Dr Sam Baars
@sambaars.bsky.social
Head of Research and Insight at Isos Partnership ⦿ public sector policy and delivery ⦿ education and skills ⦿ area-based inequalities ⦿ research and evaluation
Also some articulate reminders from young people of how place attachment complicates the simple assumption, at the heart of the #socialmobility discourse, that all young people have equal capacity to be 'footloose' in the pursuit of opportunity sambaars.com/white-workin...
White working class boys in the neoliberal meritocracy
I've just had a book chapter published as part of a collection on Masculinity and Aspiration in the Era of Neoliberal Education, edited by Garth Stahl, Joseph Nelson and Derron Wallace. The chapter is
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May 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Also some articulate reminders from young people of how place attachment complicates the simple assumption, at the heart of the #socialmobility discourse, that all young people have equal capacity to be 'footloose' in the pursuit of opportunity sambaars.com/white-workin...
Takes me back to the Work Talk Framework I developed during my freelance time with students at The Sand Project in Worthing sambaars.com/the-work-tal...
The Work Talk Framework in action
I've been analysing the data from the first live application of my Work Talk Framework. It's part of an evaluation I'm carrying out for SAND College, a post-16 setting for young people with SEND down
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May 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Takes me back to the Work Talk Framework I developed during my freelance time with students at The Sand Project in Worthing sambaars.com/the-work-tal...
This is wonderful! 😂 Distinctly aggressive. And has the brand identity of a tool hire firm.
May 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is wonderful! 😂 Distinctly aggressive. And has the brand identity of a tool hire firm.
Haha. Agree wholeheartedly! One of my personal faves. Some look like they were bashed out in Paint in the 640x480 days.
May 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Haha. Agree wholeheartedly! One of my personal faves. Some look like they were bashed out in Paint in the 640x480 days.
Thanks! I had the idea, but needed extensive help from some talented freelancers to actually build it...
May 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thanks! I had the idea, but needed extensive help from some talented freelancers to actually build it...
Heya! A lovely little blast from the past. Hope all's well with you.
January 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Heya! A lovely little blast from the past. Hope all's well with you.