Rafael Mitchell
@rafaelmitchell.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Comparative and International Education, University of Bristol | Co-Director of CIRE | BAICE | Schooling in Africa, democratising knowledge in education
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Published today! Teaching comparative and international education (CIE) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... pleasure working with great colleagues Leanne Cameron @rafaelmitchell.bsky.social Martin Preston @bristoluni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social #BAICE #SES
Teaching comparative and international education (CIE) in UK universities: coverage, omissions and orientations
This article examines the teaching of comparative and international education (CIE) in undergraduate and master’s programmes in 30 UK universities via bibliometric and content analysis of the handb...
www.tandfonline.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Published today! Teaching comparative and international education (CIE) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... pleasure working with great colleagues Leanne Cameron @rafaelmitchell.bsky.social Martin Preston @bristoluni.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social #BAICE #SES
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@hebagowayed.bsky.social on Trump’s rhetoric and policy of ethnic cleansing.
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@hebagowayed.bsky.social on Trump’s rhetoric and policy of ethnic cleansing.
**Post-war reconstruction of education in Tigray, Ethiopia**
What was the plan for re-opening schools in Tigray after the devastating 2020-2022 civil war? Who was involved in decision-making, and what evidence did they draw on? What were the results?
What was the plan for re-opening schools in Tigray after the devastating 2020-2022 civil war? Who was involved in decision-making, and what evidence did they draw on? What were the results?
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
**Post-war reconstruction of education in Tigray, Ethiopia**
What was the plan for re-opening schools in Tigray after the devastating 2020-2022 civil war? Who was involved in decision-making, and what evidence did they draw on? What were the results?
What was the plan for re-opening schools in Tigray after the devastating 2020-2022 civil war? Who was involved in decision-making, and what evidence did they draw on? What were the results?
Today is UN's Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
Here's an incredibly powerful book containing life-history accounts of 20 everyday people #Mekelle #Tigray during the civil war & its aftermath (2020-2023)
- books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
Here's an incredibly powerful book containing life-history accounts of 20 everyday people #Mekelle #Tigray during the civil war & its aftermath (2020-2023)
- books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
Mekelle Stories: Life in Time of War
On the night of 3 to 4 November 2020, war broke out in Tigray. Soon after Mekelle was bombed, people were stunned: should they leave the city? How to protect their loved ones? Where to get supplies? F...
books.openedition.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today is UN's Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
Here's an incredibly powerful book containing life-history accounts of 20 everyday people #Mekelle #Tigray during the civil war & its aftermath (2020-2023)
- books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
Here's an incredibly powerful book containing life-history accounts of 20 everyday people #Mekelle #Tigray during the civil war & its aftermath (2020-2023)
- books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
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“The #Tigray population have been through hell on earth. If people can name it, it’s a genocide at best…in a country where over a million lives are lost and a horrific number of gender violence and mutilated young people, people destroyed as families, infrastructure.”
— Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin
— Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“The #Tigray population have been through hell on earth. If people can name it, it’s a genocide at best…in a country where over a million lives are lost and a horrific number of gender violence and mutilated young people, people destroyed as families, infrastructure.”
— Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin
— Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin
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"Confronting the politics of race, ethnicity and nation in schooling: evidence from school practices around the world"
Call for papers!
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/cer...
Call for papers!
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/cer...
Comparative Education Review: Call for papers - Confronting the politics of race, ethnicity and nation in schooling
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Confronting the politics of race, ethnicity and nation in schooling: evidence from school practices around the world"
Call for papers!
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/cer...
Call for papers!
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/cer...
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This post is an open letter to everyone who wants to participate in FACE. Please read, reflect, and share widely. Tag people. Subscribe to the mailing list. Join our conversations, participate in our programmes, and share ideas. Stand with us. Let us work together.
folukeafrica.com/forever-afri...
folukeafrica.com/forever-afri...
Forever Africa: A redesigned vision and an invitation
Read, share, join in a vision for flourishing futures.
folukeafrica.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This post is an open letter to everyone who wants to participate in FACE. Please read, reflect, and share widely. Tag people. Subscribe to the mailing list. Join our conversations, participate in our programmes, and share ideas. Stand with us. Let us work together.
folukeafrica.com/forever-afri...
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"Forever Africa Conference and Events (FACE) is a Pan-African collective, established in 2017 and brought together by staff and students at the University of Bristol. Our focus was and still remains to creatively find ways to cultivate knowledge for, by and of African and African-descended people."
This post is an open letter to everyone who wants to participate in FACE. Please read, reflect, and share widely. Tag people. Subscribe to the mailing list. Join our conversations, participate in our programmes, and share ideas. Stand with us. Let us work together.
folukeafrica.com/forever-afri...
folukeafrica.com/forever-afri...
