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Austerity: The silent killer
Transforming Society podcast
Life expectancy is about more than just health – it’s about the kind of society we live in.
In this episode, Richard Kemp speaks with David Walsh and Gerry McCartney, co-authors of 'Social Murder?: Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK', about the monumental impact austerity has had, and continues to have, on life expectancy.
They discuss the real-life stories of people affected by austerity policies, the reasons austerity is often sidelined in official health reports and the steps that need to be taken to reverse the horrific effects of these last 14 years.
David Walsh is Senior Lecturer in Health Inequalities at the University of Glasgow and previously Programme Manager at the Glasgow Centre for Population Health. Gerry McCartney is Professor of Wellbeing Economy at the University of Glasgow and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health Scotland.
Find out more about the book at: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-murder
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/12/03/podcast-austerity-the-silent-killer/
Timestamps:
1:20 - What is social murder?
4:30 - Why were social service cuts made?
9:45 - Can you go into more detail on some of the cuts and how the affected poorer people?
16:20 - Was it thoughtlessness that led to these cuts?
18:37 - Can you talk us through some of the real life stories, such as Moira's story?
25:48 - What is the idea of a 'participation society' and how does that link to the rise in food banks?
31:40 - What have institutions and governments ignored the research on austerity?
38:34 - Should we be measuring our economies differently?
41:10 - What steps do we need to take to reverse the effects of austerity?
44:16 - Where can we find you online?
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Life expectancy is about more than just health – it’s about the kind of society we live in.
In this episode, Richard Kemp speaks with David Walsh and Gerry McCartney, co-authors of 'Social Murder?: Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK', about the monumental impact austerity has had, and continues to have, on life expectancy.
They discuss the real-life stories of people affected by austerity policies, the reasons austerity is often sidelined in official health reports and the steps that need to be taken to reverse the horrific effects of these last 14 years.
David Walsh is Senior Lecturer in Health Inequalities at the University of Glasgow and previously Programme Manager at the Glasgow Centre for Population Health. Gerry McCartney is Professor of Wellbeing Economy at the University of Glasgow and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health Scotland.
Find out more about the book at: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-murder
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/12/03/podcast-austerity-the-silent-killer/
Timestamps:
1:20 - What is social murder?
4:30 - Why were social service cuts made?
9:45 - Can you go into more detail on some of the cuts and how the affected poorer people?
16:20 - Was it thoughtlessness that led to these cuts?
18:37 - Can you talk us through some of the real life stories, such as Moira's story?
25:48 - What is the idea of a 'participation society' and how does that link to the rise in food banks?
31:40 - What have institutions and governments ignored the research on austerity?
38:34 - Should we be measuring our economies differently?
41:10 - What steps do we need to take to reverse the effects of austerity?
44:16 - Where can we find you online?
Intro music:
Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
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12/03/24 • 45 min
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Are zoos an anachronism in the 21st century?
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Many of us have fond memories of going to the zoo as children, but zoo critics are vocal in their condemnation of keeping animals in captivity, believing there can be no such thing as a good zoo. Are the goals of entertainment, conservation, education and research more often in conflict than harmony? And are they ultimately irreconcilable with concern for animal welfare?
In this episode, George Miller talks to Heather Browning and Walter Veit, co-authors of 'What are Zoos For?' about the ethics of captivity, the challenges of balancing animal welfare with the need for public engagement, and the potential for zoos to drive meaningful conservation efforts. We also get to hear about Walter’s recent memorable encounter with Frank the feisty king penguin.
Heather Browning is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton, working on philosophical questions in animal welfare, sentience, and ethics. She previously worked as a zookeeper and zoo animal welfare officer in Australia and New Zealand. Walter Veit is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. His primary research interests lie in the intersection of the biological, social, and mind sciences and empirically informed philosophy and ethics.
Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-are-zoos-for
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/12/10/podcast-are-zoos-an-anachronism-in-the-21st-century/
Timestamps:
1:30 - Are you the kind of people who seek out the zoo when you visit a new city?
2:33 - How did you come into this field?
4:01 - What was the particular appeal to ask and answer this question of the purpose of zoos?
8:02 - How do you deal with the historical dimension of zoos?
13:03 - Do you have examples of people having moving moments being in close proximity to wild animals?
18:07 - What makes it so difficult to judge whether conservation is as compelling an argument as zoos maintain?
23:54 - How easy is it to establish what constitutes good welfare?
28:03 - Can you pick out a zoo encounter that really sticks in your memory?
