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Vera Spangler
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PhD student, University of Surrey | Higher education, international student mobility, knowledge legitimacy | Co-convenor of the BSA PG Forum | Co-convenor of the RIS ECR network
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sazanajayadeva.bsky.social
Happy to share a new article, just published open access in @socresonline.bsky.social: 'Getting Back on Track: Student Migration From India to Germany as a Route to Desirable Employment'.

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Getting Back on Track: Student Migration From India to Germany as a Route to Desirable Employment - Sazana Jayadeva, 2025
This article examines the rising postgraduate-level student migration of Indian engineers to Germany, drawing on interviews with 42 Indians who were applying to...
journals.sagepub.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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reubenroseredwood.bsky.social
Just published an article in The Conversation on international student activism & the politics of higher ed that follows up on the book we published last year in light of the current targeting of international students in the US theconversation.com/internationa... @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social
International student activism histories show how education can foster democracy
The very presence of international students on university campuses is a political matter that depends on a measure of good will between the host and home countries.
theconversation.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
ve-spa.bsky.social
Morning run magic. Happy Sunday! 💛
June 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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wonkhe.bsky.social
Last week on Wonkhe: Developing drawing and creative skills has impacts beyond visual literacies. Zoë Allman and Chris Wright explore how this can be embedded into university life
Getting students drawing can help belonging and mental health
Developing drawing and creative skills has impacts beyond visual literacies. Zoë Allman and Chris Wright explore how this can be embedded into university life
buff.ly
June 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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rachelbrooks.bsky.social
We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP

Deadline: 9 June

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May 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
ve-spa.bsky.social
📖📚 Have you registered for our upcoming ECR RIS reading group?

20 May 2025
3.00-4.30pm BST

✒️ register here: lnkd.in/edviAa_E

@risnetwork.bsky.social @sazanajayadeva.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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klararaiber.bsky.social
Come work with us!
radboudgender.bsky.social Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies @radboudgender.bsky.social · May 7
Interested in how how migration reshapes fatherhood, emotional life, and gender performances?
@klararaiber.bsky.social and Francesco Cerchiaro are hiring a PhD candidate for an exiting project at Radboud University.

Find all information here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Deadline: June 1st
PhD Position: Fatherhood, Emotions and Masculinity in Migration | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD Position: Fatherhood, Emotions and Masculinity in Migration at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
May 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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nweidhase.bsky.social
'Island of strangers' is scary, dangerous language. Also what rules is he talking about? The 'rules' regulating immigration mean it's already difficult and expensive to come to the UK.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says
PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirements
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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resprofnews.bsky.social
Breaking: Government plans levy on universities’ overseas fee income.

Immigration white paper also proposes cut in duration of graduate visas to 18 months.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Government plans levy on universities’ overseas fee income - Research Professional News
Immigration white paper also proposes cut in duration of graduate visas to 18 months
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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taz.de
Eine Umweltaktivistin verschwindet im Süden Chiles. Die Suche führt zu einem Konflikt um indigenes Land – und einem Unternehmer mit deutschen Wurzeln.
Verschwundene Aktivistin in Chile: Wo ist Julia Chuñil?
taz.de
May 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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erc.europa.eu
The ERC welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from @ec.europa.eu for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering larger, longer-term grants, as announced by President Ursula Von der Leyen at the Sorbonne this morning.

👉 europa.eu/!NTYTTV
Choose Europe for Science: ERC welcomes new budget for 'super grants'
The Scientific Council of the European Research Council welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from the European Commission for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering la...
europa.eu
May 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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rachelbrooks.bsky.social
In the run-up to the Uk-EU summit on 19 May, @johannawaters.bsky.social has written a great piece about the value of even a time-limited youth mobility scheme. There’s also brief mention of our forthcoming book!

#ISM #Turing #HE #Europe

theconversation.com/even-a-cappe...
Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU
More than 60 Labour MPs have signed a letter calling on the government to support a youth mobility agreement with the EU.
theconversation.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
ve-spa.bsky.social
Please consider submitting a paper for the upcoming BSA Postgraduate Forum event! It’s a great opportunity to share your work, engage in discussions, and connect with fellow researchers.

Find more PG and ECR events here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/

@britsoci.bsky.social @lunayihanfu.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
ve-spa.bsky.social
📆RIS ECR Reading Group @risnetwork.bsky.social

20 May 2025
3.00-4.30pm BTS | 10.00-11.30 CLT

✒️Register: forms.gle/2nWPwLksPp4S...

