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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Northampton

England
Joined February 2009
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@UniNhantsNews
UniofNorthamptonNews
3 months
Did you catch @UniNorthants Professor in the History of #Radicalism & #Extremism @pnjackson101 in your @guardian newspaper on Monday (25 August)? 📰 If not, you can still read his views on the 'emboldening of the #FarRight' online: https://t.co/qtUO0Ro76V @HistoriansUON
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UniofNorthamptonNews
3 months
People who took part in the 50 Families ‘healthy eating and food budgeting’ research have been treated to a free trip to @WicksteedPark. 🎢 There will be more news about #50Families soon; find out about the project in the story below. @EmelThomas https://t.co/EC3C6cqYk7
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@naomi_alormele
Dr Naomi Alormele 🇬🇭
4 months
My first solo publication from my thesis is now out: “I Dream of an Island”: Black Joy, Storytelling and the Art of Refusal. A piece close to my heart—centering collaborators’ creative expressions, visual methods, and the radical power of joy as refusal. https://t.co/Y255UTn9Yo
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frontiersin.org
This paper advances a decolonial and Black feminist intervention into higher education research by positioning emotive storytelling, creative methodologies, ...
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Dr Emel Thomas
5 months
It's been a great day at our @UniNorthants CARE annual conference 2025. So much to take in and consider going forward.
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Dr Naomi Alormele 🇬🇭
5 months
I’m proud to announce publication of this paper with @DoctorJRo featuring findings from my PhD research in @ERSjournal We explore how Black women in UK & Toronto higher ed use storytelling and repetition to resist, reclaim, and survive. https://t.co/dBvTqQwd85
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6 months
The inaugural doctoral lecture of Dr Ezequiel Delgado Martin! "Education is about meaning and who we can become TOGETHER". Well done Ezequiel. @UniNhantsFHES @UniNorthants
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@UONSchools
Schools Engagement Team
7 months
🌳✨ The UON Forest Schools team is offering exciting workshops in outdoor learning for children and staff! ✨ 🌳 Through Forest Schools, students and staff can engage in team challenges that foster independence, resilience, and problem-solving skills. In March and April,
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UniofNorthamptonNews
7 months
This week's In the news features media coverage about: 🖌️@kardisom and her @FridgeStreet illustrations. 🎺Tim Smart on performing with #Ska band The Specials. 👩‍🍳@EmelThomas and @HelenCaldwel and the recent Nourishing Connections Festival...and more! https://t.co/E4uBQF2sEE
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UniofNorthamptonNews
7 months
A #ThrowbackThursday post about our recent Nourishing Connections Festival. See this little fly through for more, or... https://t.co/LdLrTOTJxY @UniNhantsFHES / @EmelThomas / @HelenCaldwel / @MichelleUON
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@bbcworldservice
BBC World Service
7 months
Can storytelling help reconnect diaspora children to their culture? 🎧 One story from Africa, for Africa with @kasujja
bbc.co.uk
"The foods, the sounds, the folktales... Sudan is not lost. It's with us."
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UniofNorthamptonNews
7 months
"It was wonderful to see guests explore what food means to them and lifestyle changes to take away." Our Nourishing Connections Festival showcased healthy #food, cooking #nutritious meals and #grocery budgeting for local families. @EmelThomas https://t.co/EC3C6cqYk7
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@drhannahrobbins
Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins (they/them)
7 months
Funded PhD in my department! FOCUS: colonialism and cultural imperialism through performance and the music trade in 19th C. Jamaica or Barbados. Open to those with a music, history, or relevant subject background. https://t.co/KFE3RScyyX
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UniofNorthamptonNews
7 months
A busy day as families came to campus to discover more about healthy and nutritious food. Watch this space for the story about what happened and keep an eye on the project team’s Insta account (@ 50_families). @Food4Heroes1/@NorthantsCF/@HomeNorthampton/@nbrly/@EmelThomas
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Dr Emel Thomas
7 months
Almost there... @HelenCaldwel @helensimmonslj @UniNhantsNews and our wonderful UON Head Chef Mike O'Gorman - https://t.co/YuiX94QXwc
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Dr Emel Thomas
7 months
Almost there... @HelenCaldwel @helensimmonslj @UniNhantsNews and our wonderful UON Head Chef Mike O'Gorman - https://t.co/YuiX94QXwc
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@tes
Tes magazine
9 months
The government is being urged to endorse a new definition of school readiness that’s already been adopted by England’s biggest primary MAT https://t.co/tT44EPYeo5
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tes.com
Trusts and charities call on the government to support the new Starting Reception definition of school readiness
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@timeshighered
Times Higher Education
9 months
Just one in 20 UK medical students are from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to a new report from @suttontrust which warns that working-class entry into medicine is in “critical condition”. @paddywjack reports https://t.co/VTWhxqwuks
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timeshighereducation.com
Sutton Trust warns applicants with disadvantaged upbringings can find application process particularly complex and challenging
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@CBCBARBADOS
CBC BARBADOS
9 months
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has paid tribute to the late historian Professor Pedro Welch, who passed away yesterday at the the age of 74-years. https://t.co/c1iVCxI8qO #CBCNewsBarbados
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