Jane O'Connor

Associate Prof in Childhood Studies, Birmingham City University. Children and technology, child stars, digital transformation of HE. Also writes novels 🌞

[Jane O'Connor @JaneOConnor100]

My article for @ConversationUK reflects on @britneyspears new memoir and the dangers of early fame @ChildStars2 @FCSFCS @childstarsIMDb @CSPACE_BCU @CSJcelebstudies

[Birmingham City University Press Office @BCUPressOffice]

🗣️ "Spears was ushered into the dangerous terrain of childhood fame by the adults who were supposed to be protecting her"

Dr @JaneOConnor100, Reader in Childhood Studies @MyBCU discusses Britney Spears' new memoir 'The Woman In Me. @ConversationUK 👇

https://t.co/EQ82Q27mrQ

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

I heard an interview today about AI in creative spaces and the man being interviewed said “AI is data, and Data can only look backwards. Creativity looks forwards.” And I need to sit with that in the best possible way.

[Jane O'Connor @JaneOConnor100]

Delighted to have had the opportunity to contribute to Sam Lawrence's article on the price of child stardom: Child Stars: Hollywood’s Obsession with Exploiting Youth https://t.co/GNA0cBRYtC

[Z. T. Fairfax @ZTFairfax]

If Mike thought fighting Vecna was hard, wait until he tries to succeed in traditional publishing...

[Jane O'Connor @JaneOConnor100]

@Fadiax @DrFautley @NC_Renic 'Desk rejected' would be a good name for a love story campus novel...✒️ 😄

[Jane O'Connor @JaneOConnor100]

Delighted to be guest editor of an upcoming special issue of Social Sciences focusing on 'Children, Media and Digital Transformation in Education'. See below for submission details:

https://t.co/7TKCYj2KeV

[Ian Duhig FRSL @ianduhig]

RIP Brian Patten

[Hugh Warwick @hedgehoghugh]

IMPORTANT - new #hedgehog campaign launched today ... 'Go WILD for Hedgehogs' is a wonderful idea and encourages us to ease off on the gardening - a win:win really! https://t.co/LuavA2YuPi

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”
― Walter Benjamin, born today in 1892

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

As Ottoline Leyser ends her five years as chief executive of #UKRI, she warns that forcing all institutions and researchers to pursue a single definition of research excellence is impoverishing the research base on which the government’s ambitions depend
https://t.co/Vof66vmPgZ

[Jane O'Connor @JaneOConnor100]

@WytheJess Thanks Jess 😊

[Sol 🍂 @autumnpard]

women in HAMSTER (humanities, art, music, social sciences, theatre, economics and rhetoric)

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Every new piece of tech seems designed to make us illiterate. Education and literacy are privileges we've come to take for granted, but our ancestors fought for them because they knew an ignorant people is not a free people. Whoever can prevent you from thinking rules over you.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Xiaoma, a polyglot, was invited to give a speech at a high school for Language Week, and he delivered the entire speech in Gen Alpha slang.

[Hedgehog Society @hedgehogsociety]

Letting your garden go a little bit wild is a brilliant thing to do for British wildlife like #hedgehogs!
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Think leaves, logs, & letting the grass grow long with wildflowers & weeds!
🌼 🍂 🌾

#WildlifeWednesday

[Julie Bindel @bindelj]

Every conference and other event I’ve ever spoken at, this person appears:

[Tran Kiem Minh @TranKiemMinh]

TEDH Project Dissemination Event at Hue University of Education, Vietnam. The project partners are Birmingham City University, Hue University of Education, Vinh University, Viettel Company, and the British Council in Vietnam.
https://t.co/YiKoAObt0d

[Tran Kiem Minh @TranKiemMinh]

TEDH Project Final Workshop - Supporting the Digital Transformation of Teacher Education in Vietnam by Creating a Teacher Educators' Digital Hub.