New: Academy trust that brought in the nine-day fortnight “needs classes of 120 to allow it to continue”
https://t.co/xW9Nwb8hGi
Detailed piece on union concerns about goings-on at Dixons Academies Trust, with redundancies proposed.
📚 Race & Class is hiring for an Editorial Assistant!
Salary: £15 per hour, 12 hours per week
This role is part time for 6 months, and offers a hybrid option to work from our office or remotely.
Apply here ➡️https://t.co/yHMs07IiWT
Suspensions are on the rise according to the latest official DfE figures, with disadvantaged students & those with special needs more than four times more likely to be suspended. Figures also reveal most common reasons for suspension & exclusion: https://t.co/GbudzSPSOy #schools
📣 Call for Papers | Open Space
Feminist Review invites experimental, visionary, creative & radical Open Space submissions that challenge academic norms and explore boundary‑breaking forms.
Submit by 31 May:
https://t.co/jsCQ2TstRQ #CallForPapers#FeministStudies
IPDA Conference Bursaries of up to £500 are open for #IPDA2026 in Dublin, 5–6 June. Up to 8 bursaries will help members attend who might otherwise be unable to. Open to IPDA members. Fair, anonymised review process. Find out more: https://t.co/F9OVpdBjgh
#IPDAConnect
🎓We're hiring an LSE Fellow in Qualitative Methods
We are seeking to appoint an individual with established research interests and teaching experience in qualitative methods🧑🤝🧑
Applications close👉️https://t.co/V4D2yNy3pZ
SecEd Webinar: In this free best practice webinar on May 6, we will discuss approaches for improving the vocabulary of our students – especially those who are disadvantaged/SEND – including Tier 2 & 3 vocabulary & subject knowledge: https://t.co/QCY9Db2KgQ #teaching#schools
*PSA OPPORTUNITIES*
📢 EPOP2026 Conference – Call for Papers
➡️ The Department of Politics, University of Liverpool is delighted to be hosting the EPOP Conference, 17-19 September 2026. EPOP is a PSA Specialist Group
📆 Proposal deadline: 26 April 2026
https://t.co/xBPB8iLiEi
“Going through this programme has made me want to go to university even more.”
940+ Sheffield pupils have taken part in The Scholars Programme, where students from UK state schools can work with a PhD researcher.
Interested schools can enquire: https://t.co/SrwHXvZxDN
Time to re-tune your plans. The London Symphony Orchestra is taking over Trafalgar Square for the BMW Classics open-air concert.
It’s free, it’s iconic, and it’s the perfect way to spark some musical magic in the next generation.
https://t.co/YmlI3urp5p
A brief history of ‘reading for pleasure’ in schools … and why it might be time to rethink it: terrific piece by @jon_severs@tes: https://t.co/fYqq30zySA
📢 SOAS Teaching Scholarships (MPhil/PhD) – 2026/27
SOAS University of London is inviting applications for its Teaching Scholarships, offering fully funded MPhil/PhD opportunities for eligible students starting in the 2026/27 academic year.
Eligibility
Open to applicants who are:
• Black British students (UK Home fee status)
• Students based in Africa, Asia, or the Middle East
• Applicants admitted to a full-time MPhil/PhD programme at SOAS
Funding
• Full tuition fees
• Maintenance stipend (minimum £20,622 per year)
• Funding for 3 years of full-time doctoral study
Read more here: https://t.co/3eSFdBGxOK
Our ‘Advancing Methods for Interdisciplinarity in the Social Sciences’ is seeking book proposals across formats from researchers who are interested in rethinking methodologies from interdisciplinary perspectives. Find out more here: https://t.co/Mu3MfcSbPH.
📚 In celebration of World Book Day, we're spotlighting one of our open access books.
The first of its kind, this book offers a unique study of awkwardness, not just as an emotion, but as a cultural phenomenon.
🔗 Available open access: https://t.co/TrfWHVNtRa
Behind every algorithm lies a set of choices, some visible, many not. Join Dr Carrie Friese to discuss the unseen forces that shape AI, focusing on how gender bias enters systems through data, design, and deployment.
📆 Tuesday 10 March, 6.30pm to 8pm
https://t.co/CQly3F0NKD
CONFERENCE CALL
COPR’s 2026 ECR Conference:
Researching Police: Subjects, Participants or Partners?
The free one-day event, hosted by the Centre for Operational Police Research at the University of Warwick, provides a platform for ECR and PhD researchers to share and discuss their work in a friendly and supportive environment.
We welcome those working from a variety of perspectives and disciplines, be that theoretical, empirical, criminological, psychological, sociological or others. Sessions will be chaired by academic and policy colleagues, providing feedback and a stimulus for discussion.
The event is free of charge and bursaries are available to help cover the cost of travel if needed.
Submit your abstract by 16th March to present your work, or simply register to come along and attend, using this link: https://t.co/bMH8FDZcAJ
You will be informed whether your abstract has been accepted by Friday 19th April. The programme will be published shortly after.
Applications are welcomed from across the interdisciplinary field of policing.
“There is this terrible thing where subjects have to joust with each other to try and claim their validity on the curriculum. It’s derogatory to all subjects,”
The government announced it was cutting or withdrawing teacher-training bursaries for eight subjects last year – so what effect has this had on ITT applications? @cerysturner7 investigates
https://t.co/cir7djwABj