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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · 20d

New article - Using Zemiology to explore the potential social harms of a lifelong learning entitlement www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Using Zemiology to explore the potential social harms of a lifelong learning entitlement

The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) policy aims to provide equal access to loan funding for all adults aged 18–60 pursuing level 4–6 courses in both further and higher education in England. Its...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · Jul 18

What can a better understanding of teachers engagement with masculinity, mental health and the manosphere in the school classroom offer to widening access?

Hear from @edudetective.bsky.social and I on this weeks NEON blog

www.educationopportunities.co.uk/neon-blog/wh...

What can a better understanding teachers engagement with masculinity, mental health and the manosphere in the school classroom offer to widening access? - NEON

Dr Alex Blower and Dr Jon Rainford, Boys Impact Inequalities in educational outcomes for young men from low socioeconomic backgrounds are a key concern for access practitioners. Department for Educ...

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · Jul 17

A great evening launching our report and Boys Impact at the House of Commons

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · Jul 16

New report published today from @edudetective.bsky.social and I today:
The Problem with Boys? is the first of three reports which explore educators perceptions of young working-class men in the classroom.

www.boysimpact.com/s/boysreport...

www.boysimpact.com

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · May 29

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the #CreativeResearchMethods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions.

Sign up to our newsletter to learn more: buff.ly/byPirsy

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Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social · Jun 20

This new blog by @drdaveobrien.bsky.social, Dr Mark Taylor and Dr Ruoxi Wang, highlights the relationship between subjects studied before university and graduates who go on to work in arts, culture and heritage (ACH) jobs. Read more: pec.ac.uk/blog_entries...

Why higher education matters to the arts, culture and heritage sectors - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre

Read about how choice of subject at age 16 impacts creative education pathways and the likelihood of employment in the arts and culture sectors.

pec.ac.uk

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · Jun 17

I'm so glad it resonated, Hannah! Like you I did lots of doctoral work in train stations and on trains. I even wrote sections of my thesis drafts in my notes app!

Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · Jun 13

Are you doing a part time doctorate? Or maybe you support part time doctoral
researchers? Recently I ran a workshop for go-gn based on the book I wrote with @kayguccione.bsky.social and as if by magic they have produced an edited version on YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?si=Uw8...

Part-time doctorates: building your strategy for success

YouTube video by gogn oer

m.youtube.com

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · Jun 10

Sufficiently cryptic 😆 I'm an omnibus listener so I will await this weeks with bated breath now.

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · May 13

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek so here's a plug for my friendly, practical book. It came out just after the pandemic started and has helped, reassured and challenged since.
Please share, buy, or get it in your library - I do free talks for any uni that stocks it
www.routledge.com/Being-Well-i...

Being Well in Academia: Ways to Feel Stronger, Safer and More Connected

Are you studying or working in academia and in need of support? Perhaps you’re finding your work, study or personal life challenging or overwhelming; are experiencing bullying, harassment or abuse; or...

www.routledge.com

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The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social · May 13

Is ADHD a superpower? Or is it harmful to think that way?

Fresh from his work on our co-pro of Inside Our Minds, OU expert @jonrainford.bsky.social shares his thoughts: youtu.be/gf2BaJFxE1A?...

For more ADHD guidance, visit: connect.open.ac.uk/health-wellb...

#InsideOurADHDMinds

Is ADHD a superpower? Or is it harmful to think that way?

YouTube video by The Open University

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Centre for HE Research and Evaluation @centreforhere.bsky.social · May 13

Looking forward to hosting @kayguccione.bsky.social and @jonrainford.bsky.social for their (online and publicly accessible) workshop on the 27th of May.

Details/registration here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · May 13

A new hidden curriculum post by Clare Matysova who offers us her personal reflections to start a conversation about how and where assumptions the PT PhD alongside other professional roles can create a culture of exclusion.

drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/w...

