Michael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Meg van Rooyen @megvr.bsky.social All things debt policy and politics
Ellie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social Education wonk & Midwest emo fan; Head of Children and Young People at IPPR
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social Director @re-state.bsky.social; all things State and public services.
Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social Chief Economist @instituteforgov.bsky.social
UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social Reporting the latest updates from Downing Street and Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Here until Downing Street setup an official account. I also run @royalfamilyuk.bsky.social.
Jane Woods @janiewoodsie.bsky.social Biology Lecturer on #AccesstoHE. Life-long learner. Love my messy garden. Mum to 2, grandma(!) to 2. Fledgling birder. #LoveFE #UKFE
Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social Teacher, parent, school governor.
Occasional blogger. Highland Games Athlete.
Director of the Knowledge Hub.
https://bennewmark.wordpress.com/
SCADR data @scadrdata.bsky.social The Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) accredited researchers conduct essential administrative data research, to better inform policy and public services, resulting in changes that would benefit society. We are part of ADR Scotland.
Steph Curtis @stephstwogirls.bsky.social Mum of two girls. Author of PDA in the Family, blog at stephstwogirls.co.uk about profile of autism called PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance). Also on Substack!
Not Fine in School @notfineinschool.bsky.social Peer empowerment shared via NFIS Social Media & website. PhD research & raising awareness of family experiences resolving School Attendance Barriers.
https://notfineinschool.co.uk/home
Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Educationalist, sometime academic, committed to supporting social justice and evidence-led policymaking and practice in education.
CEO of the Education Endowment Foundation. Chaired the Curriculum and Assessment Review (2024-2025) but now back at the EEF
Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social The Education Policy Institute (EPI) is an independent, impartial, and evidence-based research institute that promotes high quality education
Renata Watts @renatawatts.bsky.social Still fighting the good fight to improve services for disabled children. Co-Director of Special Needs Jungle.
#disabilityrights #disability #raredisease #SEND #fostering #neurospicy #inclusion #socialjustice #ADHD #CRPS #ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome
Catriona Moore @catrionamoore.bsky.social Public policy, SEND, feminism, books.
Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social Founder @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social, writer, #autistic, #SaveOurChildrensRights, #SENDsky #EhlersDanlos #Disability #ChildrensRights, Devoted Grandma #wheelchair user #chronicpain
Ramandeep Kaur @mumof3amigos.bsky.social Campaigner. Activist, Lived Experience Trainer. MA Social Policy.
#LearningDisabilities #HealthInequalities
Former charity Chair.
Trying to build a better world.
Also love #LFC
Views expressed are my own.
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk
PRUsAP @prusap.bsky.social The Voice of Alternative Provision | Representing Local Authority and MAT-led Alternative Provision | #ThisIsAP (sharing good practice) | APassemble (wanting support/sharing information | https://www.prusap.co.uk/
Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social Director, SEND and Additional Needs @ Education Policy Institute. Former government statistician. 
Steve Broach KC @stevebroach.bsky.social Public law silk @ 39 Essex Chambers
Youth coach @ Seaford Town FC
Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social Research to enhance the lives of autistic people; based in the UCL Institute of Education.
John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social SEND and inclusion editor at Tes. Dad of 2. SEND parent. john.roberts@tes.com
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
Laura Crane @lauramaycrane.bsky.social Professor of Autism Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Passionate about participatory autism research that truly benefits autistic people.
Research interests include education, healthcare, employment and criminal justice. 
Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social Autistic autism policy wonk. Co-hosts a podcast about Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker. Views my own. She/Her. https://linktr.ee/mindtheflap
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
Simon Knight @simonknight100.bsky.social Joint Headteacher of a Special School with an interest in all things SEND and BWFC.
Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social Editor of Tes Magazine
Freddie Whittaker @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social Editor of national education newspaper Schools Week
www.schoolsweek.co.uk
Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice. @journalautism.bsky.social Official BlueSky for Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice.
Editor-in-chief: Sue Fletcher-Watson (@SueReviews.bsky.social)
Social Media: Catherine Crompton (@cjcrompton.bsky.social) & Keren MacLennan (@kerenmaclennan.bsky.social)
Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
Georgina Durrant @georginadurrant.bsky.social Author of #1 Best Selling Book ‘SEND Strategies for the Primary Years’ & more
https://amzn.to/3QKZx48
🎙️ Podcaster, Speaker
As seen on Sky News & Ch5 News
National Inclusion Lead at Twinkl
#SEND #SENDSky
https://linktr.ee/Georginadurrant
Katie Curchin @katiecurchin.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at ANU, Vice President of ASPA. Political theory + social policy. I made the human who drew my profile pic.
Vivienne Stern @viviennestern.bsky.social CEO of Universities UK
TACT Fostering @tactfostering.bsky.social TACT is the UK's largest dedicated fostering charity. We are committed to creating better lives for our children, young people & our care experienced adults.
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Katharine Wright @wrightkatharine.bsky.social Freelance ethics consultant - global health, research ethics & climate and health. Interests include ethics, human rights, politics and anything to do with saxophones. Accidental dog owner.
