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Food, culture and society in India, available from November 2025. Pleasure working withDr Rituparna Patgiri and contributors on this critical work! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Patgir... @berghahnbooks.bsky.social⬠@wlvuni.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @ifpri.org
30.07.2025 10:18 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
To try and capture some of the key themes and ideas discussed at our end-of-project conference last Thursday, we worked with Jules from Illustrated Live who produced this great live illustration for us! #histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
23.06.2025 19:19 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Universal free school meals are beneficial and popular β but the UKβs provision remains patchy
Universal free school meals improve health, boost learning and tackle child povertyβyet England lags behind in rolling them out.
π½οΈ Universal free school meals: a welfare policy or an investment in future generations?
In The Conversation, Prof. Kevin Morgan (@CardiffUni) explores why school meals are at the heart of social justice, public health & education reform.
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25.03.2025 09:57 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Looking forward to our end-of-project conference tomorrow in London. Conference packs and programmes ready to go!
#histed #schoolmeals @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
18.06.2025 14:42 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The Role of Educational Institutions in Alleviating Food Poverty
Join us for a seminar on food poverty & free food provision in education, featuring top scholars & practitioners. #FoodInsecurity #Education
One-day seminar event May 8th at Brunel University of London: "The Role of Educational Institutions in Alleviating Food Poverty" - please join us at this free event with excellent speakers on food poverty and use of food banks. Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-role-o...
27.03.2025 10:36 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Really useful workshop on *food banks in schools* today funded by @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Such interesting research in this space across educational provision @trusselluk.bsky.social @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social @jfledderjohann.bsky.social @emmawainwright.bsky.social @alicebradbury.bsky.social
30.05.2025 16:18 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
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We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP
Deadline: 9 June
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16.05.2025 09:03 β π 24 π 27 π¬ 1 π 2
The location & time of my keynote book talk at British Postgraduate Network 4 Chinese Studies annual conf. are revealed. Join me if you are in Glasgow on 23 May at 4:20 pm. Let's discuss #time #inheritance #education #mobilities in #China. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social
17.05.2025 13:27 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Indian Sociological Society ISS
Ad Hoc 03: Intersection of Food Insecurity and Reproductive Justice
It was an honour and a privilege to speak w/Ad Hoc Group 3: Food, Culture, & Society of the Indian Sociological Society #ISS last week. Thank you to Rituparna Patgiri for the invite!
My talk on #FoodInsecurity & #ReproductiveJustice in India is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl3V...
07.04.2025 15:31 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1
Great to be here at #NEHC2025! Here to talk about the @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project as well as knowledge networks in 19thC @histedsocuk.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social #histed
14.05.2025 09:46 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The School Meals Service: Past, Present - and Future?
Join us for this free, full-day conference to discuss the past, present and future of the UK School Meals Service.
Join us for our free 1-day end-of-project conference on 19th June at Friends House, London! We'll share our key findings & recommendations and discuss all things #schoolmeals with some great people including @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social!
#histed
Register here:
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09.05.2025 09:37 β π 10 π 8 π¬ 0 π 1
Join us on 7th May 11am BST for an online roundtable to celebrate the launch of our new edited volume: A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry! #histgeoguni #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social
30.04.2025 21:56 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Fascinating findings from the Global Flourishing Study (www.nature.com/collections/...): no correlation whatsoever between GDP and human flourishing. Indonesia ranks highest, Japan lowest. Full table: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
30.04.2025 11:09 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
issue741
The School Dinners exhibition featuring our research at the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social has been featured in the Waitrose Weekend Magazine! #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsy.social
www.weekend-online.com/issue741/
14.04.2025 12:25 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
Brilliant news from our friends at @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social !
14.04.2025 12:36 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Excited to be starting a period as a Visiting Researcher at HEX, Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, Tampere University.
Looking forward to sharing @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social research on the history of #schoolmeals #histed
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09.04.2025 15:43 β π 21 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1
Breakfast
The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team
Wonderful to see the #SchoolMeals Exhibition we collaborated on with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social featured on @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social this morning! Bridget Phillipson was even asked for her favorite school meal memories #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
02.04.2025 20:40 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
School dinners exhibition in Stowmarket will celebrate history - BBC News
Anyone for semolina, sponge pudding and turkey twizzlers?
Lovely to have been able to attend the launch of this yesterday and to collaborate with the @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social on this wonderful #schoolmeals Exhibition featuring our archival research and oral histories #histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
02.04.2025 08:31 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Save the date! π April 22, 9:30 AM EDT
π Ending Hunger and #Malnutrition: Keeping Our Eyes on the Road
π€IFPRI and the World Bank
πIn-person & online ποΈ bit.ly/ending_hunger
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28.03.2025 15:10 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A productive team meeting in Wolverhampton today. Thanks to @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social for hosting! Good progress on the monograph, exhibition launch, and end-of-project conference.
#histed @ioe.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social
24.03.2025 22:04 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
More than a meal: How school feeding programs are shaping the future
A recent seminar analyzed emerging evidence and future directions for school meals in the 21st century.
Today is #InternationalSchoolMealsDay!
A recent IFPRI policy seminar offered a deep-dive discussion of the role of school meal programs in addressing some of the worldβs most pressing issues:
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13.03.2025 19:40 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Heading into London today to present our @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social project findings to the APPG for School Food! We will miss @gurpinderlalli.bsky.social today. @unishefplayer.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social #histed
13.03.2025 12:17 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
What does "educational equity" mean? Authors focus here on at least 5 different conceptualizations of the term journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
11.03.2025 10:12 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Welcome to our February newsletter! We say goodbye to our colleague @ellenlaurab.bsky.social and talk about upcoming plans incl. the launch of the School Meals exhibition with @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social and the excellent Childrens Food Summit 2025! #histed @sustainweb.org @childrensfood.bsky.social
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REF: SMED-2251-1025 - DEN-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
PhD opportunity @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social Implementing food policy change in school www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
11.02.2025 08:20 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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