Becca @beccalou.bsky.social HE Lecturer, Research in sociology of education, care and disability, social justice, mental health. Views expressed here are my own.
Dapo Fadoju @dapofadoju.bsky.social 
Gerri @gerbelean.bsky.social Living with MS and ADHD in the best way I can. Open University student. Interested in HSD, EDS, ME/CFS, Long Covid, neurodiversity, and neuroplasticity. Everything is connected, and that includes our environment and politics. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally
Suzanne Beech @suzannebeech.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Ulster University and Geography Course Director.
Researching young people's identities, bordered lives, and transnational mobilities.
Mum of three, usually exhausted.
Dr Kate Haddow @khaddow93.bsky.social Failed academic. Radge researcher, proud northerner. Likes talking about food aid all the time! Personal profile views expressed have nowt to do with my employer.
Kathryn McEwan @katyjmc.bsky.social Sociologist. Pall & End-of-life care. Assistant Professor at Northumbria. BSA MCF Convenor. #TheArchers (mega) fan. Friend to Crows.
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Centre for Open Thanatology @openthanatology.bsky.social The Centre for Open Thanatology is the Open University’s interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study & education of death, dying, loss, & grief across the life course & in diverse contexts. Directors: Prof Erica Borgstrom & Dr Joanne Jordan.
Derek Jones @plug103.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Design at The Open University. EdSIG Convenor for the Design Research Society. Co-Author of Studio Properties (pub Bloomsbury, Autumn 2025).
Also: recovering architect; nihilist (pragmatic); and defender of the Nation of Hilltown.
The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social Official account for The Open University.
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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com Freelance journalist and editor in London, hello! Only Connect Jilly and servant to v entitled animals. My books are on ADHD and infertility, but I’m 99% fuelled by The Archers and horse riding. www.katbrownwrites.com
Dr Matt Horton @drmatthorton.bsky.social Evaluation - Research - Widening Participation - Fair Access - Higher Education - Schools
Emma Taylor @emmaemmatay.bsky.social PhD Sociology | Lecturer in Education, KCL | Teacher | Researching elite schools and inequality
Liam Wardlaw @liamwardlaw.bsky.social Edinburgh based. BSc (Hons), MRes. Interested in higher education, microsociologies, creative qualitative research methods.
Edge Foundation @edgeuk.bsky.social Edge is an independent foundation working to inspire education to give all young people across the UK the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to flourish in their future life and work.
Katy Mathers - Senior Commissioning Editor, Emerald Publishing @katymathers.bsky.social 📚 Senior Book Editor, Sociology & Criminology
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rEUsilience @reusilience.bsky.social Researching families' resilience to socio-economic shocks to build improved welfare states.
Funded by EU's Horizon Europe project no 101060410 and Innovate UK
Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social Artist-Teacher-Reseacher
Neil Harrison @neilharrison.bsky.social Professor of Education and Social Justice in the School of Education at the University of Exeter - posts personal.
Paul Martin @paul-ed-martin.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social, widening participation and social mobility
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/95210-paul-martin
SSPC at the University of Southampton @sspcatsoton.bsky.social News and updates from the Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Department at University of Southampton
14th in the UK for Sociology and 4th for Criminology (Times University Rankings 2026)
#AcademicSky #Sociology #CrimSky #Criminology
Karl Johnson @karlpjohnson.bsky.social Shetlander in Edinburgh, Sociology lecturer, Gaada advisory board, comic & sci-fi fan, parent and dog butler.
Wrote The Loki Variations📗 https://saraband.net/sb-title/the-loki-variations/
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Robbie @robbiepaul.bsky.social Nottingham 🔶 🏳️🌈
Benthe van Wanrooij @benthevanwanrooij.bsky.social #PhD candidate | accessibility of higher education | enjoys cooking, reading, yoga and embroidery
Chris Dixon @avalanchechris.bsky.social Mental health book author who is attempting to archive as much of MAGA's misdeeds on Bluesky as humanly possible.
Terraclash.co.uk fantasy board game. Sign up to the mailing list and get an exclusive Character if you back the Kickstarter.
The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social We're a campaign and research group dedicated to ending sexual misconduct in UK higher education.
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Department of Sociology, University of York @uoy-sociology.bsky.social University of York Department of Sociology official BlueSky social page.
