Professional researcher on children's social policy and frequent baker of cakes
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New episode out now.
The Privilege Paradox
We speak with parents all across the city about the fears and hopes they are wrestling with.
How do we move towards a better school system together?
Listen today.
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Our latest podcast is out.
"Perhaps the truest test of our values comes when change asks something personal of us, when it challenges not just our principles but our privileges. It comes down to this: how we treat our most vulnerable children, and whether we're truly willing to build a future that works for all of them."
New podcast episode out now - buff.ly/4iCtG2y
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Private equity sharks cash in on foster care: Three buyout firms make £40m profit from plight of vulnerable children thisismoney.co.uk/money/mark…
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Thank you @BBCLondonNews for your powerful story on poverty.
Great interviews with those supported by @TrussellUK @ageuklondon & @BabyzoneUK & strong calls from @letsend_poverty about what Government must do.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
#LDNChallengePoverty #PovertyFreeLondon
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Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice, Debbie Weekes-Bernard met with us and other members organisations to talk about how we can work together for a #PovertyFreeLondon
#LDNChallengePoverty
As #LondonChallengePovertyWeek begins, I met with @4in10 & members working to improve the lives of children facing poverty in the city. This week draws attention to the fact that 33% of children in London live in poverty, among the highest rates in the country.
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Extortionate housing costs are the top driver of poverty in London.
Having a secure and affordable home should be the experience of all Londoners.
#PovertyFreeLondon #LDNChallengePoverty
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2.5 million Londoners are struggling to make ends meet, secure affordable housing, or tie down the decent work they need to rise above the poverty line.
Share this video for a #PovertyFreeLondon
And take action on our website: londonchallengepovertyweek.o…
#LDNChallengePoverty
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"There’s an incredibly important conversation that needs to be had. But it's not about boats... and it certainly isn't about people attacking shops and looting Greggs."
Historian David Olusoga talks to @JonnyDymond about the need for a conversation about immigration.
Emily Barker retweeted
Understandably lots of debate about child poverty this morning – something we as a country should spend much more time focusing on
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📢CfP: Oral History and the History of Childhood: A One-Day Workshop
4 April 2025, Uni of Sheffield
CfP deadline: 20 Sept 2024
Organisers: Heather Ellis (@educationsheff) and Nazan Çiçek (@AnkaraUni_en)
#histed #oralhistory @histedsoc @histchild @shcyhome @SscipChildhood
Emily Barker retweeted
Well done to our Criminology lecturer
@AlghraniT presenting from her new book, Wayward Girls at the #histchild2024 Biennal Conference in Newcastle 🏴 @hughbaird
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Emily Barker retweeted
So excited for @_snehakrishnan's keynote, 'Photographing Colonial Girlhood, Making Modernity', starting now at #histchild2024! #histchild
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A week left for our 4th biennial conference at Newcastle University, 4-6 July. The conference theme is 'Children's Worlds Through Time' with fascinating themes.📚✨. The conference hashtag will be #histchild2024
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Registration for our fourth biennial conference ‘Children’s Worlds Through Time’ at Newcastle, 4-6 July 2024, is closing on Thursday! Don't miss out! #HistChild
"Exciting news! 📢
Registration is now OPEN for the @histchild Conference 2024, 4-6 July, at @UniofNewcastle
The deadline is 20th June 2024.
CHS membership is required for attendance.
@HistChildOxford @HistEdSocUK @shcyhome @CLPN_ac
More info 👇
histchild.org/pages/newcastl…
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Historian @DavidOlusoga on inequality, the key challenge facing the next UK government after July’s election.
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For the rest of that kid’s life, he’s gonna be able to tell this story knowing full well no one will believe him, and then he’ll have the satisfaction of sharing the video.
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🚨#Job Alert🚨
University of Manchester are looking for a #Chichewa speaker to study the history of humanitarian medicine in #Malawi. If you don’t have a #PhD yet, the team will support you to achieve one through the research project.
jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
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The Biden admin just used a 16 year old arms transfer approval to quietly send Israel more weapons & bombs to slaughter Palestinians.
Reporting that pushes ‘Biden admin is upset about how many Palestinians have been killed’ is PR for an admin that wants more dead Palestinians.