Niamh Redgate @niamhredgate.bsky.social Welfare Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice
Views my own
Rachel Statham @rachelstatham.bsky.social Policy advisor, toddler mum ☕️. Found in deepest whitehall or south wales.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social News and expert comment from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) one of the world's leading #PublicHealth universities. https://linktr.ee/lshtm
Alison McCandlish @crenellatedarts.bsky.social Lecturer of City Planning at the University of Glasgow. Occasional consultant. #SoTL Heritage, planning, art, design, creativity. Books, cycling, dogs, cats and nature. Personal views.
Anne Kerr @annekerr.bsky.social Former member of the Women’s League of Health and Beauty
Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social Minister for Women & Equalities.
Chair of the Labour Party.
Proud MP for Houghton & Sunderland South.
Levana Magnus @levanamagnus.bsky.social Research associate at University of Bristol. Researching un/under/employment, social in/security, and the value of care
Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social Proud Labour MP - Brentford & Isleworth (inc Hounslow Whitton Osterley & Heston E)
Transport Select Committee Chair
DMs not responded to so please email with constituency address; ruthcadburymp@parliament.uk.
Or transcom@parliament.uk for committee work
Clare Bonetree @blooyonder.bsky.social poet; trees, radical hope, fairness, equality, Herefordshire, arthritis mental health, disability, anarchism. Join a union!
Chris Mommers @chrismommers.bsky.social Advisor to Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; mainly asylum/migration, also other human rights issues in UK, Netherlands and Slovakia.
Views my own.
Richard Haviland @rfhaviland.bsky.social Former civil servant, enjoying the freedom to speak my mind. Published in Times, Byline Times, Bylines Scotland, West Country Voices. Member of European Movement in Scotland.
Closer to Home @closertohome.bsky.social The podcast exploring the deep need that humans have for a sense of home and why this is so often denied. We ask: ‘Are we in a home crisis as much as a housing crisis?’
A Creative Commons project by Stephen Blundell and Dr Hannah Absalom.
Carey Oppenheim @careyoppenheim.bsky.social Working at the Nuffield Foundation on Young People, Early Childhood, former CEO, Early Intervention Foundation. Views my own.
LindsayGrahamUK @lindsaygrahamuk.bsky.social DUniv - OBE - CF - Highlander Former #Nurse / National Lottery Community Fund 🏴 Interests - #Food #Poverty #Environment and Nolan Principles. Forget my 👓 often expect typos.
RSA Blog @rsablog.bsky.social Publishing entity with @regstud.bsky.social highlighting cutting-edge research in #regionalstudies for an international audience.🌐
Edited by @lavanyag.bsky.social and on X: @lavanya_G_
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Centre for Peoples Justice @cfpjustice.bsky.social Follow our real-time research into making of Hillsborough Law (Public Office (Accountability) Bill). For public engagement with how law is made, performed and used. Community-led research to improve law and improve lives across 7 UK universities.
Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns.bsky.social UK charity, creating #OceanActivists everywhere.
🌊 Campaigning for a thriving ocean, thriving people
✋ Join our community https://sas.org.uk/newsletter
Sam Coates @samcoatessky.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, Sky News
Co-host Politics at Jack and Sam’s Podcast
UCL Policy Lab @uclpolicylab.bsky.social Bringing extraordinary ideas and everyday experience together to tackle the challenges facing us all.
Turn2us @turn2us.org.uk Turn2us is a national charity tackling financial insecurity together. Use our Benefits Calculator, Grants Search and PIP Helper. Monitored Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
https://brewl.ink/turn2us_org
Thomas Lawson @thomasjlawson.bsky.social CEO @turn2us fighting #poverty, Chair @efhl_care, gay, he/him, hopeful.
Daisy Sands @daisy-sands.bsky.social Social justice campaigner. Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs @jrf-uk.bsky.social.
Pragmatic idealist, if ever there were a thing.
Dr Louise Marryat @lmarryat.bsky.social UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Glasgow. Lead for UK Opioids in Pregnancy Study: https://opioidsinpregnancy.gla.ac.uk/ . Interested in child development, parenting, mental health and substance use. Chair of Board @parentingscotland.bsky.social
University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk Changing the world since 1451 🌍 | #TeamUofG #WorldChangingGlasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/
Emma Burnell @emmaburnell.bsky.social Editor of LabourList. Playwright. Cool aunt.
Charlotte Morris @cbocomms.bsky.social Comms Manager for the University of Glasgow's College of Social Sciences. Fuelled by ☕️ 
Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social Britain editor, New Statesman. Lead host, New Statesman Podcast (Publisher Podcast Award winner '21-24) & co-host Westminster Reimagined with Armando Iannucci.
Nicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social Interested in journalism, literature, freedom of expression and human rights. Born in Jo’burg, now in London.
Critical Social Policy @csp-journal.bsky.social CSP is an academic journal published quarterly by Sage. We champion social justice through critical thought and grassroots action to advocate for a fairer society.
https://www.criticalsocialpolicy.com/
https://journals.sagepub.com/home/csp
Sarah Hadfield @drsarahhadfield.bsky.social Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice.
