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PODCAST: How education is failing young working-class men
by Alex Blower  |  3rd October 2025

In this episode, Richard Kemp speaks with Alex Blower about how the education system often fails working-class boys. …Read more

Passport hierarchies, visa regimes and the gatekeeping of knowledge

Devran Gülel argues that visa regimes act as structural gatekeepers in academia, disproportionately limiting the mobility of Global South scholars, marginalizing their knowledge, and perpetuating global hierarchies under the pretense of meritocracy.…Read more

How the left is winning the moral high ground, but losing the culture war

Suzy Levy, author of 'Mind the Inclusion Gap', argues that Trump’s return has intensified divisions, highlighting the urgent need to reimagine inclusion to heal a fractured society.…Read more

Montage of images: Picture of a bookseller standing in front of some bookshelves in the shop Bookhaus (right); Picture of a chalk board sign outside the shop (left)

To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week 2025, our Marketing Coordinator, Rich Kemp spent a day working at Bristol’s radical indie bookshop, Bookhaus, an experience that revealed the heart, care, and community behind the counter.…Read more

by Bahar Muller and Darran McLaughlin  |  13th June 2025

As part of Independent Bookshop Week 2025, Bookhaus in Bristol highlights how indie bookshops foster community, activism and cultural change far beyond selling books. …Read more

by Joanna Blahopoulou and Silvia Ortiz Bonnin  |  3rd June 2025

Silvia Ortiz-Bonnin and Joanna Blahopoulou show that while sexual harassment remains widespread, even brief training can effectively challenge harmful beliefs and foster cultural change.…Read more

by Dawn Mannay and Victoria Timperley  |  3rd April 2025

Dawn Mannay and Victoria Timperley, authors of 'Sandboxing in Practice', demonstrate how sandboxing is a creative qualitative research method that uses sand, objects, and figures to help participants metaphorically represent and share their experiences.…Read more

by Margaret Heffernan  |  24th March 2025

Margaret Heffernan explores the debate over AI's impact on the arts, highlighting how AI threatens artists' livelihoods while undervaluing the crucial creativity and innovation that artists bring to society.…Read more

by Kate Newby and Laura N. McGinty  |  10th February 2025

Kate Newby and Laura N. McGinty examine how reverse mentoring at the University of Sunderland empowered marginalised students to share their experiences with staff, fostering institutional change and demonstrating its broader potential in social justice and support systems.…Read more

by Michael Crossley  |  7th February 2025

Michael Crossley, one of the Series Editors for the Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education, discusses how the series advances decolonial, interdisciplinary, and Global South-led education research.…Read more