Learning about the history and value of growing & working with flax from Gillian Steel @ulsteruni.bsky.social PhD student and @futureislandisland.bsky.social researcher at this evening’s Rathlin Sound Festival event - in the Rathlin yurt!

This afternoon at the Rathlin Sound Festival, I’ll be hosting a double book launch! Islander Jim McFaul’s story of the Rathlin raven has been beautifully illustrated by Wendy Doyle, and Philip Watson has a updated and expanded version of his book Rathlin Island: Nature and Folklore.

Thanks to Jenny Jackson-Smyth and Dr Susi Power @futureislandisland.bsky.social for coming to Rathlin Island today to run their environmental board game workshop for children as part of the Rathlin Sound Festival! The kids really enjoyed it. #CreativeLearning #Sustainability #BoardGameDesign

Fab beach clean in the sun during my lunchbreak today with @futureislandisland.bsky.social Dr Susi Power using her #BeachClean2.0 approach to segregate waste as it is collected. #RathlinSoundFestival

Looking forward to hearing @margotmcc.bsky.social new BBC Radio4 programme about the East Light, Rathlin Island on Sunday evening- details here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Well done to all our PG Dip and MSc Library & Information Mgmt students who submitted portfolios, research proposals & dissertations this week! #LibraryEducation #OnlineLearning #LearningCommunity #FutureProfessionalLibrarians #ResearchInformedPractice @ulsteruni.bsky.social

This work was done through the BFI's Britain On Film Coastal project. Colm and Stevie spent time filming at Rathlin Island's East lighthouse and this so inspired them that an entire album and more videos emerged from their time there. Malojian went in to use the archive in his live shows too.

Great to see Rathlin featured on Tracks and Trails with Frances Black on RTE1. The Roonivoolin walking trail is absolutely beautiful - see more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZBD...

Our OneWeb LEO constellation is supporting the RathlinConnex project, delivering connectivity to Rathlin Island, one of Northern Ireland’s only inhabited offshore island. Working with Excelerate and supported by @esa.int, the project connects hard‑to‑reach communities with reliable digital services.

DYK Rathlin Island is the only inhabited offshore island of Northern Ireland?🏝️ Supported by @esa.int, Excelerate Technology, Eutelsat and Livewire Digital will bring high-speed connectivity to its ~170 residents by combining satellite, 5G and mobile networks 🌐 www.linkedin.com/posts/%F0%9D...

It’s not a happy labour day for most workers. Solidarity. Join a union. #MayDay

Fantastic Jeannie @ulsteruni.bsky.social Hope it has been a great day at #CONULTL26

Lovely Your Place and Mine prog today on Radio Ulster which included a segment the Human Library event on Rathlin which was part of the @niscifest.bsky.social bringing together ‘human books’ from Rathlin & from @ulsteruni.bsky.social in a knowledge sharing opportunity. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Well done @stephen-roulston.bsky.social and all involved. A tremendous amount of work setting out key priority areas and briefing papers to inform #TransformingEducation in our corner of the world.

Registration for #LAICILIP2026 is OPEN! Join us 29-30 April at Monaghan Peace Campus. Need bursary support? Apply now! 🔗More info: www.conference.libraryassociation.ie/ 🔗Tickets: https://LAI-CILIP-2026.eventbrite.ie

Thanks @rluk.ac.uk for demonstrating the value of a virtual conference - over 130 attendees at our session this afternoon on adaptive leadership. Really engaging, valuable & different presentations with important shared takeaways and a very thoughtful discussion at the end. #RLUK26

Great to hear about @rluk.ac.uk #ReciprocalMentorship - a developmental partnership programme for library staff. Innovative, empowering and impactful focusing on 2-way conversations and shared problem solving. #RLUK26 #AdaptiveLeadership

@rluk.ac.uk #RLUK26 virtual conference session on Adaptive Leadership in Libraries underway and we’ll hear presentations about adaptive leadership in a range of contexts - first up ‘Adaptive Leadership under Pressure’ site.pheedloop.com/event/rluk26...

Looking forward to presenting our @ulsteruni.bsky.social Mosul Library Project with Janet Peden this afternoon at the @rluk.ac.uk Conference #RLUK26 #StewardshipInChallengingTimes #ReBuildingLibrariesPostConflict #VirtualConference #AcademicLibraries

📝 New BERA Blog Special Issue! The heart of learning: Spotlight on school libraries in the UK and Ireland 📚 Edited by Jess Bates and Jayne Finlay Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog-special-issues/the-heart-of-learning-spotlight-on-school-libraries-in-the-uk-and-ireland

#Rathlin #Sunset

Really excited for the #Rathlin book launch on Sunday 💚

Happy #WorldBookDay Love this creation from our house - task was to make a wooden spoon into a book character 💚

