Janet Gooodall
@janetifimust.bsky.social
Professor of Education. Parent/family engagement in learning is my research area. Dedicated to schooling and education that are just, equitable, available and lead to a better world. My views are mine, not my employer's.
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Janet Gooodall
@janetifimust.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Professor Janet Goodall - Swansea University
Janet Goodall is an Associate Professor of Education at Swansea University’s School of Social Sciences and specialises in School Leadership
www.swansea.ac.uk
Parent and community engagement in learning (not just schooling) is an important - vital - lever for reducing inequality in society as well as reducing inequality in educational outcomes. My work around this can be found here: www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/j.s.go...
Yesterday, I got a flyer in the mail that said that Wales needed Reform (the party). I think... not?
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Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yesterday, I got a flyer in the mail that said that Wales needed Reform (the party). I think... not?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Today, women in the UK effectively stop being paid because of the 10.9% gender pay gap.if you are a woman, use this calculator to see what you might be earning, were you a man: gender-pay-gap-calculator.vercel.app?mc_cid=e1b46... courtesy of the Fawcett Society
Gender Pay Gap Calculator
Calculate your personalized gender pay gap using UK Labour Force Survey data
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November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today, women in the UK effectively stop being paid because of the 10.9% gender pay gap.if you are a woman, use this calculator to see what you might be earning, were you a man: gender-pay-gap-calculator.vercel.app?mc_cid=e1b46... courtesy of the Fawcett Society
We have no heat - it's a boiler issue and will be sorted by tomorrow. In the mean time, I have tea (thank you, husband), a small but powerful heater going behind me, a knitted shawl (because, knitter) and a heated throw blanket over my knees. Oh, and a cat who likes all but the first of the above
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We have no heat - it's a boiler issue and will be sorted by tomorrow. In the mean time, I have tea (thank you, husband), a small but powerful heater going behind me, a knitted shawl (because, knitter) and a heated throw blanket over my knees. Oh, and a cat who likes all but the first of the above
If you are reading this in a warm home - please consider those who are not. Donations to Shelter Wales from here: sheltercymru.org.uk/donate/ @sheltercharity.bsky.social
Donate - Shelter Cymru
In the last 12 months, our caseworkers have helped nearly 18,000 people in Wales. In the coming months, even more people will be faced with the very real prospect of losing their home. Please donate t...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are reading this in a warm home - please consider those who are not. Donations to Shelter Wales from here: sheltercymru.org.uk/donate/ @sheltercharity.bsky.social
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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
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It is estimated by the national charity Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) that, for every day the two-child limit remains in place, a further 109 children are pulled into poverty across the country.
North East campaigners send hard-hitting message on two-child limit
It is estimated by the national charity Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) that, for every day the two-child limit remains in place, a further 109 children are pulled into poverty across the country
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It is estimated by the national charity Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) that, for every day the two-child limit remains in place, a further 109 children are pulled into poverty across the country.
Just a thought - but perhaps we could seek to tackle the causes of disadvantage because equity is a good thing - rather than in view of arbitrary, imposed and challenged targets? A moral rather than a transactional reason?
The government will need to tackle the causes of disadvantaged boys' low attainment in the early years if it is to meet its new school-readiness targets, an @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report warns
Focus on disadvantaged boys to hit school-ready target, DfE told
Successive governments have failed to tackle entrenched inequalities in early years outcomes for boys from low-income backgrounds, IfG report warns
www.tes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just a thought - but perhaps we could seek to tackle the causes of disadvantage because equity is a good thing - rather than in view of arbitrary, imposed and challenged targets? A moral rather than a transactional reason?
And this is why we might use AI for things like searching the literature, but we don't use it for *understanding* the literature... (click on AI in the link for AI's explanation)
www.tylervigen.com/spurious/cor...
www.tylervigen.com/spurious/cor...
Per capita consumption of margarine correlates with The divorce rate in Maine (r=0.993)
Perhaps as people used less margarine, they became less slippery in their relationships. The lack of artificial spread may have kept the couples from buttering each other up, leading to a decrease in ...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
And this is why we might use AI for things like searching the literature, but we don't use it for *understanding* the literature... (click on AI in the link for AI's explanation)
www.tylervigen.com/spurious/cor...
www.tylervigen.com/spurious/cor...
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📢We're hiring a Research Officer & Data Scientist!
Be part of the Cancer Data Driven (CD3) Programme - a multi-institutional strategic programme using data to transform our understanding of cancer risk and support early interception.
👉 www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...
@ashleyakbari.bsky.social
Be part of the Cancer Data Driven (CD3) Programme - a multi-institutional strategic programme using data to transform our understanding of cancer risk and support early interception.
👉 www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...
@ashleyakbari.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📢We're hiring a Research Officer & Data Scientist!
Be part of the Cancer Data Driven (CD3) Programme - a multi-institutional strategic programme using data to transform our understanding of cancer risk and support early interception.
👉 www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...
@ashleyakbari.bsky.social
Be part of the Cancer Data Driven (CD3) Programme - a multi-institutional strategic programme using data to transform our understanding of cancer risk and support early interception.
👉 www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...
@ashleyakbari.bsky.social
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"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
I have just written to my MP @torstenbell.bsky.social to express my concerns about the new immigration plans.
It's clear that they are based on incorrect information, cruel and unnecessary. The idea of appealing to the hard right should not take precedence over what is *morally* right.