A leading Sociology department based at the University of York. Ranked 11th for Sociology in the UK (Complete University Guide 2025).
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/sociology_uoy
Liz Routhorn @lizrou.bsky.social Head of Widening Participation and Outreach at London Metropolitan University.
Just getting set up here! 
Centre for Research in Inclusion @cri-uos.bsky.social Centre for Research in Inclusion (CRI) at the University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Co-directors @vstrogilos.bsky.social & @achalagupta.bsky.social
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-research-in-inclusion
Dr Charlotte Haines Lyon @haineslyon.bsky.social Associate Professor in Children, Young People, and Education, York St John University. Democratic and participatory methodologies. Currently researching school toilets. WIASN. UNISON.Mum, open water swimmer, dabbles with art.
Eileen Kennedy @eileenkennedy01.bsky.social Professor at UCL Knowledge Lab - digital learning, co-design, professional learning #MOOCs #CoMOOCs #onlinelearning
Dr Emma Craddock @emmacraddock.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Health Research, Birmingham City University. AuDHD. Women's health researcher. Academic magpie.
DEAD GOOD @deadgoodlegacies.bsky.social Deathwork sisters, Dr KV & artist LV. Creative approaches to mortality education. Your eco-funeral guides. Ceremony. Stories. Legacy. Zines & ltd edition merch
Puny Mortal Podcast 💀 The Mortal Portal
Sunderland & Macc, UK
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CGHE @cghe.bsky.social Centre for Global Higher Education
Andrew Jones FCCT @jonesedu.bsky.social Father, husband and teacher. EdD student.
AHT responsible for T&L, ITT, ECTs, CPD, EDI, HPAs, pastoral lead, co-manager of a teacher training partnership and classroom teacher (RE & sociology).
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Tiffany Chiu @yltiffanychiu.bsky.social Principal Teaching Fellow, Academic Head of StudentShapers, Centre for Higher Education Research & Scholarship @Imprial College London | PFHEA | Academic development, teaching, learning, assessment, identity
IOE Library @ioelibrary.bsky.social World-leading library specialising in education, at the UCL Institute of Education.
20 Bedford Way, London, United Kingdom WC1H 0AL
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Jenna Mittelmeier @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Education at the University of Manchester. Research focuses on international students and international higher education. “Research with International Students” book out now! www.researchintlstudents.com
British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social 
@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social Associate Professor L&T Sheffield Hallam Uni | NTF | PFHEA | CMBE | SFSEDA | CATE | Visiting Professor Arden Uni | #TEDxSpeaker @lthechat.bsky.social #LTHEchat @socmedhe.bsky.social LinkedIn.com/in/Suebeckingham socialmediaforlearning.com
Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths
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Vera Spangler @ve-spa.bsky.social PhD student, University of Surrey | Higher education, international student mobility, knowledge legitimacy | Co-convenor of the BSA PG Forum | Co-convenor of the RIS ECR network
Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2026-2029.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
Nicola Naismith @nicolanaismith1.bsky.social Visual Artist and Researcher. AHRC PhD student University of Manchester. HE Lecturer. Consultancy, mentoring and training focused on the support and improvement of working conditions for creative practitioners. HEA & Clore Fellow. www.nicolanaismith.co.uk 
Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social ▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship
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Louise Chisholm @lchisholm.bsky.social Developing digital research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystems | Research Culture & Community | Sociotechnical systems | Joint Director UK SKA Regional Centre
Aaron King @9000lives.org Inclusion | SEND | Schools
Be kind, even if someone's different to you.
98% positive. Yorkshire. #Edusky #SENDSky #Inclusion
www.9000lives.org/edu-blog/
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
Dr Rachel Minett @rachelminett.bsky.social Lead for Initial Training @ Anglia Ruskin Uni
Education | Psychology | Lifelong learner
David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social Sociology Professor. Author Digital Feudalism, Getting Signed, Streaming Culture and more. Editor Fast Capitalism 
Kelsey Johansen @kelseymjohansen.bsky.social Research Scientist at Natural Resource Institute of Finland (Luke) working on the EU-funded @verneproject.bsky.social.
Adjunct Professor @lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social
#Tourism | #OutdoorRecreation | #Trails
#DigitalNature | #Wellbeing | #Landscapes
Linzi Ladlow @drlinziladlow.bsky.social Sociology and Social Policy. Research Fellow in Family Research. Utilising qualitative longitudinal, creative and participatory methods to research with children, young people and families.