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Many of us have fond memories of going to the zoo as children, but zoo critics are vocal in their condemnation of keeping animals in captivity, believing there can be no such thing as a good zoo. Are the goals of entertainment, conservation, education and research more often in conflict than harmony? And are they ultimately irreconcilable with concern for animal welfare?
In this episode, George Miller talks to Heather Browning and Walter Veit, co-authors of 'What are Zoos For?' about the ethics of captivity, the challenges of balancing animal welfare with the need for public engagement, and the potential for zoos to drive meaningful conservation efforts. We also get to hear about Walter’s recent memorable encounter with Frank the feisty king penguin.
Heather Browning is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton, working on philosophical questions in animal welfare, sentience, and ethics. She previously worked as a zookeeper and zoo animal welfare officer in Australia and New Zealand. Walter Veit is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. His primary research interests lie in the intersection of the biological, social, and mind sciences and empirically informed philosophy and ethics.
Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-are-zoos-for
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/12/10/podcast-are-zoos-an-anachronism-in-the-21st-century/
Timestamps:
1:30 - Are you the kind of people who seek out the zoo when you visit a new city?
2:33 - How did you come into this field?
4:01 - What was the particular appeal to ask and answer this question of the purpose of zoos?
8:02 - How do you deal with the historical dimension of zoos?
13:03 - Do you have examples of people having moving moments being in close proximity to wild animals?
18:07 - What makes it so difficult to judge whether conservation is as compelling an argument as zoos maintain?
23:54 - How easy is it to establish what constitutes good welfare?
28:03 - Can you pick out a zoo encounter that really sticks in your memory?
Intro music:
Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
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12/10/24 • 34 min
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How woke capitalism is sabotaging democracy
Transforming Society podcast
In this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Carl Rhodes, author of 'Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy', about the dangerous consequences of businesses being ‘woke’.
Carl reveals that, through woke capitalism, the people who benefit most from inequality are setting the agenda, with serious implications for democracy.
Find out more about the book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/woke-capitalism
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In this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Carl Rhodes, author of 'Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy', about the dangerous consequences of businesses being ‘woke’.
Carl reveals that, through woke capitalism, the people who benefit most from inequality are setting the agenda, with serious implications for democracy.
Find out more about the book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/woke-capitalism
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11/23/21 • 33 min
Danny Dorling on the UK election and hope for change
Transforming Society podcast
Danny Dorling and Jess Miles talk about his concept of peak injustice - that injustice and inequality are now so bad in the UK that it might just be that they can't get worse.
In advance of 4 July, they talk about Keir Starmer and what the Labour party may offer, why higher taxes aren't a burden, how fear wrecks societies and the data that gives us hope that getting down from the top of the mountain of injustice might be possible.
Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter’s College. He is a patron of RoadPeace, Comprehensive Future and Heeley City Farm. He has published over 50 books, including the best-selling Peak Inequality: Britain’s Ticking Timebomb (2018) and Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists (2014). Follow him on Twitter: @dannydorling.
Find out more about the book: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/peak-injustice
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/06/21/podcast-danny-dorling-on-the-uk-election-and-hope-for-change/
Timestamps:
01:39 - What are the signs things might be getting less unequal?
5:33 - How far are the parties going to tackle injustice, and are there any standout policies?
9:59 - Why are people afraid of tax rises?
13:01 - What are individuals going to have to accept in order to move away from this peak injustice?
20:57 - When discussing what the next government have to do to move us away from peak injustice you said they have to want to do it. What did you mean by that?
28:40 - What is the important role the left have to play in this election?
33:09 - What do you want people, including the new government, to take from your book, 'Peak Injustice'?
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Danny Dorling and Jess Miles talk about his concept of peak injustice - that injustice and inequality are now so bad in the UK that it might just be that they can't get worse.
In advance of 4 July, they talk about Keir Starmer and what the Labour party may offer, why higher taxes aren't a burden, how fear wrecks societies and the data that gives us hope that getting down from the top of the mountain of injustice might be possible.
Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter’s College. He is a patron of RoadPeace, Comprehensive Future and Heeley City Farm. He has published over 50 books, including the best-selling Peak Inequality: Britain’s Ticking Timebomb (2018) and Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists (2014). Follow him on Twitter: @dannydorling.
Find out more about the book: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/peak-injustice
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/06/21/podcast-danny-dorling-on-the-uk-election-and-hope-for-change/
Timestamps:
01:39 - What are the signs things might be getting less unequal?
5:33 - How far are the parties going to tackle injustice, and are there any standout policies?
9:59 - Why are people afraid of tax rises?
13:01 - What are individuals going to have to accept in order to move away from this peak injustice?
20:57 - When discussing what the next government have to do to move us away from peak injustice you said they have to want to do it. What did you mean by that?
