Ian Cushing
@ian_cushing
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Senior Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Imagining futures of linguistic justice in schools. Editor @CritStudsEd.
Manchester, UK
Joined November 2015
New work open access in @OxfordRevEd: Social in/justice and the deficit foundations of oracy. What are the language ideologies at the foundation of 'oracy' and how is it increasingly used as part of a social justice narrative? A lengthy thread follows…
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RT @David_Spendlove: Disappointing that thousands of headteachers work intelligently, with intensity and with dignity each day yet the medi…
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RT @ms_peaceweaver: Katherine Birbalsingh telling someone else to have more humility/less arrogance is one of the funniest things I have ev…
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RT @GrenfellUnited: Our statement following Angela Rayner's decision to demolish Grenfell Tower
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RT @BLAMCharity: BLAM UK is supporting a Black, 15-year-old child from London in the case of RWU v A Governing Body of an Academy [2024]. A…
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RT @draperel: @SnellJulia @ian_cushing speaking brilliantly on their huge body of research into #Ofsted … on ‘the (white) ears of #Ofsted ……
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RT @Finn_Mackay: Does Wes Streeting realise that anti-Whiteness doesn't mean being anti White people, or discriminatory against White peopl…
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RT @Janroweljmu: An effective way of derailing OFSTED is for no serving or retired school leaders to choose to inspect. Don’t pretend you c…
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RT @NEUnion: Ofsted has failed to take seriously the enormous concerns of the profession. It is a discredited organisation with its name co…
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RT @GJosephRoche: "We need a global language rights movement". The article I wrote under this title and published in @GSC_Journal has now…
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What role does Ofsted play in educational injustice, and what role - if any - does it play in the futures of socially just education? ⦿ 10 June 2025 ⦿ Manchester Metropolitan University ⦿ Keynotes and talks from leading and emerging scholars on Ofsted ⦿ Full details soon
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RT @AIUCentre: We welcome the Manchester Mill’s article on the story of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah – a tragic but vital chapter in Manchester’s hist…
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RT @bera_ree: Racial Justice, Equity and Power (RJEP) Conference 9 July 2025 Keynote speakers: Professor Heidi Safia Mirza and Professor K…
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What role does Ofsted play in educational injustice, and what role - if any - does it play in the futures of socially just education? ⦿ 10 June 2025 ⦿ Manchester Metropolitan University ⦿ Keynotes and talks from leading and emerging scholars on Ofsted ⦿ Full details soon
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RT @natalieben: Reminder - it is the longtime policy of @TheGreenParty to abolish Ofsted. We need education for life, not schools forced…
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RT @JaneEPerryman: Remember 'The Big Listen', Ofsted's very own survey of stakeholders views? One of the key findings was that 'There is a…
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as if we needed any more evidence that minor tweaks, tinkers and reforms to an inherently broken system is never going to provide solutions. because the only solution is the abolition of Ofsted.
HMCI @martyneoliver was interviewed by @tes about our proposed reforms. He says they’ll be ‘far more fair, far more proportionate, and that what we’re actually inspecting is really clear.’ Interview: #OfstedConsultation:
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RT @warwickmansell: What's the evidential basis for this? No great difference in results between academies and non-academies. Big MATs seem…
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