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We identify and disseminate effective practice in widening access and participation.
Kaidong Yu @kaidongyu.bsky.social Research associate at Sheffield University Management School. I completed my PhD in Sociology at the University of Manchester. Interest in social mobility, youth transitions, social stratification and inequality.
Emma Hyde @emmarhyde.bsky.social PhD Researcher in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds. Interested in: youth transitions, parental co-residence, families & inter-generational relationships, social inequalities, life course, qualitative methods.
Briony Hannell @briony.bsky.social Feminist academic and ECR. Lecturer in Sociology @ University of Manchester, UK. Author of Feminist Fandom (2024). Interested in youth, gender, digital/pop culture, platforms + anti/feminisms. She/her. https://linktr.ee/brionyhannell
Yasemin Besen-Cassino @ybesen.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Editor, Writer studying gender, labor and youth
Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social Associate Lecturer #Sociology at the University of Newcastle. I study political participation, #Protest & #Resistance. ORCID: 0000-0001-6945-5570
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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthewspsy.bsky.social Sr Lecturer in Educ & Child Development. PhD Psychology student. Former primary teacher. Mum of 2. Interests- #birthtrauma, #maternitysafety, #ReproEthics, child development, parenting, BCYP mental health, education & learning. Opinions own.
Dr Emma Maslin @emaslin.bsky.social Senior Policy & Research Officer at AMOSSHE, the Student Services Organisation. PhD in commuter student experiences in the UK. Views my own.
Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social #Safety and #wellbeing advocate and creator of the #PEEPSS Model.
Social Psychologist. #Methodologist. Sometime #AgonyAunt. Advice giving as praxis. Critical #MentalHealth. Lives by the sea.
Come for a #ResearchTip, maybe ask a question, stay for cat pics
Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social ▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship
▪︎ Author of Doing Good Social Science: http://bit.ly/3EgFA2z
▪︎ More about my work: immersiveresearch.co.uk
▪︎ DM for speaking/workshop requests
Dr Sam Baars @sambaars.bsky.social Head of Research and Insight at Isos Partnership ⦿ public sector policy and delivery ⦿ education and skills ⦿ area-based inequalities ⦿ research and evaluation
Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social Exec Director @ukevaluation.bsky.social Evidence based decision-making and action. V pro #NetZero and #renewables. Chief of Staff to two Lurchers. Love Cymru, where I'm lucky to live. Pessimistic about the world, but hoping hope does spring eternal!
UK Evaluation Society @ukevaluation.bsky.social We're the membership body for #evaluation in the UK. Supporting evaluators to learn, connect and thrive. https://evaluation.org.uk/about-us/
Dr. Jennifer Ann Morrow @evaluationdiva.bsky.social professor, evaluator, data cleaning diva, higher education assessment consultant, quantitative methodologist, survey researcher, never afraid to speak my mind.
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Evaluation Support Scotland @evalsupscot.bsky.social Working with third sector organisations and funders so that they can measure and explain their impact.
(Reposts are not endorsement).
🌀 https://evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk/
Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (LSE) @cpeclse.bsky.social Leading research centre in long-term (social) care, mental health, developmental disability & other health issues to inform & influence global policy & practice.
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social The NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation and Behavioural Science is a partnership between Bristol University and UKHSA, funded by NIHR.
Ipsos Group @ipsosgroup.bsky.social Ipsos is one of the largest market research companies operating in 90 markets with more than 20,000 research professionals.
Visit our website: https://www.ipsos.com/en
Julian King @juliankingnz.bsky.social Public policy consultant | Evaluation and Value for Investment at https://juliankingnz.substack.com
Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social 
UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social World-leading @ucl.ac.uk research and teaching in education, culture, psychology and social science, right here in the heart of London and beyond.
ucl.ac.uk/ioe
#WeAreIOE
Kevin Latham @kevinlatham.bsky.social Research and Policy Manager at the Sutton Trust; former secondary teacher (Social Sciences) and university lecturer (anthropology/sociology)
Impetus @impetus.org.uk We transform the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life.
https://www.impetus.org.uk/
Class Divide @divideclass.bsky.social Making Brighton (and beyond) the best place to get an education for the working class and lower income families. 
ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social The School Meals Service: Past, Present, and Future?
https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk/
An ESRC-funded research project exploring the history, present and future of the UK School Meals Service #histed #histchild #foodhist
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Jo Tedstone @j0tedstone.bsky.social Change Lead for Education @ YEF. PhD student @ Lancaster University exploring associative stigma & children living with parental alcohol misuse. Chair of Governors. Romans 8:18 🙏🏼 Views are my own.
Dr Alex Blower @edudetective.bsky.social Educator, Researcher, Writer.
Founder of Boys' Impact. Author of Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men.
Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk Public Engagement trainer & consultant | #SciComm writer/presenter | @rspb.bsky.social & STFC advisor |🏳️🌈🏴
Geek: Star Trek | Doctor Who
I make nerdy rainbow pin badges that have raised £35k for homeless LGBTQ+ people
https://linktr.ee/Jamiebgall
School Tasking @schooltasking.bsky.social National outreach project for less-advantaged primary schools | Created by @dralistruthers.bsky.social at Warwick Law & now running at 34 universities across the UK & Ireland | ✉️ schooltasking@warwick.ac.uk | www.taskmastereducation.com/school-tasking
Margaret Low @megjlow.bsky.social Engineering and Computing Outreach with schools @wmgwarwick
@megjlow@fosstodon.org
Exploring creativity in Computing, Maths, Design and Technology with #TurtleStitch
http://warwick.ac.uk/turtlestitch
Compulsive knitter!
All opinions are my own.
Jo Sinton-Hewitt @josintonhewitt.bsky.social #Schooltasking coordinator, freelance children's resource writer and content editor. Interested in widening participation and outreach. Serial lunchbox, home and school tasker.
Joy Malala @drjoymalala.bsky.social 
Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social Trying to leave things better than I find them
Analytical Scientist 👩🔬 #AcademicMentalHealth advocate 🌱 Founder VoicesofAcademia.com 💬 Author of "Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD" 📘 ADHDer 💚 Proud mum 👶 she/her. Views mine.
Rachel Edwards @rachelanne.bsky.social Content designer, gardener, baker and bad crafter. Badger mad. My dog is my best feature.
Jen Goldsworthy (she/her) @jengoldsworthy.bsky.social coffee lover / anthropology student / writer / healer
Yvonne Evans @yvonneevans.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Dundee interested in tax law, Scots trusts and succession and legal education.
Carl Cullinane @carlcullinane.bsky.social Politics, policy, education inequality, cycling, football. Social mobility researcher. Views own etc.
If you're wondering whether I'm trying to make a joke then I probably am.
Erica H-W @ericaholtwhite.bsky.social Research team @Suttontrust.bsky.social and COSMO
Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com Director, ResearchPlus
Also: CEO, PushTalks | Author (The Human Script and other works) | Speaker | #HigherEd Specialist
Personal account - any views are all my own fault.
Web: johnnyrich.com
Phil Jemmett @philjemmett.bsky.social Smart science presented in a silly way.
STEM Outreach and Widening Participation for WMG - department at the University of Warwick.
@lizzieenglish.bsky.social @lizzieenglish.bsky.social Final year (read: stressy & sleepy) PhD at Cambridge, studying protein aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease 👩🏻🔬
🧠 Founder of @womeninneurouk.bluesky.social
📸 lizzieandtheneurons on insta
Peter Gallivan @petergallivan.bsky.social Outreach Manager, King's College London @kingsnmes.bsky.social
Churchill Fellow // Answering science questions in The Week Junior Science+Nature.
Passionate about science education and communication, and widening access to the world of STEM.
Views own.
