New from MIE's Steven Courtney, Professor Helen Gunter, Orvillian, EU Rejoiner. and Steven Jones, via P Fens: “The genetic defence of private schools is filled with fabrications” pepf.co.uk/opinion/the-ge…

#BlackHistoryMonth #tourism Marginalisation and ethnicity deeply impact African American tourists decisions. Read the paper by Tucker & Deale capturing the voices of African American travellers for insights into the relationship between Race and Tourism. ➡️doi.org/10.1080/147668…

Very delighted to have received a copy of this important book by my colleague and former PGR student Barbara Grabher a must-read for everyone working on #CritEvents #GenderStudies #culture #CityOfCulture #performance

New OA paper by Josef Ploner and myself: Strategy and sustainability discourses in higher education partnership building between China and UK COMPARE Research Centre for Global Learning tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

5 x full-time, permanent posts in Manchester Institute of Education (MIE), probably the final pieces in our staffing jigsaw for the time being.

🎉 Exciting news about the UK-China #International #Photography #Competition!🇬🇧🇨🇳 🖼️ Come and explore the top 30 finalist photos exhibited Alliance MBS. Which one do you think captures the feeling of #home best?🏡 🏆 Winners to be announced this Monday!

So very happy to touch the physical copies of our book from my first book project. It has been a wonderful opportunity for me to work with the experts in the field! Hope more chances for future collaboration will ensue. 😄

Can we develop place-based education and curriculum? And how do we co-develop place-based curricula with communities themselves? Join discussions on we can take new approaches to place, work and education at our two-day hybrid conference 👇🏽 eventbrite.co.uk/e/levelling-up…

How has the pandemic and changes to hybrid working affected the relationship between education, work and place? Join us for a series of hybrid talks with speakers including Eric Lybeck Kate Green 💙 Ruth Lupton 📚 eventbrite.co.uk/e/levelling-up…

MIE’s annual Away Day is up and running, with Steven Jones welcoming new colleagues and inviting @DrMiriamFirth and Stephen Rayner to reflect on their three years as Directors of Teaching and Learning.

Ben Jennings on #BorisJohnson appointing a new ethics adviser #Ethics #EthicsAdviser #MinisterialCode #UnfitForOffice - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Our researchers are addressing the challenges of #levellingup in so many different ways 🧵 Read Eric Lybeck on what place-based education policy could look like: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2022/03/… #GettingResults

Join the conversation CELP CONFERENCE 2022, University of Manchester. 5 & 6 October! Exploring Leadership and Policy Scholarship from a critical perspective🤩🤩 Steven Courtney @wilfarmstrong Dr Bee Hughes 🐝 Stephen Rayner #CELP2022 Register celp_inperson.eventbrite.co.uk  celp_virtual.eventbrite.co.uk

Last week in Barcelona:

Congratulations to all MIE students who graduated this morning, and thanks to lemn sissay OBE FRSL for taking the time to engage personally with every one.

Another sixty Trans Pennine Express services cancelled today. Thousands of journeys disrupted. This is a service in meltdown. The new Transport Secretary must act - today.

For all my fellow #highered researchers in the UK, I have made a thing that might be useful: figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/datas… This is an OA CC dataset that includes information about all UK HEIs, size, location, mission group, age, international student numbers, THE rankings, and 1/

I was thrilled and proud to see our final year MLL@UoM students completing their final assignment with critical substance and style. Added bonus celebrating the end of their undergraduate journey in a sunny local beergarden! Manchester Institute of Education (MIE)

It’s here! Author copies of our new book which is out next week. So proud of this work with my wonderful colleagues. Thanks to Sam Friedman for his thoughtful foreword too x