Jo Barber
@joaestheticjustice.bsky.social
PhD student in Education, Former Art teacher, SLT in AP and Mainstream, FE. Advocate for art and social justice education.
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Good morning 🌅
It’s Sunday, it’s the #Edujobs #EduSky bulletin.
You know what to do:
Wave 👋 if you’re watching
Shout if you’ve got one to share 👀
Let us know if you get one of the jobs 🥳
It’s Sunday, it’s the #Edujobs #EduSky bulletin.
You know what to do:
Wave 👋 if you’re watching
Shout if you’ve got one to share 👀
Let us know if you get one of the jobs 🥳
a looney tunes looking for a job poster with wile e coyote looking through binoculars
ALT: a looney tunes looking for a job poster with wile e coyote looking through binoculars
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October 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Understand what’s happening
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Understand what’s happening
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In this new podcast you can listen to me discuss my new research on mobile phone banning in UK schools with UCL psychologist @marctibber.bsky.social
🎙️ New Podcast Mini-Series: Inequalities in Focus
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities.
🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities.
🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv
Inequalities in Focus: UCL Grand Challenges launches podcast mini-series on Inclusive & Just Futures
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers and interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s...
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September 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In this new podcast you can listen to me discuss my new research on mobile phone banning in UK schools with UCL psychologist @marctibber.bsky.social
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Forest of Imagination 2025 is OPEN People of Bath - come and play!!
Discover the artworks & installations - created by artists, architects, designers, dreamers, makers & musicians. Students are invited to our workshops this week & this weekend 27 & 28 Sept 10-5pm - our workshops are open to ALL!
Discover the artworks & installations - created by artists, architects, designers, dreamers, makers & musicians. Students are invited to our workshops this week & this weekend 27 & 28 Sept 10-5pm - our workshops are open to ALL!
September 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Forest of Imagination 2025 is OPEN People of Bath - come and play!!
Discover the artworks & installations - created by artists, architects, designers, dreamers, makers & musicians. Students are invited to our workshops this week & this weekend 27 & 28 Sept 10-5pm - our workshops are open to ALL!
Discover the artworks & installations - created by artists, architects, designers, dreamers, makers & musicians. Students are invited to our workshops this week & this weekend 27 & 28 Sept 10-5pm - our workshops are open to ALL!
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Adventures in making, creating, cooking and Foresting today at Forest of Imagination 2025...Imagining The Future of The Forgotten Land 🌳
Join us this weekend - when our workshops will be available to everyone ✨
Join us this weekend - when our workshops will be available to everyone ✨
September 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Adventures in making, creating, cooking and Foresting today at Forest of Imagination 2025...Imagining The Future of The Forgotten Land 🌳
Join us this weekend - when our workshops will be available to everyone ✨
Join us this weekend - when our workshops will be available to everyone ✨
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My interview with Allen Ruff on living on the raw edge of democracy--draws heavily on my article The Road to the Camps which will be published by CounterPunch tomorrow 9-26-25
www.wortfm.org/were-living-...
www.wortfm.org/were-living-...
We’re Living on the Raw Edge of Violence - WORT-FM 89.9
Henry Giroux reflects on the state of US politics, the reality of neoliberal fascism, the weakness of legacy media, and how to find hope.
www.wortfm.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My interview with Allen Ruff on living on the raw edge of democracy--draws heavily on my article The Road to the Camps which will be published by CounterPunch tomorrow 9-26-25
www.wortfm.org/were-living-...
www.wortfm.org/were-living-...
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International Arts and Imagination Network (IAIN!)
Join us on 25 September! 🩵🦋
www.bathspa.ac.uk/projects/int...
Join us on 25 September! 🩵🦋
www.bathspa.ac.uk/projects/int...
International Arts and Imagination Network
Join the conversation.
Shape the future.
www.bathspa.ac.uk
September 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
International Arts and Imagination Network (IAIN!)
Join us on 25 September! 🩵🦋
www.bathspa.ac.uk/projects/int...
Join us on 25 September! 🩵🦋
www.bathspa.ac.uk/projects/int...
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Playful Green Planet 💚🌍
Delighted to be part of this team, seeded over 3 years ago 💚🌱 @forestofimaginat.bsky.social
@andrewgrantga.bsky.social
#RSA
www.thersa.org/design-for-l...
Delighted to be part of this team, seeded over 3 years ago 💚🌱 @forestofimaginat.bsky.social
@andrewgrantga.bsky.social
#RSA
www.thersa.org/design-for-l...
Playful Green Planet
The RSA's Playful Green Planet work co-creates nature-based urban learning for children to foster community connectedness through creativity.
www.thersa.org
September 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Playful Green Planet 💚🌍
Delighted to be part of this team, seeded over 3 years ago 💚🌱 @forestofimaginat.bsky.social
@andrewgrantga.bsky.social
#RSA
www.thersa.org/design-for-l...
Delighted to be part of this team, seeded over 3 years ago 💚🌱 @forestofimaginat.bsky.social
@andrewgrantga.bsky.social
#RSA
www.thersa.org/design-for-l...
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15 of my books/articles are in here. Something to ponder if you're casually using AI without remembering that it's developed using stolen IP.
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
15 of my books/articles are in here. Something to ponder if you're casually using AI without remembering that it's developed using stolen IP.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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44% of performing arts freelancers earned less than the national living wage in the 2023-24 financial year, compared to 34% the year before in what is being termed a “crisis of low pay” in freelancing, according to a new survey.
Nearly half of performing arts freelancers earn less than the living wage, survey finds - Arts Professional
44% of performing arts freelancers earned less than the national living wage in the 2023-24 financial year, compared to 34% the year before in what is being termed a “crisis of low pay” in freelancing,...
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July 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
44% of performing arts freelancers earned less than the national living wage in the 2023-24 financial year, compared to 34% the year before in what is being termed a “crisis of low pay” in freelancing, according to a new survey.
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‘Educators have three dispositions to gather around. We are multipliers of narratives and conveners of public debate. Classrooms are the engines of democracy. The educator is the curator of justifications.’ Prof Saville Kushner
June 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
‘Educators have three dispositions to gather around. We are multipliers of narratives and conveners of public debate. Classrooms are the engines of democracy. The educator is the curator of justifications.’ Prof Saville Kushner
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Insect Vision by Matt Leece
@forestofimaginatn.bsky.social
@forestofimaginatn.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Insect Vision by Matt Leece
@forestofimaginatn.bsky.social
@forestofimaginatn.bsky.social
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Wokingham's Forest of Imagination is almost open!
Launching this Wednesday 🙌
Schools & Home Educator Days Thursday & Friday 🌱
Everyone's welcome Saturday & Sunday ✨
Find workshops, trails, adventures, arts, talks, instillations & activities 💚
Discover the guide:
www.forestofimagination.org.uk/wb/
Launching this Wednesday 🙌
Schools & Home Educator Days Thursday & Friday 🌱
Everyone's welcome Saturday & Sunday ✨
Find workshops, trails, adventures, arts, talks, instillations & activities 💚
Discover the guide:
www.forestofimagination.org.uk/wb/
May 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Wokingham's Forest of Imagination is almost open!
Launching this Wednesday 🙌
Schools & Home Educator Days Thursday & Friday 🌱
Everyone's welcome Saturday & Sunday ✨
Find workshops, trails, adventures, arts, talks, instillations & activities 💚
Discover the guide:
www.forestofimagination.org.uk/wb/
Launching this Wednesday 🙌
Schools & Home Educator Days Thursday & Friday 🌱
Everyone's welcome Saturday & Sunday ✨
Find workshops, trails, adventures, arts, talks, instillations & activities 💚
Discover the guide:
www.forestofimagination.org.uk/wb/
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🚨BREAKING
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
🚨BREAKING: Liberty wins its case in the Court of Appeal - anti-protest laws ruled UNLAWFUL!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
May 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨BREAKING
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
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The government are wrong if they see yesterday's results as a further reason to shift right.
People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
May 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The government are wrong if they see yesterday's results as a further reason to shift right.
People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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This is the real news story:
Disillusioned Labour votes far more likely to vote Green or Lib Dem (43% and 40%) compared to only 9% shifting to Reform.
Share widely to counteract all the misinformation that justifies a further shift to the Right by the gov.
Disillusioned Labour votes far more likely to vote Green or Lib Dem (43% and 40%) compared to only 9% shifting to Reform.
Share widely to counteract all the misinformation that justifies a further shift to the Right by the gov.
The government are wrong if they see yesterday's results as a further reason to shift right.
People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
May 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is the real news story:
Disillusioned Labour votes far more likely to vote Green or Lib Dem (43% and 40%) compared to only 9% shifting to Reform.
Share widely to counteract all the misinformation that justifies a further shift to the Right by the gov.
Disillusioned Labour votes far more likely to vote Green or Lib Dem (43% and 40%) compared to only 9% shifting to Reform.
Share widely to counteract all the misinformation that justifies a further shift to the Right by the gov.
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More than two and a half thousand now! Academics and educators say loudly TRANS RIGHTS.
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
May 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
More than two and a half thousand now! Academics and educators say loudly TRANS RIGHTS.
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Join us at Dinton Pastures this May and get your dose of endorphins from this gloriously biodiverse 350 acre park, with lakes, woodland & meadow in the heart of the most urbanised part of the Thames Valley 💚
Wokingham Borough's Forest of Imagination May 22-25 ✨
Wokingham Borough's Forest of Imagination May 22-25 ✨
April 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Join us at Dinton Pastures this May and get your dose of endorphins from this gloriously biodiverse 350 acre park, with lakes, woodland & meadow in the heart of the most urbanised part of the Thames Valley 💚
Wokingham Borough's Forest of Imagination May 22-25 ✨
Wokingham Borough's Forest of Imagination May 22-25 ✨
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#maddow
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
February 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#maddow
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
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Less than 7,000 signatures needed for self-ID to be considered for debate in Parliament.
Sign here 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Sign here 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Less than 7,000 signatures needed for self-ID to be considered for debate in Parliament.
Sign here 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Sign here 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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In the meantime, sod it, why don’t we get another trans petition up over 100,000?
Signing these petitions and getting them over the threshold for debate consideration is another way to pile the pressure on Government to step up for trans rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Signing these petitions and getting them over the threshold for debate consideration is another way to pile the pressure on Government to step up for trans rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services
Introduce a law to legally protect the right of those aged 18 and over to transition using NHS services. This should specifically cover physical transition, including hormone treatment and surgery, as...
petition.parliament.uk
April 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
In the meantime, sod it, why don’t we get another trans petition up over 100,000?
Signing these petitions and getting them over the threshold for debate consideration is another way to pile the pressure on Government to step up for trans rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Signing these petitions and getting them over the threshold for debate consideration is another way to pile the pressure on Government to step up for trans rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Meanwhile, Fertilization President wants white women to be walking incubators—because this is about making more white babies www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
April 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Meanwhile, Fertilization President wants white women to be walking incubators—because this is about making more white babies www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...