Omar Khan
@omaromalleykhan.bsky.social
CEO of @taso.org.uk, Chair of Trust for London, Executive Committee of Political Studies Association. The usual disclaimers.
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Omar Khan
@omaromalleykhan.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Sadly, humans can be mobilised in the cause of hatred. We should bemoan & condemn it wherever we see it. We must also defend and promote a positive alternative, of how we can and do work together across our differences, indeed of how those interactions produce the best of us
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Imagine you lived in the 18th century.
Smallpox kills 1 in 3 cases. Yet you can’t culture pathogens, don’t know germ theory, and have no idea what a virus is. How would you invent a vaccine?
In a new episode of HARD DRUGS, we trace the history of vaccines!
Smallpox kills 1 in 3 cases. Yet you can’t culture pathogens, don’t know germ theory, and have no idea what a virus is. How would you invent a vaccine?
In a new episode of HARD DRUGS, we trace the history of vaccines!
The history of vaccines
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Imagine you lived in the 18th century.
Smallpox kills 1 in 3 cases. Yet you can’t culture pathogens, don’t know germ theory, and have no idea what a virus is. How would you invent a vaccine?
In a new episode of HARD DRUGS, we trace the history of vaccines!
Smallpox kills 1 in 3 cases. Yet you can’t culture pathogens, don’t know germ theory, and have no idea what a virus is. How would you invent a vaccine?
In a new episode of HARD DRUGS, we trace the history of vaccines!
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Our friends at Uni of Sheffield economics department are organising a workshop showcasing research using admin data designed to inform education policy
🕕10am-4pm on Thurs 11th Dec, in person in Sheffield
Programme here: tinyurl.com/bdfawbxf
Sign up to attend for free here: tinyurl.com/yakxb9y6
🕕10am-4pm on Thurs 11th Dec, in person in Sheffield
Programme here: tinyurl.com/bdfawbxf
Sign up to attend for free here: tinyurl.com/yakxb9y6
Education Workshop programme final.pdf
tinyurl.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our friends at Uni of Sheffield economics department are organising a workshop showcasing research using admin data designed to inform education policy
🕕10am-4pm on Thurs 11th Dec, in person in Sheffield
Programme here: tinyurl.com/bdfawbxf
Sign up to attend for free here: tinyurl.com/yakxb9y6
🕕10am-4pm on Thurs 11th Dec, in person in Sheffield
Programme here: tinyurl.com/bdfawbxf
Sign up to attend for free here: tinyurl.com/yakxb9y6
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💛 National Care Leavers Month 💛
As the first-ever National Care Leavers Month wraps up this weekend, we’re celebrating the progress, the voices, and the powerful work happening across the country. Here are some standout highlights and resources you won’t want to miss:
As the first-ever National Care Leavers Month wraps up this weekend, we’re celebrating the progress, the voices, and the powerful work happening across the country. Here are some standout highlights and resources you won’t want to miss:
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
💛 National Care Leavers Month 💛
As the first-ever National Care Leavers Month wraps up this weekend, we’re celebrating the progress, the voices, and the powerful work happening across the country. Here are some standout highlights and resources you won’t want to miss:
As the first-ever National Care Leavers Month wraps up this weekend, we’re celebrating the progress, the voices, and the powerful work happening across the country. Here are some standout highlights and resources you won’t want to miss:
The proportion regularly attending Church of England services is 1 million, with 580,000 (1% of the population) attending a Sunday service each week
www.churchofengland.org/media/press-...
There are obviously others attending Catholic & evangelical services, but total unlikely to reach 1.5million?
www.churchofengland.org/media/press-...
There are obviously others attending Catholic & evangelical services, but total unlikely to reach 1.5million?
Attendance at Church of England churches rises for the fourth year in a row | The Church of England
Attendance at Church of England churches grew for the fourth year in a row last year, statistics have confirmed.
www.churchofengland.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The proportion regularly attending Church of England services is 1 million, with 580,000 (1% of the population) attending a Sunday service each week
www.churchofengland.org/media/press-...
There are obviously others attending Catholic & evangelical services, but total unlikely to reach 1.5million?
www.churchofengland.org/media/press-...
There are obviously others attending Catholic & evangelical services, but total unlikely to reach 1.5million?
