In this episode we are joined by Marie-Pierre Moreau is Professor in Sociology of Education, Work and Inequalities and Education Research Lead at Anglia Ruskin University, Dr Kate Hoskins who is a Reader in Education at Brunel University, and Dr Ellen McHugh who is a Lecturer in Education at Brunel University.

We discuss the impact of expanding education on the transition from PhD to academic in the UK. Focusing on supervisors as gatekeepers, with the ability to give and withdraw opportunities this discussion focuses on how the equity and privilege related to gender, social class and ethnicity play out and are mediated by doctoral supervisors in access to academic positions.

In this episode we are joined by Thomas Cowhitt, a Lecturer of Educational Change and Collaborative Improvement with the School of Education at the University of Glasgow.

We discuss the partnership among government actors, practitioners, and the public for the purpose of school improvement and how accountability politics in education has undermined the professionalism of educators. Using social network analysis this study tracks activities of a classroom practitioner as they scaled up their own maths initiative across a regional education system in England in a journey of school improvement.

In this episode we are joined by Elvis ResCue from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He is sociolinguist with a research focus on Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Bilingual Education, Language Planning and Development; and Language Contact in multilingual contexts.

Our discussion takes us into the social and linguistic experiences of students and teachers in multilingual classrooms, specifically focusing on Ghana. Ghana has about 79 indigenous languages which lends to a diverse classroom environment. Through an interdisciplinary lens we discuss the experiences of students and teachers, the country's socio-linguistic situation itself, and how these factors aid in formulating language in education policy.

Additional resources:

Further links       

• Intersectionality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality    
• Bell Hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks      
• Kimberlé W. Crenshaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberl%C3%A9_Crenshaw     
• The Reformation Project: A faith-based organisation in USA, which promotes racial justice and equality generally through intersectionality. The values of the organisation are “Love for God”, “Love for the Bible”, and “Love for the Church”, and these values are promoted through Leadership Development Cohort programs and conferences. url: https://reformationproject.org/values/.

References & Bibliography

• Agbozo, E. G. & ResCue, E. (2020). Educational language policy in an African country: Making a place for code-switching/translanguaging. Applied Linguistics Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2020-2002.        
• Bonacina, F. & Gafaranga, J. (2011). ‘Medium of instruction’ vs. ‘medium of classroom interaction’: Language choice in a French complementary school classroom in Scotland. International journal of bilingual education and bilingualism, Vol. 14(3), pp. 319-334.        
• Creese, A., & Blackledge, A. (2011). Separate and flexible bilingualism in complementary schools: Multiple language practices in interrelationship. Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 43(5), pp. 1196-1208.        
• Creese, A. & Blackledge, A. (2010). Translanguaging in the bilingual classroom: A pedagogy for learning and teaching? The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 94(1), pp. 103-115.        
• Crenshaw, K. (July 1991). "Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color". Stanford Law Review. Stanford Law School. Vol. 43 (6), pp. 1241–1299. doi:10.2307/1229039. JSTOR 1229039.         
• Cho, S.; Crenshaw, K. W. & McCall, L. (2013). "Toward a field of intersectionality studies: theory, applications, and praxis". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, special issue: Intersectionality: Theorizing Power, Empowering Theory. University of Chicago Press. Vol.38(4), pp. 785–810. doi:10.1086/669608. JSTOR 10.1086/669608.         
• García, O. & Wei, L. (2014). Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism and Education. England: Palgrave Macmillan.         
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