School governor.
Soon-to-be Leverhulme Trust ECF.
Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social Education Professor, Stirling Curriculum Centre , University of Stirling. Mountain and prog rock enthusiast. European. Blog at http://mrpriestley.wordpress.com
Publications at https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862
Pilot Study Impact Measurement Promising Interventions @pilotkansrijkhdt.bsky.social Striving towards educational equality!
Bas Aarts @englishgrammar.bsky.social Professor of English Linguistics, UCL
Here, I post on (English) language topics.
On Substack, I post on English Grammar: https://basaarts.substack.com/
#grammar #syntax #parsing
Dr Charlotte Verney @charlotteverney.bsky.social HE professional, HE Researcher, Joint Editor of @perspectiveshe.bsky.social, Head of Assessment at University of Bristol, EdD from University of Nottingham
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotteverney/
Dr Eva A Sprecher @easprecher.bsky.social Research Fellow at @uclpals.bsky.social / honorary at Anna Freud.
Researching the mental health of #care-experienced young people. #Coproduction. Relationships for care-experienced people. #mixed-methods
Ex-Physics teacher.
Puffin Enthusiast
#crohns
Bez Martin @bezmartin.bsky.social Head of Participation at Anna Freud.
Independent Consultant - Bez Martin Consultancy
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Founder and Director #TheSeanchaíCollective - Learning through Lived Experience
https://www.seanchaicollective.org/
Will Kitchen @willkitchen.bsky.social Associate Lecturer, AUB | Non-Executive Director, Workers Policy Project | Author of 4 books with Bloomsbury & EUP
Educational Research@Lancaster Uni @edreslancaster.bsky.social Educational Research at Lancaster University has a world class reputation for excellence in both teaching and research and offers several part-time, online distance-learning PhDs:- https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-research/study/phd/
@futurediversity.bsky.social @futurediversity.bsky.social 
Andy Hamilton @andyham91.bsky.social Researcher, youth worker, peacebuilder.
Dr Katarzyna Fleming @kfleming100.bsky.social Senior lecturer and researcher in Teacher Education at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. #InclusiveEducation #Co-productivePartnershipsInEducation #P4C #CriticalAndCreativePedagogies
https://katarzynafleming.com
Dr Emily Bradfield @erbradfield.bsky.social Researcher & Consultant working at the intersection of arts, public health, wellbeing, and ageing | Creative Capture®
Katja Pomianowicz @kpomi.bsky.social Sociologist working on educational inequalities, children of immigrants, education systems, youth inequality perceptions
PostDoc @excinequality.bsky.social
https://sites.google.com/view/katja-pomianowicz/
Natalia Balyasnikova @balyasnikova.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Adult Education at York University | UBC Graduate | Fulbright Alumna.
Educational Gerontology | Applied Linguistics |
Creative Research | Playful Pedagogies
Creative Interactions @creativeinteract.bsky.social The Creative Interactions research group, based at the Open University. For anyone interested in any of the places where creative practice (of any kind) and academic research (of any kind) meet. https://fass.open.ac.uk/research/groups/creative-interactions
Keetie Roelen @keetieroelen.bsky.social 📝 professor in poverty and social protection
📚 author of Why Poverty Persists
🎙host of Poverty Unpacked podcast
🌎 Deputy Director of Centre for the Study of Global Development at The Open University
Warwick Researcher Development @warwickrdo.bsky.social Researcher Development supports you, your research and your career
Posts by Michele Underwood & @saadiagardezi.bsky.social
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Juliette Wilson-Thomas @juliettephd.bsky.social Senior lecturer in education and childhood studies. Qualitative Sociological researcher of Inequalities. All views my own.
jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social Education is kindness
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Martin Myers @martinmyers.bsky.social Sociologist of education, writer, researcher, poet.
Caroline Tagg @carotagg.bsky.social Applied linguist working at the Open University on mobile messaging conversations in context. 
Prof Michaela Benson @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Professor in #PublicSociology at Lancaster University & Chief Executive of @thesociologicalreview.org
Research: migration and citizenship in EU, Panama 🇵🇦and UK
Brexitbritsabroad.org
migzen.net
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Mr Pughsley @scottpughsley.bsky.social Associate Vice Principal - T&L - Inclusion - NASENco - Dad of 5 - Husband of 1 - Gegrapher 🌍 
Vic Kostrzewski (cost-CHEF-ski, he/him/his) @wokecyborg.bsky.social Digital Producer at The Open University. Learning Designer, Project Manager and Translator elsewhere. Coffee geek. Cyberpunk. Black cat daddy. If you can say charcuterie, you can say my surname.
https://cost-chef.ski
💻Deputy Mitchell @deputymitchell.bsky.social Digital Literacy Adviser and Consultant | Former Headteacher | TedX Speaker | School Improvement Advisor | LUFC #MOT Nut | Biker | Watch Geek
EMWPREP @emwprep.bsky.social EMWPREP is a collaboration of Higher Education providers that offers a targeting, monitoring and evaluation service for the outreach and recruitment initiatives
Kate Newton Oakley @katenewtonoakley.bsky.social Lecturer and Staff Tutor @ The Open University. 
OU Education Studies (Primary) @ou-edprimary.bsky.social The Open University degree for people interested in teaching and primary education.
Open University Graduate School, UK @ougradsch.bsky.social Celebrates Open University PhD and Professional Doctorate students and those who support them.
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Martin Weller @edtechie.bsky.social Emeritus Prof at the Open University, living in Cardiff. Professional interests include Educational technology & open education. Fun interests include ice hockey (Cardiff Devils), vinyl, dogs, horror books, walking in Wales. 
Notorious Cath @notoriouscath.bsky.social Open University Staff Tutor. Former schoolteacher.
❤️ Maths, Chemistry, SoTL
Green, pro-EU, lefty, woke
OU Students Association @oustudents.bsky.social 
Selena Killick @selenakillick.com Senior User Researcher & Strategist. PhD Researcher. Interested in evidence-led service design, institutional impact, and making research accessible.
Often found watching cricket.
Carlos @cfpalam.bsky.social Inequality, Class, Higher Education & Social Mobility / Desigualdad, Clase, Educacion Superior y Movilidad Social
Centre for Gender Studies @cgslancaster.bsky.social The Centre for Gender Studies at Lancaster University 🏳️🌈 ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/centre-for-gender-studies/
Gurpinder Singh Lalli @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social Professor in Education | @wlvuni.bsky.social | @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social | views my own
Dr Katie Hart Potapoff (she/her) @katiehartpotapoff.bsky.social Curious what emerges when poetry, visual art, and scholarly writing are constellated with place-based responses.
Canadian Artist-Researcher based in Scotland.
Felipe G. Santos @feligsantos.bsky.social Multiemployed PostDoc at City, University of London and Babeş-Bolyai University, researching social movements and political parties of the left and the far-right. Free time Climber 🧗♂️
www.felipegsantos.com
Camille Kandiko Howson @cbkh.bsky.social 
Laura Clancy @lauraclancy.bsky.social She/her | Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University | Author of 'Running the Family Firm' (2021) & ‘What is the Monarchy For?’ (April 2025) | Interested in inequalities, elites, digital hate
https://laura-clancy.com
https://culturesdigitalhate.wordpress.com
Scott Jarvie @scottjarvie.bsky.social Assistant professor at San Jose State studying the ambiguities: English ed, curriculum, affect, teacher experience.
Read my work here: https://sjsu.academia.edu/ScottJarvie & here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Scott-Jarvie
Dr Achala Gupta @achalagupta.bsky.social Sociologist | Research areas: Higher Education, Shadow Education, Ed Policy | Co-lead @britsoci.bsky.social Education Study Group | Co-director @cri-uos.bsky.social | Staff profile: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5yrgjd/d
Jumana Al-Waeli @jumana-w.bsky.social PhD Sociology of Education, UCL
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ulster University
BA Research Fellow
Social Justice; Refugee Education; Pedagogical Love; Human Rights; Girls & Women Education 
Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social Reader 📚 University of York. Home cultures and domestic economies.‘The Return of the Housewife: why women are still cleaning up’ out now! https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170972/
Billy Wong @billybwong.bsky.social Professor of Education, Director of Research & Evaluation (Access & Participation), University of Reading | Editor - British Educational Research Journal
PACE Graduate School Open University @pacespaceou.bsky.social Professional Academic Communication in English (PACE)
Doctoral Academic Literacies @ougradsch.bsky.social
#PACEspace
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