Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities

Research @Durham_Uni exploring the impact of social class on wellbeing for staff and students at UK universities.

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

@timeshighered @durham_uni @Annamckie Read our full report here: https://t.co/KwOIYC4eVB

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

@timeshighered @durham_uni @Annamckie Thanks for covering this @timeshighered!

Read the full report here: https://t.co/KwOIYC4eVB

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Fifty per cent of 1,182 academics and professionals questioned by researchers at @durham_uni over February and March reported high levels of anxiety, compared with a national figure of 32 per cent reported by @ONS for the same period, writes @Annamckie
https://t.co/j61VOhfWMn

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

Our report on UK university staff wellbeing has been picked up by @timeshighered! Read more here...👇

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Half of UK university staff who responded to a survey from @durham_uni researchers reported suffering from high levels of anxiety, one and a half times the national average, during the pandemic, writes @Annamckie
https://t.co/j61VOhfWMn

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

@UCU @DrJoGrady Hi Jo – a few months ago you helped us by circulating a call for participants for our research exploring UK university staff wellbeing. We thought you might be interested in the findings! 👆

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

ICYMI: We released our report on UK university staff wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic:

📢Half of university staff (50%) reported high levels of anxiety.
📢A third of staff reported low happiness (33%) and low life satisfaction (36%).

Full report: https://t.co/KwOIYBMDx1

[Billy Wong @billybwong]

Our recent article on the 8 dimensions of the ideal student is now open access! Grateful for the support to make research free to read @UniRdg_OpenRes @UniRdg_Research @UniRdg_IoE @EdReview https://t.co/NDeaaD10Ia

[Dr Jeffery Quaye OBE @Jeffery_Quaye]

I’m elated to see my article with @dchpomeroy on ‘Social class inequalities in attitudes towards mathematics and ...’ published in Educational Studies in Mathematics. @sociologyjnl @EducationBrunel @MltOxford @AspirationsAT @UCNZ @BSATheory . Read 👇👇👇 https://t.co/L40luw2jHF

[CamilleKandikoHowson @cbkandiko]

Just launched!! @SRHE73 Higher Education Research and Scoping Awards for 2021! £10K member awards and £5K open scoping awards. Due 1 September! Please DM me with any Qs https://t.co/7qdCDO33li

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

Looks a really interesting read!

[Prof Kalwant Bhopal @KalwantBhopal]

Not gonna lie I'm a tad excited about our new book, 'Elites and the making of privilege' on race and class. The book will be out later this year in paperback, so cheap to buy! Here's a sneak preview on Cosmopolitan Brands
@DrMartinMyers @RoutledgeEd
https://t.co/Xaa6AWXy14

[ACSES @acsesedu]

Diverse perspectives & knowledge in university reading lists makes students feel better prepared for their career, @Deakin research finds. The NCSEHE-funded project highlights #StudentVoice to reduce inequalities of learning experiences & outcomes. https://t.co/HXXdeijYff

[Mark Rubin @RubinPsyc]

Social class and mental health

New paper by @Oliviosa and me in PSPB reports the mediating and moderating effects of social integration on the association between social class and mental well-being.

Publisher: https://t.co/KVcds0r5DN

#MentalHealthMatters

[Teresa Crew @Dr_Tre_Crew]

Check out "Social Class: Working Class Academics" https://t.co/MuAEJTChgi @EventbriteUK

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

Looks like an interesting paper on inequality!

[Lordcalmranger @HWaldfogel]

very excited to see our paper out! we examine how people's ideological beliefs shape their tendency to naturalistically pay attention to (and accurately detect) inequality
with @NourKteily, @jsskeffington, Arnold Ho & Oliver Hauser
https://t.co/f0l8MLLlZw

[Peter Felten @pfeltenNC]

Significant new study on student first-year experiences:
"Our findings indicate that interventions may need to be higher-dosage than many institutional decision-makers realize...& that divergent levels of need within low-to-moderate income students exist." https://t.co/Pt1u9utID4

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

Interesting new research! 👇

Social Class—Not Income Inequality—Predicts Social and Institutional Trust - Youngju Kim, Nicolas Sommet, Jinkyung Na, Dario Spini (2021)

https://t.co/Yit2LqWDTy

[Social Class and Wellbeing in UK Universities @SESWellbeing_HE]

Interesting new preprint from the U.S. looking at the socioeconomic roots of tenure-track academic staff 👇

[The Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social @equalitytrust]

We've got 3 exciting new opportunities at @equalitytrust!
Are you great with people and fantastic at organising? Maybe you are a researcher with a passion for reducing inequality? Or a campaigner who wants to reduce pay discrimination? Come and join us!
https://t.co/Yao0TpECyS

[HE News @HEontap]

Bristol University happiness course students found to be more upbeat | The Guardian https://t.co/mUtx0EXszU