Inside the phenomenal football brain of Kevin De Bruyne. Football intelligence means the Belgian and Man City star's ability to read the game is on par with the greatest midfielders of all time, writes Jake Tiernan @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the Plain: Except in Valladolid #Spanishweather

Two people who know what solidarity looks like. Keep talking about Palestine 🇵🇸

Bualadh bos to this lad 🎨

Fascinating visit to the House of Margaret [Molly] Brown - Titanic survivor, National advocate for Sufrage and Labour rights among other accomplishmets #AERA25

A fascinating and Informative Lecture on the present and future direction of Further Education by @fetrc.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social colleague Prof Rory O'Sullivan @roryosullivan23.bsky.social at @dcuioe.bsky.social | @justinrami.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Excellent presentation | Effective Learning Environments for Equity - Insights from the Horizon EU @scirearly.bsky.social by @sarahgardezi.bsky.social @eqievaluation.bsky.social at #esai25 | @dublincityuni.bsky.social @joeoharadcu.bsky.social @hadjertaibi.bsky.social @aideencassidy.bsky.social

I am delighted + honoured to receive the @dcuresearch.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social Presidents Award for Research [‘Academic Staff’ category]. I am particularly delighted to have had the very good fortune of celebrating the day with my Dad. #DCUPresidentAward #WeareDCU @dcuioe.bsky.social

Delighted to see our latest open-access paper on Academic Freedom in Irish HE published. It seeks to document the experiences of Irish researchers as they explore the realities of academic freedom in Ireland. @rozerinyasa.bsky.social @mbrowndcu.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This article (published in a JCR-Q2 journal) presents how Dialogic Pedagogical Gatherings improve pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in addressing school violence. If you want to receive like this, don't forget to sign up to the newsletter! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

"What Ceasefire? Trump Helps Netanyahu Kill Over 400 Palestinians in Gaza" For Zeteo, @attackerman.bsky.social lays out how the Trump administration backs war against Palestine abroad and repression against supporters of Palestine at home.

🔎 How can we better support the wellbeing of HEI-based Teacher Educators? 📢 DCU CREATE Co-Director Dr. Sabrina Fitzsimons, Dr. Lee Boag, and Dr. David S. Smith (RGU) share actionable strategies grounded in the PERMA model ⬇️ @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social rdcu.be/ed0hG

Delighted to share this Research rdcu.be/ed0hG @dublincityuni.bsky.social @elainemcd.bsky.social @donenda.bsky.social @annalogan.bsky.social @alangorman.bsky.social @mbrowndcu.bsky.social @hadjertaibi.bsky.social @sarahgardezi.bsky.social @pt-phone-home.bsky.social

What a sunrise!! A pretty good week ahead too.

People with chronic conditions forced to reduce basic living expenses to afford health costs, says study

You first.

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

Yaay, can’t wait to see the Irish wine industry take off. We may have nothing to actually eat in future but we’ll hopefully be too hammered to care. www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2...

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A potentially tragic situation. ⬇️

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You don’t need to read a history book to understand the utter horror of colonialism and ethnic cleansing, it’s happening right now, in plain view as US-backed Israel ramps up genocide towards its Final Solution. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This, all day long.

Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them theconversation.com/ofsted-inspe...

Ofsted inspections affect not just teachers but also the people who train them theconversation.com/ofsted-inspe... authored by DCU CREATE co-director Sabrina Fitzsimons and Dr David S Smith (RGU) @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @mbrowndcu.bsky.social @donenda.bsky.social

Finally made the switch and will start posting content here.

Delighted to see our Horizon Europe Project SCIREARLY - which examines the causes of and responses to Early School Leaving & Educational Underachievement- recognise the importance of The UN International Day Of Education youtu.be/IcM4e1wHP9I?... #educationalresearch

Congratulations @sabrinafitzsimons.bsky.social & David S Smith on new publication in the Cambridge Journal of Education: "'Don’t do anything special for us coming': the mental health impact of Ofsted inspections on teacher educators in England" @dcuioe.bsky.social @ @esai-irl.bsky.social 👏👏

Congratulations to @dcuioe.bsky.social colleague Sabrina Fitzsimons @dcucreate.bsky.social & co-author David S Smith (Robert Gordon University)on this important research published in Cambridge Journal of Education. Will be of great interest to colleagues working in initial teacher education.

New publication alert ➡️ ‘Don’t do anything special for us coming’: the mental health impact of Ofsted inspections on teacher educators in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @dcuresearch.bsky.social @elainemcd.bsky.social @donenda.bsky.social @mbrowndcu.bsky.social

We need science to cure cancer, and we need science to eradicate violence. REVERS-ED is already providing scientific evidence on the key to do so: through Dialogic Literary Gatherings students reject violence and desire egalitarian relationships: hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/i...

Delighted to receive a Research Ireland @researchireland.bsky.social Research Ally Prize. Totally Unexpected. Massive congratulations also to all recipients at @dublincityuni.bsky.social + nationally @dcuresearch.bsky.social #LoveIrishResearch

Mics on, up next #DCU-VIBES

Delighted to have a Chapter [exploring how teacher ed systems are responding to cultural diversity] with @sarahgardezi.bsky.social | H.Altrichter + B.Herzog Punzenberger IN 'Preparing + Supporting Teachers of Immigrant + Refugee Students'. Many thanks to editors for the hard work: At: bit.ly/cdivers

Wishing you all a wonderful Nollaig na mBan! In Irish tradition, January 6th is 'Women's Christmas' or 'Little Christmas'. It's also traditionally the day when the decorations come down - who's still got the tinsel up? @fsg-dcu.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

I’ve been on a journey

It was a great pleasure to be involved in this podcast with The Royal Irish Academy looking at education across the island of Ireland. Common until a century ago, after partition the systems evolved separately. @mbrowndcu.bsky.social @arinsproject.bsky.social soundcloud.com/the-royal-ir...

In this month’s ARINS podcast @mbrowndcu.bsky.social and @stephen-roulston.bsky.social discuss education systems on the island of Ireland with host Rory Montgomery. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/41Bej4C & read the paper here: bit.ly/3BCCZyX

"The wintry west extends his blast, And hail and rain does blaw... (Robert Burns) #WinterSolstice #Knockdrin #Mullingar #RobertBurns

If you watch anything this weekend, let it be this video. youtu.be/Xd6bM0ETG-I?... Stop the genocide

Some very positive findings in this report highlighting the dedicated work of teachers and school leaders. www.gov.ie/en/publicati...

"Decision Pending" status.......you know the feeling...#academicsofbluesky @elainemcd.bsky.social @donenda.bsky.social @mbrowndcu.bsky.social

This is heartbreaking 💔

Our First BSKY post! DCU CREATE Survey ✍️Teaching in Ireland or the UK? Have your voice heard on the important topic of mental health and burnout ➡️ bit.ly/3CcD3Fu Re-posts greatly appreciated 💐

Sincere thank you to everyone who has shared our survey on Teacher Mental Health and Burnout. We've had an amazing response to it so far. There is still time to have your voice heard, should you wish to participate. ⤵️@dcuioe.bsky.social @elainemcd.bsky.social @mbrowndcu.bsky.social

Delighted to share this paper on our recent research into students' experiences of studying computer science. So lucky to be part of a great team www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A little louder for the folks in the back: The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Fascinating Doctoral studies by @dcuioe.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social GTE EDU1060 QUANTS Class. A great group of researchers to work with over the last MONTHS. Looking forward to reading their final proposals and no doubt, multiple future Publications ⬇️

Wise words from our fantastic @dculibrary.bsky.social colleagues⬇️