Helen Williams (she/her)

Professor of Political Science Education, FAPVC Education & Student Experience. Citizenship, immigration, stats, decolonisation, teaching.

[Helen Williams (she/her) @profhmwilliams]

Having sat on several hiring panels searching for teaching and curriculum leadership posts, I have some feedback on common issues that might help those aspiring to a teaching and curriculum leadership career. 🧵1/

[Journal of Political Science Education @JPSE_Editors]

College students not reading? @Kb3becker @_danigilbert & @PaulBezerra explain the power of well-designed reading guides to promote class discussion. #reading #edchat

https://t.co/gwsItFElbL

[Prof. Katharine Adeney is now on LinkedIn @KatAdeney]

Today is a GOOD day. Our Team won a Lord Dearing Award (celebrating Excellence in Teaching and Learning) for work on Decolonising the Curriculum. Only just started. SO much more to do. Privileged to be working with these amazing peeps. Too many to tag! Names below @NottsPolitics

[Windrush 100 Network @100Windrush]

A reggae orchestra and Windrush choir are to open the Pyramid Stage on the final day of @glastonbury to celebrate #Windrush75
https://t.co/cc9BgC8jxJ

[Universities UK @UniversitiesUK]

UUK Chief Executive @viviennestern discusses the outstanding impact of international students in Yorkshire & Humber in the @yorkshirepost this morning✍️🌟

https://t.co/C51XRSacK3

[Tony Yates @t0nyyates]

I find myself depressed that it does not seem politically possible to stress the benefits of inward migration. Both parties are trying to fight over the territory of viewing migration as bad, a dependence, as something that deprives residents of something.

[UK in a Changing Europe @UKandEU]

🗣 Immigration - what’s happening?

🗓 Join our Twitter Space on 25 May to hear @jdportes, @robfordmancs & @SophieStowers from #UKICE and @M_Sumption from @MigObs discuss the latest @ONS immigration and @ukhomeoffice visa statistics.

🔗 https://t.co/hS12E7TS6p

[Ethnic and Racial Studies @ERSjournal]

First, @MayaGoodfellow explores the concept of #EconomicMigrant, is a widely used term in Britain - but it is misleading. Language itself is not simply the issue but the kinds of exclusion is legitimates.

Read this #OpenAccess paper here: https://t.co/jWAls2ODQd

[MIPEX @_MIPEX]

MIPEX cited! A study by C. Palomo looks into native vs. immigrant students' university expectations. They find that welcoming countries benefit immigrant children, track-based education narrows it and job opportunities don't heavily impact expectations.

👉https://t.co/JTKEJSfVSW

[Ameena L. Payne (she/her) @ameenalpayne]

.@VirnaRossi's book, Inclusive Learning Design is published! Features contributions by @Bali_Maha, @kellymatthewsUQ, @_BonnieDean, @Narang_Amrita, @timbocop, @steven_kolber, me, & more! Virna has expertly woven together each contributor's narrative. 👉��� https://t.co/anrdJa10oG

[Helen Williams (she/her) @profhmwilliams]

Some of the UK's decisions about how to measure migration actually create an artificial policy straightjacket that is less able to respond, e.g. to different needs in different parts of the economy.

[Helen Williams (she/her) @profhmwilliams]

As we return again to the discussion about international students and net migration, it's worth revisiting these @MigObs analyses about how migration is counted and whether to include students.
https://t.co/q9uZgW9TBi

https://t.co/zNkep8akk2

[Helen Williams (she/her) @profhmwilliams]

Key points:
Not all countries include students when calculating net migration.
Many countries don't use net migration as a KPI of migration policy.
Incl. students in net migration right now makes the numbers look big b/c of post-Covid recovery but won't appear so big over time.

[BAC-IN 2life recovery: Sohan Sahota @BAC_IN]

Race Health Inequalities Summit 11th May 2023:
Nottingham Place Based Partnership #PBP "increasing #health #inequalities #poorhealth outcomes & #pooraccess to services for Nottingham’s #Black #Asian & #minority #ethnic communities"
@Notts_ICS
Register:
https://t.co/f4JAXDXI5n

[Sunder Katwala @sundersays]

Vg short film on the Bristol bus boycott campaign of 1963, which was to overturn the colour bar on black employees on buses in the city, two years before the first piece of anti-discrimination legislation.

[UNHCR United Kingdom @UNHCRUK]

UNHCR Statement on Asylum Processing and Resettlement to the UK: https://t.co/XdIuLItLX4

UNHCR wishes to clarify that there is no mechanism through which refugees can approach UNHCR with the intention of seeking asylum in the U.K. There is no asylum visa or ‘queue’ for the U.K.

[Uni of Nottingham Press Office @UoNPressOffice]

A @UoNSoE study analysing the use of a new teaching approach for post-16 students re-sitting their maths GCSEs has found an improvement in their exam scores, with learners from deprived backgrounds benefitting most.

Read the full story ▶ https://t.co/Z5xlJj53N3

[Geoff Wake 👇 @geoffwake1]

#Mathsto18 here is one way of improving student attainment
From our @UoNSoE Centre for Research in Mathematics education research team
@ATMMathematics @Mathematical_A @MathsMastery @Advanced_Maths @MEIMaths @El_Timbre @martinnewton112 @SmartJacques @thejmcuk

[Helen Williams (she/her) @profhmwilliams]

University of Nottingham’s Centre for Research in Mathematics Education study of GCSE maths resit interventions shows students make one month of additional progress on intervention programme; gains even greater for deprived backgrounds
@UoNSocialSci
https://t.co/NOrOuL930E

[Alexander Kustov @akoustov]

What happens when countries open new legal immigration pathways? Certainly not a populist backlash! Based on several decades of European data, my new @jepp_journal article shows pro-immigration reforms don't relate to ↑ populist vote or migration concerns https://t.co/9BbEBeZiEz

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Just extraordinary that a Bill with these consequences is getting less than a week of overall debate in the Commons.