EPs for Material Change

Educational Psychologists for Material Change- Manifesto drop- Join us! 🚨 (thread 1/6) linktr.ee/epsformaterial… Materialist psychology acknowledges the role our material environment has in shaping our subjective experiences... (continued below)

#OnThisDay in 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp was liberated.

eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-poverty-… hope our policy makers are listening ⁦@RachelReevesMP⁩ ⁦@eps4change⁩

Check out our Trans inclusion motion which was due to be discussed at the last AEP conference. Unfortunately there was not enough time on the agenda to do so. Keep your eyes peeled for the next AGM 🏳️‍⚧️👀 open.substack.com/pub/epsformate…

Happy new year from EPMC 🥳 We are going to have our first members meeting on Tuesday 28th January. The purpose of the meeting is to introduce EPMC to new members, land also create a space for any questions. If you’re interested in joining us, please give us an email or DM ‼️

Continuing the blanket ban on puberty blockers is a worrying decision. The same medication continues to be used safely by young people for other reasons. By relying on the reason for prescription, is this simply discrimination against our #trans youth? 👇 #TransKidsMatter

Perhaps you should go back to school to get some critical thinking skills. You can Co-write rules whilst holding safe boundaries as an adult Tom.

Any EPs (including AsEPs and TEPs) interested in joining EPMC then please get in touch! #twittereps

It's coming back...! edpsy's festival of educational psychology Save the date - 19th September 2025 #epfest2025 #TwitterEPs #edutwitter @BPSOfficial @AEPsychologists @CathLowther @DrChrisMooreEP @psychmag @TepVoices @UKDCP @BPS_PES @PsychBitesPod @EPHoughton @eps4change

@RedRoddy - sorry for not tagging you properly, I couldn’t find your account and guessed you might not be on twitter. Amazing talks from all!

Our very own @julievygot introducing a fantastic panel on changing systems at @AEPsychologists conference. @elly_chapple Roddy Slorach @warwickmansell Psychologists need to change systems not people!

Thank you @AEPsychologists what a powerfully human day. Grateful to meet the brilliant @warwickmansell and @RedRoddy, thank you for sharing the space 🙏 and thank you to Hannah for your kindness and Sean too 🙏 #FlipTheNarrative 💜

.@warwickmansell sharing why it is critical student voice is heard and collaborated with. The system is currently seeing the most significant levels of absenteeism and mental health issues. If we don't really listen to and validate students experiences, how will it improve?

Have an unusually busy couple of days coming up, in speaking terms. Off to the British Educational Suppliers Association's winter gathering in London this pm. Then up to Edinburgh for Association of Educational Pyschologists conference tomorrow. Looking forward to it.

£40bn has been cut from education since 2010. This budget is an insult to those who voted for real change. amp.theguardian.com/education/2024…

No wealth tax and, apart from the NHS, spending uplifts that will barely slow decline across the public sector. It’s a change of direction; but moving at such slow speed that any actual destination remains wholly hypothetical.

Don’t be fooled. This is not a Budget that meets the urgent needs of the people. After decades of crushing austerity, we deserve better than a meek Labour government in thrall to the oligarchs. For all Labour’s promises to restore public finances and to invest, the reality for workers is they will feel continue to feel worse off. From income tax thresholds, to bus fares and winter fuel payments – the burden continues to fall on those who can least afford it. An increase in minimum wage doesn’t change this reality – they give with one hand while taking with the other. Bosses and Britain’s wealthiest will breathe a sigh of relief – on capital gains tax and inheritance tax, they have largely been let off the hook. What you’re witnessing is the continuance of the UK’s political and economic status quo. You don’t have to accept it – together, let’s demand a society built on the needs of the many, not the greed of the few. Join we-are-collective.org

Labour’s ’tough decisions’ are created through arbitrary fiscal rules and an unwillingness to tax the rich. No one should own a yacht in a country where children go hungry. (Also no one should own a yacht full stop…)

#budget2024 is not good news! It’s completely insufficient to solve societal problems caused by austerity, neoliberalism and climate breakdown…and it won’t generate growth! Also important to note that cuts to welfare = austerity for the poorest in society! #edpsychs

We have now heard from @RachelReevesMP who has delivered the Budget announcement. Here is our response.

New: Questions asked about researchED’s governance, following furore about conference in Israel educationuncovered.co.uk/news/172486/qu… A look at the weekend’s controversy, with background on previous reporting about the organisation’s set-up.