“Why do you want to do a PhD? You are not an academic.”

Dr Clare Matysova is currently Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Programme Manager at Health Data Science UK and has worked in further and higher education for approximately 18 years. Clare recently …

drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com

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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · May 13

A quick plug for this book (currently on sale at £16.99) where @jonrainford.bsky.social and I wrote about a PT doctorate as a positive experience providing deeper access to the hidden curriculum www.routledge.com/Thriving-in-...

Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study: Integrating Work, Life and Research

Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study is a practical guide, designed to support part-time doctoral researchers in navigating their learning experience and providing them with the tools they need to suc...

www.routledge.com

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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · May 12

Inside Our ADHD Minds review – Chris Packham’s revelatory show couldn’t be more crucial

Packham refutes harmful anti-woke ideas about the overdiagnosis of neurodiversity by meeting people like Henry, who finds day-to-day life a severe struggle, and Jo, who has spent years constantly being told she’s ‘too much’

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · May 12

If you've been watching inside our ADHD minds and need some more support or resources, do check out the @openuniversity.bsky.social connect interactive I authored to support the series. connect.open.ac.uk/health-wellb...

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · May 12

Starting now. It has been an honour to play a small part in this at the OUs academic consultant www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/a...

The Open University

www.open.ac.uk

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Prof Erica Borgstrom @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social · May 12

Excited that Inside Our Minds (ADHD) will be on BBC 2 today (and iPlayer) - I saw it during production & cried each time! Props to @jonrainford.bsky.social for his work as the OU academic supporting this episode & next week's one (dyslexia-focused). www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Two - Inside Our Minds, Inside Our ADHD Minds

Chris helps a tour guide connect with his parents and a project manager process her grief.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · Mar 18

We’re delighted to introduce you to our latest journal!
The Journal of #CreativeResearchMethods
Edited by @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, Harriet Shortt, @sophierwoodward.bsky.social and consulting editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
#ResearchMethods #Creativity

Journal Of Creative Research Methods

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the creative research methods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions from aut...

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

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Kalwant Bhopal @kalwantbhopal.bsky.social · Feb 16

Look!! The Pelican paperback of my book is here and it looks beautiful!!

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · Feb 16

Being Well In Academia - the book to get you through hard times - is currently on offer at £16.99 www.routledge.com/Being-Well-i...

Better still, get your library to stock it so all can have access.

Or, if you want the free, shorter version, that's here:
theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...

a book is open to a page with purple lights coming out of it

Alt: A large, magical book lies flat on a table and is open to reveal glowing text and purple lights sparkling from it. This is exactly what happens when you read my books.

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Paul Martin @paul-ed-martin.bsky.social · Feb 11

Today, I’ve published a new paper on ethnicity, school attainment and access to HE in England 🧵[1/8]
doi.org/10.1080/0267...

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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · Feb 11

📣 Event Klaxon! 📣

Campus Geographies of the Student Experience at SRHE - 29th of April - looking at how the physical elements of universities feature in students' lives in different ways.

🎓🏫 Registration and details below: it's in person, with online attendance possible.
srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

CiviCRM | Society for Research into Higher Education

Do not delete this page. Page content is generated by CiviCRM.

srhe.ac.uk

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Dr Jon Rainford @jonrainford.bsky.social · Jan 28

These two poems at the Being a boy project event really hit me tonight

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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · Jan 17

Sociologists of education - just over a week left to submit your abstract for this event that I’m organising with the @britsoci.bsky.social Education Study Group

Come and join us in London in June to discuss the future of the sociology of education - lots of different presentation formats possible!

Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · Jan 9

📢Call for abstracts

The Future of the Sociology of Education

A BSA Presidential Event, in collaboration with the BSA Education Study Group @britsoci.bsky.social

6 June 2025, London (BSA meeting room)

Deadline for abstracts: 30 Jan

www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

The Future of the Sociology of Education

www.britsoc.co.uk

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