Carl Cullinane
@carlcullinane.bsky.social
Politics, policy, education inequality, cycling, football. Social mobility researcher. Views own etc.
If you're wondering whether I'm trying to make a joke then I probably am.
If you're wondering whether I'm trying to make a joke then I probably am.
Bafflingly regressive
📊 #IFSSatStat: The 2025 Budget changed student loan terms affecting those who started courses between 2012 and 2022. A repayment threshold freeze will see many repay more each month.
Over their lifetimes, those who started in 2022 can expect to pay £3,200 (6%) more on average.
Over their lifetimes, those who started in 2022 can expect to pay £3,200 (6%) more on average.
January 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Bafflingly regressive
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The increase in tuition fees has been mixed from the point of access and participation
On the one hand the participation rate amg low income students has roughly doubled (to 30%)
On the other hand the participation *gap* btw free school meal pupil & their more advantaged peers hasnt budged (20 pp)
On the one hand the participation rate amg low income students has roughly doubled (to 30%)
On the other hand the participation *gap* btw free school meal pupil & their more advantaged peers hasnt budged (20 pp)
January 30, 2026 at 8:28 AM
The increase in tuition fees has been mixed from the point of access and participation
On the one hand the participation rate amg low income students has roughly doubled (to 30%)
On the other hand the participation *gap* btw free school meal pupil & their more advantaged peers hasnt budged (20 pp)
On the one hand the participation rate amg low income students has roughly doubled (to 30%)
On the other hand the participation *gap* btw free school meal pupil & their more advantaged peers hasnt budged (20 pp)
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If we want to make places better, we need to create good jobs in them 👇
Creating good jobs (in deprived) areas requires:
- Transport infrastructure
- Creating places that are nice to live in. Culture matters for local growth
- Direct job creation by the state
h/t @drjennings.bsky.social
Creating good jobs (in deprived) areas requires:
- Transport infrastructure
- Creating places that are nice to live in. Culture matters for local growth
- Direct job creation by the state
h/t @drjennings.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
If we want to make places better, we need to create good jobs in them 👇
Creating good jobs (in deprived) areas requires:
- Transport infrastructure
- Creating places that are nice to live in. Culture matters for local growth
- Direct job creation by the state
h/t @drjennings.bsky.social
Creating good jobs (in deprived) areas requires:
- Transport infrastructure
- Creating places that are nice to live in. Culture matters for local growth
- Direct job creation by the state
h/t @drjennings.bsky.social
Great event on regional inequalities and the NEET challenge hosted by @smfthinktank.bsky.social with Alan Milburn and lots of other great speakers, including one of our fantastic Sutton Trust alums!
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Great event on regional inequalities and the NEET challenge hosted by @smfthinktank.bsky.social with Alan Milburn and lots of other great speakers, including one of our fantastic Sutton Trust alums!
JFC
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
JFC
Great day at the science museum as my stay at home dad era comes to a close.
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Great day at the science museum as my stay at home dad era comes to a close.
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Just need to keep repeating this point. Stagnant zero sum economies create political ungovernability. Productivity growth has collapsed in many rich countries since the financial crash on.ft.com/4hwRuoB
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Just need to keep repeating this point. Stagnant zero sum economies create political ungovernability. Productivity growth has collapsed in many rich countries since the financial crash on.ft.com/4hwRuoB
The two genders
December 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The two genders
This is an interesting piece. It shows why social mobility often doesn't get cut through. Our focus groups suggest that people think the country is deeply unfair, but working class people often feel meaningful change is virtually impossible. socialmobility.independent-commission.uk/britons-reje...
Britons reject status-driven social mobility - success now means stability, wellbeing and a life lived on your own terms - Social Mobility Commission
New report sheds light on public perceptions of social mobility
socialmobility.independent-commission.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This is an interesting piece. It shows why social mobility often doesn't get cut through. Our focus groups suggest that people think the country is deeply unfair, but working class people often feel meaningful change is virtually impossible. socialmobility.independent-commission.uk/britons-reje...
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Exclusive: Family income data will replace free school meals eligibility as the trigger for pupil premium and other deprivation funding for schools, the government has said
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupil-premiu...
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupil-premiu...
Income to replace FSM as trigger for disadvantage funding
Government 'will design new model' for allocating the pupil premium and other disadvantage cash
schoolsweek.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Exclusive: Family income data will replace free school meals eligibility as the trigger for pupil premium and other deprivation funding for schools, the government has said
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupil-premiu...
schoolsweek.co.uk/pupil-premiu...
