Jan Northcroft
banner
jannorthcroft.bsky.social
Jan Northcroft
@jannorthcroft.bsky.social
Social researcher. Curious about the world. Love words.
🔥🔥🔥
Amazing privilege to receive an Honorary Doctorate from #DeMontfortUniversity even if it meant wearing Dundee United colours and looking a bit like Henry VIII. There's a particular energy to DMU - seen in how students celebrated getting their degrees :) Thanks @leemarlow.bsky.social and @dmu.ac.uk
August 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
Literally, kids go starving and pensioners can’t keep the radiators on but it’s immigration or trans people 24/7
May 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
I have a new blog post that tries to lay out just what is at stake with Trump's attempted fascist takeover of higher education. Check it out and share widely!

educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/t...
This Is How a Democracy Dies—One University at a Time
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump didn’t exactly hide what he was planning. He said he’d take control of higher education—and in the 100+ days since his second inauguration, he’s been …
educationallinguist.wordpress.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
what does ‘misbehaviour’ sound like? in new open access work i ask this question in the context of school discipline policies, looking at how ideologies of ‘im/proper language’ and ‘im/proper behaviour’ coalesce and get co-constructed with one another. doi.org/10.1080/0962...
March 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Congrats to @officialcpfc.bsky.social! Gorgeous scenes at Wembley💛
May 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm in🤛🏾
We need bold leadership. Now.

That's why I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party.

Join our campaign: backzack.com

#BackZack
May 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
Ideas lose power, revolutions fade.

I've felt this for a while, watching positional (Pep-style) football.

Players who once wowed playing safe or touching the ball 4 times in a half. Patterns we've all seen before.

There are other ways to play...as 24/25 shows.

www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
How teams are embracing chaos to upset the Pep Guardiola school of tactics
Manchester City manager’s rigid positional play appears to be losing its edge as more risk-embracing styles bring Premier League rewards for a new breed of coaches
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
The Trump Administration is launching nothing less than a giant affirmative action program for straight white men, a great many of whom, including Trump and Vance, are utterly unqualified for their positions and would be mocked for their hubris if they were women or Black or gay or.....
January 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Afro hair discrimination. A seemingly small issue with a big impact. Please read my blog👇🏾💛
In a new blog @jannorthcroft.bsky.social explores the issue of afro hair discrimination, how it manifests in the workplace, and how addressing this DEI blind spot will enable employers to create more inclusive workspaces, as well as attract and retain more diverse talent. Read more: bit.ly/3Zxp84W
December 10, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
More than 61,000 dead in Khartoum state alone, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group finds: 26,000 of them killed as a direct result of the violence. Leading cause of death across Sudan is preventable disease and starvation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sudan war: Death toll far higher than previously reported - study
More than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, researchers say.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
I was listening to Sara Ahmed speak a few days ago and something that stuck with me and is living rent free in my head was this phrase ‘freedom from the need to complain’. I can’t get over how this is such an apt description for structures of exclusion and how people move through spaces differently.
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis

A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country

A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
November 23, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
Football in 2024 is absolutely incredible. And underwhelming.

Something is missing - I think it's variety.

Is English football all starting to look the same?

Managers and SDs have been in touch to say that know exactly what I'm talking about...

www.thetimes.com/article/c813...
How Pep Guardiola and data destroyed game’s beautiful variety
Ever felt like Premier League clubs now all play the same? You may be right, as The Times’s data team reveal the stats behind top flight’s growing and underwhelming uniformity
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
Excellent news that the NHS 10-year plan groups will include a focus on these crucial subjects and that Louise Ansari of Healthwatch England, @jacoblant.bsky.social of National Voices and Caroline Abrahams of Age UK are leading them.
www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r...
November 7, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
Hello Bluesky! We're a charity working for a society which is fair, inclusive and equal. ⚖️

We believe in equitable access to a healthier life and a better future for anyone with experience of homelessness.

If you support that too, give us a follow, and let's do this! 💪

#Homelessness #Health
a cartoon character says hello in front of a radio
ALT: a cartoon character says hello in front of a radio
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
Postdoctoral research associate: Reuniting Refugee Families | King's College London #Edujobs #EduSky

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
www.linkedin.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
‘oracy’ is a hot topic in England’s education system. in this article i critique the deficit thinking which lies at the core of how oracy was first theorised, how those ideologies continue today, and the flawed theory of social justice which often accompanies it.🔓 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 7, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Reposted by Jan Northcroft
I just have a feeling we are going to need to remember this more than ever in the coming era

substack.com/@afuahirsch/...
Afua on Substack
White working class - Black solidarity: a lesson from Brazil
substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:54 PM