Dr Claire Woods, myself and Prof Una O’Connor Bones, School of Education @ulsteruni.bsky.social , on Rathlin yesterday for @niscifest.bsky.social events. #KnowledgeSharing #KnowledgeExchange #TellingStories #HumanLibrary #BookLaunch #OralHistory #IslandLife #Sustainability

Today we had a super book launch for our oral history compilation focusing on Rathlin Island. Shout out to co-eds Dr Wes Forsythe & Prof Maxim Fomin & the Rathlin Oral History Group. Thanks to everyone who supported this book and came to the book launch @ulsteruni.bsky.social @niscifest.bsky.social

‘Every book it’s reader’ - had the best experience of running my first Human Library event today on #RathlinIsland as part of the @niscifest.bsky.social Everyone has a story to share and today really proved that. #KnowledgeSharing #TellingStories #HumanLibrary @ulsteruni.bsky.social

Coming up on Friday, get booked on the Rathlin Ferry and come on over…

Great presentation & discussion today on #Rathlin from @ulsteruni.bsky.social academic Larry Magennis, Belfast School of Art, on sustainable product design @niscifest.bsky.social

"[drawing] on research ... exploring the environmental challenges faced by remote island communities [and] Focusing on Rathlin Island, the commission invites visitors to explore a section of the UK’s coastline, learning from the island’s community and its rich history." tinyurl.com/58w628mc

This year's NI Science Festival is almost upon us, and once again there are several fantastic events being hosted on Rathlin, this year between Friday 13th & Friday 20th February. Check out the details here: rathlin360.com/visit/ni-sci... #NISF26 @niscifest.bsky.social

Great start to the @niscifest.bsky.social on #Rathlin, ‘Connecting Coastal Cultures’ with Dr Michael Pierre Johnson, Kirsten Millar, Jen Skinner. Great start to knowledge sharing, loved seeing their projects and the work they do. Will be exciting to work together @futureislandisland.bsky.social

We have a unique @niscifest.bsky.social event coming up on Fri 20 Feb - come along to our Human Library and hear someones story - with human books from Rathlin Island and @ulsteruni.bsky.social nisciencefestival.com/event/ulster...

Ireland has Europe's biggest digital skills gender gap www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Seasons greetings, love and peace 🌊 🎄

It doesn’t take long to gather lots of beach litter, plastics and ghost gear. #Rathlin #BeachClean #Take3ForTheSea

Good morning from Rathlin

We don't need an elf on the shelf because we've got a

Today is International Migrants Day, which is an opportunity to celebrate and raise awareness of the contributions of migrants to our society. The theme for 2025 is: My Great Story: Cultures and Development. Read more about this day here: www.un.org/en/observanc...

www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll... Funded PhD opportunity. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #Libraries #Children #SpecialEducationalNeeds #Research #PhD

Great end to yr for yr1 class on the PG Library & Info Mgmt course this eve. Huge thanks to guest speakers from CILIP Ireland who spoke about getting involved with CILIP & careers and job applications advice. Good luck to students for final portfolio submissions tomorrow! #OnlineLearning #Libraries

Super last class of the yr for the leadership in libraries module yesterday. Fantastic to see the group blogs, what students had learned from the guest speaker series & how they were applying this to their own contexts. #LibraryLeadership #OnlineLearning #LibraryQualification @ulsteruni.bsky.social

*Funded Phd Opportunity* Ulster University - How can public libraries in NI support children with SEN & their families? Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. #PhDResearch #PublicLibraries #SEN @ulsteruni.bsky.social @librariesni.bsky.social www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...

Curious about how #libraries are shaping the future of #AI learning? Our latest report is out—explore the insights and download it from our repository! https://bit.ly/4pos7YS

Winter berries & winter sun #RathlinIsland

Always great to meet your students IRL when you teach fully online courses :) Met Liam today at Waterstones, Belfast. #OnlineLearning #Librarianship #Books #WeAreUU

Thanks so much to school librarian & researcher Dr Jean Henefer for sharing her knowledge & passion for school libraries this week as part of our Leadership in Libraries module @ulsteruni.bsky.social #OnlineLearning #LibraryLeadership #SchoolLibraries #Reading #Inclusion @jcsplibraries.bsky.social

Born #Onthisday 1905 Mabel Colhoun, educationalist, photographer & archaeologist. This is one of her photos of Rathlin Island in 1939 towermuseumcollections.com/mabelcolhoun... #XXmas

Late posting this but could have listened to our two guest speakers all evening this week. Thanks to Monica Crump, University Librarian @universityofgalway.bsky.social and Tim Pye, National Curator @nationaltrust.org.uk #LibraryLeadership #EngagingUsers #TheLibraryIsAGrowingOrganism #OnlineLearning