Duncan Exley
@duncanexley.bsky.social
Not-for-profits struggle to recruit & get the most out of people from non-middle class backgrounds. I can help: Analysis-&-recommendation &/or training.
“The wave of redundancies & budget cuts across the charity sector are already disproportionately impacting black & brown staff... concentrated in lower pay grades with less ability to influence decision-making” ( #CharitySoWhite )
Charity leaders urged to reflect on systemic biases when navigating redundancies
Charity leaders urged to reflect on systemic biases when navigating redundancies
Safe spaces should be created for staff to raise concerns about systemic oppression, #CharitySoWhite says
www.thirdsector.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“The wave of redundancies & budget cuts across the charity sector are already disproportionately impacting black & brown staff... concentrated in lower pay grades with less ability to influence decision-making” ( #CharitySoWhite )
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If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
Read 'No half measures' 👉 buff.ly/04eBps0
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We are recruiting a few different new roles @Moreincommon_ UK, if you're interested in any of them and think you'd enjoy our work do take a look. www.moreincommon.org.uk/about-us/jobs/
Current Opportunities
Check here for current job opportunities.
www.moreincommon.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are recruiting a few different new roles @Moreincommon_ UK, if you're interested in any of them and think you'd enjoy our work do take a look. www.moreincommon.org.uk/about-us/jobs/
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CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: Alzheimer's Society is looking for a Campaigns and Mobilisation Officer (£31,018 - £34,464) to deliver campaigns locally and nationally. Closing date 11 Nov 2025.
https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
Head of /Director of Campaigns and Media | Wildlife and Countryside Link | CharityJob
Apply now for Head of /Director of Campaigns and Media. , £40,000 - £50,000 per year (dependent on experience), find a career with meaning today
www.charityjob.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: Alzheimer's Society is looking for a Campaigns and Mobilisation Officer (£31,018 - £34,464) to deliver campaigns locally and nationally. Closing date 11 Nov 2025.
https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
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CALLING ALL COMMS PROFESSIONALS
We're #hiring a Media and Communications Manager to lead on our external media and digital outputs
💵 £52,115
⌛️Deadline: 9am Tuesday 25 Nov
👔 Interviews: 9 Dec
🏢 Hybrid (2 days a week in our Westminster office)
Apply now ⤵️
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/work-with-us/
We're #hiring a Media and Communications Manager to lead on our external media and digital outputs
💵 £52,115
⌛️Deadline: 9am Tuesday 25 Nov
👔 Interviews: 9 Dec
🏢 Hybrid (2 days a week in our Westminster office)
Apply now ⤵️
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/work-with-us/
Work with us - Liberty
Come and join our team
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
CALLING ALL COMMS PROFESSIONALS
We're #hiring a Media and Communications Manager to lead on our external media and digital outputs
💵 £52,115
⌛️Deadline: 9am Tuesday 25 Nov
👔 Interviews: 9 Dec
🏢 Hybrid (2 days a week in our Westminster office)
Apply now ⤵️
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/work-with-us/
We're #hiring a Media and Communications Manager to lead on our external media and digital outputs
💵 £52,115
⌛️Deadline: 9am Tuesday 25 Nov
👔 Interviews: 9 Dec
🏢 Hybrid (2 days a week in our Westminster office)
Apply now ⤵️
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/work-with-us/
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🚨 Wide gaps in waiting times for a SEND diagnosis by socio-economic background 🚨
Our new research shows that middle-class parents have shorter waiting times for formal SEND diagnoses than working-class parents.
More from our work on the SEND system 👇
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
Our new research shows that middle-class parents have shorter waiting times for formal SEND diagnoses than working-class parents.
More from our work on the SEND system 👇
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🚨 Wide gaps in waiting times for a SEND diagnosis by socio-economic background 🚨
Our new research shows that middle-class parents have shorter waiting times for formal SEND diagnoses than working-class parents.
More from our work on the SEND system 👇
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
Our new research shows that middle-class parents have shorter waiting times for formal SEND diagnoses than working-class parents.
