Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Addressing racialised awarding gap in higher education: Insights from personal tutors
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Situated within a wider cross‐institutional research project, this article provides an in‐depth case study of one higher education (HE) institution, focusing on how personal tutors make sense of racialised degree awarding disparities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, how they perceive their responsibilities, the challenges and ...
Benjamin Ajibade +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
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English teachers' journeys since the 2020 Iteration of Black Lives Matter
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The 2020 resurgence of Black Lives Matter (BLM) mobilised students in England to demand greater representation of racially minoritised voices in English curriculums—a call highlighted by stark inequity: just 1.5% of GCSE texts studied are by racially minoritised authors, despite racially minoritised students comprising 38.0% of the student ...
Adrian Fernandes
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Sustainable Employability of Emergency Nurses: The Effects of Precarious Work and Mental Toughness on Capabilities and Mental Health. [PDF]
J Nurs Manag, 2023 Barnard NB +3 more
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‘I was treated as a deficit’: Immigrant teachers' career progression in Australia
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrant teachers have long been recruited through skilled and employer‐sponsored migration schemes to address teacher shortages in Australia, yet their career trajectories remain constrained by systemic inequities that limit their integration and professional development opportunities.
Ching Ting Tany Kwee +2 more
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Risking one's life to save one's livelihood: Precarious work, presenteeism, and worry about disease exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
J Occup Health Psychol, 2023 Shoss MK +5 more
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Bricks, knots, and bodies: Material encounters and the affective making of masculinity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines how creative research methods do not just capture boys' experiences of masculinity, but actively materialise them. Drawing on two arts‐based activities used in school‐based fieldwork (a mannequin‐based exercise with one participant and a Lego‐building workshop with a small peer group), the paper analyses how materials ...
Huw Berry‐Downs
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The Measurement of Precarious Work and Market Conditions: Insights from the COVID-19 Disruption on Sample Selection. [PDF]
Work Occup, 2023 Alon S.
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Labor conditions in wildlife fieldwork and implications for scientific integrity and safety
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.Abstract Wildlife fieldwork underpins ecological and sustainable science, yet the labor conditions of those who conduct it remain uneven. Wildlife technicians routinely operate under hazardous conditions while working on short‐term contracts with limited job security, restricted decision‐making power, and insufficient structural protections.
Elijah Hayes Lee +1 more
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