Mel Green
@melalygreen.bsky.social
Black matricentric intersectional feminist | Lecturer in Education Studies @OpenUniversity | Member of @radicalmothering | Co-author of Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK
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Mel Green
@melalygreen.bsky.social
· Jun 19
🌟 Exciting news! My book "Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK" (co-authored with Dr Claire Malcolm) is coming out on 8th July! With a foreword by Professor Jason Arday! Available for pre-order now!
#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
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#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
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If you’re a parent of a young person with #SEND aged 16-19 and in receipt of home to school transport, please take a moment to fill in this short survey.
Contact particularly wish to hear from families who have been refused transport. Thank you.
contact.org.uk/about-contac...
Contact particularly wish to hear from families who have been refused transport. Thank you.
contact.org.uk/about-contac...
16-19 transport – does it work for you?
We’re running a survey to find out how your young person’s transport is working right now. It will take a few minutes to complete.
contact.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If you’re a parent of a young person with #SEND aged 16-19 and in receipt of home to school transport, please take a moment to fill in this short survey.
Contact particularly wish to hear from families who have been refused transport. Thank you.
contact.org.uk/about-contac...
Contact particularly wish to hear from families who have been refused transport. Thank you.
contact.org.uk/about-contac...
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Neoliberal austerity in universities has definitely made us way more vulnerable to attacks.
October 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Neoliberal austerity in universities has definitely made us way more vulnerable to attacks.
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Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
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A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
February 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
Last Friday, we lost our dear friend, @sareetadomingo.bsky.social. I wrote about the immense loss I feel in the following post: www.linkedin.com/posts/mel-gr.... I am still reeling and thinking deeply about her and her family. She was a beautiful soul and wonderful friend.
This may not be an appropriate LinkedIn post. It's not about my success or an achievement. Instead it's about loss.
On Friday, I found out that my good friend, @sareetadomingo passed away. S...
This may not be an appropriate LinkedIn post. It's not about my success or an achievement. Instead it's about loss.
On Friday, I found out that my good friend, @sareetadomingo passed away. She was a...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Last Friday, we lost our dear friend, @sareetadomingo.bsky.social. I wrote about the immense loss I feel in the following post: www.linkedin.com/posts/mel-gr.... I am still reeling and thinking deeply about her and her family. She was a beautiful soul and wonderful friend.
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
How is GenAI changing student assessment? Join Open University's @welspraxis.bsky.social ARIA hub for a discussion with Prof Kathleen Quinlan & Dr Dave Thomas on Culturally Sensitive Assessments in the Age of GenAI
Tues 30th September at 1-2:15pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/culturally...
Tues 30th September at 1-2:15pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/culturally...
Culturally Sensitive Assessments in an Age of GenAI
Join us for an interactive session from the editors of 'Culturally Sensitive Curricula Scales', presented by the OU Praxis ARIA Hub.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
How is GenAI changing student assessment? Join Open University's @welspraxis.bsky.social ARIA hub for a discussion with Prof Kathleen Quinlan & Dr Dave Thomas on Culturally Sensitive Assessments in the Age of GenAI
Tues 30th September at 1-2:15pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/culturally...
Tues 30th September at 1-2:15pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/culturally...
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I know genocide supporting ghouls lack empathy so I want them to imagine this was their neighbourhood. Islington maybe. The house you own - gone. Your neighbours - dead. The businesses where you met friends for coffee or brought food - destroyed
July 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I know genocide supporting ghouls lack empathy so I want them to imagine this was their neighbourhood. Islington maybe. The house you own - gone. Your neighbours - dead. The businesses where you met friends for coffee or brought food - destroyed
✨Save the Date: Saturday 13th September 2025✨
Our first book launch for "Mothering at the Margins" with the incredible Marsha Martin of Black SEN Mamas!
Families welcome in all their stimming glory! 💙
Panel, workshop & book signing.
Email me for updates on venue and time: mel.green@open.ac.uk
Our first book launch for "Mothering at the Margins" with the incredible Marsha Martin of Black SEN Mamas!
Families welcome in all their stimming glory! 💙
Panel, workshop & book signing.
Email me for updates on venue and time: mel.green@open.ac.uk
July 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
✨Save the Date: Saturday 13th September 2025✨
Our first book launch for "Mothering at the Margins" with the incredible Marsha Martin of Black SEN Mamas!
Families welcome in all their stimming glory! 💙
Panel, workshop & book signing.
Email me for updates on venue and time: mel.green@open.ac.uk
Our first book launch for "Mothering at the Margins" with the incredible Marsha Martin of Black SEN Mamas!
Families welcome in all their stimming glory! 💙
Panel, workshop & book signing.
Email me for updates on venue and time: mel.green@open.ac.uk
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Check out my latest article, which explores how vocal accent, a seemingly auditory construct, reinforces the problematic idea that race is simply something we see.
