Andrea Priestley
@andreahgp.bsky.social
Lecturer in Education at University of Stirling, Scotland.
Nice if you can get it. University staff got 1.4% this year after 15 years of below inflation rises (excepting VCs of course, who have also done nicely)
Paul Cochrane@mrdissent.bsky.social · 9mo ago
Quite incredible this is even being discussed. Quoting Charlie Kirk and Musk’s plans for us. And traitorous Farage as their way in. All those moronic Brexiters calling for ‘control’ and ‘sovereignty’, now happy to be kicked around by American fascists. It’s horrific and it must not happen. (Times)
A stark reminder that wealth and social capital are what matter in the UK www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Privately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobs
Those in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds
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Why is Education for Sustainable Development Goals #SDSs not enough to equip students to achieve #Sustainability and what can be done better www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Education for the future? Critical evaluation of education for sustainable development goals
Building on the Millennium Development Goals, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG) were established. Despite the willingness of many ed...
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Trekking in Baltistan with @andreahgp. Magnificent views and the friendliest most hospitable people we’ve had the pleasure to meet
Now available for preorder www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teacher-a...
Teacher Agency
This second edition of Teacher Agency brings new perspectives on teachers as agents of change and development within their professional ecosystems. Centred arou…
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Prof Mark Priestley@markrpriestley.bsky.social · last yr.Our book, Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach, was published in 2015. The 2nd Edition - substantially updated - has just been submitted to the publisher- should be published next year 😁
MORE THAN 24H ABOVE ZERO ON TOP OF MONT BLANC! The station located at Colle Major, 4750 m, on Mont Blanc recorded a maximum of +3.7°C on 28/06, while the minimum today, 29/06, was +1.1°C, more than 24 hours above zero! But don't worry, it's summer... 🙃😱 Data source @meteovalledaosta
This distressing situation is a terrible indictment of 14 years of Tory misgovernment, but the neglect goes back decades. The UK - the ‘sick man of Europe’ and the result of deliberate policy decisions www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis
As poverty deepens across Britain, the Guardian visited some of the hardest-hit places where leaders are aiming to shift healthcare from hospitals to communities
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Do read this article. It is an important area to understand.
Prof Mark Priestley@markrpriestley.bsky.social · last yr.This distressing situation is a terrible indictment of 14 years of Tory misgovernment, but the neglect goes back decades. The UK - the ‘sick man of Europe’ and the result of deliberate policy decisions www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Link to the timeline for Scotland’s education reform programme. Plenty here of interest to education professionals www.gov.scot/publications...
Curriculum, Qualifications and Assessment Reform: progress to date and next steps
Scotland is making important changes to its curriculum, qualifications and assessment system to better support children and young people from ages 3 to 18. The document provides an initial timeline to...
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Really delighted to see this collaborative research which is on such an important area & from a great team of colleagues. Many congrats to you Nuzhat and @andreahgp.bsky.social and @stellamouroutsou.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
My privilege to contribute to this research study & article alongside @andreahgp.bsky.social & @stellamouroutsou.bsky.social looking at how our student's understanding on issues of #SocialJustice evolves through engagement in #InclusiveEducation #TeamStirling 🎉 doi.org/10.1002/curj...
Our book, Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach, was published in 2015. The 2nd Edition - substantially updated - has just been submitted to the publisher- should be published next year 😁
Watch this vieeo about the Dumyat hill race - something that @andreahgp.bsky.social and I have done a few times www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
How a £1 bet sparked a Scottish hill race now run 50 times
A hill race in Stirling which was started for a bet in the 1970s has just celebrated its 50th event.
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We look forward to the final #EPA session today and thank all colleagues for such high quality contributions. @uofgheadship.bsky.social @markpriestley.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social @bruceadamson.bsky.social @sineadgormally.bsky.social #StephenMcKinney #HelenMartin #ChrisChapman #SeonaidhBlack
My students this term have been *passionate* in their rejection of generative AI. I think the wildfires have something to do with it – the environmental impact of data centers, the scarcity of water, the terrible losses they’re seeing. . . it makes the ‘abstract’ of the climate crisis very real.
Definitely worth coming along to hear @kaysoclearn.bsky.social
SCRCM@scrcm.bsky.social · last yr.Please sign up for the next SCRM webinar - Towards Posthuman Education: Curriculum-Making for a World to Come, presented by the fabulous Kay Sidebottom . Wednesday 14 May, 4.00-5.30 Sign up at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Here is a link to my newly published post on the @beranews.bsky.social blog Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions @scrcm.bsky.social www.bera.ac.uk/blog/curricu...
Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions
The term ‘curriculum making’ is becoming increasingly common in educational policy and practice. It is a concept with a long tradition in curriculum studies, going back to the foundational...
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The Nature Discovery Map Scotland is a suite of six map-based tools developed by @NatureScot on behalf of @scotgov with teachers & pupils to support Learning for Sustainability. nature.scot/professional-advice/young-people-learning-outdoors-and-developing-skills/nature-discovery-map-scotland
Nature Discovery Map Scotland
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**Breaking News** I'm exploring the gap in research on #AntiracistEducation in 🏴 thro my EdD.I'm launching 👇🏽network to connect with others doing similar work in 🏴 schools,further or higher education. If you're involved in this or know anyone that is,please get in touch and share. Thanks so much.
Another lovely Highlands day. Fine traverse of Meall Greigh, Meall Garbh, An Stuc, Ben Lawers, Meall Corranaich and Ben Glas with @andreahgp.bsky.social and the hounds Strava flyover at strava.app.link/9XofW0kziSb
Fabulous day yesterday on some Crianlarich Munros - Looking to Ben Lomond 😊
Hopefully a wake up call to the Government - some big concerns here that the CIC alone will not fix, welcome though it is. No mention in the article of the large elephant in the room - the measurement/audit culture that distorts so many good policy intentions
James McEnaney@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social · last yr.The Scottish Government are saying that they welcome this report from the Children's Commissioner, which (if you read it) is hugely critical of the government and the policies it currently calls an education reform programme. Very strange. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2505049...
Interesting @beranews.bsky.social blog on language ideologies by @iancushing.bsky.social www.bera.ac.uk/blog/documen...
Documenting and dismantling language ideologies in education
Over the past few years, I have carried out extensive fieldwork in secondary schools in England, where my focus has been the beliefs about spoken language on display in classrooms, corridors and...
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"Confronting and dismantling language ideologies requires not only new theories of language which resist deficit labels but also a theory of change which connects efforts for linguistic justice with broader struggles for social justice."
Prof Mark Priestley@markrpriestley.bsky.social · last yr.Interesting @beranews.bsky.social blog on language ideologies by @iancushing.bsky.social www.bera.ac.uk/blog/documen...
Listen here to @stavrphili.bsky.social and me - appearing as guests on the FooknConversation podcast with @fooknconversation.bsky.social. We talk about our work in the curriculum field. www.fooknconversation.com/podcast/epis...
Episode 63: Mark Priestley & Stavroula Philippou – FooknConversation
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What’s incredible is that men have hardly smashed this leadership thing for the last six years…