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my british grandparents (born 1903) welcomed a Black caribbean migrant as their daughter in law
In 1971, 1 in 3 NHS doctors were overseas born
Given the avg patient age, those born in the 1890s were quite likely to meet a migrant doctor
Whatever some commentators born in the 60s/70s/80s say, most ppl (incl their grandparents) regularly & positively interacted w/migrants their entire lives
Given the avg patient age, those born in the 1890s were quite likely to meet a migrant doctor
Whatever some commentators born in the 60s/70s/80s say, most ppl (incl their grandparents) regularly & positively interacted w/migrants their entire lives
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
my british grandparents (born 1903) welcomed a Black caribbean migrant as their daughter in law
In 1971, 1 in 3 NHS doctors were overseas born
Given the avg patient age, those born in the 1890s were quite likely to meet a migrant doctor
Whatever some commentators born in the 60s/70s/80s say, most ppl (incl their grandparents) regularly & positively interacted w/migrants their entire lives
Given the avg patient age, those born in the 1890s were quite likely to meet a migrant doctor
Whatever some commentators born in the 60s/70s/80s say, most ppl (incl their grandparents) regularly & positively interacted w/migrants their entire lives
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In 1971, 1 in 3 NHS doctors were overseas born
Given the avg patient age, those born in the 1890s were quite likely to meet a migrant doctor
Whatever some commentators born in the 60s/70s/80s say, most ppl (incl their grandparents) regularly & positively interacted w/migrants their entire lives
Given the avg patient age, those born in the 1890s were quite likely to meet a migrant doctor
Whatever some commentators born in the 60s/70s/80s say, most ppl (incl their grandparents) regularly & positively interacted w/migrants their entire lives
Curious how these two views are squared:
We should limit welfare to two children, for reasons that include reducing the birth rate
We should model Hungary's pronatalist / family policies, in part to increase the birth rate
We should limit welfare to two children, for reasons that include reducing the birth rate
We should model Hungary's pronatalist / family policies, in part to increase the birth rate
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Curious how these two views are squared:
We should limit welfare to two children, for reasons that include reducing the birth rate
We should model Hungary's pronatalist / family policies, in part to increase the birth rate
We should limit welfare to two children, for reasons that include reducing the birth rate
We should model Hungary's pronatalist / family policies, in part to increase the birth rate
Recalling the time a professor referred to me as a 'West domiciled Muslim'
Ethnonationalist logic is far from uncommon among those who attend university, however 'elite'. Moral error can't be cured by reading tho it does lead to cringey and false beliefs about human beings and the world
Ethnonationalist logic is far from uncommon among those who attend university, however 'elite'. Moral error can't be cured by reading tho it does lead to cringey and false beliefs about human beings and the world
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Recalling the time a professor referred to me as a 'West domiciled Muslim'
Ethnonationalist logic is far from uncommon among those who attend university, however 'elite'. Moral error can't be cured by reading tho it does lead to cringey and false beliefs about human beings and the world
Ethnonationalist logic is far from uncommon among those who attend university, however 'elite'. Moral error can't be cured by reading tho it does lead to cringey and false beliefs about human beings and the world
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I do think we need to think harder or more seriously on the 'graduate premium'
There are obviously (good and less good) reasons to think that graduate salaries will or should be higher
Where taxes are higher for graduates, these reasons should be clear to both graduates and non-graduates
There are obviously (good and less good) reasons to think that graduate salaries will or should be higher
Where taxes are higher for graduates, these reasons should be clear to both graduates and non-graduates
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I do think we need to think harder or more seriously on the 'graduate premium'
There are obviously (good and less good) reasons to think that graduate salaries will or should be higher
Where taxes are higher for graduates, these reasons should be clear to both graduates and non-graduates
There are obviously (good and less good) reasons to think that graduate salaries will or should be higher
Where taxes are higher for graduates, these reasons should be clear to both graduates and non-graduates
Mystified that the BBC news at 6 asks if providing sufficient calories and adequate clothing to poor children is in the interests of the nation
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Mystified that the BBC news at 6 asks if providing sufficient calories and adequate clothing to poor children is in the interests of the nation
Listening back to the 6 o clock news explaining that the budget will mean £90 extra per year for poorest half of earners but £1000 extra costs for the highest decile and concluding: 'That will be an unwelcome burden'
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Listening back to the 6 o clock news explaining that the budget will mean £90 extra per year for poorest half of earners but £1000 extra costs for the highest decile and concluding: 'That will be an unwelcome burden'
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I went through every proclamation once. The first to mention the Plymouth colony was JFK. Before the 1940s, the proclamations at most mentioned "an ancient tradition" of thanksgiving festivals.
The first time a Presidential Thanksgiving proclamation mentioned the Plymouth colony as being the source of Thanksgiving was JFK's 1962 proclamation. First mentions of the 'pilgrims' at all are by Truman, became a theme under Eisenhower.
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I went through every proclamation once. The first to mention the Plymouth colony was JFK. Before the 1940s, the proclamations at most mentioned "an ancient tradition" of thanksgiving festivals.
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The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
More people left Britain in the last year than live in the city of Manchester
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
More people left Britain in the last year than live in the city of Manchester
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That time, ~400 years ago, when Jesuits dragged a new world turkey nearly 2,000 kilometers from Goa to northern India.
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
That time, ~400 years ago, when Jesuits dragged a new world turkey nearly 2,000 kilometers from Goa to northern India.