28:40 - What is the important role the left have to play in this election?
33:09 - What do you want people, including the new government, to take from your book, 'Peak Injustice'?
Intro music:
Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
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06/21/24 • 36 min
Can the law deliver racial justice?
Transforming Society podcast
Racial justice is never far from the headlines, but, although the ideals of the legal system such as fairness and equality seem allied to the struggle, campaigners have been all too often let down by the system.
In this episode Jess Miles and Bharat Malkani, author of ‘Racial Justice and the Limits of the Law’, talk through cases like those of the Colston Four and Shamima Begum, to explore this paradox and establish where change is possible.
Bharat Malkani is Reader in Law at Cardiff University. His research connects human rights with criminal justice, with a particular focus on racism, miscarriages of justice and the death penalty. Follow him on Twitter: @bharatmalkani.
Find out more about the book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/racial-justice-and-the-limits-of-law
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/04/22/podcast-can-the-law-deliver-racial-justice/
Timestamps:
01:11 - How does the Colston Four case illustrate the relationship, and the paradox, between racial justice and the law?
04:31 - How do six concepts from critical race theory explain the ways the law is limiting when it comes to racial justice?
36:43 - What is anti-racist lawyering and is it possible within the system?
42:16 - There are structural limits everywhere, not just in law. How does EDI relate to this and what should we think about?
46:40 - If we are concluding that the law is too limited to achieve racial justice, what is there to learn and where can change be made?
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Racial justice is never far from the headlines, but, although the ideals of the legal system such as fairness and equality seem allied to the struggle, campaigners have been all too often let down by the system.
In this episode Jess Miles and Bharat Malkani, author of ‘Racial Justice and the Limits of the Law’, talk through cases like those of the Colston Four and Shamima Begum, to explore this paradox and establish where change is possible.
Bharat Malkani is Reader in Law at Cardiff University. His research connects human rights with criminal justice, with a particular focus on racism, miscarriages of justice and the death penalty. Follow him on Twitter: @bharatmalkani.
Find out more about the book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/racial-justice-and-the-limits-of-law
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/04/22/podcast-can-the-law-deliver-racial-justice/
Timestamps:
01:11 - How does the Colston Four case illustrate the relationship, and the paradox, between racial justice and the law?
04:31 - How do six concepts from critical race theory explain the ways the law is limiting when it comes to racial justice?
36:43 - What is anti-racist lawyering and is it possible within the system?
42:16 - There are structural limits everywhere, not just in law. How does EDI relate to this and what should we think about?
46:40 - If we are concluding that the law is too limited to achieve racial justice, what is there to learn and where can change be made?
Intro music:
Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
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04/22/24 • 51 min
Open access at a mission-led university press
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In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Julia Mortimer, Journals Director and Head of Open Access at Bristol University Press.
They discuss recent developments in Open Access, including funder mandates, community-led models and the direction Bristol University Press are heading in. In addition, they offer advice for authors, and potential authors, for navigating this fast-moving publishing landscape.
Find out more about Open Access: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/open-access
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In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Julia Mortimer, Journals Director and Head of Open Access at Bristol University Press.
They discuss recent developments in Open Access, including funder mandates, community-led models and the direction Bristol University Press are heading in. In addition, they offer advice for authors, and potential authors, for navigating this fast-moving publishing landscape.
Find out more about Open Access: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/open-access
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10/23/23 • 26 min
How listening to convicts can transform justice
Transforming Society podcast
Convict’s voices have traditionally been ignored and marginalised in scholarship and policy debates, but how can we improve if we don’t learn from these lived experiences?
Richard Kemp speaks with Jeffrey Ian Ross, author of ‘Introduction to Convict Criminology’, about why listening to convicts is essential to positively impacting corrections, criminology, criminal justice, and policy making.
They discuss the origins of convict criminology as a discipline, the importance, and difficulty, of receiving higher education during incarceration, and the policy decisions that are necessary to improve our criminal justice systems.
Jeffrey Ian Ross is Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Research Fellow with the Center for International and Comparative Law and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. Follow him on Twitter: @jeffreyianross.
Find out more about the book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/introduction-to-convict-criminology
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/06/14/podcast-how-listening-to-convicts-can-transform-justice/
Timestamps:
1:41 - What was the literature on prisons before convict criminology, and what does convict criminology do differently?
4:08 - What is prison life like and why is it important for us to understand it?
7:08 - Was convict criminology 'rocking the boat' when it came to be?
9:31 - Education in prisons is important, so how did it end up in the state it's in?
15:56 - What's the financial support for inmates doing education?