It's clear that they are based on incorrect information, cruel and unnecessary. The idea of appealing to the hard right should not take precedence over what is *morally* right.
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I have just written to my MP @torstenbell.bsky.social to express my concerns about the new immigration plans.
It's clear that they are based on incorrect information, cruel and unnecessary. The idea of appealing to the hard right should not take precedence over what is *morally* right.
It's clear that they are based on incorrect information, cruel and unnecessary. The idea of appealing to the hard right should not take precedence over what is *morally* right.
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the government to fully scrap the two-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the government to fully scrap the two-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
In case you haven't been following along - this is the haul of knitting since early November - they will end up with charities.
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In case you haven't been following along - this is the haul of knitting since early November - they will end up with charities.
There is a particular academic joy in finding - finally - the paper that really does what you need for your literature review....
a cartoon of a girl with the words happy happy happy written on it
Alt: a cartoon of a girl with the words happy happy happy written on it
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November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
There is a particular academic joy in finding - finally - the paper that really does what you need for your literature review....
It took me an hour to connect my printer to the wifi. No idea why it had to be done again - it was working fine last week... (Yes, I turned it off and on again - and turning the router off as well was the magic touch).
'Dealing with hard/software' needs to be a line in workload models!
'Dealing with hard/software' needs to be a line in workload models!
a teddy bear sitting on top of a printer with a notice on the wall above it
Alt: a teddy bear sitting on top of a printer with a notice on the wall above it
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November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It took me an hour to connect my printer to the wifi. No idea why it had to be done again - it was working fine last week... (Yes, I turned it off and on again - and turning the router off as well was the magic touch).
'Dealing with hard/software' needs to be a line in workload models!
'Dealing with hard/software' needs to be a line in workload models!
Dear self,
You know very, very well that you should NEVER have two versions of a paper on the go at once. So why did you do it again?! Bad academic - no cookie. If you need me, I'm over here with version control as my friend...
You know very, very well that you should NEVER have two versions of a paper on the go at once. So why did you do it again?! Bad academic - no cookie. If you need me, I'm over here with version control as my friend...
a person is writing in a book that says " palace to share the prisoners "
Alt: a person is writing in a book on top of another book
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November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dear self,
You know very, very well that you should NEVER have two versions of a paper on the go at once. So why did you do it again?! Bad academic - no cookie. If you need me, I'm over here with version control as my friend...
You know very, very well that you should NEVER have two versions of a paper on the go at once. So why did you do it again?! Bad academic - no cookie. If you need me, I'm over here with version control as my friend...
Issues are *systemic*. We cannot deal with absenteeism in schools, and the achievement gap, unless we deal with poverty, and the issues arising therefrom.
Scholarship has been making this clear for *decades*. Scholars have been telling politicians this for *decades*.
And yet, here we are....
Scholarship has been making this clear for *decades*. Scholars have been telling politicians this for *decades*.
And yet, here we are....
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Issues are *systemic*. We cannot deal with absenteeism in schools, and the achievement gap, unless we deal with poverty, and the issues arising therefrom.
Scholarship has been making this clear for *decades*. Scholars have been telling politicians this for *decades*.
And yet, here we are....
Scholarship has been making this clear for *decades*. Scholars have been telling politicians this for *decades*.
And yet, here we are....
I'm going to head this one off at the pass .. Yes, I have knit 7 hats in the last 3 days. Yes, I work full time. Before someone says, 'Gee I wish I had that kind of time... ' During those three days (yes, it's Tuesday, do the math), mostly while knitting, I have:
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm going to head this one off at the pass .. Yes, I have knit 7 hats in the last 3 days. Yes, I work full time. Before someone says, 'Gee I wish I had that kind of time... ' During those three days (yes, it's Tuesday, do the math), mostly while knitting, I have:
I've tried to check this out and as far as I can tell, it's actually a thing! We rarely have gritted roads around here but I can see the point, what a great idea!
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I've tried to check this out and as far as I can tell, it's actually a thing! We rarely have gritted roads around here but I can see the point, what a great idea!
I've posted this before but it bears repeating...
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I've posted this before but it bears repeating...
Here's the thing. I was all set to do a 'go fund me' thing for cancer research about how many hats I could make in the rest of November. And then I realised that, for many people, now is just not the time. Jobs are precarious, or non existent, etc.
So - ...
So - ...
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Here's the thing. I was all set to do a 'go fund me' thing for cancer research about how many hats I could make in the rest of November. And then I realised that, for many people, now is just not the time. Jobs are precarious, or non existent, etc.
So - ...
So - ...
Pull it from the centre, they said. It’ll be fine, they said….
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Pull it from the centre, they said. It’ll be fine, they said….
Public service announcement. In spite of what she will tell you - and she will tell you if let her - is not starving.
She has been fed twice today, had two lots of treats and has one more feed to come.
Thank you, etc...
She has been fed twice today, had two lots of treats and has one more feed to come.
Thank you, etc...
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Public service announcement. In spite of what she will tell you - and she will tell you if let her - is not starving.
She has been fed twice today, had two lots of treats and has one more feed to come.
Thank you, etc...
She has been fed twice today, had two lots of treats and has one more feed to come.
Thank you, etc...
#ShowMeYourKnits -WIPs. Using bits of the pattern Demiluna and Peruvian Central….
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#ShowMeYourKnits -WIPs. Using bits of the pattern Demiluna and Peruvian Central….