It is open access, so there is no excuse not to read it:
doi.org/10.1111/ijal...
It is open access, so there is no excuse not to read it:
doi.org/10.1111/ijal...
July 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Check out my latest article, which explores how vocal accent, a seemingly auditory construct, reinforces the problematic idea that race is simply something we see.
It is open access, so there is no excuse not to read it:
doi.org/10.1111/ijal...
It is open access, so there is no excuse not to read it:
doi.org/10.1111/ijal...
@supernovaparenting.org Hello lovely, long time no speak! Here's the results of the participant recruitment advert I shared with you over a year ago! livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
Discount code is MMCM30 to get 30% off and is valid until October 15th
Discount code is MMCM30 to get 30% off and is valid until October 15th
Mothering at the Margins
How can an interdisciplinary investigation into the lives of Black mothers raising autistic children in the UK encourage us to scrutinise systemic barriers and advocate for change? Drawing from person...
livedplacespublishing.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
@supernovaparenting.org Hello lovely, long time no speak! Here's the results of the participant recruitment advert I shared with you over a year ago! livedplacespublishing.com/book/isbn/97...
Discount code is MMCM30 to get 30% off and is valid until October 15th
Discount code is MMCM30 to get 30% off and is valid until October 15th
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Parents/carers/educators 👋 While our children still have a legal right to education & health care that meets needs, SEND charity IPSEA has excellent guidance on securing an effective EHCP/challenging a poor one. The template letters are super helpful 🙏 www.ipsea.org.uk/Pages/Catego...
July 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Parents/carers/educators 👋 While our children still have a legal right to education & health care that meets needs, SEND charity IPSEA has excellent guidance on securing an effective EHCP/challenging a poor one. The template letters are super helpful 🙏 www.ipsea.org.uk/Pages/Catego...
Another thing to keep the parents of special needs children awake at night. Like we needed more...
After disability benefits, is Labour really about to target the educational rights of special needs children? | John Harris
After disability benefits, is Labour really about to target the educational rights of special needs children? | John Harris
Noise has been building about restricting help for kids who badly need it. As a special needs parent, I can tell you: it’s terrifying, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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July 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Another thing to keep the parents of special needs children awake at night. Like we needed more...
This looks incredible!
🌍 Dive into Tao Leigh Goffe’s *Dark Laboratory*—a visionary exploration linking colonialism’s legacy to today’s climate crisis. Unpacking Caribbean histories of extraction & racism. #DarkLaboratory #ClimateJustice #DecolonizeThePlanet #CaribbeanEcologies #ClimateActionNow 🌱
July 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This looks incredible!
🌟 Exciting news! My book "Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK" (co-authored with Dr Claire Malcolm) is coming out on 8th July! With a foreword by Professor Jason Arday! Available for pre-order now!
#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
amzn.eu/d/djSyVzs
#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
amzn.eu/d/djSyVzs
June 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🌟 Exciting news! My book "Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK" (co-authored with Dr Claire Malcolm) is coming out on 8th July! With a foreword by Professor Jason Arday! Available for pre-order now!
#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
amzn.eu/d/djSyVzs
#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
amzn.eu/d/djSyVzs
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Thank you for inviting me to chat with you in June's PRAXIS podcast, @melalygreen.bsky.social , and to @openuniversity.bsky.social , particularly Paulette Johnson for the opportunity to participate in the 2024-2025 reciprocal mentorship programme.
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Have you heard of reciprocal mentoring? | Mel Green SFHEA
Have you heard of reciprocal mentoring?
It's an approach the The Open University's Access, Participation and Success team have adopted in an attempt to turn traditional academic hierarchies ...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Thank you for inviting me to chat with you in June's PRAXIS podcast, @melalygreen.bsky.social , and to @openuniversity.bsky.social , particularly Paulette Johnson for the opportunity to participate in the 2024-2025 reciprocal mentorship programme.
open.spotify.com/episode/1VlE...
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The June episode of our Praxis podcast is now available 📻This month @melalygreen.bsky.social chats with Paulette Johnson and @gruffmadrigal.bsky.social about Reciprocal Mentoring as a racial equity intervention. Grab a coffee and have a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1VlE...
Episode 6: Reciprocal Mentoring as a racial equity intervention with Gruff Madrigal, Paulette Johnson and Mel Green
Praxis Scholarship Hub Podcast · Episode
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June 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The June episode of our Praxis podcast is now available 📻This month @melalygreen.bsky.social chats with Paulette Johnson and @gruffmadrigal.bsky.social about Reciprocal Mentoring as a racial equity intervention. Grab a coffee and have a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1VlE...
I hate being on video.
But I said yes for #CarersWeek.
I spoke abt studying at the OU while caring and how many people are carers without naming it. My son is autistic and non-speaking yet I have only recently named myself as a carer. #OpenUniversity #StudentCarers
www.linkedin.com/posts/theope...
