In these times of trouble, something a bit niche but also a bit soothing - a post where I dug out some old roots of #metaphor theory that we have largely forgotten makingsciencepublic.com/2026/01/23/f... #histling

Meanwhile, at Edinburgh Zoo

Given recent news, a reminder how Starmer is selling out the UK’s national security to the Trump regime and its cronies in Big Tech.

I know it's not the Hunger Games but BOY are Greenland winning the social media war.. youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...

Are you interested in: ➡️Metaphor in L1 ➡️ Metaphor in L2, L3, Lx ➡️ Vocabulary Then, you cannot miss our specialised seminar in Badajoz. ‼️Submission deadline: 27 February Dates: 2⃣ -3⃣ July 2026 🌍 Special venue and atmosphere Further details here ⬇️ eventos.unex.es/139535/secti...

Dorothy Rowntree BSc. 1st woman in UK to qualify in naval architecture & 1st woman to graduate in engineering from @glasgow.ac.uk Worked @ Fairfield Shipbuilding Yard #Govan. Later moved to #Lebanon & worked @ American University of Beirut' b. #OTD 16 Jan 1903 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

This is going to be good!

The wolf supermoon over Argyle Street in the west of Glasgow. #glasgow #supermoon #wolfmoon #argylestreet #glasgowtoday

Good morning, Glasgow, and happy Winter Solstice to those of you who mark it. This was the Solstice sunrise at the Sighthill Stone Circle in the north of the city. Cont./ #glasgow #sighthill #wintersolstice #sunrise #stonecircle

Delighted to take part in today's session and meet some very inspiring language educators & material designers. I learnt a lot. Thank you @anapiquerpiriz-uex.bsky.social Rafael Alejo González for organising & the warm hospitality! 🥰

Congratulations! 🎉 @uofgeducation.bsky.social

Thought provoking panel discussion on moving towards more holistic, diverse assessment practices in our multilingual schools #NALDIC33

It was our first school visit to Thornwood primary today where our TESOL students taught some colour words at the Lunchtime Language club! #multilingualism

This bronze head of a goddess with her spooky, hypnotic inlaid silver eyes, will be roaming the shadows tonight on All Hallows Eve! Still looking for her body, 2,000 years later … 😱 🏺 1/ Hellenistic, 150-100 BCE, Mersin, Turkey. #BritishMuseum 📸 me

Meet one of our exhibitors! Library 4 Multilinguals recognises that literacy is what allows children to not only learn more and get indulged into captivating stories, but it is the tool that helps them truly connects with their heritage. #naldic #EAL #literacy www.library4multilinguals.com

Meet our second sponsor! Global Community Schools look for the top ingredients for transformative multilingual schooling. They’re selling their inspiration for free in an ideas exchange, and are looking for achievable, impactful, sustainable actions. #EAL #inclusion www.globalcommunityschools.co.uk

Some key takeaways from this year's BAAL annual conference on language/linguistics in Education @baal2025.bsky.social baallkale.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/s...

Meet Across Cultures, one of our Gold #conference Sponsors! Across Cultures offers a world-renowned service that partners with teachers to share the knowledge, skills and resources needed to support their #EAL learners within the demands of an evolving world. www.axcultures.com #SEND #assessment

Welcome to our wonderful 25-26 MSc TESOL students! @uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social

A sign of a good conference is when you come away afresh, with new ideas & feeling more hopeful about the world. And after #BAAL2025 I do!!

Meet Jordin a student from our 24-25 cohort talking about his experience as a TESOL student here at University of Glasgow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qeR...

Chengyu was from our 24-25 MSc TESOL cohort - meet him here talking about his experiences on the course, both academic and intercultural. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0U...

"I haven't slept for days," she says. "Every day, I wonder which will come first - a message from the UK government, or a missile.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Letter of the day (in the Times)

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.

We're going to need journalists to stop talking about synthetic text extruding machines as if they have *thoughts* or *stances* that they are *trying* to *communicate*. ChatGPT can't *admit* anything, nor *self-report*. Gah. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...

We do language That's what documents how we once lived this life #GazaStarving #GazaGenocide #KeeptellingofGaza

Finally out! In this reflective paper I discussed my own privileges & vulnerability as a teacher educator, using the lenses of intersectionality & postdigital research. Available open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @baal-lesj-sig.bsky.social @pdse.bsky.social @uofgtesol.bsky.social

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. Please sign and share ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Gaza is a largely flat piece of land bordering to 2 countries with reasonable infrastructure. So we’re going to drop aid from the air ffs.

Hundreds of people in both Aberdeen and Edinburgh have gathered to protest against Donald Trump this afternoon The US President is currently in Scotland during a five-day trip where he is visiting two of his golf courses

LATEST: Protests against US president Donald Trump have started in Aberdeen with Scottish Greens MSPs in attendance 🗣️ 'Not in our name. Never in our name.'

The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide. It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International. No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.

Great to be at the Transdisciplinary SFL praxis with multilingual youth & educators' colloquium #ISFC50 @uofglasgow.bsky.social

We need your help to get bottom trawling banned from ocean havens for good! Govt want to hear from YOU on whether they should extend bans in English marine protected areas 🚫 This is the moment we've been waiting for. We can't afford to take our foot off the pedal 🌊 ACT: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

What an amazing cohort of students! Our TESOL end of semester party for our 24-25 cohort. Celebrating all your hard work & achievements!

Here's me in ☔ Dublin for #worldclil2025. Packed just the right footwear 😂

"Generative AI presents a number of immediate threats to learners’ rights, amplifying the known threats from so-called predictive AI" Fantastic piece on AI eroding students' rights to education by @helenbeetham.bsky.social ht @audreywatters.bsky.social helenbeetham.substack.com/p/how-the-ri...

A very successful workshop on 'Embedding Language Assessment Literacy in University Professional Development' run by @danielmklam.bsky.social & Dr Angela Gayton! @uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgcreativeart.bsky.social #tesol #appliedlinguistics

UK ministers to block amendment requiring AI firms to declare use of copyrighted content www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Starmer's speech today was shameful from a Labour government: pandering, dishonest and inflammatory. To say "the damage this has done to our country is incalculable" is language no politician should use about migrants who have come to the UK and contributed to our economy and society.

Will someone please clip the UK boss of Palantir when he comes on so I can see the full horror of the BBC normalizing Trump’s tech bro besties?

“Around 200 Israeli citizens living in the UK have written to the British government demanding it suspend its trade relations with Israel until the country lifts its total siege on Gaza.” To think that Israeli citizens themselves need to tell the UK govt this…

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

I thought my first post on Bluesky should be something positive and motivational

No time to read the #research around good #EAL practice? No problem! In the latest #NALDIC EAL Journal, we have summarised 12 research papers for you! Read it on pages 12-13! naldic.org.uk/publications...

Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI

No such thing as free language learning! Can’t believe I missed this article when it first came out. Everyone should read it!