Dr Maeve O'Dwyer
@drmaeve.bsky.social
Views my own. Academic developer, C18 art historian, SoTL, part-time lecturer & facilitator entrepreneurship & leadership, co-founder @thirdspaceHE SFHEA.
📢NEW @seda-ed-dev.bsky.social #SEDAEdDevs Issue 27.2 OUT NOW, read via: www.seda.ac.uk/seda-publish... Please repost in your networks 🙏 Happy Reading, consider contributing an article via: www.seda.ac.uk/seda-publish.... #EdDev #HigherEd #education (cc @anniehughes.bsky.social)
If you work in any of the Irish HEIs please consider signing this letter openletter.earth/refusal-of-v...
Refusal of Visas to Students from Gaza
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I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now? my.uplift.ie/petitions/vi... @uplift.ie
Visa for Gaza students
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?
my.uplift.ie
Sources within the universities say the refusal rate this year is in marked contrast to last year, when more than 80 Gazan students left Gaza in an evacuation organised by the Irish Government.
Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan students
Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.
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150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
Working in the third space? We've all learnt lessons that never appeared in the job description. Come and share yours at Nobody told me... Confessions of Third-Space Professionals. An interactive TELedvisors community conversation. 30 July | Online. Register now events.humanitix.com...
Talbot Street businesses say terrifying arson attack on mosque must be a 'turning point' www.thejournal.ie/talbot-stree...
Talbot Street businesses say terrifying arson attack on mosque must be a 'turning point'
A newly formed stakeholders’ association say that there has been a rise in violent and anti-social incidents.
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Immigrants do not have to contribute exceptionally to deserve safety Immigrants do not have to permanently grovel to their new country to justify their existence Immigrants are allowed to be just as mediocre, grumpy or homesick as anyone else
Join us for #LTHEchat with @egillaspy.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profearle17.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social at 8pm BST today. lthechat.com/2026/06/08/l...
LTHEchat 368: Shining a Spotlight on Scholarship
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 10th June at 8pm BST with guests Emma Gillaspy (@egillaspy.bsky.social), Earle Abrahamson (@profearle17.bsky.social), Sue Beckingham (@suebecks.bsky.so…
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Northern Ireland has a very high level of gender based violence, mainly committed by white Northern Irish men. I’ve yet to see riots after a woman has been violently attacked or killed. Seems like the issue isn’t qwhite about violence but who gets to commit it! www.ulster.ac.uk/research/res...
Research uncovers eye-watering levels of violence against women and girls in NI
Based on responses from more than 540 women, the report also found seven out of 10 experienced some form of violence or abuse in the last 12 months.
ulster.ac.uk
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for #LTHEchat which will explore Scholarship Spotlight and SoTL with @egillaspy.bsky.social, @suebecks.bsky.social, @profearle17.bsky.social and @rosegann.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/06/08/l...
LTHEchat 368: Shining a Spotlight on Scholarship
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 10th June at 8pm BST with guests Emma Gillaspy (@egillaspy.bsky.social), Earle Abrahamson (@profearle17.bsky.social), Sue Beckingham (@suebecks.bsky.so…
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On 24th June, DCU will serve as a local hub for the #DigAcc26 conference. Participants from the greater Dublin area are welcome to join us at DCU to engage with the conference sessions together! Info and registration: www.dcu.ie/dcu-communit...
Excited for Day 2 of #edtech26 - another great programme of talks lined up (catch me at the gasta later!)
Last but not least to finish up day one of @iltasky.bsky.social #edtech26 it's @gasta.me and the Gastas!
Continuing #edtech26 day one with a keynote from Dr Ben Williamson, University of Edinburgh
Last up for prac papers 10 at #edtech26 it's @kate-molloy.net representing the team developing an OER and IEP open course for the national forum (in addition to her conference wizardry!)
@marendeepwell.bsky.social up now at #edtech26 prac papers 10 on open edtech advocacy drawing on collaborative research with reclaim hosting
Next up at practitioner papers 10 #edtech26 it's @dculibrary.bsky.social Lisa Callaghan on embedding library support within the VLE
Last but not least at practitioner papers 02 #edtech26 it's Shaun Ferns from TUD on TEL enhancing their programme review process
Now up at practitioner papers 2 #edtech26 it's Niamh O'Mahony Corbett on their support for teaching staff on digital learning at @tcddublin.bsky.social via the digital development team
Excited now for #edtech26 practitioner papers 2- first up Sheila MacNeill, who has been working with a team from @jisc.bsky.social on an online learning design toolkit
#edtech26 Research 03- Toni Martin from @tcddublin.bsky.social introduces seven key post-pandemic changes to the TEL landscape
@abeba.blacksky.app kicks off @iltasky.bsky.social #edtech26 with a keynote challenging the aggressively paced introduction of AI in HE
Can’t make it to EdTech 2026 In Dublin? You can still join us online for the keynote talks by tuning in to our livestream. Click each livestream link on ilta.ie/edtech-2026/ to register in advance for Zoom access from anywhere. #EdTech26 #edusky #academicsky #edtech #learningsciences #sotl
EdTech 2026 – ILTA
EdTech 2026, the annual conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA), is hosted this year by Dublin City University. This event brings together educators, researchers, technology and...
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