I'm the Keynote speaker today at the National Research Conference for Career Practitioners. In my keynote I speak about the how we need to shake up our perspectives on how we value research. Slides, links and more information here: www.emmabolger.co.uk/2026/02/keyn...

📣Announcement 📣 Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Trustees at Scottish Charity @connect.scot www.emmabolger.co.uk/2026/02/chai...

Free to research? News of a forthcoming conference and some collated resources, all for free! #NRC26

Right then, no one asked for it (everyone seems quite happy with last year's!) but here we are anyway, your #DuvetKnowItsChristmas 2025 bingo card! Some returning classics, some we missed last year and some new ones. Enjoy team, donation link below once Rhodri posts it!

Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.

Are you interested in our work on Gaelic Medium Education and Careers? Sign up for project updates via the link on our Linktree at linktr.ee/gmecareers #Gaelic #Ghaidlig #Gàidhlig #Education #Billingualism #Multilingualism #Careers #CIAG

Looking forward to presenting a case study of our project, Guidance for Life, Work and Career at the @thecdi.bsky.social annual conference. The amazing artwork for our project has been created by the hugely talented @laurasorvala.bsky.social

I have had the pleasure of 2 visits to @uofglasgow.bsky.social in the past 24 hours for the #ESRCFestival I was presenting on AI and the future of work yesterday, in the context of career guidance and then this morning I was back attending the excellent @uofgpolicy.bsky.social event on childcare.

I'll be speaking at the thecdi.bsky.social National Conference 2025 on 18-19 November in Birmingham. Join me for the opportunity to connect with fellow careers professionals and enjoy two days packed with inspiration, learning and networking. Book your place here: ow.ly/irxK50TAbzq #CDICONF2025

I'm the guest on this week's Careers Café podcast. Link below! open.spotify.com/episode/7adm...

A busy day ahead of promotion for my book. At midday I'll be with the @thecdi.bsky.social for a Meet the Author Webinar, then I'm recording a podcast about all things practitioner-led research with my long-term friend and collaborator Uuganaa Ramsay. Looking forward to a day of good conversations!

CDI Members, a reminder that I am the author in tomorrow's "Meet the author" webinar. Midday, UK time - book in via the link below. It would be great to see you there to discuss all things practitioner-led research. www.thecdi.net/training-and...

The companion resources for my book, The Career Professional’s Guide to Research, are now available! You can take a look at them to get a snapshot of the style and approach of my book, and follow the link at the bottom of the page to purchase your copy. trotman.co.uk/pages/the-ca...

It is Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025. So many myths still to bust, one or me is the assumption that dyslexia cannot be identified until a child is approaching the end of primary school. Re-sharing our feature from the Dyslexia Voice magazine from earlier this year that tells my son's story.

Our survey for Gaelic Medium Education leavers closes on Tuesday and is doing very well on responses, but please help us to give it a final push so we can capture as many people's voices as possible before we head into a month of data analysis! #gaelic #gaidhlig #gàidhlig #educationresearch #careers

We're the furthest we've been yet on our focus group travels. Bha sinn ann an Steòrnabhagh agus bidh sinn ann na Hearadh anns à mhadainn. (And with each trip my learner's Gaelic is slowly improving!)

"Gaelic? It's a great flex." An update on our Gaelic Medium Education and Careers Project, as we reach the mid-point in our data collection period. Thank you to everyone who has shown such brilliant support for our project - we really appreciate it! www.emmabolger.co.uk/2025/09/gael...

Our fieldwork is underway for our GME Careers project. This week we've been out conducting the first of our focus groups with school pupils and our survey for school-leavers and young adults is live! More information here: linktr.ee/GMECareers #gaelic #gaidhlig #gàidhlig #educationresearch #careers

Information on our project researching Gaelic Medium Education and career outcomes can be found here:

I contributed a short piece to the current Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta) newsletter, regarding the additional support needs (ASN) in Gaelic Medium Education (GME) group that is now running here in Glasgow. (see page 4) www.parant.org.uk/_files/ugd/5...

I am in this summer's Dyslexia Scotland magazine, Dyslexia Voice, talking about the journey to identification for children who have co-occurring conditions such as #autism and the often later identification process in #gaelicmediumeducation #GME Full text at: www.emmabolger.co.uk/2025/06/dysl...

This is also brilliant - the campaign and the TV programme.

This is brilliant - please watch if you haven't already!

I work for Scottish Book Trust and we’re running a survey for parents/teachers/kids book enthusiasts about how they find books for kids. I’d be enormously grateful if anyone can spare 5-10 mins to share their thoughts. #KidLitUK forms.office.com/e/EdVhWA0T0n

Removing bins from Glasgow park has led to 'piles of rubbish', says councillor

Full text below on my website of my guest blog post for @worldwebb.bsky.social's #TheWeekInCareers (if you work in careers and you're not subscribed on LinkedIn, I recommend you do so now! www.emmabolger.co.uk/2025/05/the-...

In 30 mins on BBC Two and @bbciplayer.bsky.social

When work doesn’t feel like it’s working.

Join us at out Paisley campus on 24 April to celebrate the Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice (ASCPP). Hear from new Director, Professor Louise Ritchie, in her lecture: "Living a Purposeful Life with Dementia." Register now 👇

You're invited! ➡️ First 100 Days of the Trump Presidency 📅 14 May, 4-5.30pm Join Professor Murray Leith as he looks back over the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency 2.0. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uws-lecture-first-100-days-of-the-trump-presidency-tickets-1291229234399

We're going to keep this open until the end of the day on Monday 21st, so if you needed a little bit longer to work on your application, or if you're not quite sure if this is for you, please do still apply! #Gaelic #Gaidhlig

Information on my forthcoming book ⤵️

A long-running study of working lives in the UK reveals surprising shifts in skills, satisfaction and inequality.

Closing date this coming Thursday, 17th April 2025! #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Gàidhlig

**Breaking News** I'm exploring the gap in research on #AntiracistEducation in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 thro my EdD.I'm launching 👇🏽network to connect with others doing similar work in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 schools,further or higher education. If you're involved in this or know anyone that is,please get in touch and share. Thanks so much.

Hello and welcome to BlueSky to a number of new sign-ups and followers who found their way here this week via my Starter Pack. 👋

BlueSky Starter Pack for #careers sector practitioner-researchers. Let me know if you'd like to be added, or have suggestions for people that could be added to it.

I am recruiting for a Gaelic speaking Research Assistant, for my research project "Gaelic Medium Education: a career advantage for school leavers in Scotland." Please get in touch if you would like to find out more. A link to the vacancy is here: ce0974li.webitrent.com/ce0974li_web...

The Government has said they want to get Britain working - but their biggest cut has been to a disability benefit that is paid to people regardless of employment status. @ruthcurtice.bsky.social explains 👇

Families of children with autism say schools are so broken that they’ve now turned against the policy of inclusion Mainstream schools aren’t educating their children, they say, they’re damaging them I speak to them for my @heraldscotland.bsky.social Big Read www.heraldscotland.com/news/2502982...

Re the thieving techbros at #Meta, writers of work that's been anthologised should search the database by editor name. I found seven of my short stories and one of my essays have been fed to the machine this way. @societyofauthors.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Lots of great sessions for researchers coming up during the @openuniversity.bsky.social forthcoming #OpenResearchWeek

Starter Pack: I've put together a BlueSky starter pack for Careers Practitioner-Researchers and added a few of us to it. If you'd like me to me add you to it, please let me know in a reply to this post or by sending me a chat message.

As a parent of neurodiverse children I'll be attending and participating in as much as I can to learn more. The stereotypes and misconceptions misled us for so long, not realising that what we were seeing in front of us, from day 1, was neurodiversity. #neurodiversitycelebrationweek2025

An excellent opportunity!

I am very much looking forward to being the Keynote Speaker at this year's Skills Development Scotland and Scottish Graduate School of Social Science PhD partnership annual event in the summer.