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Professor Helen M Gunter

@helengunter.bsky.social

Professor Emerita, University of Manchester, UK. Critical education policy researcher and writer. Gardener. Avid re-watcher of The Orville.

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If you can't put the pieces together by now, we can't help you.

14.07.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10516    πŸ” 4065    πŸ’¬ 501    πŸ“Œ 211
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Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805 Ad, which states vessel can hold β€˜about 185 slaves’, comes to light as city dock is being turned into β€˜contemplation space’

Historical newspapers are still an underutilised resource full of stark testament to the true β€˜national story’

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805 | Slavery | The Guardian

12.07.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Said all along next election will be a dangerous moment for UK. Would people really vote for private health insurance, the return of grammar schools, and ?

26.06.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dad’s 100th birthday today. Martin Stanton 1925-2019.

18.05.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed, but when education activities were financialised and costed post 1988 ERA the field of education management (now labelled leadership) collaborated, and the key message to the profession was that it was too costly for a person in a senior role to teach! This has to be challenged and changed.

11.05.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Eugenics is still alive and well in UK government education policy for England!

03.05.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if the people of Runcorn would trial the abolition of the NHS in the constituency? Then demonstrate to the UK that the Reform company (it is not a party) only works for wealthy elites.

02.05.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Walton Centre @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

Thank you NHS
@england.nhs.uk
@nhsmillion.bsky.social

30.04.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So the people of Kent want to surrender the NHS rather than fight to rebuild it?

27.04.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why cant British Steel be owned by the UK population? So if the UK government wants to do a deal with a private business/consortium, why cant the UK population construct a business, sell shares, and we the people own shares in it? Why cant the workers own British Steel and we invest in them?

13.04.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Since Trump came to power cowardice has become contagious From the tech bros to the leaders of Ivy League universities, the great grovel to Donald Trump is well underway. What America needs now more than ever...

What if tech bros had held their nerve? What if ABC had told Trump they’d see him in court? What if Ivy League Universities had defended Columbia? What if big law firms had sued Trump? Cowardice is contagious. Welcome to the Great Grovel www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...

06.04.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1230    πŸ” 370    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 23

@glennkirschner.bsky.social

06.04.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Antarctica Tariffs Announced

It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...

🐧 πŸ’° 🐧 πŸ’° 🐧 πŸ’°

03.04.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 51191    πŸ” 8328    πŸ’¬ 2363    πŸ“Œ 549

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧡 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

03.04.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 28251    πŸ” 13949    πŸ’¬ 926    πŸ“Œ 3531
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Delightful English Lakes restorative, dreamlike, vital!

31.03.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Management in Education: Sage Journals

Welcome to our new @bsky.app account!

Have you explored the latest issue of @managementined.bsky.social yet?

Read and find out more about our journal here: journals.sagepub.com/home/mie

#Leaders #EdLeadership #EducationResearch #EdPublishing #EdWriting

18.03.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great series. Thank you. So pleased James won! What a talent.

09.03.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‡«πŸ‡· President Macron has just addressed the nation. It was a good, clear-eyed & powerful speech. Quick summary (1/5):

05.03.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 641    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 15
Emergency demonstration at US embassy. Wed 5 March - 5:30pm

Emergency demonstration at US embassy. Wed 5 March - 5:30pm

Good morning all! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

Please share everywhere. πŸ™πŸ»

03.03.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 13756    πŸ” 6201    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 246

As Arendt said, this is what happens when criminals enter government.

01.03.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.

01.03.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 64908    πŸ” 11213    πŸ’¬ 2025    πŸ“Œ 589
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

28.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 23258    πŸ” 5817    πŸ’¬ 443    πŸ“Œ 280

Decent people thank Ukraine.

28.02.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 14407    πŸ” 2234    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 68

Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.

28.02.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 16059    πŸ” 4313    πŸ’¬ 285    πŸ“Œ 131

Freedom and democracy are always worth fighting for. Slava Ukraini.

28.02.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6706    πŸ” 1411    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 75
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Today would have been my Dad’s 100 birthday (John William Gunter) here he is in his Navy uniform before D-Day

24.02.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what privatisation is about. Private in privatisation means the relocation of decisions from the public to the private sphere, or to nowhere at all!

23.02.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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