Thanks to Stephanie Wescott exceptional media engagement, our article on women teachers experiences of Tate-inspired sexism has had 11,000 more views in just one week - pretty wild for an academic piece!

please continue to share & amplify the women’s voices
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Sorcha Eastwood MLA 2)Naturally there were those who sought to outrage, but they were challenged by their peers. This is quite useful for understanding young men today: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… . Also, very much worthwhile checking out Ulster Uni's TBS 2 on young men and education.

📢 Expanding and diversifying the mental health workforce is crucial to meet growing levels of need.
Drawing from a roundtable we hosted with MHN Chief Executive & Mind, we've explored what's needed to build a #MentalHealthWorkforce for the future: centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/b…

After two years of hard work, and the support of some incredible colleagues and educators, we have launched the Boys' Impact website.

It's home to our work to support young working-class men on their journey toward a more hopeful future.

boysimpact.com

My 'Amalgamated Masculinities' article has finally got a 'physical' home 😀. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

I'll be one of the supervisors. Project will involve using a new all-Wales anonymised data set on care and support received. Scope for qualitative research as well as quantitative. Deadline 12 April.

At it again, if anyone wants to tune in!
#EMCA

📢 New PhD Opportunity at CARE, situated in Cardiff School of Social Sciences, for October 2024 study.

'Exploring the variation and equality of access for at-risk adults in receipt of care and support'

⏰Deadline: Friday 12th April

More info & apply:
findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

I'm officially signed up for the J of Youth Studies conference. I'm looking forward to discussing the education part of my PhD and giving my presentation entitled, 'You need them, you mad head': Working-Class Young Men's Attitudes Towards Education and Schooling.
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We’ll be playing at Tiny Rebel Bar Cardiff next month supporting Los Savages and Los Manolitos…

Grab yourself a ticket here 🔥

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The overall costs of mental ill health equate to double the NHS’s entire 2022 budget in England.
But properly investing in prevention & support can turn the tide on these costs and boost the nation’s mental health: centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/t… #CostsOfMentalIllHealth

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My latest article ❗️❗️
In this article, In this article I adopt the theoretical lens of authoritarian neoliberalism coupled with the concept of performativity to analyse post-transition Tunisian counterterror politics. In doing so, I argue that 1/

For anyone interested or has students wanting to do a PhD, these are excellent opportunities to work at a great research centre with very supportive supervisors and academics.

Very pleased to have been able to contribute to this series, as the main historical consultant and expert - I think it will be very good indeed! 😀⛏️✊️
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My new encyclopedia entry on #debt 👇 explores its connection to reciprocity, violence, class and gender.

anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/debt

Free to access thanks to the brilliant team at Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology. 🙏

Our new 📖is out 😊'Questioning ‘voice’ & silence: Exploring creative & participatory approaches to researching with children through a Reggio Emilian lens' with Dr. Sarah Chicken UWE Bristol Dr Jacky Tyrie Swansea University Jade Parnell Gisselle Tur Porres #OpenAccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

New commentary paper in Educational and Developmental Psychologist
by me & Stephanie Wescott

To quell the problem, we must name the problem: the role of social media ‘manfluencers’ in boys’ sexist behaviours in school settings.

Free access to first 50 views
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Monash Education #gender #sexism

Are you free on 10 April? Why not join Marlise Poolman at our #ResearchWalesFaculty webinar ‘Experiences and insight from re-applying to research funding’.

Register now to get your seat: healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/events/f…

Sociology of Health and Illness Journal are recruiting two new Book Review Editors from October 2024 onwards: shifoundation.org.uk/about/news/app…

All applicants welcome, and particularly from early career and/or international colleagues. Further details in the link above.

Any questions, contact me or Janice McLaughlin @janicemcl.bsky.social!

Delighted to be supporting this really valuable event. Spaces still available for members of the Welsh deaf community to share their priorities for future research & suggestions for increasing capacity for deaf researchers CARE Research Wales CTRCardiffUni British Deaf Association Deaf Hub (Wales)