Long overdue but a much welcomed development.

UK Supreme Court rules that the North's religious education & collective worship in schools is unlawful because it lacks objectivity and pluralism. A major human-rights victory ensuring childrens' rights to education respects their own beliefs.

Fascinating talk by Prof. Kris Grimonprez, KU Leuven, on EU Citizenship Education and the use of case studies in teaching and learning.

🌿 Join Bitesize Biodiversity — a 15-min CPD every Monday at 4pm! Boost nature engagement, wellbeing & literacy. 💻 Register once, use the same link weekly: eckildare-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi... More CPD: www.issn.ie/new-page-2 🌱💚

Lovely food and welcome at Olive #Palestinian 🇵🇸 Restaurant in Brussels. Thoroughly recommend a visit.

Good morning Brussels 🇧🇪

Absolute #scenes 🇮🇪

A photograph that stirs many emotions. From 'The Irish Farm in Colour' by Michael B. Barry and John O’Byrne. www.gillbooks.ie/irish-gift/i...

📚 New Research Alert! Fostering teacher leadership for inclusion: the role of school-university partnerships and professional learning communities 50 free eprints: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PPSFW... @dcuresearch.bsky.social @inclusivepedagogy.bsky.social @mauracoulter.bsky.social

Social media boosts your academic visibility – but at what cost? Larisa Yarovaya unpacks the tension between a curated professional image and oversharing: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/are-academics-becoming-overexposed-linkedin #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky

I took @Opinion.bloomberg.com’s AI-dentity quiz. My AI-dentity is the Pragmatist. What’s yours? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Teaching about life in Nazi Germany in Junior Certificate History today, focusing on the lives of women and young people. Happened to have a real Mother's Cross to bring the topic alive. #history #speirgorm #edchatie

Oireachtas Education Officer, Conor Reale's recent doctoral research: ‘A Different Sameness’: Exploring the multifaceted identities of politics and society teachers in Ireland – offers fascinating insights into the role of PolSoc teachers. Detailed summary here: ipen-network.org/exploring-th...

Great to be in the company of passionate Politics & Society teachers this weekend at the PASTAI annual conference in Athlone. Excellent presentations by Coimisiún na Meán, The Ombudsman for Children, The Electoral Commission and Financial Justice Ireland. Huge thanks to the organisers!

The UK Government has confirmed that Citizenship education will become statutory from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4. Meaning students will gain a strong foundation in media and financial literacy, law, human rights, democracy, government and climate education throughout secondary education.

Updated Registration Guidelines: Teaching Politics & Society (Effective January 2026).

And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations. I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.

🍂Mid-term break over. 📚 Part-time #PhD life #academicsky

This isn't the insult Fox News thinks it is. 😉 By the way social studies teachers, if you don't know the amazing Zinn Education Project, be sure to check them out at: www.zinnedproject.org www.foxnews.com/us/public-sc... #sschat #edusky

In #Kildare Ed Centre next week to kick off a 4-part CPD series of evidenced-based workshops on quality teaching & learning. Unpacking the post-primary subject inspection process by the Dept of Education & Youth Inspectorate. It's more transparent than many teachers think. #edchatie #SpeirGorm

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨 Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Officially a Teacher in Further Education! Go me!!! #SpeirGorm

The Treaty: The forgotten Michael Collins Film. Fantastic talk by @alisonmartin.bsky.social on my Talking history podcast. Plenty of top historical talks to come from many scholars. If anyone is interested please just let me know and please share with anyone interested. #history

Looking forward to returning to Carlow College this weekend to co-facilate another Politics & Society pedagogy workshop for teachers undertaking the Higher Diploma in the subject area. #PolSoc

I often wonder are we currently living in the 'dial-up internet' phase of AI assistants? www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...

Highly useful new infographic on #NewsLiteracy from the latest issue of @udelaware.bsky.social magazine w/specific & helpful advice and shout outs to @newslit.org, @allsidesnow.bsky.social, @politifact.bsky.social, @netflix.com Smart ideas for savvy consumers of media given our wild info landscape.

