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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · May 1

The lads are already planning the workshops after being inspired by the day (there's definitely some drama & time travel in the pipeline...)

Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · May 1

Today we took our Young Leaders to the @ncmme.bsky.social for their training sesh. Shout out to Rob, our guide, who spoke about education through the pits, on the job training, identity (& much more).

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Feb 22

Don't mind having a working weekend when you get to spend it at the @ncmme.bsky.social being part of the "History and Legacy of the 1984/5 Miners’ Strike Symposium" www.ncm.org.uk/whats-on/his...

The History and Legacy of the 1984/5 Miners’ Strike Symposium - National Coal Mining Museum

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Afternoon Tea at the National Coal Mining Museum on Saturday 8th March 2025.

www.ncm.org.uk

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · Jan 5

i often see schools insisting that marginalised children speak ‘formally’ in ‘standard English’ because of ‘high expectations’. but this is just another example of schools having low expectations of what nondominant language styles can do and the linguistic innovativeness of marginalised children.

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · Feb 12

there is no empirical relationship between a teacher's accent and their ability to teach. but there is a long-standing ideological relationship which frames non-dominant and non-standardised accents as signs of imagined pedagogical illegitimacy.

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Jan 29

So proud of the Young Leaders who smashed the research event at the @ncmme.bsky.social Shout out to @mikkmurray.bsky.social our Graffiti Artist who captured the lads' stories & John our former miner who led the coal workshops & supported each stage of the project ✊ www.instagram.com/p/DFQgdL1KYy...

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Jan 19

There is still plenty of time to get yourself booked onto our event at the National Coal Mining Museum on Saturday... here's a sneak preview of the events for the day 👀

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Ruth Unsworth @ruthunsworth.bsky.social · Jan 8

The Call for Papers for the annual Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference is open. See ethnographyandeducation.org
Conference dates: Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th September 2025
#ethnography #education #educationresearch

Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference

ethnographyandeducation.org

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Jan 7

There is still plenty of time to book onto this event at the @ncmme.bsky.social. If you're interested in former coal mining communities, youth experiences, education, employment and/or community (or just fancy a day out at the NCM) get booked on now!

Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Nov 28

Come join us at the National Coal Mining Museum for our Youth led event 📢📢

The exhibition celebrates the power of youth voice through vibrant street art. It explores lads' experiences of education, employment, and opportunity in the former coalfields of Barnsley.

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Dec 27

There's some serious thought going into Finn's next word...

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Sasha Darling PHD, MD, DSL @sashadarling.bsky.social · Dec 24

I made a gingerbread panopticon

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Dec 22

Congratulations 🎉, looks ace, looking forward to reading it.

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Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social · Dec 20

And it's done!

'Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-class Men' will be published by Policy Press in July, and is available for pre-order now at a very reasonable price of £9.99

#EduSky

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lost-boys

Lost Boys

Lost Boys - How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Dec 17

Someone got himself back on the nice list with a good report card from his dog walker 🐾🧑‍🎄🐾

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Dec 13

Anyone that knows me knows how much I love Barnsley so it's been a pleasure to be at Barnsley College today delivering an Outreach session on the suite of Education degrees at @hudunipress.bsky.social (plus VIP parking...big thanks to BC for having us).

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Dec 7

Right it's officially Christmas for us 🎄🐾🎄

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Dr Victoria Dawson @vsdawson.bsky.social · Dec 6

The unsurpassed 'Raising the Red Flag: Marxism, Labourism, and the Roots of British Communism, 1884–1921' by @collinstony.bsky.social is currently a steal at £18 from @haymarketbooks. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of the left. #skystorians

www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2405-r...

Raising the Red Flag

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · Dec 5

Mood.

Cross-stitch embroidery by @wendyenthomas.bsky.social

Copyright @wendyenthomas - cross stitch saying “This too shall pass but like holy fuck”

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Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Dec 4

I've broken into the Christmas cake (stress eating after a department meeting 🙃🙃)

Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social · Dec 4

I'm picking up a session on Climate Change and Climate Justice in the New Year with my Primary Education students, it's not my field so if any has any resources/papers etc please do hit me up 🤞🤞

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