Nick Fitzhenry @nickfitzhenry.bsky.social Postdoc at CAMPOP & King's College, Cambridge
PhD in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics & historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social Political Sociologist - citizen engagement, digital politics, young people, future of work, advocacy, & popular culture.
But prefers dogs, coffee, chocolate
From Sydney 🇦🇺 now living in Glasgow 🏴
Citizen Network @citizennetwork.bsky.social We are a global community, we believe everyone is equal & each one of us brings unique gifts to the world. Together we can create inclusive & welcoming communities where everyone can share their gifts. #EverydayCitizenship
https://www.citizen-network.org
Sana rahim @sanarahim86.bsky.social Academic
People, Place and Policy (PPP) Journal @ppp-journal.bsky.social An independent open access journal for academic debate on the challenges faced by contemporary society. We launched in 2007 and are based at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University - https://ppp-online.org
Charlotte O'Brien @cobrien.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of York (she/her). Social security; EU law; discrimination; migration; social justice.
Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social SNP MSP for Glasgow Central
Promoted by Angus Millar on behalf of Alison Thewliss, both at 68 St Vincent Terrace, Glasgow, G3 8DX
Nancy Evans @nancycevans.bsky.social Sociologist. Senior lecturer & course leader at Uni of Chester. Part of @socjustice-uoc.bsky.social. Qualitative & participatory research. Poverty, social (in)security, stigma, & social harm. Navigating academia & life with ADHD.
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@jaywiggan.bsky.social @jaywiggan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in social policy. All things employment and social security policy.
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-politics-of-unemployment-policy-in-britain 
Jiaxin Liu @jiaxinliu.bsky.social Lecturer in Social and Public Policy @ University of York
@trudesundberg.bsky.social @trudesundberg.bsky.social 
Eppie Leishman @dreppie.bsky.social Researcher interested in all things social care. Frequently distracted by knitting, the need for more pockets and my animals. She/Her
@hplows.bsky.social @hplows.bsky.social Social Policy PhD @ University of York - D Danai Konstantinidou @dankon.bsky.social PhD student, University of York
Researcher (external collaborator), Greek National Centre for Social Research (EKKE)
Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social Lecturer in public policy and management at the University of York. Specialist in education, public services, social policy history, and the voluntary sector. Currently mapping the VCSE workforce in North Yorkshire and the Humber. All views my own
Kit Colliver @presentlyincorrect.bsky.social I take my cats on walks, work on housing, social inequalities and queering social policy, take action where I can, and knit socks.
📍Edinburgh
Stefan Kühner @stefankuehner.bsky.social Associate Professor currently researching pandemic preparedness, welfare deservingness and benefit stigma, and family policy and child well-being. All views are my own.
Website: https://stefan-kuehner.com/ 
Enrico Reuter @enricoreuter.bsky.social Co-Head of Social Policy, School for Business and Society, Uni York @uoysbs.bsky.social | Work on self-employment, labour market policy | Editor of Social Policy & Society | Opinions my own
Karen Rowlingson @karenrowlingson.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and Dean of Social Sciences, University of York, UK
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.
@jimillar.bsky.social @jimillar.bsky.social 
EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Research Network – Joint Annual Conference 2025: Go your own way? Social Policy in an era of fracturing solidarities
Graham Whitham @grahamwhitham.bsky.social CEO and founder of Resolve Poverty - working locally to end poverty nationally.
Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social Policy thoughts: http://timleunig.substack.com Chief Economist Nesta, Director Econ PublicFirst, Vis Prof LSE Sch Public Policy, Vis Fellow Inst for Govt
Laura Fenton @soc-researcher.bsky.social Sociologist and researcher based at the University of Sheffield
Holly Bird @holly-bird.bsky.social • PhD student researching prison expansion at Uof Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social
• fellow @stuarthallfdn.bsky.social
• formerly researcher at @cycjscotland.bsky.social / research & policy at @stopwatchuk.bsky.social
https://holly-bird.co.uk/
Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social UK & world-leading centre for research on #cities #planning #socialpolicy #data #analytics #realestate #publicpolicy at @glasgow.ac.uk.
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/uofg_ussp
Virginia Eubanks @virginiaeeubanks.bsky.social Writer working for an abundant, peaceful, and equitable future.
NEW MEMOIR (8/11/26): A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care and Survival. Preorder: bit.ly/4hAFUJb https://virginia-eubanks.com/
Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social Managing Director, Bridges for Communities, supporting people to live well together
📍Bristol 🇬🇧
Posts on: Bristol, community cohesion & social inclusion, climate & nature, deliberative democracy, public engagement and positive news.
Views my own.
James Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social Researcher, likes data, graphs, infographics and telling stories with data. PhD in political analysis from Sussex uni - like all social science subjects. Mainly post about political analysis and my research within the Hastings & Rye area. Fabian member.
Kate Harrison @kslharrison.bsky.social Senior Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice, researching welfare conditionality (she/her)
Formerly Demos, Southampton Uni, KCL