18:56 - How achievable is it for educated inmates to write academically about their experiences?
25:30 - What do you say to people who disagree with inmates being educated?
28:35 - What are the impacts of race, gender and class, and what are the dangers of activism?
32:22 - How does convict criminology want to influence policy?
Intro music:
Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
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Convict’s voices have traditionally been ignored and marginalised in scholarship and policy debates, but how can we improve if we don’t learn from these lived experiences?
Richard Kemp speaks with Jeffrey Ian Ross, author of ‘Introduction to Convict Criminology’, about why listening to convicts is essential to positively impacting corrections, criminology, criminal justice, and policy making.
They discuss the origins of convict criminology as a discipline, the importance, and difficulty, of receiving higher education during incarceration, and the policy decisions that are necessary to improve our criminal justice systems.
Jeffrey Ian Ross is Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Research Fellow with the Center for International and Comparative Law and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. Follow him on Twitter: @jeffreyianross.
Find out more about the book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/introduction-to-convict-criminology
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/06/14/podcast-how-listening-to-convicts-can-transform-justice/
Timestamps:
1:41 - What was the literature on prisons before convict criminology, and what does convict criminology do differently?
4:08 - What is prison life like and why is it important for us to understand it?
7:08 - Was convict criminology 'rocking the boat' when it came to be?
9:31 - Education in prisons is important, so how did it end up in the state it's in?
15:56 - What's the financial support for inmates doing education?
18:56 - How achievable is it for educated inmates to write academically about their experiences?
25:30 - What do you say to people who disagree with inmates being educated?
28:35 - What are the impacts of race, gender and class, and what are the dangers of activism?
32:22 - How does convict criminology want to influence policy?
Intro music:
Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
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06/14/24 • 39 min
What is policing for?
Transforming Society podcast
In this episode, Lambros Fatsis and Melayna Lamb talk about their new book ‘Policing the Pandemic: How Public Health Becomes Public Order’.
They discuss how the pandemic has revealed the damaging relationship between public health and public order and explain why we need to explore our assumptions about policing and what it's for. Aiming to shift our world view, they offer suggestions for practical steps towards abolitionist practices and ways of thinking.
Find out more about the book: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/policing-the-pandemic
Further reading:
Ida B. Wells, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Angelina Grimké, ‘Appeal to the Christian Women of the South’
Elsa Goveia, ‘The West Indian Slave Laws of the Eighteenth Century’
Sylvia Wynter, ‘No Humans Involved: An Open Letter to my Colleagues’
Lola Olufemi, Feminism Interrupted
Adam Elliot Cooper, Black Resistance to British Policing
Cradle Community - Brick by Brick: How We Build a World Without Prisons
Koshka Duff (editor), Abolishing the Police
Angela Y Davis, Gine Dent, Erika R. Meiners and Beth E. Ritchie, Abolition. Feminism. Now
Mariame Kaba, We Do This ‘Til we Free Us: Abolitionist Organising and Transformative Justice
Annanya Bhattacharjee, ‘Whose Safety? Women of Color and the Violence of Law Enforcement’
Organisations and Projects:
Inquest: https://www.inquest.org.uk/
Netpol: https://netpol.org/
JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association): https://jointenterprise.co/
London Campaign Against Police and State Violence: https://lcapsv.net/
Northern Police Monitoring Project: http://npolicemonitor.co.uk/
Sisters Uncut: https://www.sistersuncut.org/
United Families and Friends Campaign: https://uffcampaign.org/
Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression: https://www.capcr-stl.org/
Critical Resistance: http://criticalresistance.org/
INCITE!: https://incite-national.org/
Creative Interventions: https://www.creative-interventions.org/
Abolitionist Futures: https://abolitionistfutures.com/
The Audre Lorde Project: https://alp.org/
Project NIA: https://project-nia.org/
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In this episode, Lambros Fatsis and Melayna Lamb talk about their new book ‘Policing the Pandemic: How Public Health Becomes Public Order’.
They discuss how the pandemic has revealed the damaging relationship between public health and public order and explain why we need to explore our assumptions about policing and what it's for. Aiming to shift our world view, they offer suggestions for practical steps towards abolitionist practices and ways of thinking.
