Alliance of Working-Class Academics
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We are an international collection of working-class academics who, in 2018, formed the Alliance to support the #workingclass into and through #highereducation
Joined August 2019
Our next #workingclass Doctoral support group will be 7pm on Thu 23rd Jan, where Dr Deirdre O'Neill will help demystify academic publishing. Then 6pm on Tue 11th March we discuss accent prejudice with Prof Tony Crowley. For details: C.Johnston@uwe.ac.uk / S.Mottershaw@leeds.ac.uk
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Study shows extent to which wealth shaped the professoriate
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RT @IntellectBooks: Journal of Class & Culture 3.2 is out now! Including ‘Over the kitchen table: British storytelling as working-class ar…
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RT @AWCAcademics: Our next AWCA Doctoral Support meeting will take place online 12-2pm on Tuesday, 17th Dec. Alison Alvarez, London South…
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Excellent discussion on class and language tonight amongst the Doctoral support group - based on the blog post below, and so much more. #phd #workingclass
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EVENT #Workingclass Doctoral support Group: 5pm Wed 6th of Nov. A chance to discuss all things class and language - what does working class (status) mean (disadvantage, under-resourced, deprivation?) Contact c.johnston@uwe.ac.uk Or, S.Mottershaw@leeds.ac.uk #PhD #AcademicChatter
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RT @Gavin_F_Brewis: A real privilege to be invited to deliver a keynote for this extremely meaningful event. Organised by the National Cen…
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RT @JessBrown_UK: A brief snippet of the paper: #highereducation #education #research @AWCAcademics @wcstudies ht…
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6 years ago, 'Being working-class in the Academy' was published, and 'we' were 'born' .... and continue to go from strength to strength in y/our efforts to support the #workingclass in #HigherEducation
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Excellent and insightful session this evening on employment beyond academia as part of our #workingclass #PhD/ Doctoral student support group 👌 next session in November - come join us! Organised by @SMottershaw
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RT @AWCAcademics: Our next #workingclass Doctoral #phd student support group meeting takes place 7-9pm on Thu 26th Sept, with @louisemfolk…
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Our next Doctoral #phd student support meeting takes place 7-9pm on Thu 26th Sept, with @louisemfolkes (Office for Students) and Ruth Winden University of Leeds) talking about non-academic research careers. If you are interested in attending, please email C.Johnston@uwe.ac.uk.
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A reminder of our next joint conference - the deadline for abstracts is Sept. 20th.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! The NCRTJ and @AWCAcademics 1 day Conf, 'Class, Race, Place: Exploring Intersectionality for Access to Higher Education Globally': Wadawurrung Country [Ballarat, Aus] & online. 6/12/24. IT’S FREE. Join us✊🏾 @Prof_EmJ Pls RT/ share 🫶🏾
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