Y nesecito Una siesta

Just in case and all that 🤣

Porque no me da la gana

Chad that’s the moment you panic pack and add everything and everything bar the kitchen sink

X has gone mad

Philly has beautiful murals all over the place. Here is one you can’t see from the ground - only from our hotel window

In preparation for the official publication date of my new book Supply Chain Justice next week (December 17) I thought I should do a thread (assuming I can figure out how to do that) on what the book is about. Just in case anyone is looking for a last-minute Christmas present….

Reconstructing Capital - Public Seminar Gant Roberson interviews William Clare Roberts about the evolving relevance of Marxist theory with the latest translation of Capital.

I was interviewed about the new translation of Capital -- and especially about my afterword -- by Gant Roberson for Public Seminar.

Here are my book recommendations for the new year:

Read the books you already bought.

Paperback books are like velveteen rabbits — there to be loved and squeezed and read and stuffed into shoulder bags and left in the sun and read again until there's nothing left but the best kind of memories

Government delays Oak National Academy review An 'independent' review of Oak National Academy will not be published until early next year, with a consultation launched for edtech firms to set out if the online school has impacted their business

⏱️ An 'independent' review of Oak National Academy will now not be published until early next year, with a new consultation launched for edtech firms to set out if the online school has impacted their business

@jimdickinson.bsky.social is presenting 'Belong' research on student working by @wonkhe.bsky.social / Cybil. 2/3rds of students are doing paid work just to pay bills. 1 in 6 needs to work to support their family. More than 1/2 work more than 15hrs/wk (the level considered detrimental to study).

🚨 The Government has announced an uplift to the early years pupil premium today.

This is great news, as we have been calling for an increase to the EYPP for several years - including in our recent manifesto of policies to improve social mobility ⤵️

www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...

These carolers know that the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! #legokaren

Ofsted to review use of AI in schools DfE commissions watchdog to examine how AI can 'support teaching and learning' and manage admin

🤖 The government has asked @ofstednews.bsky.social to carry out an independent review into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools and colleges

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Wasted goods, wasted lives: our #TSRWaste issue, edited by @asiyaislam.bsky.social , draws on thinkers from Françoise Vergès to Zygmunt Bauman to take a closer look at food apps, sanitation workers and fishing communities, floods of fast fashion in Ghana, and much more.

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When you come here for a bit of a sanity and actual knowledge

The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture

When university, or buying a house, are so expensive for young people, it’s no surprise that going to uni becomes more of a transaction - STEM a means to a stable job.

But English literature falling in popularity will leave us with dreary, diminished culture.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The best children’s books of 2024 Get lost in a fox’s quest; plus snowman magic, a wily genie and cookery from around the world From uplifting picture books to absorbing nonfiction, comic adventures to colourful fables, 2024 has produced a wealth of wonderful writing for children. Twenty…

The best children’s books of 2024

“Research is seeing what everybody else has
seen and thinking what nobody else has
thought.”
- Albert Szent-Györgyi

The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture The announcement that Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent is to stop offering English literature degrees has set several hares…

The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis

Okay so someone tell me why I have only just learnt horizontal Christmas tree lights vs having always wrapped 🤣

And thanks for the ones I found ❤️

Ever found a £ note in a library book - if you have is probably mine - enjoy

The best books in the library are those that people came before you have in pencil the bits you needed most - ( the bits you were already looking for )

And breathe

A majority of households have draws full of old cables they no longer have a clue what they were originally for but hold on to them for that just in case moment.

Great to hear my colleagues Cristina Leston-Bandeira and Richard Huzzey speaking about the findings from our project on petitioning in 20thc Britain!

Selfies and surf simulators: the young cruisers driving boom in sea holidays A new generation is taking to the ocean in growing numbers – and fears over the environmental impact of cruise ships appear not to be denting their popularity * Read more in this series This summer was the first time 31-year-old Daisie Morrison had…

Selfies and surf simulators: the young cruisers driving boom in sea holidays