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“At a time when calls for ideological anti-LGBT censorship in schools are growing across the world, we must protect and strengthen our approach here in Scotland.” 📰 United Nations Independent Expert emphasises that safe and inclusive schools are a prerequisite for realising the right to education.

United Nations report recognises LGBT Inclusive Education in Scotland - Time for Inclusive Education

A report from the United Nations Independent Expert, Graeme Reid, has recognised Scotland's approach to LGBT Inclusive Education.

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Amazing turn out of Edinburgh University staff outside the parliament building right now to defend education against needless cuts @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social

An amazing turnout at our UCU Edinburgh strike rally at the Scottish Parliament @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #StopTheCuts #WeAreTheUniversity

Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies! #StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk

Good luck to all our @morayhouse.bsky.social #UoEPGDEP students going out on their very first placement today! You are ALL amazing and we know you're going to be brilliant. Don't forget to enjoy it!

I was delighted today to open our #UoEPGDEp conference event 'Including All' at @morayhouse.bsky.social Huge thanks to @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social for making this happen and to our amazing student cohort for their curious and courageous participation

Jenny Murray@missjgm.bsky.social · last yr.

Our #UoEPGDEp IncludingAll mini-conference has started. @drsuechapman.bsky.social began with a clear opening message about belonging and mattering. @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social now asks questions about the ethics of care and the relational nature of teaching.Important and grounding messages for us all.

ADHD is thinking about all the things you have to do, getting stressed about all the things, worrying about the consequences of not doing the things, but still feeling stuck and unable to do any of the things.

descriptions. The routine kindnesses. There are many ways to measure the culture of an organisation. Routine kindness is one of the best.

There are still some work to do to improve things for Deaf teachers & future Deaf teaching students. Hopefully, this will help others to understand what it’s like to be a Deaf teacher. #deafteacher #pgde #primaryteacher #uoepgdep

Throughout history, education has been used as both a means of oppression and a tool for #resistance If you’d like to join our conversation & explore strategies for resistance SAVE THE DATE and check back here soon for line up and sign up information FREE Online Event

Are you a care experienced adult (16+ years) or the supporter of care experienced children/adults in Scotland (e.g. foster parents, residential carers)? If so, the University of Edinburgh ‘Sibling Café’ team invite you to come along to one of their ‘Sibling Cafes’ in May.

Katie Cebula@katiecebula.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you a care experienced adult (16+ years) or the supporter of care experienced children/adults in Scotland (e.g. foster parent, residential carer)? If so, we invite you to come to one of our ‘Sibling Cafes’ in May (choice of in-person or an online). To sign up and for more info: edin.ac/4cIYdcs

Giving my first ever keynote, about my femslash book, Fanfiction as Queer Healing, at GIFCon 2025 *Friday 9th May 2025, 12:45pm (UK time)* online conference, free to attend, and available on YouTube (link to follow). Swan Queen fans, you're invited 💗 Sign up: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Fantastic work here from the Times - for anyone wanting to buy a Trans-rights-supporting bath bomb, here's the link! www.lush.com/uk/en/p/libe... (I feel some gift-buying coming on!)

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Hey @telegraphnews.bsky.social thanks for letting me know @LushLtd have a bath bomb with proceeds going to @TransActualCIC and @mygenderation to support trans people! 👏🏻🏳️‍⚧️💕 Obvs I’m ignoring the rest of your ideologically biased article, platforming obsessive transphobes! 👉🏻 archive.md/QNVs4

there is no empirical relationship between a teacher's accent and their ability to teach. but there is a long-standing ideological relationship which frames non-dominant and non-standardised accents as signs of imagined pedagogical illegitimacy.

Very proud to work every year with TIE to explore what LGBT Inclusive Education looks like for our #UoEPGDEp student teachers @morayhouse.bsky.social (and also that we were the first ITE provider in Scotland to host Jordan, back in 2021!). Great to see you over here @tiecampaign.bsky.social !

TIE@tie.scot · 2y ago

Hello! We work with schools across Scotland to address homophobia, biphobia and transphobia through education. 🌍 Our campaigning led to Scotland becoming the first country in the world to have LGBT Inclusive Education in schools! 🏳️‍🌈 All of our services and resources are free. Learn more: tie.scot

The latest report on the UK by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has commended our approach to LGBT Inclusive Education. 💬 “ECRI considers the embedding of LGBT inclusive education in schools in Scotland, including with the help of specialised NGOs, a good practice.”

Council of Europe experts praise LGBT Inclusive Education in Scotland - Time for Inclusive Education

Time For Inclusive Education

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Attended a brilliant #BESA event this week and one of my highlights was definitely @benniekara.bsky.social 's talk, 'Do we have enough spoons? Resilience in education'. 💡One o the quotes that really stuck with me was: "Be where you are celebrated, not tolerated."👏 @hannahwilson.bsky.social

I was working with some student teachers this week and I talked about the idea of sticking with your values and subverting from within the system. I do believe it's possible and that we move forwards incrementally. Progress is slow for sure but also inevitable, even when we temporarily drop back.

Practitioner Enquiry Tip of the Week: enquiry when you are not classroom based. It is really important that educational leaders are engaged in enquiry and model process, we mustn't see it as just domain of early career or classroom based colleagues /1 🧵 #PractitionerEnquiryTotW #EducationalResearch

The day has arrived! First day of first placement for our @morayhouse.bsky.social #UoEPGDEp students of 24/25! You are all AMAZING and we are so proud of the progress you have made in the last ten weeks, as well as your courage, commitment and effort. Have a wonderful day and ENJOY your placement!

Brilliant day with the #UoEPGDEp @morayhouse.bsky.social today, looking at Pluriliteracies. Amazing lecture this morning linking models in Science with sign creation. 🤯🤯🤯 Thank you @louisehawxwell.bsky.social, @aud2526.bsky.social and the sign linguists, interpreters and scientists who joined us!

It was a ‘pinch yourself’ day for me today. What a joy to be in a room with such inspiring people all sharing their expertise and experiences of play pedagogy (or just pedagogy?). I was equally inspired by our students’ insightful questions, curiosity + openness 😍 #UoEPGDEp @morayhouse.bsky.social

A BBC article today made me furious www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... And so I've written this substack full of facts about when periods go wrong and how ridiculous it is that it isn't take more seriously. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Came across this reading on UofE FB page, interesting read for future and current teachers around Neurodiversity. “Rewiring how neurodiversity is taught in the classroom” impact.ed.ac.uk/research/fut...

If you know, love, live with or work with someone with ADHD (and if you don't!) understand that it is about more than focus and concentration!

Today we began our journey on understanding Autism and how we can support Autistic children within our classrooms. Here’s a little poem myself, Ali and Megan created in todays workshop 🧩💙.