17 Nov, 9am. Apply here: https://www.gndrising.org/jobs/organiser/
Submit your news to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
Submit your news to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
Ways in which the super rich are fucking things up for the rest of us, #6,810:
#Neurotech
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ways in which the super rich are fucking things up for the rest of us, #6,810:
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The SMK Annual Campaigner and Changemaker Survey provides insight and evidence to improve your practice and support your work. Take the survey by 3rd December.
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
#SMKCampaignerSurvey
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
#SMKCampaignerSurvey
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The SMK Annual Campaigner and Changemaker Survey provides insight and evidence to improve your practice and support your work. Take the survey by 3rd December.
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
#SMKCampaignerSurvey
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
#SMKCampaignerSurvey
"Young degree apprentices are much less likely to be disadvantaged than both similar-aged Russell Group undergraduates & the wider undergraduate cohort"
#WideningParticipation #Apprenticeships #SocialMobility
#WideningParticipation #Apprenticeships #SocialMobility
To deliver on the potential of degree apprenticeships, we need a sharper focus on widening participation & supporting employers in low-completion sectors. Targeted outreach & funding incentives could help more disadvantaged young people access these pathways.
Read more: epi.org.uk/publications...
Read more: epi.org.uk/publications...
Youth degree apprenticeships: An alternative to university? - Education Policy Institute
“Youth degree apprenticeships: An alternative to university?”, funded by AL Elevation, examines access, participation, and outcomes for young people aged 18–24 on level 6 degree apprenticeship courses...
epi.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"Young degree apprentices are much less likely to be disadvantaged than both similar-aged Russell Group undergraduates & the wider undergraduate cohort"
#WideningParticipation #Apprenticeships #SocialMobility
#WideningParticipation #Apprenticeships #SocialMobility
“The wave of redundancies & budget cuts across the charity sector are already disproportionately impacting black & brown staff... concentrated in lower pay grades with less ability to influence decision-making” ( #CharitySoWhite )
Charity leaders urged to reflect on systemic biases when navigating redundancies
Charity leaders urged to reflect on systemic biases when navigating redundancies
Safe spaces should be created for staff to raise concerns about systemic oppression, #CharitySoWhite says
www.thirdsector.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“The wave of redundancies & budget cuts across the charity sector are already disproportionately impacting black & brown staff... concentrated in lower pay grades with less ability to influence decision-making” ( #CharitySoWhite )
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If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
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We are recruiting a few different new roles @Moreincommon_ UK, if you're interested in any of them and think you'd enjoy our work do take a look. www.moreincommon.org.uk/about-us/jobs/
Current Opportunities
Check here for current job opportunities.
www.moreincommon.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are recruiting a few different new roles @Moreincommon_ UK, if you're interested in any of them and think you'd enjoy our work do take a look. www.moreincommon.org.uk/about-us/jobs/
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