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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 1d

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 4d

How about a 1946 Czechoslovakian animated short film about anti-fascism? 15 minutes long and rather wondrous.

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The Springman And The S.S. (1946) - B&W / 14:18 Mins

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 5d

This is echoing what many have been advocating for decades. Focusing on interventions around admissions is pointless if wider inequalities remain and efforts aren't made from the start of school to support pupils.

Poverty makes a huge difference here, but other barriers also remain firmly in place

Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 6d

Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades | British Politics and Policy at LSE

Students of private and grammar schools are over-represented in elite universities, but only part of that is explained by better grades.

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 5d

V interesting on how applicants' choice of unis contributes to mismatches, emphasising students' differing risk aversion.

As a parent of a YP making these choices rn, the school steer on making "insurance choices" is a huge influence. Students are applying for the 1st time, school guidance is key

LSE British Politics and Policy blog @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 6d

💡New! Elite school students end up in better universities than expected.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades | British Politics and Policy at LSE

Students of private and grammar schools are over-represented in elite universities, but only part of that is explained by better grades.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 6d

Londoners, this looks great on 10 November "The divine feminine: women and the rise of the right"

Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 6d

I’m really looking forward to speaking at this event at LSE alongside Lois Shearing and chaired by Rachel O’Neill. All welcome! Link to register is below. @lsemedia.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 9d

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Academic Audio Transcription Ltd @aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 11d

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 9d

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 14d

It's alarming how many people need to hear this: racism is not the natural and inevitable response to the presence of (the wrong number of) racialised Others. It is a learned response, and as such it is contestable and replaceable.

This is anti-racism 101. Entry level stuff.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 14d

This is first time I’ve heard the govt making the Labour argument for controlling immigration.

Mahmood argues that controlling our borders is good for race relations, because uncontrolled immigration is feeding far right rhetoric and tensions.

Expect to hear a lot more of that.

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 15d

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This is WONDERFUL! Putting it on my list for when I'm feeling very ambitious.

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 17d

Living the good life, I just made this plum almond cake. Turned tasteless plums into a piece of magic and happy afternoon 😋

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Cake scattered with plums and flaked almonds on a white plate on a wooden table

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 17d

Sceptical or optimistic about qualified doctors being #wellness influencers?

Great piece here showing how doctors promoting wellness are largely indistinguishable from non-doctor wellness-sellers.

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 17d

🗃️ From the archive: "Many of those who build big profiles have something to sell"

#Wellness #Influencers #Health

Why Instagram doctors can't fix the problems with wellness influencing - Impact of Social Sciences

Doctor-influencers may be qualified, but they often echo unqualified wellness influencers, blurring lines between expertise and opinion. Why is this a problem?

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 19d

👀 I thought we had all agreed that videoing each other without consent was gross, last time round

@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social @drjentarr.bsky.social & I wrote about this way back in 2015 😭

Too much information: visual research ethics in the age of wearable cameras eprints.lse.ac.uk/61629/

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Eleanor Power @eapower.bsky.social · 20d

📣 Job alert! *Assistant Prof in Computational Social Science*. We're a friendly department, with sharp students, at a great institution, in a lovely city. We have real strengths in computational social science & are looking for a colleague to build this further. Share and reach out with quesions!

LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 20d

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

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Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 19d

I have always hated the way smart speakers and chatbots mimic amicability and draw people in to talking to them as if there is a person there.

Great to read a scholarly exploration, using dear old Gigerenzer and Grice to set out the problem 🌟

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 19d

💥New: ChatGPT doesn’t think like a human, so why does it speak like one?

✍️George Gaskell (@lsemethodology.bsky.social)

#ChatGPT #Ethics #ConversationAnalysis

ChatGPT doesn’t think like a human, so why does it speak like one? - Impact of Social Sciences

Large language models like ChatGPT adopt aspects of human speech to give the impression of human intelligence. George Gaskell highlights the limits of ChatGPT’s conversational ethics, common sense and...

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 22d

Looks fantastic!

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 23d

LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!

Please reach out if you would like any more details.

Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science

Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science, , LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university <p styl...

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 23d

Very satisfying! Beautifully done!

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 25d

So well said. I can barely manage my own tenuous coping strategies. When everything caring, thoughtful, humble or nuanced seems made a mockery of, educating feels like a fool's errand.

But you are a wonderful political thinker, you can do it. All we can do is keep going? Imperfectly.

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 26d

May we be the kind of academic we admired in him! Such a huge huge loss 💔💔

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 26d

Lolsob, this is so stupid for so many reasons

Reason #3581: every academic I know who wins research funding ALWAYS spends unfunded time writing up and developing impact. The funding is never ever enough to complete the project. 😭

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 26d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

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Flora Cornish @floracornish.bsky.social · 26d

This is so clear on why "debate" is not a productive democratic format 🙏🙏🙏

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27d

people pretend that debate signals and defends a commitment to high minded politics. what it elevates instead is performative dishonesty as a basic mode of politics

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 26d

The relentless contempt, disgust, even hate that successive UK governments exhibit for the country's (hitherto) wildly successful HE sector remains one of the most baffling sub-plots of a generally insane age.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 26d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

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