Interested in the education of the working class in former mining communities. Social Haunting, Deindustrialisation, Marxism, and Ethnography
Joined May 2012
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Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
Looking forward to our event below 22 Feb ncm.org.uk/whats-on/history-…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
We’re delighted to announce our February webinar where we will be joined by @russell2015lisa and @EduDetective
🗓️ Wednesday 26th February
🕛12noon-1pm
📍 Zoom
See full details and register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
Great fully funded Phd here analysing The Wapping Post, a newspaper set up by striking print workers and journalists during the Wapping Dispute 1986-7. brunel.ac.uk/research/Resear…
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After very productive & positive meetings at the @ukhomeoffice & with MPs this week, we are moving nearer to an #Orgreaveinquiry Please contact your MP & the #HomeSecretary to emphasise that an inquiry needs to start soon otjc.org.uk/write-to-the-hom… - members.parliament.uk/FindYo…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
There's countless interviews with Arthur Scargill centered around the miners strike but probably not as many leading up to 1984.
The latest episode of the @BarnsleyMuseums podcast was recorded by John Kelly (founder of @LamproomMTC) in 1983.
Our podcast Barnsley Museums Natters is reflecting on 40 years since the miners' strike. The latest episode is an interview with Arthur Scargill recorded in 1983 before the year long strike started.
bit.ly/BarnsleyMuseumsNatter…
@BarnsArchives @Miners_Strike @NCMME
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
Please read our latest report about the urgent need for an #OrgreaveInquiry otjc.org.uk/orgreave-truth-a… Email the Home Secretary:
[email protected]
[email protected]
& your MP. Find your MP here: members.parliament.uk/member…
Draft email here:
otjc.org.uk/write-to-the-hom…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
40th Anniversary of the 1984 Miner’s Strike;
Great to see the fabulous play ‘we’re not going back!” Coming to Rotherham Civic theatre.
Details below.
redladder.co.uk/whatson/were…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
Latest article we have published on coal communities. This one has James Bond, The Sweeney, Roxy Music, and the Buzzcocks. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
In his new book on Scotland’s 1985-85 coal miners’ strike, Professor Jim Phillips explores the injustices that faced Scottish miners – which many are still seeking reparations for.
‘Coalfield Justice’ is now available to buy 🧵
More: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1113…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
📣 Latest research article
Louise Doherty & @tania_dsc combine analysis of a policy network with theories of social haunting to understand how policy processes and networks operate in sectors that have been chronically defunded
#OpenAccess
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
Many thanks & hello to all our supporters & recent followers. Please write to your MP and the Home Secretary to urge them to start an Orgreave inquiry:
otjc.org.uk/write-to-the-hom…
Please also see what we expect from an inquiry:
otjc.org.uk/support-us-in-ou…
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
Important documentary ‘Strike - An Uncivil War’ on Netflix from Wed 18 Sept. Hear directly from the miners & others about the preplanned state & police violence at #Orgreave Read our latest report here:
otjc.org.uk/orgreave-truth-a… #OrgreaveJustice #OrgreaveInquiry #MinersStrike
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
There should be at least one Friday a month that is a “read in bed all day” day, where you don’t have to go to work, and you get to just eat snacks in bed with a good book.
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
On the 40th anniversary of the miners' strike, it is worth exploring the solidarity efforts of British South Asians.
There were street collections from Southall to Birmingham. The Asian Youth Movements and Indian Workers Associations also sent minibuses to the picket lines. 🧵
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
When I spoke at the Orgreave rally alongside Scargill, I made clear that Farage, a privately educated stockbroker who boasted about keeping the flame of Thatcherism alive is no friend of the working class.
And I highlighted a proud history of South Asian solidarity with miners.
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
My new OA article with @BJSocEd explores assets of working-class academics: class solidarity, student support, and transformative pedagogy. It reveals their unique contributions to HE. Read more: shorturl.at/o33rd #ClassInHE
Dr Kat Simpson retweeted
Shocking stuff from @HuddersfieldUni:
Offers *minimum* redundancy pay in latest round of cuts.
@huducu threatens strike.
HU adds measly +£5k for all.
Staff accept redundancy, reluctantly.
HU reneges on deal - lowest paid, fractional staff don’t get £5k
@ucu
#AntiSocialBehaviour
Huddersfield Uni Backtracks On Redundancy Deal huducu.wordpress.com/2024/07…