Jon Wood @jon-wood.bsky.social Freelance science performer with a show about ghost hunting tech. Recovering scientist: biomed, neurosci & engineering. 0.6 at @ChemEngBham as outreach and public engagement guy. @BrumSciComm bod. (Outed as a Swiftie since 2020)
http://jonwoodscience.com
Dr Lee Fallin EdD @leefallin.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 EdD SFHEA FRGS FRSA #MIEExpert
💼 Lecturer in Education @ UniOfHull
❤️ #HigherEd #EdTech #AI #loveLD #Inclusion
🏫 JLDHE Section Editor & School Governor
🏷️ #AcademicSky #Geographer #Education
🔶 Liberal Democrat #LibDems
💭 Speaking for me, not my employer
Helen Urpi Wagner Coello, PhD @helenurpiwagnercoello.org First Gen 🇵🇪 advocating for students in Miami FL, focused on supporting Dreamers 🦋 SEAS Lab and UNIDOS Center at FIU. @ICQCM and NPA IMPACT fellow | Storytelling in HigherEd | Immigration Studies | SciCom
Dr Leah Phillips @lephill.bsky.social Senior Lecturer & Programme Lead at @marjonuni. MA Lit for Social and Environmental Justice launching in ‘25 (pending final approvals). Author of Female Heroes in YA Fantasy & Founder of @YAStudiesAssoc. Views my own. Also, I read banned books.📚
Suzanne Egan @suzanneegan.bsky.social 🪷Associate Professor University College Dublin • Human Rights Law and Education • Law in the Classroom • Public Legal Education •Children’s Rights
Ali Struthers @dralistruthers.bsky.social Professor of Law at Warwick Law School | SFHEA | Child Rights | Public Legal Education | Widening Participation | Creator of @schooltasking.bsky.social | Munro-bagging Scot (167) 🏴
“Surprisingly socially functional for an academic"
Natalie Perera @natalieperera.bsky.social Chief External Affairs and. Communications Officer, AQA
Charity Trustee and former civil servant.
Jon Andrews @mrjpandrews.bsky.social Head of Analysis, Education Policy Institute
https://epi.org.uk
James Zuccollo @jzuccollo.bsky.social Researching and writing about the school workforce @EduPolicyInst.bsky.social. UK education and economics.
Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social Director, SEND and Additional Needs @ Education Policy Institute. Former government statistician. 
Kerris Cooper @kerriscooper.bsky.social Senior Researcher in Early Years and Inequalities at the Education Policy Institute. Visiting Senior Fellow at CASE, LSE.
allen joseph @allenjoseph.bsky.social msc @ ox
David (Ted) Robinson @davidrobinsonedu.bsky.social Director of Vulnerable Learners and Post-16 at EPI. Will occasionally post my climbing videos....
Joana Cardim Dias @joanacardimdias.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Education Policy Institute
Richard Adams @richada.bsky.social education editor, the Guardian
Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social Education Editor, The Times
nicola.woolcock@thetimes.co.uk
Freddie Whittaker @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social Editor of national education newspaper Schools Week
www.schoolsweek.co.uk
David Kernohan @dkernohan.bsky.social Him off of @Wonkhe. Sky Cards Rare Master.
Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social School leaders’ favourite newspaper. Multi-award winning journalism, determined to get past the bluster and explain the facts. Published by EducationScape
Shane Chowen @ukshane.bsky.social Editor at FE Week - reporting on further education, skills and apprenticeships. Story tips: shane.chowen@feweek.co.uk
John Dickens @johndickenssw.bsky.social Former Schools Week editor
FFT Education Datalab @fftedudatalab.bsky.social FFT Education Datalab produces independent, cutting-edge research on education policy and practice.
Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social Editor of Tes Magazine
The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social Official account for Britain’s leading independent economic research institute. https://ifs.org.uk/
Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social Award-winning journalism for schools, including news, analysis, research reviews and teaching and learning guides.
Samantha Booth @samanthajbooth.bsky.social Deputy editor at Schools Week • mainly investigating SEND and inclusion • Sam is fine • Press Awards specialist journalist of 2025 • @schoolsweek.bsky.social
Teachers Talk Radio @ttradioofficial.bsky.social Welcome to Teachers Talk Radio: the home of live education conversation. News, views, real teachers talking teaching. www.ttradio.org
Lucas Cumiskey @lucascumiskey.bsky.social Investigative reporter, @hyphenonline.com
Stories and tips to lucas.cumiskey@hyphenonline.com
Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social Home of the higher education debate
www.wonkhe.com
Editor in Chief @markleach.bsky.social
John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social SEND and inclusion editor at Tes. Dad of 2. SEND parent. john.roberts@tes.com
Charlotte Santry @charlottesantry.bsky.social Education journo (Head of News at Tes Magazine)/data nerd/school governor/mum of girls
https://www.tes.com/magazine/news
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Cerys Turner @cerysturner.bsky.social News reporter at Tes. Covering Ofsted, curriculum, teacher training, AI and more.
