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‘increasing numbers of UK universities going silent on Elon Musk’s platform… fresh analysis shows a “quiet retreat” from the social media platform’.

The below is one among many reasons I've migrated to the other place (the one with the azure firmament), only returning to post things like this. See you there?.

Does the term “Social MOBILITY” suggest we should be willing to move on (literally & metaphorically) from the people, places & culture that raised us? To “leave to achieve”? .#SocialMobilityDay2025 #ShiftingMindsets.

Copies of my book being given to people at the CIPD #FestivalOfWork today by James Adeleke of @_GenSuccess (in this case to Fearless Diversity podcaster @CashmanRachel). Check them out on stand M32

"Does your organisation — or you? — profess egalitarian objectives but find reasons not to share power with people from minoritised groups or those with ‘lived experience’?. There is hope”. #charities #HumanResources.

… I suspected that cross-class friendships were a big driver of #SocialMobility when 2 interviewees in my book using the same phrase (“I had a posh friend”) sent me digging in the data. @RGurumurthy’s piece cites more, newer, stronger data (& points to levers govt can pull). 2/2.

… I suspected that cross-class friendships were a big driver of #SocialMobility when 2 interviewees in my book using the same phrase (“I had a posh friend”) sent me digging in the data. @ra‘s piece cites more, newer, stronger data (& levers govt can pull). 2/2.

“staff who come from ‘underrepresented’ socioeconomic groups… say they have felt wary of voicing insights drawn from their experiences [for] fear of being perceived as having views deemed unsound”.

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"When you take care of the economic stuff, when you address the needs of working people, the power of cultural issues to damage progressives just fades away" ( @rkuttnerwrites ).2/2.

"When you take care of the economic stuff, when you address the needs of working people, the power of cultural issues to damage progressives just fades away" ( @rkutt .2/2.

“…if we don’t count the bag-carrying classes & anyone who isn’t white…”

The study found that “the extra information that can be gleaned from interviews was worse-than-useless information, such as the social confidence that people typically equate with competence but is often just a mark of background”.#interviews #Hr.

Is your organisation recruiting (&/or promoting) people who can act the part rather than those who would perform best in the role?. #hr #dei.

"Views that are deemed acceptable in many 'progressive' not-for-profit organisations are developed by being exposed to media, social circles & (academic) discourses to which few have access".

Listen to this great case study of effective grassroots social justice campaigning . (It’s also a great briefing on how privileged folk make sure their kids get opportunities the rest of us don’t). #SocialJustice #Campaigning #Inequality #Brighton.

"Small #charities feel excluded from decision-making" . As @ACEVO data shows, large charities are untypical (e.g. most run by men, vs most charities led by women, & disproportionately by privately educated..

An organisation that “addresses the major barriers that disabled children and adults face when trying to be active or work in sports and activities” seeks new chair & trustees ⬇️.

Positioning yourself as radical suggests what you are asking for is radical. Campaigners are often complicit in giving the impression that wanting to avert climate catastrophe, or allow families to afford the basics, is not just common sense & decency.

Watching Urban Voodoo Machine ( @UVMLondon ) a potentially great band weighed down by a twattishly egotistical frontman.