The pictures from Gaza…. I can’t look, but know we cannot look away. This situation is utterly desperate and there is so much concern about saying the wrong thing but if we say nothing where does that leave us? I found this useful. mo-husseini.medium.com/50-completely-…

A message to this government

More than 5479 students, 261 teachers and 95 university professors have been killed in Gaza and over 7819 students and 756 teachers have been injured…At least 60% of educational facilities…have been damaged or destroyed and at least 625,000 students have no access to education

Casting Call for my latest film. Leeds Trinity University

It was a privilege to give the Keynote Lecture at the University of Warwick Education Conference. The talk was an overview of my sector leading work on making assessment in HE measuably more racially inclusive. It was great 2 connect with so many inspiring colleagues doing great work.

Thread on Lived Experience 🧵

Lived Experience (LE) is often used to describe childhood trauma, adversity, recovery, life challenges of even desistance, recovery, or healing recently. I suggest here that the way this is unfolding isn't all positive & I'm sure many will agree.

📢Special Issue📢I am thrilled to announce the release of our BERJ Special Issue on 'Theorising educational engagement, transitions and outcomes for care-experienced people'. We were lucky as editors to receive so many interesting contributions! Please take a look & share (1/2)

Excited for our Leeds Trinity University Office for Institutional Equity Lecture tomorrow Leeds Playhouse Steph Lacey in conversation with Amy Leach as they discuss the importance of accessibility as a form of social justice. Join us if you can- tickets are free. leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/amy-leac…

This is going to be awesome! Come and see Sharon Watson MBE, DL at the Leeds Playhouse as part of the Office for Institutional Equity Leeds Trinity University Social Justice Lecture Series, tickets are free and available here leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/in-conve…

Such a brilliant lecture Andi and was so glad to be there!

Remembering the formidable anti-racist campaigner Anwar Ditta on #InternationalWomensDay

A working-class Kashmiri woman from Birmingham, she shared platforms with the likes of Tony Benn and Arthur Scargill and led numerous anti-deportation campaigns. 🧵

None of us is free until we are all free.

On International Women’s Day I am thinking about our sisters across the globe whose voices cannot be heard, who are living in conflict, famine, and the most dreadful of conditions and trying to protect their children.

Loved presenting without a voice today 🤣 - always great to be Carr Manor Community School . Thank you to the Leeds Learning Alliance and my brilliant colleague and friend Syra Shakir

Excited for the workshop 'It's not enough to 'not be racist': putting anti-racism into action' led by
Dr Tamsin Bowers-Brown 🌱 & Syra Shakir at the Inclusive Leadership and Practice Conference Carr Manor Community School.
Tickets are still available and FREE for LLA Members: leedslearningalliance.org/events/lla-con…

“All refugees are vulnerable but, if you’re a woman, you have the extra risk of sexual violence. Beyond that, quite often it’s the women who are responsible for the children, which makes things more fraught. It’s important to have somewhere where you can exhale finally.” -…

This is absolute nonsense Kemi and you know it.
I met you alongside other colleagues over a year and a half ago and the definition was explained to you in detail - you were asked to detail your concerns / any objections and the basis of it .
You DID NOT follow up.
Instead all…

Send us a proposal and come and share your work or register to attend and hear about fantastic education based projects across all phases of the education sector. We will be looking forward to greeting you at the University of the Aegean! ipieconference.org

I wrote a little something about the prospect of OfS guidance on collaboration and the challenges of where the power lies. Lots to get into!

A great feeling to launch our Social Justice Lecture series in partnership with Leeds Playhouse Thank you Susan Wilcock for making it happen, Syra Shakir for hosting and to our first guest Kehinde Andrews for kicking us off with a brilliant conversation. Leeds Trinity University