Professor Helen M Gunter
@helengunter.bsky.social
Professor Emerita, University of Manchester, UK. Critical education policy researcher and writer. Gardener. Avid re-watcher of The Orville.
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If you can't put the pieces together by now, we can't help you.
July 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If you can't put the pieces together by now, we can't help you.
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Historical newspapers are still an underutilised resource full of stark testament to the true ‘national story’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805 | Slavery | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805 | Slavery | The Guardian
Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805
Ad, which states vessel can hold ‘about 185 slaves’, comes to light as city dock is being turned into ‘contemplation space’
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Historical newspapers are still an underutilised resource full of stark testament to the true ‘national story’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805 | Slavery | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Liverpool black history researchers discover slaver ship advert from 1805 | Slavery | The Guardian
Said all along next election will be a dangerous moment for UK. Would people really vote for private health insurance, the return of grammar schools, and ?
Poll shows 100% of Reform Voters vote Reform and to spice it also polls ppl who don’t vote in order to make Reform, a party of just 5 MPs out of 650 in HOP seem v popular..
In poll which is as relevant to the next election as what I had for breakfast today..
But it gives MSM headlines🤷🏼♂️🙄
In poll which is as relevant to the next election as what I had for breakfast today..
But it gives MSM headlines🤷🏼♂️🙄
Reform would win most seats if general election took place now, new poll reveals
No party would win an overall majority, but a YouGov poll suggests Nigel Farage would have the most seats by far
www.independent.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Said all along next election will be a dangerous moment for UK. Would people really vote for private health insurance, the return of grammar schools, and ?
Dad’s 100th birthday today. Martin Stanton 1925-2019.
May 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Dad’s 100th birthday today. Martin Stanton 1925-2019.
Agreed, but when education activities were financialised and costed post 1988 ERA the field of education management (now labelled leadership) collaborated, and the key message to the profession was that it was too costly for a person in a senior role to teach! This has to be challenged and changed.
And, by the way, it's not a job I'd have done for precisely that reason. My natural habitat is the classroom and senior leadership and management would have taken me out of it. Perhaps that's something that also needs rethinking - should CEOs also teach? ( I think yes!)
May 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Agreed, but when education activities were financialised and costed post 1988 ERA the field of education management (now labelled leadership) collaborated, and the key message to the profession was that it was too costly for a person in a senior role to teach! This has to be challenged and changed.
Eugenics is still alive and well in UK government education policy for England!
Essential genetics debunking of very entrenched myths.
Worth also noting that many of these came initially from the labs of US eugenicists, for whom monogenic traits had to explain everything so their proposed policies would ‘work’
Worth also noting that many of these came initially from the labs of US eugenicists, for whom monogenic traits had to explain everything so their proposed policies would ‘work’
Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
May 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Eugenics is still alive and well in UK government education policy for England!
I wonder if the people of Runcorn would trial the abolition of the NHS in the constituency? Then demonstrate to the UK that the Reform company (it is not a party) only works for wealthy elites.
Today's newsletter: some thoughts on the Runcorn by-election and What It Means:
Multi-party politics heightens danger for muddled Labour
Runcorn by-election points to risk of fragmented voter preferences and timidity in grappling with UK public realm
www.ft.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wonder if the people of Runcorn would trial the abolition of the NHS in the constituency? Then demonstrate to the UK that the Reform company (it is not a party) only works for wealthy elites.
Thank you Walton Centre @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
Thank you NHS
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Thank you NHS
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April 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thank you Walton Centre @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
Thank you NHS
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@nhsmillion.bsky.social
Thank you NHS
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@nhsmillion.bsky.social
So the people of Kent want to surrender the NHS rather than fight to rebuild it?
Farage’s Reform UK eyes major gains in Kent’s local elections, threatening the Tory heartland with a new wave of populist disruption. 🤬
Reform UK and the battle for Kent: can Farage take the blue wall?
Farage’s Reform UK eyes major gains in Kent’s local elections, threatening the Tory heartland with a new wave of populist disruption
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
So the people of Kent want to surrender the NHS rather than fight to rebuild it?
Why cant British Steel be owned by the UK population? So if the UK government wants to do a deal with a private business/consortium, why cant the UK population construct a business, sell shares, and we the people own shares in it? Why cant the workers own British Steel and we invest in them?
NEW: As Parliament is recalled to discuss the crisis at British Steel, we have a special News Agents report from Scunthorpe. Can UK steel making be saved? And are we on the verge of a new era of nationalisation in the name of national security?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
SPECIAL REPORT: Will Keir Starmer save British Steel?
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 11/04/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Why cant British Steel be owned by the UK population? So if the UK government wants to do a deal with a private business/consortium, why cant the UK population construct a business, sell shares, and we the people own shares in it? Why cant the workers own British Steel and we invest in them?
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What if tech bros had held their nerve? What if ABC had told Trump they’d see him in court? What if Ivy League Universities had defended Columbia? What if big law firms had sued Trump? Cowardice is contagious. Welcome to the Great Grovel www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
Since Trump came to power cowardice has become contagious
From the tech bros to the leaders of Ivy League universities, the great grovel to Donald Trump is well underway. What America needs now more than ever...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What if tech bros had held their nerve? What if ABC had told Trump they’d see him in court? What if Ivy League Universities had defended Columbia? What if big law firms had sued Trump? Cowardice is contagious. Welcome to the Great Grovel www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
Is this 1933 all over again? Leading Hitler historian Richard Evans weighs the evidence. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
Is Trump’s America a new reich?
Donald Trump poses a threat to American democracy. Historians agree that there are parallels with Hitler’s rise to power—and obvious differences
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Antarctica Tariffs Announced
It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...
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It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...
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a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right
ALT: a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Antarctica Tariffs Announced
It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...
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It's about time those deadbeat slackers started pulling their weight...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Delightful English Lakes restorative, dreamlike, vital!
March 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Delightful English Lakes restorative, dreamlike, vital!
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#Leaders #EdLeadership #EducationResearch #EdPublishing #EdWriting
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Management in Education: Sage Journals
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March 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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#Leaders #EdLeadership #EducationResearch #EdPublishing #EdWriting
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Great series. Thank you. So pleased James won! What a talent.
So folks ............don't forget @potterythrow The Great Pottery Throw Down FINAL ...........yes the final has been bumped an hour later for Crufts . So after the dogs have been brushed and jumped over obstacles in a large hall we'll be on at 9pm 😛
March 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Great series. Thank you. So pleased James won! What a talent.
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🇫🇷 President Macron has just addressed the nation. It was a good, clear-eyed & powerful speech. Quick summary (1/5):
March 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🇫🇷 President Macron has just addressed the nation. It was a good, clear-eyed & powerful speech. Quick summary (1/5):
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Good morning all! 🇺🇦
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
March 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Good morning all! 🇺🇦
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
As Arendt said, this is what happens when criminals enter government.
Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
March 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
As Arendt said, this is what happens when criminals enter government.
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Decent people thank Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Decent people thank Ukraine.