Forever Africa: A redesigned vision and an invitation
Read, share, join in a vision for flourishing futures.
folukeafrica.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Forever Africa Conference and Events (FACE) is a Pan-African collective, established in 2017 and brought together by staff and students at the University of Bristol. Our focus was and still remains to creatively find ways to cultivate knowledge for, by and of African and African-descended people."
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For anyone wondering what life was like in Mekelle during the civil war and its aftermath, this open access book contains the personal accounts of 20 civilians - everyday people, mostly from from the lower middle classes
books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
Mekelle Stories: Life in Time of War
On the night of 3 to 4 November 2020, war broke out in Tigray. Soon after Mekelle was bombed, people were stunned: should they leave the city? How to protect their loved ones? Where to get supplies? F...
books.openedition.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For anyone wondering what life was like in Mekelle during the civil war and its aftermath, this open access book contains the personal accounts of 20 civilians - everyday people, mostly from from the lower middle classes
books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
"Confronting the politics of race, ethnicity and nation in schooling: evidence from school practices around the world"
Call for papers!
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/cer...
Call for papers!
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/cer...
Comparative Education Review: Call for papers - Confronting the politics of race, ethnicity and nation in schooling
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Confronting the politics of race, ethnicity and nation in schooling: evidence from school practices around the world"
Call for papers!
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/cer...
Call for papers!
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/cer...
For anyone wondering what life was like in Mekelle during the civil war and its aftermath, this open access book contains the personal accounts of 20 civilians - everyday people, mostly from from the lower middle classes
books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
Mekelle Stories: Life in Time of War
On the night of 3 to 4 November 2020, war broke out in Tigray. Soon after Mekelle was bombed, people were stunned: should they leave the city? How to protect their loved ones? Where to get supplies? F...
books.openedition.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For anyone wondering what life was like in Mekelle during the civil war and its aftermath, this open access book contains the personal accounts of 20 civilians - everyday people, mostly from from the lower middle classes
books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
books.openedition.org/cfee/3812
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“Today, Tigray is broken. Its leaders are divided. Another war looms, one that could pit Tigrayans against each other. I fought once to defend my people; I will not fight again in a war that will destroy what remains. That is why I left.”
An incredibly sad account.
open.substack.com/pub/continen...
An incredibly sad account.
open.substack.com/pub/continen...
The exodus out of Tigray
Young people are leaving en masse – and don’t know if they’ll ever come back.
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“Today, Tigray is broken. Its leaders are divided. Another war looms, one that could pit Tigrayans against each other. I fought once to defend my people; I will not fight again in a war that will destroy what remains. That is why I left.”
An incredibly sad account.
open.substack.com/pub/continen...
An incredibly sad account.
open.substack.com/pub/continen...
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Weaponized Starvation: How Ethiopia Created Famine In Tigray
The famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of deliberate policies—a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid by #Ethiopia and its allies—designed to destroy civilian life.
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
The famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of deliberate policies—a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid by #Ethiopia and its allies—designed to destroy civilian life.
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Weaponized Starvation: How Ethiopia Created Famine In Tigray
The famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of deliberate policies—a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid by #Ethiopia and its allies—designed to destroy civilian life.
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
The famine in #Tigray was not an outcome of war. It was the result of deliberate policies—a siege, economic blockade and obstruction of aid by #Ethiopia and its allies—designed to destroy civilian life.
theconversation.com/starvation-a...
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We hear a lot about AI in education in the US on here, so can I just tell you about how it's working out in the schools sector in England? It's interesting! It's about data consultants, private education outfits and think tanks. Slow thread...
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We hear a lot about AI in education in the US on here, so can I just tell you about how it's working out in the schools sector in England? It's interesting! It's about data consultants, private education outfits and think tanks. Slow thread...
Looks like @mottmacdonald.bsky.social is *closing* Cambridge Education with implications for education in Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, South Sudan & West Africa
This a few months after MM reported record growth, with global revenue reaching £2.5bn for the first time
This a few months after MM reported record growth, with global revenue reaching £2.5bn for the first time
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Looks like @mottmacdonald.bsky.social is *closing* Cambridge Education with implications for education in Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, South Sudan & West Africa
This a few months after MM reported record growth, with global revenue reaching £2.5bn for the first time
This a few months after MM reported record growth, with global revenue reaching £2.5bn for the first time
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Famine in Tigray: Hunger and Humiliation worldpeacefoundation.org/publication/...
