Sam Mohun Himmelweit @_SamMH_
Lecturer in Social Policy @UoBrisSPS. PhD @LSESocialPolicy Research on: comparative family policy, labour market inequalities, ideas, continuity and change. Joined February 2022-
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Everyone should read this: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…
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Our January '24 issue is out!👉t.ly/09NJ8 W/@LCJacobs89 @AnnReinl @s_wallaschek @fabiogrogu @pedrolourenco @villenaoliver @LucenaDelio @DeMicheli_David @w_k_taylor @_johnkenny @shawnwdonnelly @BasakTaraktas @berkesen @SungHeeLee1002 @_SamMH_ @BruceEdmonds @anja_osei
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If you leave a job without "good reason" in the UK, you are sanctioned 100% of unemployment benefits for 90 days. Here are some examples of things that do not constitute a "good reason" to leave a job (from the official handbook for DWP decision-makers):
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Graph showing benefit from the government's new childcare entitlements by income. We're moving far away from early years provision being about both care and education, with the poorest children being locked out of most state funded provision - and little discussion about it.
Graph showing benefit from the government's new childcare entitlements by income. We're moving far away from early years provision being about both care and education, with the poorest children being locked out of most state funded provision - and little discussion about it. https://t.co/JN3NEJ797p
My review in @spaajournal of the Research Handbook on Leave Policy, edited by @IvanaDobrotic, @_sonjablum and Alison Koslowski, is now online. Available at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sp…
Fingers crossed this is true. Feels like there’s a real opportunity here
Fingers crossed this is true. Feels like there’s a real opportunity here
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Looks like the shift in government thinking on the early years being largely childcare (rather than also importantly early education) is going to staff qualification levels too. They're consulting on several ways to water down qualification requirements -
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According to the OBR the childcare changes will have "by far" the largest impact on growth. Yet the tax giveaway in the budget to the biggest companies costs twice as much as the new investment in childcare. 🤔
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New🙌 Studying education reforms in 🇩🇪 & 🇰🇷, Fleckenstein, Lee & @_SamMH_ analyse government capacity to reconcile efficiency & inclusion, in the context of twin pressures from firms (changing skills needs) & parents (high aspirations for their children). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
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Children are a bigger deal for some than others
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These covers are three weeks apart
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That was the worst provincial campaign of any of our leaders since autumn 1216 when King John marched about dealing with a rebellion & two invasions, caught dysentery in Norfolk, lost the Crown Jewels in The Wash and died in Nottinghamshire
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love this Hilary Mantel explanation of what history actually is
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