Looking forward to meeting teachers and presenting my approach to facilitating student citizenship projects & report writing in PolSoc at next week's PASTAI Annual Conference. This coursework component will be moving from 20% - 40% weighting, meaning the need for more structured student support.

The Zotero Android app is finally available. Easier access to sources on mobile phone and tablet awaits! #AcademicSky #PortablePapers

Yep, beginning to notice it.

With my colleagues Kaylene Stevens and Erin Fife, our research has documented how at the state level these censorship campaigns hurt students and what teachers are doing to resist. Can offer a way forward for all teachers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences", @maarja.bsky.social & co-authors explore the dynamics of gender-based online incivility. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 buff.ly/bGmLoKw

'Student evaluations are influenced by racist, sexist and homophobic prejudices, and are biased against discipline and subject area.' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Discover five practical tips for fostering a classroom where difficult or controversial topics can be discussed openly and respectfully: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/five-... #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #EduSky

🚀 Teachers! Ready to transform your teaching in 2026? Join our 3-part Science of Learning webinar series with Dr. Carl Hendrick – turn cognitive science into classroom impact! 🗓 Jan 7, 14 & 21 🕖 7–8:30 PM | 💻 Live on Zoom 🔥 Limited places – book now! 👉 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📣Post-Primary Teachers & School Leaders near #Kildare: Would you like more guidance defining 'quality' in T&L/SSE? Join my free 4-part autumn CPD workshop & master Dept. of Education Inspectorate feedback with research-backed strategies. Build more confidence in your planning & practice! #edchatie

📢 Politics & Society teachers, don't forget to register for the PASTAI annual conference. 📅 Saturday 8th November 📍 Athlone Springs Hotel www.eventbrite.ie/e/pastai-pol...

Delighted to be given the opportunity to communicate my PhD research to colleagues at the annual PSAI Conference. Energised by all of the papers presented, the collaboration and feedback. There are brilliant people working to bridge the gap between 3rd & 2nd-level politics education in Ireland.

A very enjoyable day one of the PSAI 2025 Conference in Galway. Looking forward to being part of the Teaching and Learning in Politics Specialist Group and communicating my current research tomorrow. @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcugradstudies.bsky.social

An interesting week to be accompanying our Politics and Society students to Leinster House to watch the Dáil in session.

Today's most read on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Check out our new digital exhibition tracing the history of visual representations of the Irish revolution in France: @clairedubois.bsky.social meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im... www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

When you meet with parents fighting day & night for services, support & help for their children & their needs, you will see the look of sheer exasperation, exhaustion and pain etched on their faces. Simply because the provision does not exist. I'm thinking of them: www.rte.ie/news/politic...

Ready for another round of subject specialism lectures #PME #CitizenshipEd #PolSoc #DCU

Safe spaces also need to he brave spaces. Get this right and watch attainment levels rise.

A 'Croke Park' meeting for secondary school teachers after school on a Wednesday in October.

In 2021, I was a guest on Jane Goodall’s podcast. Today, I’m re-airing that conversation to share her voice, her wisdom, her abundant soft power, with you. 🐒 🌿🕊️ Listen here (wherever you get your pods): www.getitright.earth/podcast

#stopthegenocide #breakthesiege #globalflotilla Contact the Taoiseach - details below #speirgorm

New teachers don’t just inherit classes, they inherit decades of unspoken norms, unrelated tasks & unrealistic expectations. What’s understood by staff can feel like surprise fine print to new entrants. Let’s name the assumptions & support transition. #edchatie #CPD share.google/ANcV4NpaXlet...

The utter disregard, disrespect and ignorance surrounding the Irish Constitution from many #Aras25 candidates has been staggering. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

20 yrs! As a North Bank regular at the old ground, this has got me thinking about my own mortality. Where did those 20 yrs go? Let's hope there's no crowd mural next time. #Highbury #Arsenal