✍🏻 The Times, Big Issue, Metro
(Pronounced like the Welsh singer, not the colour)
https://www.tes.com/magazine/author/cerys-turner
Jasmine Norden @jasminenorden.bsky.social Senior writer at Tes. Get in touch at jasmine.norden@tes.com
Chris Parr @chrisjparr.bsky.social Award-winning education journalist. Senior editor, Research Professional News. Formerly Times Higher Education.
Non-award-winning musician. 
Henry Hepburn @henryhepburn.bsky.social Senior editor at Tes magazine https://www.tes.com/campaign/download-the-tes-magazine-app
Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events
Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social Education Professor, Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making, University of Stirling. Mountain and prog rock enthusiast. European. Blog at http://mrpriestley.wordpress.com
Publications at https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862
Professor Khadija Mohammed @khadijamohammed.bsky.social Associate Dean EDI - University of the West of Scotland, Chair of Anti-Racism in Education Programme (AREP), Chair of the Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators(SAMEE),
Teacher Educator
David Lundie @lundieeducation.bsky.social Head of School of Social & Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, Professor of Education, Deputy Editor, British Journal of Religious Education. #TeamRE #UofG #philosophy
Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social Scottish Educator - working in HE. Teacher Education, Programme Lead MA Ed Leadership, research interests in professional learning for educators, leadership, new teachers experiences, PLCs, reflective practice. #MIEE, IPDA, Trustee Scran Academy
Kirsten Darling-McQuistan @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social Lecturer + researcher in Teacher Eduction | Social justice, early years, sustainability and arts-based methods | she / her
Stuart Farmer @stuartphysics.bsky.social Science and Physics education stuff plus a bit of bike sport and veg. Education and Workforce Manager at Institute of Physics Scotland and Associate Fellow at University of Stirling Curriculum Centre. Comments all own.
Dr Angela Jaap @angelajaap.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Teacher Education @uofglasgow.bsky.social | interested in arts education, learning with tech, prof learning | Past Pres SERA (2021-23) | PFRET | FRSA | All views my own
Aileen Kennedy @profaileenk.bsky.social Professor of Teacher Education & Joint Director of the Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS), University of Glasgow. Activist teaching | transformative learning | teacher education for social justice.
Dr Stephen Day @spday52.bsky.social Head of Division (Education) at the University of the West of Scotland. Science Educator with a professional interest in Teacher Education, Social Theory applied to Education and sustainability and citizenship education.
Donald Gray @dsg01.bsky.social Emeritus Professor, environmentalist, academic, researcher, educator, husband, father, brother, climber, walker, gardener.
Julie E McAdam @juliemca.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Glasgow
Paul McMillan @pedagogypaul.bsky.social PE Lecturer @MorayHouse. Research: pedagogy, self-study, lesson study, physical education. Relentlessly upbeat. Talk a lot. VP @sera_conference
www.ed.ac.uk/profile/paul-mcmillan
Kate Smith (one of many) @katejs.bsky.social Prof Mental Health at University of Aberdeen
Pluralistic humanist
Professor Divya Jindal Snape @divyasnape.bsky.social Education, Transitions, Inclusion, Voice Creativity, Health Education, Comics
Director, TCELT
Professor of Education, Inclusion and Life Transitions, University of Dundee https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/persons/divya-jindal-snape
Dr Sue Chapman-Kelly @drsuechapman.bsky.social Lecturer in Teacher Education @MorayHouse | SFHEA | School partnership, mentoring, self-cultivation | ADHD | she/her | views my own 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧
Not an Australian politician!!