Dr Craig Johnston
@drcejohnston.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, ex-pro. Footballer, 25 years working with marginalised youth; co-founder: @AWCAcademics researching: #Alternativeprovision #exclusion #youth #class #disability Views are my own
Pinned
In 2018, I could find little literature on how being #workingclass might influence learning and engagement in HE. So I wrote 👇. This was inspired by watching the way working class nurses used humour (or inclusive forms of banter) to engage my dad at the bedside of my dying mum.
🚨🚨🚨 Edited Book on #AlternativeProvision - Call for 300 word abstracts for chapter contributions - Details here: lnkd.in/eVwrJJ4q Deadline November 17th 2025. Reposts welcomed 🙏 🚨🚨🚨
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Edited Book on #AlternativeProvision - Call for 300 word abstracts for chapter contributions - Details here: lnkd.in/eVwrJJ4q Deadline November 17th 2025. Reposts welcomed 🙏 🚨🚨🚨
My father was raised in care (@Quarriers) until working age. I finally had a chance to look at what little notes there are of his 14 years there. Vivid insights into family life, poverty and the (lack of) standards of housing in a small industrial town, which led to the referral.
August 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My father was raised in care (@Quarriers) until working age. I finally had a chance to look at what little notes there are of his 14 years there. Vivid insights into family life, poverty and the (lack of) standards of housing in a small industrial town, which led to the referral.
🚨🚨🚨 New Publication!!! 🚨🚨🚨 Joining the dots: part 2. #SEND and #alternativeprovision: creating a second schooling system.
Always enlightening to work with Prof Sally Tomlinson, especially around the history of SEND. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/forum/vol-67...
Always enlightening to work with Prof Sally Tomlinson, especially around the history of SEND. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/forum/vol-67...
July 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨🚨🚨 New Publication!!! 🚨🚨🚨 Joining the dots: part 2. #SEND and #alternativeprovision: creating a second schooling system.
Always enlightening to work with Prof Sally Tomlinson, especially around the history of SEND. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/forum/vol-67...
Always enlightening to work with Prof Sally Tomlinson, especially around the history of SEND. journals.lwbooks.co.uk/forum/vol-67...
15 years ago, I gained a #phd. Many years after being told to leave school as "you're not going to pass anything". A #workingclass kid fae the tenements.
July 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
15 years ago, I gained a #phd. Many years after being told to leave school as "you're not going to pass anything". A #workingclass kid fae the tenements.
A night at the House of Commons celebrating the launch of Boys' Impact with the excellent Dr Alex Blower and colleagues.
July 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A night at the House of Commons celebrating the launch of Boys' Impact with the excellent Dr Alex Blower and colleagues.
Reposted by Dr Craig Johnston
On SNJ Today: Why the current education system perpetuates a two-tier educational "subsystem", using alternative provision to remove children who can't thrive in mainstream, by Academic, @drcejohnston.bsky.social www.specialneedsjungle.com/a...
July 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
On SNJ Today: Why the current education system perpetuates a two-tier educational "subsystem", using alternative provision to remove children who can't thrive in mainstream, by Academic, @drcejohnston.bsky.social www.specialneedsjungle.com/a...
Good to be back in the toon
June 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Good to be back in the toon
it was great to convene the first (working) Class staff/student event yesterday @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social One line that stuck out for me was "I am the first person from my #workingclass family to go to University and I worry I might also be the last".
May 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
it was great to convene the first (working) Class staff/student event yesterday @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social One line that stuck out for me was "I am the first person from my #workingclass family to go to University and I worry I might also be the last".
*FREE EVENT* for Bristol and South West #alternativeprovision / #PRU's and those working with/researching youth at risk of #schoolexclusion and crime. Discuss the PRU to Prison Pipeline, and hear from a range of #AP providers Wed June 4th in the Watershed. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1345442788...
PRU/AP to Prison Pipeline
Looking beyond the tropes to better support children and young people
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
*FREE EVENT* for Bristol and South West #alternativeprovision / #PRU's and those working with/researching youth at risk of #schoolexclusion and crime. Discuss the PRU to Prison Pipeline, and hear from a range of #AP providers Wed June 4th in the Watershed. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1345442788...
A little food for thought around student voice:
theconversation.com/what-exclude...
theconversation.com/what-exclude...
What excluded children think about their education in alternative provision – and why it matters
Young people in alternative provision question their education but want challenge.
theconversation.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A little food for thought around student voice:
theconversation.com/what-exclude...
theconversation.com/what-exclude...