Famine in Tigray: Hunger and Humiliation - World Peace Foundation
Famine in Tigray was not only about biological deprivation but also about humiliation and dehumanization, including Tigray's middle class.
worldpeacefoundation.org
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Famine in Tigray: Hunger and Humiliation worldpeacefoundation.org/publication/...
"Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams"
Interesting piece on how AI is affecting educational experiences and outcomes for rural communities in Latin America
#edusky
restofworld.org/2025/colombi...
Interesting piece on how AI is affecting educational experiences and outcomes for rural communities in Latin America
#edusky
restofworld.org/2025/colombi...
Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams
When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.
restofworld.org
September 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams"
Interesting piece on how AI is affecting educational experiences and outcomes for rural communities in Latin America
#edusky
restofworld.org/2025/colombi...
Interesting piece on how AI is affecting educational experiences and outcomes for rural communities in Latin America
#edusky
restofworld.org/2025/colombi...
A new report on internally displaced persons in Tigray. This makes bitter reading - an ongoing, overlooked humanitarian crisis, with many lacking food, water, shelter, health and education provision
This study based on a survey with 4500 IDPs & interviews with 640
www.tig-comm.org/wp-content/u...
This study based on a survey with 4500 IDPs & interviews with 640
www.tig-comm.org/wp-content/u...
www.tig-comm.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A new report on internally displaced persons in Tigray. This makes bitter reading - an ongoing, overlooked humanitarian crisis, with many lacking food, water, shelter, health and education provision
This study based on a survey with 4500 IDPs & interviews with 640
www.tig-comm.org/wp-content/u...
This study based on a survey with 4500 IDPs & interviews with 640
www.tig-comm.org/wp-content/u...
What utter contempt @gwr.com has for cyclists. Two reservable cycle spaces between Cardiff and London. I had a reservation from Bristol Parkway, but the train manager wouldn't let me board - lack of space, he says
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
What utter contempt @gwr.com has for cyclists. Two reservable cycle spaces between Cardiff and London. I had a reservation from Bristol Parkway, but the train manager wouldn't let me board - lack of space, he says
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
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How train companies ensure cycling in the UK is impossible for commuters: @crosscountryuk.bsky.social refused a small crowd of cyclists from boarding my train today and unnecessarily removed the bike of a man travelling to work, delaying the service, and wasting the time of police. 1/3
August 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
How train companies ensure cycling in the UK is impossible for commuters: @crosscountryuk.bsky.social refused a small crowd of cyclists from boarding my train today and unnecessarily removed the bike of a man travelling to work, delaying the service, and wasting the time of police. 1/3
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I just got an email informing me that my Annual Review on structural racism with @tyson-brown.bsky.social and @pahoman.bsky.social is open access. So, download away.
Advancing the Scientific Study of Structural Racism: Concepts, Measures, and Methods | Annual Reviews
This review provides 10 actionable recommendations for advancing the scientific study of structural racism through theoretically grounded and empirically robust measures and methods. By offering conce...
www.annualreviews.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I just got an email informing me that my Annual Review on structural racism with @tyson-brown.bsky.social and @pahoman.bsky.social is open access. So, download away.
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David Lammy is betting that those complicit in Israel’s genocide will never go to prison.
He bets that Western and Israeli impunity will protect him and the other Guilty Men and Women forever.
It is a bet he may find he’ll lose.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He bets that Western and Israeli impunity will protect him and the other Guilty Men and Women forever.
It is a bet he may find he’ll lose.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
British ministers are betting they won’t face justice for complicity over Gaza. It’s a big risk to take | Owen Jones
David Lammy seemingly believes Israel and its supporters will always be able to act with impunity – but the status quo surely cannot hold, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
David Lammy is betting that those complicit in Israel’s genocide will never go to prison.
He bets that Western and Israeli impunity will protect him and the other Guilty Men and Women forever.
It is a bet he may find he’ll lose.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He bets that Western and Israeli impunity will protect him and the other Guilty Men and Women forever.
It is a bet he may find he’ll lose.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Harvard Educational Review spent a year preparing a special issue on education in and about Palestine. In June, contributors were notified that the Harvard Education Publishing Group had abruptly canceled the issue's release.
This is censorship and cowardice.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
This is censorship and cowardice.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Harvard Educational Review spent a year preparing a special issue on education in and about Palestine. In June, contributors were notified that the Harvard Education Publishing Group had abruptly canceled the issue's release.
This is censorship and cowardice.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
This is censorship and cowardice.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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I feel like there's not enough people talking about how EThOS is still offline following the British Library cyber attack in October 2023. This is a hugely valuable resource to British PGRs and ECRs!
January 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I feel like there's not enough people talking about how EThOS is still offline following the British Library cyber attack in October 2023. This is a hugely valuable resource to British PGRs and ECRs!