More from our work on the SEND system 👇
www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
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CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: We Own It looking for Communications and Campaign Support (£32,690 pro-rata) by Sun 9 November 2025.
Apply here: https://weownit.org.uk/about-us/vacancies
Submit your job opening to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
Apply here: https://weownit.org.uk/about-us/vacancies
Submit your job opening to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
Work with us
weownit.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: We Own It looking for Communications and Campaign Support (£32,690 pro-rata) by Sun 9 November 2025.
Apply here: https://weownit.org.uk/about-us/vacancies
Submit your job opening to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
Apply here: https://weownit.org.uk/about-us/vacancies
Submit your job opening to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/
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📉 Calling all chart enthusiasts! 📢 The Resolution Foundation is hiring 👀
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📉 Calling all chart enthusiasts! 📢 The Resolution Foundation is hiring 👀
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
"Work for a charity / nonprofit & interested in recruiting from a wider talent pool? (We want to know if a proposed charity sector apprenticeship initiative would work for organisations like yours). Would someone be willing to have a confidential chat?"
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan... #Charities
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan... #Charities
#charities | Duncan Exley
Work for a charity / non-profit & interested in opening up recruitment to a wider, more representative talent pool? (We’re not trying to sell anything; we want to know if a proposed charity sector app...
www.linkedin.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"Work for a charity / nonprofit & interested in recruiting from a wider talent pool? (We want to know if a proposed charity sector apprenticeship initiative would work for organisations like yours). Would someone be willing to have a confidential chat?"
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan... #Charities
www.linkedin.com/posts/duncan... #Charities
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📣 New vacancy:
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
📣 New vacancy:
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
The post-holder will help establish the new research programme on the Economics of Environmental Inequality.
They will conduct research on how climate change and policy interact with and reinforce existing social and economic disparities.
Apply by 13 November ⬇️
buff.ly/zs3T0hj
At the last count, 75% of #Labour members were ‘ABC1’ (vs 57% of the public).
Calls for ‘party democracy’ are, in effect, calls for middle-class control.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
Calls for ‘party democracy’ are, in effect, calls for middle-class control.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
At the last count, 75% of #Labour members were ‘ABC1’ (vs 57% of the public).
Calls for ‘party democracy’ are, in effect, calls for middle-class control.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
Calls for ‘party democracy’ are, in effect, calls for middle-class control.
@lucympowell.bsky.social
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🚨 WE'RE HIRING! Come and join the UK's most influential think tank. We are recruiting for:
- Chief of Staff and Senior Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North
Find out more here 👇
www.ippr.org/jobs
- Chief of Staff and Senior Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North
Find out more here 👇
www.ippr.org/jobs
Jobs | IPPR
IPPR's reputation as the leading progressive think tank in the UK is built on the expertise and experience of our people. We value the creativity and range
www.ippr.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🚨 WE'RE HIRING! Come and join the UK's most influential think tank. We are recruiting for:
- Chief of Staff and Senior Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North
Find out more here 👇
www.ippr.org/jobs
- Chief of Staff and Senior Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North
Find out more here 👇
www.ippr.org/jobs
"people are feeling angry & distrustful of mainstream political institutions...there’s an opportunity for [ #charities & nonprofits] to be able to channel civic voice in more authentic, meaningful, participatory [...] ways (@dhnnjyn.bsky.social of @neweconomics.bsky.social)
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Charities must not allow themselves to be “neglected bystanders while others make a mess of society”, the chief of the New Economics Foundation has warned
Charities must not be ‘neglected bystanders’ while others ‘make a mess’ of society, think tank chief warns
The voluntary sector must ‘back itself’ and fix more things at scale, says Danny Sriskandarajah
www.thirdsector.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"people are feeling angry & distrustful of mainstream political institutions...there’s an opportunity for [ #charities & nonprofits] to be able to channel civic voice in more authentic, meaningful, participatory [...] ways (@dhnnjyn.bsky.social of @neweconomics.bsky.social)
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We're hiring!💥
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North | IPPR
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.
www.ippr.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We're hiring!💥
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
“teacher evaluations [have a] systematic bias favoring higher income & female students”, with consequences for who gets into which university.
#WideningParticipation #DEI #SocialMobility
#WideningParticipation #DEI #SocialMobility
📖 New Working Paper
"Measuring systematic gaps in teacher judgement: A new approach"
😷 We use the Covid-19 induced cancellation of exams, where teachers assigned student grades & rankings within grade
econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
@opmc1.bsky.social @gillwyness.bsky.social Rich Murphy
"Measuring systematic gaps in teacher judgement: A new approach"
😷 We use the Covid-19 induced cancellation of exams, where teachers assigned student grades & rankings within grade
econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
@opmc1.bsky.social @gillwyness.bsky.social Rich Murphy
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“teacher evaluations [have a] systematic bias favoring higher income & female students”, with consequences for who gets into which university.
#WideningParticipation #DEI #SocialMobility
#WideningParticipation #DEI #SocialMobility
Despite talk of widening participation in higher education of people from lower-income backgrounds, maintenance loans typically don’t cover living costs & students are - by design - often excluded from hardship funds available to non-students 👇
NEW on Wonkhe: The othering of students is getting worse bit.ly/3KAOL1b
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Despite talk of widening participation in higher education of people from lower-income backgrounds, maintenance loans typically don’t cover living costs & students are - by design - often excluded from hardship funds available to non-students 👇
“when confronted with the actual data, far right voters alter their views about redistribution the most... to become much more supportive of redistribution"
“In the case of the US, CEOs of publicly listed companies earn 269 times more than the average full-time worker. People thought CEOs only earned 18 times as much, and they would prefer it to be just 5 times”
– Christopher Hoy in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
– Christopher Hoy in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
The wage gap and far-right support for redistribution
New study on beliefs and preferences about the wage gap (CEOs vs average worker). When the true gap is revealed, far right voters change their policy views most.
buff.ly
October 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“when confronted with the actual data, far right voters alter their views about redistribution the most... to become much more supportive of redistribution"
“When students stumble, the architecture designed to retrieve them from failure taxes disadvantage”, leaving students “ineligible for maintenance funding…no support for rent, bills, or food for months”
A particular risk for those “caring for a parent, working nights, or suffering mental ill-health”
A particular risk for those “caring for a parent, working nights, or suffering mental ill-health”
October 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“When students stumble, the architecture designed to retrieve them from failure taxes disadvantage”, leaving students “ineligible for maintenance funding…no support for rent, bills, or food for months”
A particular risk for those “caring for a parent, working nights, or suffering mental ill-health”
A particular risk for those “caring for a parent, working nights, or suffering mental ill-health”
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We don't see any reason why landlords and lawyers shouldn't pay the same tax rate as their tenants and clients.
October 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We don't see any reason why landlords and lawyers shouldn't pay the same tax rate as their tenants and clients.
October 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Want to up your digital campaigning game? Sign up for the 16th Oct workshop, facilitated by More Onion's Jess Day. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/digital-campaigning/
#campaigntraining
#campaigntraining
October 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Want to up your digital campaigning game? Sign up for the 16th Oct workshop, facilitated by More Onion's Jess Day. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/digital-campaigning/
#campaigntraining
#campaigntraining
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The deadline to submit evidence to inform what action the Government should take to put an end to unpaid internships is this Thursday ⤵️
🚨 Call for evidence on banning unpaid internships 🚨
Today, the Department for Business and Trade has announced a new call for evidence to inform what action the Government should take to put an end to unpaid internships!
This a very positive announcement ⤵️
Today, the Department for Business and Trade has announced a new call for evidence to inform what action the Government should take to put an end to unpaid internships!
This a very positive announcement ⤵️
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The deadline to submit evidence to inform what action the Government should take to put an end to unpaid internships is this Thursday ⤵️
