Juliette Wilson-Thomas
@juliettephd.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in education and childhood studies. Qualitative Sociological researcher of Inequalities. All views my own.
Ireland rolling out a basic income for artists, woo! UBI UBI UBI
October 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Ireland rolling out a basic income for artists, woo! UBI UBI UBI
The highlight of the last two weeks has been being with students again; hearing their stories about what brought them to uni, and exploring their goals and passions. (Lowlight, all the administration around teaching and uni bureaucracy)
October 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The highlight of the last two weeks has been being with students again; hearing their stories about what brought them to uni, and exploring their goals and passions. (Lowlight, all the administration around teaching and uni bureaucracy)
'Putting the ‘ass’ into ‘astronaut!’”
The Pop Idol said to the Activists,' Read the latest issue of @thesociologicalreview.org magazine considering the 'Ladies Astral Luncheon' thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep... by Jennifer Takhar
The Pop Idol said to the Activists,' Read the latest issue of @thesociologicalreview.org magazine considering the 'Ladies Astral Luncheon' thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep... by Jennifer Takhar
Space commodity: How the Blue Origin flight left feminism floating in a most peculiar way
The neoliberal feminism of the elite Blue Origin space mission by celebrity women. Satirical poem from consumer culture researcher Jennifer Takhar.
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September 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
'Putting the ‘ass’ into ‘astronaut!’”
The Pop Idol said to the Activists,' Read the latest issue of @thesociologicalreview.org magazine considering the 'Ladies Astral Luncheon' thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep... by Jennifer Takhar
The Pop Idol said to the Activists,' Read the latest issue of @thesociologicalreview.org magazine considering the 'Ladies Astral Luncheon' thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/sep... by Jennifer Takhar
Reposted by Juliette Wilson-Thomas
CONTRIBUTE: The Sociological Review’s #openaccess digital magazine is inviting early career scholars to submit pitches for our #ResearchInsights series.
Editors Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social are seeking proposals for our December issue. Pitch deadline is 5 September.
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Editors Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social are seeking proposals for our December issue. Pitch deadline is 5 September.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
CONTRIBUTE: The Sociological Review’s #openaccess digital magazine is inviting early career scholars to submit pitches for our #ResearchInsights series.
Editors Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social are seeking proposals for our December issue. Pitch deadline is 5 September.
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Editors Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social are seeking proposals for our December issue. Pitch deadline is 5 September.
🔎 buff.ly/Q5KZlcJ
At the end of my PhD I came to the conclusion that universal basic income was a better way to start to address Inequalities than much else. Trials seem to confirm this www.vice.com/en/article/a...
Austin Gave Poor Families a Basic Income. It Changed Their Lives.
For one year, low-income families in Austin, Texas, received $1,000 a month to do whatever they wanted; they spent it on rent and “substantially" improved their situations.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
At the end of my PhD I came to the conclusion that universal basic income was a better way to start to address Inequalities than much else. Trials seem to confirm this www.vice.com/en/article/a...
In the wake of my local MP resigning, I'm reading Iris Pissaride's poignantly observed story about Turkish occupied Cyprus thesociologicalreview.org/authors/iris...
Iris Pissaride
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August 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
In the wake of my local MP resigning, I'm reading Iris Pissaride's poignantly observed story about Turkish occupied Cyprus thesociologicalreview.org/authors/iris...
Reposted by Juliette Wilson-Thomas
@juliettephd.bsky.social
Great to see our SEDA blog out today - Reflecting on Facilitating Student Voice in Creative Critical Assessment
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Great to see our SEDA blog out today - Reflecting on Facilitating Student Voice in Creative Critical Assessment
@SEDA
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The SEDA Blog
Supporting and leading educational change
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July 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Great to see our SEDA blog out today - Reflecting on Facilitating Student Voice in Creative Critical Assessment
@SEDA
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Great to see our SEDA blog out today - Reflecting on Facilitating Student Voice in Creative Critical Assessment
@SEDA
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025... shocking, and it's coming for nurseries too.