📖Sazana Jayadeva (2020), Keep calm and apply to Germany: How online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany:
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Keep calm and apply to Germany: how online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany
This paper draws attention to the increasingly central yet understudied role of social media in facilitating student mobility from India. More specifically, it explores the emergence of online mutu...
doi.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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rachelbrooks.bsky.social
New piece for @wonkhe.bsky.social on ‘paradoxical parenting practices’ drawing on research with @juliacook.bsky.social & @drdanwoodman.bsky.social

@education.ox.ac.uk #parenting #HE
wonkhe.bsky.social Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · May 2
NEW on Wonkhe: Are parents intervening more in their children’s higher education – and if so, why? Rachel Brooks looks at paradoxical parenting practices buff.ly/5zlalBM
May 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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rachelbrooks.bsky.social
Do sign up for our webinar asking 'Does Higher Education Politicise Today's Students?' on 3 June, 2-4pm

Talks from @ralphscott.bsky.social, @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @janmcarthur.bsky.social & Gritt Nielsen, & launch of @studentspolitics.bsky.social

www.researchcghe.org/events/does-...
April 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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nweidhase.bsky.social
Join us and our line-up of fantastic speakers on 21st May for our joint MeCCSA Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial network and Women's network event Paradoxes of Visibility: Negotiating Race and Gender in the UK Political and Media Landscape on Zoom! You can register here: tinyurl.com/4mn29cc4
Registration is now open for the joint network event Paradoxes of Visibility: Negotiating Race and Gender in the UK Political and Media Landscape. MeCCSA Race, Ethnicity, and Postcolonial Network and MeCCSA Women’s Network present: Wednesday 21st May 2025 Please join us for Paradoxes of Visibility: Negotiating Race and Gender in the UK Political and Media Landscape', a half-day symposium exploring key issues of representation in contemporary media. 2pm: Welcome 2.15pm to 3.15pm Panel 1: Women of Colour in British Politics Sophia Kanaouti (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) ‘Bureaucratization of politics: identity without responsibility’ Craig Ryder (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) ‘Fringe platforms and the prevalence of digital macroaggressions against UK female leaders’ Anna Sanders and Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (University of York) ‘The Glass Cliff in Contemporary British Politics: The non-traditional aspect of contemporary leadership contests and their gendered and intersectional consequences’ 3.30pm to 4.15pm Panel 2: The Politics of Visibility Tina Frederikke Kristensen (University of Sunderland) ‘”#metoo was started by a black woman, @Tarana Burke!!! Give credit where it’s due! <3" (Marqueza, 2017): The discursive strategies used to increase visibility of people of colour in the #MeToo movement on Twitter’ Hannah Yelin (Oxford Brookes University) ‘Trans and nonbinary youth navigating celebrity culture and the risks of visibility’ You can register for the event here: https://buytickets.at/universityofsurrey1/1651077.
April 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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lunayihanfu.bsky.social
Hi everyone! 🌞 We warmly welcome you to sign up for our BSA-funded event:

‘Insider-Outsider’: Navigating Challenges and Complexities in Cross-national and Cross-cultural Fieldwork

Registration is OPEN, please see more information and register at:

www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

See you soon💗
‘Insider-Outsider’: Navigating Challenges and Complexities in Cross-national and Cross-cultural Fieldwork
www.britsoc.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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sazanajayadeva.bsky.social
Registration is now open for our @srhe.bsky.social webinar on international student mobility from and to India! There will be 3 panels, 9 papers, and lots of Q&A!

When: 16 May, 10 am - 1.05 pm (UK time)

For more details & registration: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

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March 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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srhe.bsky.social
On 28 April, @rachelbrooks.bsky.social and @professorliwei.bsky.social will examine the role of multilingualism in HE and research, and address the challenges and opportunities that multilingualism presents in contemporary universities. Register and join us: bit.ly/4i8i7z2
April 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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rachelbrooks.bsky.social
Does HE politicise today's students?

Come along to the launch of a new ESRC-funded project on students and politics

Online, 3 June, 2-4pm with @robfordmancs.bsky.social @janmcarthur.bsky.social @ralphscott.bsky.social & Gritt Nielsen

www.researchcghe.org/events/does-...
Does higher education politicise today’s students? | Centre for Global Higher Education
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March 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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ecer-eera.bsky.social
Rather than seeing students as customers and education as a product, Dr Gravett & Dr Winstone argue for creating connections so students feel they matter. @EERA_N22 #EERA_NW27 #BERANews #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/making-connections-in-higher-education/
Making Connections in Higher Education - EERA Blog
Rather than seeing students as customers and education as a product, Dr Gravett & Dr Winstone argue for creating connections so students feel they matter.
blog.eera-ecer.de
March 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
ve-spa.bsky.social
📚 RIS ECR Reading Group @risnetwork.bsky.social

🗓️ Thursday, 27th March
⏰ 3.00-4.30pm (UK time)
🔗 forms.gle/YK935MfnaSgi...

We'll discuss Fran Martin’s (2023) article Enterprising Self and Bohemian Nomad: Emerging Subjectivities in Chinese Education Mobilities: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Enterprising self and bohemian nomad: Emerging subjectivities in Chinese education mobilities
This article approaches the question of how experiences of mobility mediate subjectivities through a case study of middle-class Chinese women’s education mobilities. Drawing from longitudinal ethno...
www.tandfonline.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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dgsoziologie.bsky.social
DAS! mit Soziologe und Autor Prof. Aladin El-Mafaalani
Kindern in Deutschland geht es immer schlechter, sagt Prof. Aladin El-Mafaalani. Und kaum einer merke, wie gesellschaftliche Krisen sich auf die Jüngsten auswirken. Der Soziologe und Professor für Migrations- und Bildungssoziologie an der TU Dortmund…
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February 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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rachelbrooks.bsky.social
Higher education students as consumers: a cross-country comparative analysis of students’ views

New article with @achalagupta.bsky.social & Jessie Abrahams, published in latest issue of Compare

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM