E047 Zahra Bei: U.K secondary education, pupil referral units (PRUs) & No More Exclusions

*This episode contains quite a lot of laughter so adjust your volume accordingly* Zahra Bei from No More Exclusions joined us to talk about her career teaching in secondary schools in London, pupil referral units (PRU’S) and the development of the community activist coalition group - No More Exclusions. Useful links- https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/secure-schools-oasis-charity-students-prison-criminal-justice-system-a8993676.html https://nomoreexclusions.com/what-we-do/ https://www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org/the-pioneering-years/gallery-of-publications/how-west-indian-child-made-educationally-sub-normal https://twitter.com/nexclusions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxe5ifuwPdc https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbw4mRBrIvtfBs6WmrjyOwA *Our use of ‘towards a more sociable sociology’ was inspired by our reading & studying of Migrant City by Les Back, Shamser Sinha, Charlynne Bryan, Vlad Baraku & Mardoche Yembi. *For an audible introduction to Sociable Sociology check out this podcast with Les Back and Charlynne Bryan posted by Mark Carrigan https://soundcloud.com/mark-carrigan/les-back-on-sociable-sociology