Nearly a quarter of foster places in England provided by private equity-backed firms
Experts raise alarm over ‘commodification’ of vulnerable children as independent fostering agencies make millions in profit
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... shocking, and it's coming for nurseries too.
Reposted by Juliette Wilson-Thomas
“How can we as academics endure? How can we nurture a sociological life in increasingly hostile environments? It’s essential that we have the means to theorise & evidence better ways of understanding one another.”
Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce our new issue buff.ly/y8o76RY
Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce our new issue buff.ly/y8o76RY
July 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“How can we as academics endure? How can we nurture a sociological life in increasingly hostile environments? It’s essential that we have the means to theorise & evidence better ways of understanding one another.”
Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce our new issue buff.ly/y8o76RY
Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce our new issue buff.ly/y8o76RY
My response to the spending review for the Early Childhood Studies Degree network www.ecsdn.org/news-events-...
News, events and opportunities | ECSDN
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June 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
My response to the spending review for the Early Childhood Studies Degree network www.ecsdn.org/news-events-...
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From skiing in melting Alpine snow and the sociology behind far-right plotlines in Hollyoaks, to the end of the world and beyond: editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce a wide-ranging June issue of The Sociological Review magazine.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
From skiing in melting Alpine snow and the sociology behind far-right plotlines in Hollyoaks, to the end of the world and beyond: editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social introduce a wide-ranging June issue of The Sociological Review magazine.
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Really proud and happy to share our latest issue of The Sociological Review Magazine. In this issue we explore neoliberal universities, workers unions, apocalyptic futures and climate change, and I interview Jayshree Patel in bringing sociology to TV soaps thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun...
June 2025
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June 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Really proud and happy to share our latest issue of The Sociological Review Magazine. In this issue we explore neoliberal universities, workers unions, apocalyptic futures and climate change, and I interview Jayshree Patel in bringing sociology to TV soaps thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun...
Reposted by Juliette Wilson-Thomas
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may... Good news, but a horrific injustice that needs to be investigated
‘I need to get out there’: wrongfully identified in drill music video and jailed, he now wants to study law
Ade Adedeji, 21, from Manchester, served three years for a crime he did not commit before his conviction was quashed
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may... Good news, but a horrific injustice that needs to be investigated
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WRITE FOR US!
Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.
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Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.
🔎 Find out more about our regular magazine features, including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues.
buff.ly/H1sJ25K
May 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
WRITE FOR US!
Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.
🔎 Find out more about our regular magazine features, including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues.
buff.ly/H1sJ25K
Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.
🔎 Find out more about our regular magazine features, including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues.
buff.ly/H1sJ25K
Reposted by Juliette Wilson-Thomas
CONTRIBUTE!
Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.
Find out more about regular features including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues.
thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...
Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.
Find out more about regular features including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues.
thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...
a cartoon drawing of a purple kidney using a laptop with the words tappity written on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a purple kidney using a laptop with the words tappity written on the bottom
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April 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
CONTRIBUTE!
Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.
Find out more about regular features including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues.
thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...
Editors Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social are accepting pitches until 9 May for The Sociological Review magazine’s September issue.
Find out more about regular features including Sociology at Work and Private Troubles, Public Issues.
thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... shocking but predictable that safety issues are on the rise when EY policy focuses on costs and spaces rather than care and education
The Guardian view on early years education: new nurseries must be the start of something bigger | Editorial
Editorial: Raising standards, including safety, should be at the heart of Labour’s plans for preschool
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April 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... shocking but predictable that safety issues are on the rise when EY policy focuses on costs and spaces rather than care and education
Really happy to see some funding going into researching early years policy in the UK. Will look forward to the results
early-education.org.uk/early-years-....
early-education.org.uk/early-years-....
Press release: New study of early years workforce policy will share lessons from the four UK nations - Early Education
A new study of workforce across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has been launched by Early Education
early-education.org.uk
April 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Really happy to see some funding going into researching early years policy in the UK. Will look forward to the results
early-education.org.uk/early-years-....
early-education.org.uk/early-years-....