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
Apparently controversial to say it but the main beneficiaries of a policy that reduces child poverty are *children in poverty*
Who will have more calories in their stomachs, more heating in their homes and more clothes to keep warm
Their parents/guardians being the next obvious beneficiaries
Who will have more calories in their stomachs, more heating in their homes and more clothes to keep warm
Their parents/guardians being the next obvious beneficiaries
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Apparently controversial to say it but the main beneficiaries of a policy that reduces child poverty are *children in poverty*
Who will have more calories in their stomachs, more heating in their homes and more clothes to keep warm
Their parents/guardians being the next obvious beneficiaries
Who will have more calories in their stomachs, more heating in their homes and more clothes to keep warm
Their parents/guardians being the next obvious beneficiaries
I do think we need to think harder or more seriously on the 'graduate premium'
There are obviously (good and less good) reasons to think that graduate salaries will or should be higher
Where taxes are higher for graduates, these reasons should be clear to both graduates and non-graduates
There are obviously (good and less good) reasons to think that graduate salaries will or should be higher
Where taxes are higher for graduates, these reasons should be clear to both graduates and non-graduates
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I do think we need to think harder or more seriously on the 'graduate premium'
There are obviously (good and less good) reasons to think that graduate salaries will or should be higher
Where taxes are higher for graduates, these reasons should be clear to both graduates and non-graduates
There are obviously (good and less good) reasons to think that graduate salaries will or should be higher
Where taxes are higher for graduates, these reasons should be clear to both graduates and non-graduates
One thing is true: children living in poverty do not work and instead tend to require support from the welfare state
If you think they are therefore 'skivers', you can of course call for the repeal of child labour laws or for the state to forcibly adopt them and raise them by a sort of nanny state
If you think they are therefore 'skivers', you can of course call for the repeal of child labour laws or for the state to forcibly adopt them and raise them by a sort of nanny state
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
One thing is true: children living in poverty do not work and instead tend to require support from the welfare state
If you think they are therefore 'skivers', you can of course call for the repeal of child labour laws or for the state to forcibly adopt them and raise them by a sort of nanny state
If you think they are therefore 'skivers', you can of course call for the repeal of child labour laws or for the state to forcibly adopt them and raise them by a sort of nanny state
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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International student fee levy details confirmed in Budget document: flat fee charged on institutions "of £925 per student per year of study, starting in August 2028 academic year 2028-29".
No charge for first 220 students per year.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926eb...
No charge for first 220 students per year.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926eb...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
International student fee levy details confirmed in Budget document: flat fee charged on institutions "of £925 per student per year of study, starting in August 2028 academic year 2028-29".
No charge for first 220 students per year.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926eb...
No charge for first 220 students per year.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926eb...
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Distributional analysis published alongside the Budget shows that the poorest will benefit most from the measures - particularly due to welfare and public service improvements.
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Distributional analysis published alongside the Budget shows that the poorest will benefit most from the measures - particularly due to welfare and public service improvements.
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Good to see the two child policy scrapped
It was a major cause of short term harm for children and their parents/guardians, but also baked in medium to long terms costs, in terms of educational attainment, social mobility, future income, economic growth - and for the following generation too
It was a major cause of short term harm for children and their parents/guardians, but also baked in medium to long terms costs, in terms of educational attainment, social mobility, future income, economic growth - and for the following generation too
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Good to see the two child policy scrapped
It was a major cause of short term harm for children and their parents/guardians, but also baked in medium to long terms costs, in terms of educational attainment, social mobility, future income, economic growth - and for the following generation too
It was a major cause of short term harm for children and their parents/guardians, but also baked in medium to long terms costs, in terms of educational attainment, social mobility, future income, economic growth - and for the following generation too
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Free apprenticeship training for under 25s for SMEs is brill (and hopefully will help encourage the creation of more opportunities)
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Free apprenticeship training for under 25s for SMEs is brill (and hopefully will help encourage the creation of more opportunities)
Those defending purported views of younger N Farage are right that people were much more likely to openly affirm racially discriminatory views in the 1970s and 1980s
In 1983, 75-80% agreed that white ppl would mind someone in their family marrying a Black or Asian person
Views shifted in late 90s
In 1983, 75-80% agreed that white ppl would mind someone in their family marrying a Black or Asian person
Views shifted in late 90s
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Those defending purported views of younger N Farage are right that people were much more likely to openly affirm racially discriminatory views in the 1970s and 1980s
In 1983, 75-80% agreed that white ppl would mind someone in their family marrying a Black or Asian person
Views shifted in late 90s
In 1983, 75-80% agreed that white ppl would mind someone in their family marrying a Black or Asian person
Views shifted in late 90s
Universities closing is bad news for many reasons
One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk
It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth
One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk
It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Universities closing is bad news for many reasons
One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk
It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth
One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk
It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth