Maranda Ridgway
@marandaridgway.bsky.social
mother of three, academic, intersectionality, social justice, mixed-ethnic heritage, travel enthusiast, foodie, book worm, never enough sleep or coffee, twin parent, HRM
📢 Grade 5+ professional staff from ethnic minorities in UK HE!
We’re researching m career barriers and enablers.
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We’re researching m career barriers and enablers.
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✅ Share your experiences.
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Your voice matters!
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March 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
📢 Grade 5+ professional staff from ethnic minorities in UK HE!
We’re researching m career barriers and enablers.
✅ 60-minute interview.
✅ Share your experiences.
✅ Flexible, confidential, and voluntary.
Learn more:
lnkd.in/enuxWHtx
Your voice matters!
We’re researching m career barriers and enablers.
✅ 60-minute interview.
✅ Share your experiences.
✅ Flexible, confidential, and voluntary.
Learn more:
lnkd.in/enuxWHtx
Your voice matters!
Reposted by Maranda Ridgway
I've never much liked the start of a new year, it always feels laden with expectation regardless of how nice people are. Must remember that good enough is more than enough! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(In)visible Working Mama Drama: From Excellent to ‘Good Enough’ Academia and (M)Others
The neoliberal, precarious, anatomized and audit-centric academy produces an unfair burden on women academics. Academia, like many other organizational forms, demands unwellness. This paper argues th...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I've never much liked the start of a new year, it always feels laden with expectation regardless of how nice people are. Must remember that good enough is more than enough! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New article:
“Technologies of Self-Care in Precarious Neoliberal Academia: Women Academics’ Craftwork as Strategies of Coping and Complicity”
@michaelaedwards.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“Technologies of Self-Care in Precarious Neoliberal Academia: Women Academics’ Craftwork as Strategies of Coping and Complicity”
@michaelaedwards.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 7, 2024 at 2:24 PM
New article:
“Technologies of Self-Care in Precarious Neoliberal Academia: Women Academics’ Craftwork as Strategies of Coping and Complicity”
@michaelaedwards.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“Technologies of Self-Care in Precarious Neoliberal Academia: Women Academics’ Craftwork as Strategies of Coping and Complicity”
@michaelaedwards.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Are you a #university lecturer aged 50+ interested in discussing the #he landscape? We are interested in your views on how it may impact your physical or mental #well-being.
If you are interested in participating in an #interview, please email: michaela.edwards@york.ac.uk
If you are interested in participating in an #interview, please email: michaela.edwards@york.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Are you a #university lecturer aged 50+ interested in discussing the #he landscape? We are interested in your views on how it may impact your physical or mental #well-being.
If you are interested in participating in an #interview, please email: michaela.edwards@york.ac.uk
If you are interested in participating in an #interview, please email: michaela.edwards@york.ac.uk
Reposted by Maranda Ridgway
A while back we wrote an article calling for accelerated change in policy for those w/ caring responsibilities in #STEMM
Sharing insights into the challenges, highlighting personal experiences & proposing a strategy to improve culture
#AcademicSky
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sharing insights into the challenges, highlighting personal experiences & proposing a strategy to improve culture
#AcademicSky
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Researcher parents are paying a high price for conference travel — here’s how to fix it
Three scientist mothers call for a change in how conference childcare costs are reimbursed, drawing on their personal experiences.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:30 PM
A while back we wrote an article calling for accelerated change in policy for those w/ caring responsibilities in #STEMM
Sharing insights into the challenges, highlighting personal experiences & proposing a strategy to improve culture
#AcademicSky
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sharing insights into the challenges, highlighting personal experiences & proposing a strategy to improve culture
#AcademicSky
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bluesky #academics, let’s get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Mixed-race people’s careers
2) Becoming a coral gardener
1) Mixed-race people’s careers
2) Becoming a coral gardener
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Sextortion
2) Opening a cafe and soft play with a reading corner!
1) Sextortion
2) Opening a cafe and soft play with a reading corner!
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1) Crime against children in E&W, with a focus on polyvictimisation and intersectional disparities
2) Zemiology #Criminology
1) Crime against children in E&W, with a focus on polyvictimisation and intersectional disparities
2) Zemiology #Criminology
November 17, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Bluesky #academics, let’s get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Mixed-race people’s careers
2) Becoming a coral gardener
1) Mixed-race people’s careers
2) Becoming a coral gardener