Neil Harrison
@neilharrison.bsky.social
Professor of Education and Social Justice in the School of Education at the University of Exeter - posts personal.
At the House of Lords this evening, speaking at an event for the Drive Forward Foundation about transitions to work for care-experienced young people, based on my 2023 report for @nuffieldfoundation.org...
June 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
At the House of Lords this evening, speaking at an event for the Drive Forward Foundation about transitions to work for care-experienced young people, based on my 2023 report for @nuffieldfoundation.org...
Delighted to have contributed evidence to this really important report into how to improve transitions into adulthood for care-experienced young people in London...
The #AssemblyEconomy report ‘Careers after care: helping care-experienced young Londoners fulfil their potential’ has now been published. The report highlights the difficulties care-experienced young people face when seeking employment, training or education. www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
![Marina Ahmad AM
Former Chair of the London Assembly
Economy, Culture and Skills Committee
“[...] Employment, education and training is essential to help people grow, yet we heard shocking statistics that show just how much of a challenge finding those opportunities is for care-experienced people. [...]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mqdazemi5liauv5c664cphlm/bafkreiezx2pdzlhndkykha2itdp56zjajathvahhvkirphrea25qavgxny@jpeg)
May 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Delighted to have contributed evidence to this really important report into how to improve transitions into adulthood for care-experienced young people in London...
I'm slowly moving my social media across from 'the other place'! There's a couple of journal articles that were printed late last year that I'd not gotten around to sharing (again)...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Climbing the ivory tower: agency, reflexivity and the career pathways of care-experienced academics in higher education - Higher Education
There has been increasing interest in understanding the higher education experiences of students who spent time ‘in care’ as children, who tend to have to overcome strong barriers to educational succe...
link.springer.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'm slowly moving my social media across from 'the other place'! There's a couple of journal articles that were printed late last year that I'd not gotten around to sharing (again)...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Call for chapter authors for the new book I'm editing! Abstracts due Feb 28.
'The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities'
Submission form and full book details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
'The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities'
Submission form and full book details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Call for Abstracts: Chapters for 'The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities'
Call for Contributions to an Edited Volume
The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities
Edited by Jenna Mittelmeier
Contributions are sought for an edited volume focusing on the untold stor...
docs.google.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Call for chapter authors for the new book I'm editing! Abstracts due Feb 28.
'The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities'
Submission form and full book details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
'The Untold Stories of International Student Mobilities'
Submission form and full book details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Neil Harrison
Reposted by Neil Harrison
Dr Will Shield from Educational Psychology discusses the dangers of self-diagnosing mental health problems using social media in this article
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Two million young people have self-diagnosed mental health problems
Waiting lists for therapy mean many rely sites like TikTok for medical advice
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Dr Will Shield from Educational Psychology discusses the dangers of self-diagnosing mental health problems using social media in this article
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Looking forward to giving 'oral evidence' about #careleavers and #cep accessing the labour market to the London Assembly Economy, Culture and Skills Committee this afternoon, drawing on our 2023 report for the Nuffield Foundation. Streamed live: webcasts.london.gov.uk/Assembly/Event…
https://webcasts.london.gov.uk/Assembly/Event…
December 9, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Looking forward to giving 'oral evidence' about #careleavers and #cep accessing the labour market to the London Assembly Economy, Culture and Skills Committee this afternoon, drawing on our 2023 report for the Nuffield Foundation. Streamed live: webcasts.london.gov.uk/Assembly/Event…
Using my first Bluesky post to announce publication of new report: 'Improving the effectiveness of virtual schools'. Explores local disparities in educational outcomes for children in care. Collaboration with NAVSH and Rees Centre, funded by KPMG Foundation: education.exeter.ac.uk/research/pro...
November 22, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Using my first Bluesky post to announce publication of new report: 'Improving the effectiveness of virtual schools'. Explores local disparities in educational outcomes for children in care. Collaboration with NAVSH and Rees Centre, funded by KPMG Foundation: education.exeter.ac.uk/research/pro...