But I said yes for #CarersWeek.
I spoke abt studying at the OU while caring and how many people are carers without naming it. My son is autistic and non-speaking yet I have only recently named myself as a carer. #OpenUniversity #StudentCarers
www.linkedin.com/posts/theope...
#carersweek #carersweek2025 #thiscountsascare | The Open University
Are you struggling to balance study with caring responsibilities?
This Carers Week OU lecturer and carer Mel Green SFHEA shares five things she’s learned about caring while studying.
#CarersWeek #C...
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June 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I hate being on video.
But I said yes for #CarersWeek.
I spoke abt studying at the OU while caring and how many people are carers without naming it. My son is autistic and non-speaking yet I have only recently named myself as a carer. #OpenUniversity #StudentCarers
www.linkedin.com/posts/theope...
But I said yes for #CarersWeek.
I spoke abt studying at the OU while caring and how many people are carers without naming it. My son is autistic and non-speaking yet I have only recently named myself as a carer. #OpenUniversity #StudentCarers
www.linkedin.com/posts/theope...
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“Feminised governance has significant emancipatory potential for a progressive urban politics.”
Alina Pop and co-authors look at the role played by female decision-makers in addressing the marginalisation of the Roma community.
#OnlineFirst in the journal buff.ly/SaFM6vq
Alina Pop and co-authors look at the role played by female decision-makers in addressing the marginalisation of the Roma community.
#OnlineFirst in the journal buff.ly/SaFM6vq
May 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“Feminised governance has significant emancipatory potential for a progressive urban politics.”
Alina Pop and co-authors look at the role played by female decision-makers in addressing the marginalisation of the Roma community.
#OnlineFirst in the journal buff.ly/SaFM6vq
Alina Pop and co-authors look at the role played by female decision-makers in addressing the marginalisation of the Roma community.
#OnlineFirst in the journal buff.ly/SaFM6vq
Busy day over here. About to do my second presentation about ARIA (anti-racist and inclusive assessment) at the PRAXIS festival. There's been some really interesting talks exploring a whole variety of teaching practice scholarship.
We’re thrilled to kick off our 6th Praxis Festival of Scholarship this morning, now open to colleagues worldwide! Join us at 9:45 for a coffee and chat before we begin promptly at 10:00. Let’s celebrate scholarship together! @azumahcarol.bsky.social #Praxis2025 #FestivalOfScholarship
May 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Busy day over here. About to do my second presentation about ARIA (anti-racist and inclusive assessment) at the PRAXIS festival. There's been some really interesting talks exploring a whole variety of teaching practice scholarship.
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Next up is a session about the Praxis Scholarship Hubs led by @melalygreen.bsky.social , @Oliviakellyou.bsky.social and Lisa Bowers. Our hub leads will each present on their hub and there is time for questions at the end #Praxis2025
May 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Next up is a session about the Praxis Scholarship Hubs led by @melalygreen.bsky.social , @Oliviakellyou.bsky.social and Lisa Bowers. Our hub leads will each present on their hub and there is time for questions at the end #Praxis2025
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That's great to hear. Do let us know what you think and if you want to discuss further, please get in touch #Praxis2025 @melalygreen.bsky.social
This was a very interesting session on the use of Discord. Looking forward to listening to more about this on this podcast open.spotify.com/episode/0ZUQ...
May 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
That's great to hear. Do let us know what you think and if you want to discuss further, please get in touch #Praxis2025 @melalygreen.bsky.social
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tonight ! 😛
📢 Registration open! Join Dr Ian Cushing for a public seminar titled 'The white ears of Ofsted: language, race and the schools inspectorate'.
🗓️ 12 May
🕔 5pm
Register to join in-person ➡️ forms.office.com/e/SPqLkVuz7r
Or join us online ➡️ bit.ly/3RCdORL
🗓️ 12 May
🕔 5pm
Register to join in-person ➡️ forms.office.com/e/SPqLkVuz7r
Or join us online ➡️ bit.ly/3RCdORL
May 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
tonight ! 😛
New episode of @welspraxis.bsky.social PRAXIS scholarship Hub Podcast where I talk to OU learning designers, Anna Judd-Yelland and Mark Williams about the potential for anti-racist assessment in a distance learning context and what that means for learning design.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Oyw...
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Episode 5: Exploring anti-racist design in online distance education with Mel Green, Anna Judd-Yelland and Mark Williams
Praxis Scholarship Hub Podcast · Episode
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May 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New episode of @welspraxis.bsky.social PRAXIS scholarship Hub Podcast where I talk to OU learning designers, Anna Judd-Yelland and Mark Williams about the potential for anti-racist assessment in a distance learning context and what that means for learning design.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Oyw...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Oyw...