rebeccalawthom
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Welsh Professor of Community Psychology, Head of School of Education, University of Sheffield . Views are my own. Retweets not necessarily endorsements
Yorkshire and The Humber
Joined July 2012
Thank you @johnharris1969 for championing my book this week, and people with learning disabilities always.
theguardian.com
A landmark book exposes the history of loathing that underpins scandals like Winterbourne View. It has received next to no attention, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Latest from me: on why learning disability is the frontier of human liberation, & how so much of its history is still ignored and overlooked. This is all about @RoseUnwin's landmark new book Beautiful Lives
theguardian.com
A landmark book exposes the history of loathing that underpins scandals like Winterbourne View. It has received next to no attention, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Very proud to share this special issue of Feminism and Psychology, co-edited with @rebeccalawthom ** Disability as a feminist issue ** It includes papers on trauma, affect, sexism, psycho-emotional disablism, care, contesting psy, sexuality & more! https://t.co/xAMiQtjgBU
journals.sagepub.com
Table of contents for Feminism & Psychology, 35, 4
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What do fathers really want for Father's Day? How about a national policy that provides paid leave to all fathers! Check out my newly released Big Ideas Talk courtesy of @WFRN . Huge thanks to @ellengalinsky for the opportunity. https://t.co/CLkpRrT1qG
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More from #DisabilityDialogues: Bev Enion asks how do we share and collaborate in our findings with audiences beyond the university and calls on researchers to move away from inaccessible jargon and adapt to the needs of disabled people:
sheffield.ac.uk
by Bev Enion
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We launched our Artist Collaborator search last week! Take a look here to learn more if you are an artist who lives on or with ventilation & would like to participate in a paid residency 🙌🏽 https://t.co/JOtqkxe9pN
@DisMatters @gracearjoseph @loubietheartist @KirstyLiddiard1
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🙏A huge thank you to the incredible @STEMAmbassadors volunteers! Your support of our #mobilemakerspace has been instrumental in providing thousands of children with #STEAMeducation opportunities, cultivating essential 21st-century skills and a maker mindset!
😄 HAPPY #VOLUNTEERSWEEK! 😄 This week is a time for us to shine a light on the thousands of professionals quietly shaping futures in classrooms across the UK. Over 350,000 hours were volunteered last year with STEM Ambassadors! ❤️
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This is it - the start of #30dayswildmultilingual - 1 post a day in June, encouraging multilingualism in schools. Download here: https://t.co/M108AZCjnP Today: Cloud spotting. How many words for "cloud" can your class come up with? Dictionaries encouraged :) #30dayswild
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✂️💡Maker{Futures} Invention Convention 🗓️27th May, 1pm-3pm Part of #RemakeDaysDoncaster FREE - book online👉 https://t.co/0BF3LSCHYN
#whatsondoncaster #doncasterevents #MakerEducation #familyevents
eventbrite.co.uk
Join Maker{Futures} to tinker, test, and create your own brilliant inventions in this free hands-on family workshop.
#RemakeDaysDoncaster kicks off next week! 🎉 Get ready for joyful, hands-on learning all across Doncaster — from robotics and museums to sensory pods and maker magic. 👏 We'll be highlighting a few events here today! https://t.co/jv4SGiqi1l
#RemakeDaysDoncaster
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What a wonderful time at the Reading For Pleasure conference in Dubai, meeting old friends and making new ones, and learning about reading for pleasure in different contexts. Thank you to the Emirates Literature Foundation for inviting me! @TeresaCremin @The_UKLA
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Heading into London today to present our @ESRCSchoolMeals project findings to the APPG for School Food! We will miss @GurpinderLalli today. #histed @educationsheff @HistEdSocUK @UoW_CREST @IOE_ICHRE @SheffSocScience
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As the 5 year anniversary of the UK government’s announcement of shielding for those deemed extremely clinically vulnerable to Covid-19, @KirstyLiddiard1 shares some incredibly powerful reflections. Please read 👇🏾
'To be at risk of death for over a year, and to change your entire life and the lives of those you love, to ask them to sacrifice their own freedoms, all in the name of your protection, is the ultimate act of love and care.' @KirstyLiddiard1
https://t.co/wqqA7uyfpn
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📢 New OA project publication by @_isabellectr and @HeatherLWEllis Control, Resistance, and the Senses: Neurodivergent Perspectives of the UK School Meals Service https://t.co/CIVX1b24RR
#histed @EducationSheff @SheffSocScience @IOE_ICHRE @UoW_CREST @HistEdSocUK
tandfonline.com
The UK school meals service has a distinctive history shaped by early welfare policies, austerity measures, and the introduction of universal free school meals, thus making it a useful case study f...
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It's here! #WorldBookDay - if you are using the Rivers of Multilingual Reading activity that has gone out in @WorldBookDayUK packs, please tag me, I'd love to see! @sheffielduni
https://t.co/gCItUxLtki Let's make sure children's reading gets celebrated, in all languages!
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Submissions for the POWES UG and PG Awards in psychology and the social sciences are still open this year✨ More info at this link: https://t.co/zq2gtn1pRI Please repost!
There’s still plenty of time to submit to the POWES UG and PG awards - don’t miss the chance to showcase outstanding student work! Submission deadline: 31st March 2025 More info on this link ⬇⬇ https://t.co/zq2gtn0S2a
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Hey X - I'm recruiting for my PhD research looking at how disability and intimacy is represented on Instagram. I am looking to speak to women with physical impairments to invite them to join the first stage of my research, a steering group. Please share far and wide!
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At @IOE_London today for the next @ESRCSchoolMeals team meeting. Focus today is on writing projects including the monograph! 🍽🍎✍️ @EducationSheff @UoW_CREST @IOE_ICHRE #histed
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It is deeply unjust that some groups of people have significantly worse experiences of health and care than others. In May, Professor Bola Owolabi will join us to explore the national priorities around tackling health inequalities. Find out more. https://t.co/tQuR2EAelY
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