Find out more about the book: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/policing-the-pandemic
Further reading:
Ida B. Wells, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Angelina Grimké, ‘Appeal to the Christian Women of the South’
Elsa Goveia, ‘The West Indian Slave Laws of the Eighteenth Century’
Sylvia Wynter, ‘No Humans Involved: An Open Letter to my Colleagues’
Lola Olufemi, Feminism Interrupted
Adam Elliot Cooper, Black Resistance to British Policing
Cradle Community - Brick by Brick: How We Build a World Without Prisons
Koshka Duff (editor), Abolishing the Police
Angela Y Davis, Gine Dent, Erika R. Meiners and Beth E. Ritchie, Abolition. Feminism. Now
Mariame Kaba, We Do This ‘Til we Free Us: Abolitionist Organising and Transformative Justice
Annanya Bhattacharjee, ‘Whose Safety? Women of Color and the Violence of Law Enforcement’
Organisations and Projects:
Inquest: https://www.inquest.org.uk/
Netpol: https://netpol.org/
JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association): https://jointenterprise.co/
London Campaign Against Police and State Violence: https://lcapsv.net/
Northern Police Monitoring Project: http://npolicemonitor.co.uk/
Sisters Uncut: https://www.sistersuncut.org/
United Families and Friends Campaign: https://uffcampaign.org/
Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression: https://www.capcr-stl.org/
Critical Resistance: http://criticalresistance.org/
INCITE!: https://incite-national.org/
Creative Interventions: https://www.creative-interventions.org/
Abolitionist Futures: https://abolitionistfutures.com/
The Audre Lorde Project: https://alp.org/
Project NIA: https://project-nia.org/
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01/20/22 • 59 min
Class inequality and denied ambition in our schools
Transforming Society podcast
Jessie Abrahams' new book reveals the extent of class inequality in schools in the UK.
By telling Jessie's story and that of one of the young people in her research, this episode untangles the role aspiration plays for young people in school and the significance of the different choices that are available to different pupils in different schools.
Jessie puts forward ideas for changes that we can make, despite the limitations of what is a fundamentally unequal system.
Jessie Abrahams is Lecturer in Education and Social Justice in the School of Education at the University of Bristol. Follow her on Twitter: @AbrahamsJJ.
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/03/20/podcast-class-inequality-and-denied-ambition-in-our-schools/
Resources:
Find out more about the book: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/schooling-inequality
Read Jake's story for free: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/asset/12446/jacks-story-schooling-inequality-abrahams.pdf
Learn more about the Paired Peers project: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/projects/paired-peers
Explore the Russel Group’s Informed Choices: https://www.informedchoices.ac.uk/
Discover the facilitating subjects: https://successatschool.org/advice/subjects/what-are-facilitating-subjects/204
Timestamps:
01:58 – Jessie’s story and how she came to write the book
05:37 – It’s about resources given to schools, not individual teachers
08:24 – Jake’s story
22:04 – Aspiration and the surprising difference between working and middle-class children
30:39 – Blocking and the GSCE/A Level options available at different schools
40:19 – The missed chance to level the playing field during COVID
45:12 – Where can change be made?
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Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
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Jessie Abrahams' new book reveals the extent of class inequality in schools in the UK.
By telling Jessie's story and that of one of the young people in her research, this episode untangles the role aspiration plays for young people in school and the significance of the different choices that are available to different pupils in different schools.
Jessie puts forward ideas for changes that we can make, despite the limitations of what is a fundamentally unequal system.
Jessie Abrahams is Lecturer in Education and Social Justice in the School of Education at the University of Bristol. Follow her on Twitter: @AbrahamsJJ.
The full transcript of the podcast is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/03/20/podcast-class-inequality-and-denied-ambition-in-our-schools/
Resources:
Find out more about the book: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/schooling-inequality
Read Jake's story for free: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/asset/12446/jacks-story-schooling-inequality-abrahams.pdf
Learn more about the Paired Peers project: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/projects/paired-peers
Explore the Russel Group’s Informed Choices: https://www.informedchoices.ac.uk/
Discover the facilitating subjects: https://successatschool.org/advice/subjects/what-are-facilitating-subjects/204
Timestamps:
01:58 – Jessie’s story and how she came to write the book
05:37 – It’s about resources given to schools, not individual teachers
08:24 – Jake’s story
22:04 – Aspiration and the surprising difference between working and middle-class children
30:39 – Blocking and the GSCE/A Level options available at different schools
40:19 – The missed chance to level the playing field during COVID
45:12 – Where can change be made?
Intro music:
Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Follow the Transforming Society blog to be told when new articles and podcasts publish: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/follow-the-blog/
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03/20/24 • 54 min
‘I am, because we are, we are because I am’: race and COVID-19
Transforming Society podcast
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05/12/20 • 7 min
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Transforming Society podcast currently has 132 episodes available.
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The podcast is about News, Sociology, Climate Justice, Society, Criminal Justice, Podcasts, Social Sciences, Science, Academic and Politics.
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