Listen Back! Michael Gove Unfiltered - Curriculum, EBacc, Behaviour, Ofsted & Teacher Retention: TTR Special
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“Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour”
Stella Creasy
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My new @iza.org/LISER paper
Control Without Credibility: Immigration to the UK Since the Brexit Referendum
docs.iza.org/dp18419.pdf
Did you vote for this?
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20%-45% + NIC.
Dividends taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%. No NIC.
Capital gains at rates 18% to 32%. No NIC.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Democracy and social justice... whose?
NEW: “Fair banding” schools
In collaboration with TES magazine last year, we analysed the characteristics of pupils in schools which used banding tests in their admissions processes. Here we set out our full methodology and findings.
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Theory and Society: Zygmunt Bauman Book Launch
If you missed our event (www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26928/...), we are pleased to share that the video recording of the talks is now available on the BSA YouTube channel:
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#Sociology #SocialTheory #Bauman #BSATheory
The contemporary relevance of the social sciences is a joint publication with @sagepub.com and demonstrates how the social sciences are contributing to the wellbeing of the UK through 8 broad principles supported with evidence & case studies. Download the report📖 ➡️ acss.org.uk/publications...
A-Level Sociology teachers can find out how best to delivery that tricky topic of realism at our free event, ‘Getting Real about Crime – Left and Right Realism’, 5 March online tinyurl.com/yjrsusfr #sociology
@britsoci.bsky.social
Hello. I wonder whether any of the Sociology of Education resources linked on the following page might be of use for your A Level resources bank? earlhamsociologypages.uk/soe-teaching...
@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social
Revised teaching notes on social class and educational achievement: the schools. earlhamsociologypages.uk/social-class...
M. Burawoy: “Ron DeSantis…went after sociology…This shows that sociology is at the cutting edge of the attack here. We can defend ourselves and retreat or we can advance. And I think sociologists should be really at the vanguard of the critique of the new Trump administration and its policies.”
Corruption in England's water industry and its regulation
2,778 serious pollution incidents reported in 2024.
Officials downgraded 2,735 (98%) to minor incidents.
Only 496 attended before downgrading; the rest were deemed minor.
Regulators collude with industry, inflicting harms to people.
Ambition in the schools white paper is clear, but its success will depend on the detail still to come and on support that extends beyond schools themselves. Delivering change will require coordinated action across services.
Read EPI’s response to the white paper: epi.org.uk/comments/epi...
Which grand figures – such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Foucault – continue to shape sociological thought today?
Listen to BSA President Les Back and Vice-President Imogen Tyler on BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed tomorrow, Tuesday February 24
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #sociology
@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social Important Guardian article on education policy and educational inequality. More to follow next week www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening."
Chico Mendes
I wish it were true that "no one is above the law". But while the City of London acts as laundromat for the world's dirty money, as almost all fraud and waste crime go unprosecuted, as no one has gone to jail for the financial crash or the poisoning of our rivers, this is manifestly untrue.
Voters across England will elect over 4,850 councillors on Thursday 7 May.
But what is the current state of the parties at local government level?
Here's what you need to know about the 2026 local elections www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/lo...
Broadcasters should be aware that 5/6ths of UK audience (most people in all demographic + political views) don't yet know this central point about the most salient policy issue. They should communicate that context clearly + platform the contested political debate
www.ipsos.com/en-uk/immigr...
If true, Nigel Farage's claim that the real reason why net migration numbers are down in because of "exodus" of British people escaping a broken society would show up in this red line spiking dramatically up - but it is very flat indeed.
His claim is made up to claim immigration hasn't fallen
I have asked the BBC to scrutinise + correct the factually inaccurate claims made by Mr Nigel Farage about why net migration fell in 'Political Thinking with Nick Robinson'
Here is the link if you want to do something like this.
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
They’ll be suggesting we send kids up chimneys next
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
Other European and advanced economies have been reducing child poverty rates – but the UK has been sharply increasing it for over a decade. The government has answered with a Child Poverty Strategy, but does it understand the real crisis? Read our briefing now: https://ow.ly/lVGT50XZAJW
If you don’t want politicians re-writing history for political gain please share this video widely - because the only way to stop that happening is to constantly call out this absolute rubbish with the actual facts. If UK news shows are not up to the job let’s do it ourselves
PODCAST 🎙️ 2025 in review: Starmer's year of drama
The IfG team and the FT's @chris-smyth.bsky.social pick out the big moments of the last 12 months – the big political developments, and the key appointments that could shape the year ahead www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