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Bond markets spooked as the Chancellor appears to disappear behind raised hands; gilts stage rally as she reveals she was actually there the whole time
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Bond markets spooked as the Chancellor appears to disappear behind raised hands; gilts stage rally as she reveals she was actually there the whole time
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
We wonder why we're raising generations of ever more neurotic and self-involved young people when the last page of every baby book is a mirror.
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We wonder why we're raising generations of ever more neurotic and self-involved young people when the last page of every baby book is a mirror.
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Scrapping the two-child limit is a vital step towards achieving the Government's manifesto pledge to reduce child poverty and give more children the best start in life.
📉 Estimates show child poverty decreasing by 450,000 by 2029-30 as a result.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/t...
📉 Estimates show child poverty decreasing by 450,000 by 2029-30 as a result.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/t...
Two-child benefit cap scrapped by Chancellor Rachel Reeves
metro.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit is a vital step towards achieving the Government's manifesto pledge to reduce child poverty and give more children the best start in life.
📉 Estimates show child poverty decreasing by 450,000 by 2029-30 as a result.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/t...
📉 Estimates show child poverty decreasing by 450,000 by 2029-30 as a result.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/t...
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💰Budget 2026 💰
The Government has announced that the two-child benefit cap will be abolished – a welcome move which will have a major impact on tackling poverty.
But more could have been done on education more broadly in this Budget.
Read our full analysis ⤵️🧵 @nickharrison73.bsky.social
The Government has announced that the two-child benefit cap will be abolished – a welcome move which will have a major impact on tackling poverty.
But more could have been done on education more broadly in this Budget.
Read our full analysis ⤵️🧵 @nickharrison73.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
💰Budget 2026 💰
The Government has announced that the two-child benefit cap will be abolished – a welcome move which will have a major impact on tackling poverty.
But more could have been done on education more broadly in this Budget.
Read our full analysis ⤵️🧵 @nickharrison73.bsky.social
The Government has announced that the two-child benefit cap will be abolished – a welcome move which will have a major impact on tackling poverty.
But more could have been done on education more broadly in this Budget.
Read our full analysis ⤵️🧵 @nickharrison73.bsky.social
Baby is really into books as objects. How twee.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Baby is really into books as objects. How twee.
Big challenge for all of us working in education
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Big challenge for all of us working in education
Oh my fucking god
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oh my fucking god
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
Not in attendance, but very pleased to be nominated for Report of the Year at tonight's @smartthinking.bsky.social #SmartThinkingAwards for our Opportunity Index report, with @beckymontacute.bsky.social and @ericaholtwhite.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Not in attendance, but very pleased to be nominated for Report of the Year at tonight's @smartthinking.bsky.social #SmartThinkingAwards for our Opportunity Index report, with @beckymontacute.bsky.social and @ericaholtwhite.bsky.social
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Last Friday, new English Indices of Deprivation were released for the first time since 2019, measuring relative deprivation in 33,755 areas of England across multiple domains. How do these geographic disparities relate to voting patterns in the UK’s last General Election? A short thread 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Last Friday, new English Indices of Deprivation were released for the first time since 2019, measuring relative deprivation in 33,755 areas of England across multiple domains. How do these geographic disparities relate to voting patterns in the UK’s last General Election? A short thread 🧵
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Britain's wealth gaps means that a typical worker would need to save more than a lifetime’s worth of their earnings to become wealthy
It would now take 52 years of typical earnings – £1.3 million in total – to move from the middle to the top of the wealth distribution.
➡️ buff.ly/Ya8kInK
It would now take 52 years of typical earnings – £1.3 million in total – to move from the middle to the top of the wealth distribution.
➡️ buff.ly/Ya8kInK
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Britain's wealth gaps means that a typical worker would need to save more than a lifetime’s worth of their earnings to become wealthy
It would now take 52 years of typical earnings – £1.3 million in total – to move from the middle to the top of the wealth distribution.
➡️ buff.ly/Ya8kInK
It would now take 52 years of typical earnings – £1.3 million in total – to move from the middle to the top of the wealth distribution.
➡️ buff.ly/Ya8kInK
This is a very useful guide for my parental leave over the next few months
There's a whole other world out there: www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
Private Tutor - London, England, Oxfordshire - Tes Jobs
Tutors International, United Kingdom
www.tes.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is a very useful guide for my parental leave over the next few months
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A handy summary via @tesmagazine.bsky.social of what we say about improving inclusion in today's @ippr.org report: www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Statutory SEND support should not need diagnosis, say experts
Taskforce urges the government to create a new layer of statutory SEND support in mainstream schools - but to keep existing EHCPs temporarily
www.tes.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A handy summary via @tesmagazine.bsky.social of what we say about improving inclusion in today's @ippr.org report: www.tes.com/magazine/new...