Introduction
I click on the Zoom link to connect to the online session in which Disabled Students UK (DSUK) will launch their 2024 Access Insight report, going through the major findings from the biggest disabled students survey ever conducted across British higher education institutions. After a … 
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the (im)possibility of joy in academia for racialized scholars: reflections from a podcast project
“So tell me, why are we still doing this?”
On a gloomy Sunday afternoon, a question reverberated through Dounia’s living room, disrupting the silence as Zehra and Dounia came together to prepare yet another academic job application. Our friendship, born out of a shared interest in anti-racism in …
redefining school education and the public sphere in the age of globalization
Rapid globalization and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the 21st century have contributed to transforming education and the public sphere defined by the nation state into a transnational dimension of the public sphere that transcends national boundaries. In particular, the consolidation of …
the solidum in solidarity
Claims to 'Solidarity'
'Solidarity' is a contested concept, both in social discourse and in moral philosophy. As the term appears in powerful political traditions, references to solidarity invoke strong normative associations. However, as different incompatible notions of 'solidarity' coexist in …
quality education and professional teachers
French writer Albert Camus and his mother and brother escaped war-time France and settled in Algeria. His father, who returned to France, was killed in WWI. His mother was illiterate, and the family was very poor. A teacher, Louis Germain, gave young Camus a chance. After receiving the Nobel Prize …