Morning Birmingham
April 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Morning Birmingham
Proud to be shortlisted for the Outstanding Teaching Award at the University of the West of England, in amongst some brilliant and dedicated colleagues. @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Proud to be shortlisted for the Outstanding Teaching Award at the University of the West of England, in amongst some brilliant and dedicated colleagues. @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
Editing the second part of Joining the Dots, written with Prof. Sally Tomlinson - this one is due out in the summer. #alternativeprovision #SEND
March 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Editing the second part of Joining the Dots, written with Prof. Sally Tomlinson - this one is due out in the summer. #alternativeprovision #SEND
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all (working-class) women.
March 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all (working-class) women.
Lot's going on this week for me around #alternativeprovision, which has long been - and likely to long be - a contested space. Just finished the 2nd part of Joining the Dots (#SEND /#AP) with Prof. Sally Tomlinson, meetings with various stakeholders and a webinar by @apresearchnetwork.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lot's going on this week for me around #alternativeprovision, which has long been - and likely to long be - a contested space. Just finished the 2nd part of Joining the Dots (#SEND /#AP) with Prof. Sally Tomlinson, meetings with various stakeholders and a webinar by @apresearchnetwork.bsky.social
I am spending this evening examining the paperwork that gives some insight into why my father was made an orphan. Enlightening and quite shocking in equal measure.
March 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I am spending this evening examining the paperwork that gives some insight into why my father was made an orphan. Enlightening and quite shocking in equal measure.
It has been 6 years since the #disabled bad boys in #alternativeprovision paper was accepted for publication. Since then, AP has become a growing research area with these young people's voices as relevant today as they were then. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It has been 6 years since the #disabled bad boys in #alternativeprovision paper was accepted for publication. Since then, AP has become a growing research area with these young people's voices as relevant today as they were then. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
For those undertaking sociological based research. #Highereducation #research #methodology *source unknown
February 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
For those undertaking sociological based research. #Highereducation #research #methodology *source unknown
After the positive reaction of the last article, it is a pleasure to work with Prof Sally Tomlinson again on Part 2 - (pt.1) uwe-repository.worktribe.com/index.php/ou...
#SEND #disability #alternativeprovision
#SEND #disability #alternativeprovision
February 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After the positive reaction of the last article, it is a pleasure to work with Prof Sally Tomlinson again on Part 2 - (pt.1) uwe-repository.worktribe.com/index.php/ou...
#SEND #disability #alternativeprovision
#SEND #disability #alternativeprovision
Honoured to be invited to join (with esteemed colleagues across the UK) an expert academic panel on how Ofsted can conceptualise ‘vulnerability’ (#inclusion) in its work within the education and social care sectors. #children #schools
www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/new...
www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/new...
How can Ofsted conceptualise ‘vulnerability’ in its work within the education and social care sectors? New dates added | Research in PracticeFacebook_SimpleTwitter_SimpleLinkedInMailLinkedInShare_Outl...
We want to hear from professionals at all levels to learn how providers are meeting the needs of vulnerable children, learners and young people.
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February 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Honoured to be invited to join (with esteemed colleagues across the UK) an expert academic panel on how Ofsted can conceptualise ‘vulnerability’ (#inclusion) in its work within the education and social care sectors. #children #schools
www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/new...
www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/new...
Coming to the end of a project evaluating the work of US office for #violenceprevention organisations. The last meeting was this evening with the Department of Violence Prevention in Oakland. Great to hear how they apply a public health approach to violence prevention.
February 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Coming to the end of a project evaluating the work of US office for #violenceprevention organisations. The last meeting was this evening with the Department of Violence Prevention in Oakland. Great to hear how they apply a public health approach to violence prevention.
8 years ago, I left children's safeguarding and a 25-year career working with some of the most vulnerable children imaginable. I always find it interesting how those experiences often have little value in academia.
December 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM
8 years ago, I left children's safeguarding and a 25-year career working with some of the most vulnerable children imaginable. I always find it interesting how those experiences often have little value in academia.
Great to see this book, with our chapter - Made for a Trade - heading to the printers. #workingclass #masculinity #highereducation #belonging
December 4, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Great to see this book, with our chapter - Made for a Trade - heading to the printers. #workingclass #masculinity #highereducation #belonging
Reposted by Dr Craig Johnston
We are proud to announce that th team's latest publication (free to read below)was REF rated 3* or of a quality that is INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT. #alternativeprovision #schoolexclusion #SEND
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How is theory used to understand and inform practice in the alternative provision sector in England: trends, gaps and implications for practice
This article examines how theory features in the research literatures concerning the English alternative (education) provision (AP) sector. Despite increasing interest over the past decade in how A...
www.tandfonline.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:27 PM
We are proud to announce that th team's latest publication (free to read below)was REF rated 3* or of a quality that is INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT. #alternativeprovision #schoolexclusion #SEND
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....