Dr Jon Rainford

Using Zemiology to explore the potential social harms of a lifelong learning entitlement The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) policy aims to provide equal access to loan funding for all adults aged 18–60 pursuing level 4–6 courses in both further and higher education in England. Its...

New article - Using Zemiology to explore the potential social harms of a lifelong learning entitlement www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What can a better understanding of teachers engagement with masculinity, mental health and the manosphere in the school classroom offer to widening access?

Hear from @edudetective.bsky.social and I on this weeks NEON blog

www.educationopportunities.co.uk/neon-blog/wh...

A great evening launching our report and Boys Impact at the House of Commons

New report published today from @edudetective.bsky.social and I today:
The Problem with Boys? is the first of three reports which explore educators perceptions of young working-class men in the classroom.

www.boysimpact.com/s/boysreport...

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the #CreativeResearchMethods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions.

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Why higher education matters to the arts, culture and heritage sectors - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Read about how choice of subject at age 16 impacts creative education pathways and the likelihood of employment in the arts and culture sectors.

This new blog by @drdaveobrien.bsky.social, Dr Mark Taylor and Dr Ruoxi Wang, highlights the relationship between subjects studied before university and graduates who go on to work in arts, culture and heritage (ACH) jobs. Read more: pec.ac.uk/blog_entries...

I'm so glad it resonated, Hannah! Like you I did lots of doctoral work in train stations and on trains. I even wrote sections of my thesis drafts in my notes app!

Part-time doctorates: building your strategy for success YouTube video by gogn oer

Are you doing a part time doctorate? Or maybe you support part time doctoral
researchers? Recently I ran a workshop for go-gn based on the book I wrote with @kayguccione.bsky.social and as if by magic they have produced an edited version on YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?si=Uw8...

Sufficiently cryptic 😆 I'm an omnibus listener so I will await this weeks with bated breath now.

Being Well in Academia: Ways to Feel Stronger, Safer and More Connected Are you studying or working in academia and in need of support? Perhaps you’re finding your work, study or personal life challenging or overwhelming; are experiencing bullying, harassment or abuse; or...

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek so here's a plug for my friendly, practical book. It came out just after the pandemic started and has helped, reassured and challenged since.
Please share, buy, or get it in your library - I do free talks for any uni that stocks it
www.routledge.com/Being-Well-i...

YouTube video by The Open University Is ADHD a superpower? Or is it harmful to think that way?

Is ADHD a superpower? Or is it harmful to think that way?

Fresh from his work on our co-pro of Inside Our Minds, OU expert @jonrainford.bsky.social shares his thoughts: youtu.be/gf2BaJFxE1A?...

For more ADHD guidance, visit: connect.open.ac.uk/health-wellb...

#InsideOurADHDMinds

Looking forward to hosting @kayguccione.bsky.social and @jonrainford.bsky.social for their (online and publicly accessible) workshop on the 27th of May.

Details/registration here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

“Why do you want to do a PhD? You are not an academic.” Dr Clare Matysova is currently Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Programme Manager at Health Data Science UK and has worked in further and higher education for approximately 18 years. Clare recently …

A new hidden curriculum post by Clare Matysova who offers us her personal reflections to start a conversation about how and where assumptions the PT PhD alongside other professional roles can create a culture of exclusion.

drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/w...

Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study: Integrating Work, Life and Research Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study is a practical guide, designed to support part-time doctoral researchers in navigating their learning experience and providing them with the tools they need to suc...

A quick plug for this book (currently on sale at £16.99) where @jonrainford.bsky.social and I wrote about a PT doctorate as a positive experience providing deeper access to the hidden curriculum www.routledge.com/Thriving-in-...

Inside Our ADHD Minds review – Chris Packham’s revelatory show couldn’t be more crucial Packham refutes harmful anti-woke ideas about the overdiagnosis of neurodiversity by meeting people like Henry, who finds day-to-day life a severe struggle, and Jo, who has spent years constantly being told she’s ‘too much’

Inside Our ADHD Minds review – Chris Packham’s revelatory show couldn’t be more crucial

If you've been watching inside our ADHD minds and need some more support or resources, do check out the @openuniversity.bsky.social connect interactive I authored to support the series. connect.open.ac.uk/health-wellb...

The Open University

Starting now. It has been an honour to play a small part in this at the OUs academic consultant www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/a...

BBC Two - Inside Our Minds, Inside Our ADHD Minds Chris helps a tour guide connect with his parents and a project manager process her grief.

Excited that Inside Our Minds (ADHD) will be on BBC 2 today (and iPlayer) - I saw it during production & cried each time! Props to @jonrainford.bsky.social for his work as the OU academic supporting this episode & next week's one (dyslexia-focused). www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Journal Of Creative Research Methods The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the creative research methods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions from aut...

We’re delighted to introduce you to our latest journal!
The Journal of #CreativeResearchMethods
Edited by @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, Harriet Shortt, @sophierwoodward.bsky.social and consulting editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...
#ResearchMethods #Creativity

Look!! The Pelican paperback of my book is here and it looks beautiful!!

a book is open to a page with purple lights coming out of it Alt: A large, magical book lies flat on a table and is open to reveal glowing text and purple lights sparkling from it. This is exactly what happens when you read my books.

Being Well In Academia - the book to get you through hard times - is currently on offer at £16.99 www.routledge.com/Being-Well-i...

Better still, get your library to stock it so all can have access.

Or, if you want the free, shorter version, that's here:
theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...

Today, I’ve published a new paper on ethnicity, school attainment and access to HE in England 🧵[1/8]
doi.org/10.1080/0267...

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📣 Event Klaxon! 📣

Campus Geographies of the Student Experience at SRHE - 29th of April - looking at how the physical elements of universities feature in students' lives in different ways.

🎓🏫 Registration and details below: it's in person, with online attendance possible.
srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

These two poems at the Being a boy project event really hit me tonight

Sociologists of education - just over a week left to submit your abstract for this event that I’m organising with the @britsoci.bsky.social Education Study Group

Come and join us in London in June to discuss the future of the sociology of education - lots of different presentation formats possible!

Calling current/future part-time PGRs!

Online CHERE Workshop: Thriving In Part-Time Doctoral Study with @kayguccione.bsky.social and @jonrainford.bsky.social, 27th of May.

This event is for @edreslancaster.bsky.social doctoral researchers but all are welcome.
www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Authoring for post/PhDers – the problem of gift authorship One of the most common questions I am asked, and that I hear being discussed in doctoral and ECR support groups, is whether to write with supervisors and former supervisors. Or most often, I read o…

I’m starting a little series about writing post PhD. The first is about gift authorship. That’s when someone gets credit for writing without doing any work patthomson.net/2025/01/12/a...

Please do get your abstracts in for this. As it's about the future of the Sociology of Education please also encourage and doctoral researchers and ECRs to submit too.

Amazing. That's exactly who I was trying to remember. I knew I'd read something and that you'd know!

Does anyone have any recommendations on good critical papers I could reference on university rankings @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social - any thoughts? This feels like something you might have some leads on...