While we're doing our "the problem with university teaching" takes, mine is that it should be more shocking that in basically every UK university, the crucial decisions about teaching and assessment are made centrally, by fiat, and are almost never guided by active teaching staff or subject experts.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Good to be back with friends in Ireland today @maynootheducation.bsky.social to present my paper "Queer faith for education: The reparative pedagogy of Shon Faye's Love in Exile." Check out other work from my Faculty's Values, Ethics, and Culture RKE theme here: www.edgehill.ac.uk/departments/...

We didn't bastardise the English language into "ye", "yiz", "youse" and "yousins" to have Irish people unconnected to the US or other places it's used in saying "y'all", unless you're referring to the town in Cork we've PERFECTLY ADEQUATE second person plural pronouns at HOME

📣 MU Department of Education is delighted to host a seminar -Dr Seán Henry, Queer faith for education: The reparative pedagogy of Shon Faye’s Love in Exile 🗓 Date: Monday, 2nd March ⏰ Time: 4:00–6:00pm 📍 Location: SE229, Maynooth University Register: forms.office.com/e/apbW21g4C6

In the UK academic recession, you will be at one of these stages since many unis buy the same cuts model from the same consultancies. It is always the same process: *Talk of belt-tightening *Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments) *Travel budgets cut *Promotion freeze (1/4)

new article in British Educational Research Journal: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... we ran focus groups with 42 teacher educators in England, showing how recent teacher education policy reforms are a system of administrative compliance which governs through fear and control.

In conversation with Shon Faye. Premiering now: 👇🏼 youtu.be/3qkAGseHe3I?...

How Rising Inequality Impacted The Trans Experience | Shon Faye | Zack Polanski

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

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Couldn't agree with this more except the word 'unfortunately' - I think it's the best possible outcome right now. Union leadership needs to listen! There are lots of people making excellent points about why this wasn't going to work and they weren't being heard because the only option is STRIKE.

Dr Dave Hitchcock@davehitchcock.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Unfortunately the HE 2025 ballot failed at 39% turnout. I have written about why and about what desperately needs to change in UCU's national structures off the back of this result. Some HEC members need to chi up and understand their role in all this, and how disconnected they are from members.

@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️‍⚧️ www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

President Catherine Connolly’s inaugural speech. “As I speak, I am acutely conscious of the 165 million people currently forcibly displaced from their homes and countries due to war, famine and climate change. We cannot turn back the clock nor close our eyes to these realities.”

Inaugural Speech of President Catherine Connolly | President of Ireland

A Thaoisigh, A Phríomhbhreithimh, Airí, Baill Chomhairle an Stáit, Baill an Oireachtais, Ambasadóirí, Ceannairí Eaglaise, agus dhaoine...

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Don't ask me to explain but Dublin, Belfast and Cork are all autumn cities but Galway is a summer city.

Last week on Wonkhe: Former Teaching Excellence Framework chair Chris Husbands and deputy chair Janice Kay unpick the Office for Students’ proposals for the future shape of the exercise

From improvement to compliance – a significant shift in the purpose of the TEF

Former Teaching Excellence Framework chair Chris Husbands and deputy chair Janice Kay unpick the Office for Students’ proposals for the future shape of the exercise Former Teaching Excellence Framework...

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Irish Educational Studies is seeking to fill 2 co-editor positions. The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan. Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat... Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.

Wonderful to see this paper published! "Knowledge of autism and attitudes towards inclusive education for autistic pupils: a representative survey of school communities in Ireland." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Knowledge of autism and attitudes towards inclusive education for autistic pupils: a representative survey of school communities in Ireland

Autistic pupils have the right to access a quality education and be fully included in mainstream educational settings. This study aimed to measure knowledge of autism and attitudes towards the incl...

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Sinéad McNally@sineadmcnally.bsky.social · last yr.

In our recent school study of knowledge of #autism and attitudes to #inclusion, we found good understanding and positive attitudes. However, systemic barriers to full inclusion were evident. Available open access 👉 bit.ly/4fob70V @iesjournal.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @dcuresearch.bsky.social

Artists were the canary in the coalmine

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last yr.

As many companies decide that entry-level tasks traditionally done by graduates can now be done by AI tools, Brian O'Donovan asks if the big job displacement is under way.

Alice Sullivan’s latest government-funded report into sex and gender research is a masterclass in trying to turn anti-trans perpetrators into victims. /1 www.sullivanreview.uk/barriers.pdf

NEW on Wonkhe: Academics are encouraged to be innovative in their pedagogy but Emma Thirkell and Kamilya Suleymenova argue that insufficient attention is paid to academic identity buff.ly/yBVu3qp

Veli-Mikko Kauppi and I recently edited a special issue of Ethics & Education, focused on the work of early career researchers. Check out our editorial introduction here: Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice

In this editorial introduction, the authors contextualise the special issue ‘Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice,’ and provide a summary of its papers. They draw att...

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I'm looking forward to present some of my research on queer thriving in Catholic schools at the Phillippine Society of Education and Philosophy next week! Tues 6th May, 10.30am BST.

Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism. Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.

Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism

Where LGBTQ+ rights are bolstered, so too are women’s rights, and where they collapse, so too does authentic feminism

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NEW on Wonkhe: Nikolai Elkins notes that gay men consistently outperform their peers – and urges policymakers to adopt more nuanced, intersectional approaches to attainment buff.ly/KTLNUJd

This makes me laugh every year 🤣

Mark O’Brien@obrienpmark.bsky.social · 2y ago

Time to post the real story of Easter from Shane Daniel Byrne again 😂 #easter

The longer I live in Liverpool, the more like home it becomes. Easter clothes were also a thing for me growing up ... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Easter clothes and why they are so important in Liverpool

Retailers say people in Liverpool will spend four months preparing their Easter outfits.

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They're not "protecting women". They're little servants of patriarchy and fascism that think they've a right to harass and attack anyone who doesn't fit their narrow, conservative view of womanhood and are delusional if they think the same gowls they're doing the legwork for won't come for them next

Categories used by the state to sort people into boxes are never neutral. Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law. 📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...

Wonderful to be part of another annual meeting of @esai-irl.bsky.social last week! Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25

Fascinating: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

My grandfather died by suicide. I work in the same Irish university where he taught history

Like me, he was interested in the lives and experiences of ordinary people

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Pleased to have won a @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social grant with my colleague, Dr Francis Farrell. "Teaching through division" will engage with teachers, young people, and faith & community leaders to develop strategies for exploring pluralism and difference in religions & worldviews education.

Looking forward to attend #BERA2025 later this year. My colleague Carol Darbyshire and I will present our paper: "Re-experiencing the everyday: Provisional possibilities for undergraduate education studies." 🥳

BERA@beranews.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congratulations to everyone whose abstract was accepted for #BERA2025 🎉🥳 BERA Conference 2025 will be held 9-11 September 2025 at University of Sussex Find out more: bera.ac.uk/conference/b...