Amy Hanna
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Lecturer in Children’s Studies, University of Galway Children’s Rights | Participation | Silence
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The follow up article for this project funded by AsIAm (Ireland’s Autism Charity) - a systematic review of human rights tensions and conflicts regarding school discipline - is now published in IJEDRO.
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Really interesting report about how “no nonsense” behaviour policies discriminate against children with additional needs.
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
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https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2025-07-21/strict-behaviour-policy-behind-exodus-of-500-pupils-from-school
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The follow up article for this project funded by AsIAm (Ireland’s Autism Charity) - a systematic review of human rights tensions and conflicts regarding school discipline - is now published in IJEDRO.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Ever pondered how, or even if, school discipline policies can be
#childrights
compliant? I took a closer look at the situation for Autistic students in the Irish education context, generously funded by AsIAm. Check out the article here:
academic.oup.com/jhrp/article...
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The Administration of School Discipline in a Manner Consistent With Children’s Human Rights: A Rights-Based Analysis of School Codes of Behaviour in Ireland for Autistic Students
Abstract. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) obliges States Parties to administer school discipline consistently with children’
https://academic.oup.com/jhrp/article/17/3/huaf015/8186833?guestAccessKey=a092bef0-6bdd-4d94-8720-82cfa221122c&utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=jhrp&utm_medium=email
4 months ago
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Bede Sheppard
5 months ago
New editorial from
@jtodres.bsky.social
explains the need for, and implications of, the proposed new optional protocol to the CRC on the right to education. He also poses important questions for
#ChildRights
scholars & researchers. In the Int'l Journal of Children's Rights:
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Dr Keren MacLennan
5 months ago
Our brand new paper, led by our incredible PhD student Emmie, has just been published: 'Neuro-Normative Epistemic Injustice – Consequences for the UK Education Crisis and School Anxiety'.
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@uniofbath.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Neuro-Normative Epistemic Injustice – Consequences for the UK Education Crisis and School Anxiety - Emmie Fisher, Keren MacLennan, Sinéad Mullally, Jacqui Rodgers, 2025
The UK education system is failing to meet needs, leading to an attendance and school anxiety crisis. However, the system faults those disproportionately and mo...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27546330251353565
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This is my sister. Really horrible to see her with a bruised face when she was protecting the public. Needless to say she was always much braver than me 😜
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
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Officer recalls being knocked unconscious as she restrained man in west Belfast
A police officer has recalled being punched so hard to the head that she lost consciousness at an event in west Belfast.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/officer-recalls-being-knocked-unconscious-as-she-restrained-man-in-west-belfast/a597879715.html
5 months ago
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This has absolutely made my week 🦷
#ToothFairy
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8 months ago
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Suzanne Egan
9 months ago
I am absolutely delighted to share that my article on Tackling Ignorance about Law in Human Rights Education has just been published open access
@berj-2025.bsky.social
. Looking forward to feedback 🙏
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Tackling ignorance about law in human rights education
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https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/YEVSTX6SAYY7KJTPYVTU?target=10.1002/berj.4138
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ARK
9 months ago
🔔New ARK Research Update🔔 The latest Research Update explores understandings, perceptions and feelings of respect in Northern Ireland Read here ➡️
www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/sites/de...
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Prof Gráinne McKeever
9 months ago
A new PhD opportunity just landed with our good friends
@childrensrightsqub.bsky.social
who we've been working with alongside
@savethechildrenni.bsky.social
to understand the impact of
#SocialSecurity
on children's experiences of poverty. It's time to hear from children themselves:
t.co/BtYhyM91Ms
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https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/funding-scholarships/ahss/SchoolofSocialSciencesEducationandSocialWork/Developingachild-informedmeasureofchildpoverty.html#overview
https://t.co/BtYhyM91Ms
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Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)
10 months ago
ICYMI! The first legal case under the UNCRC Act has been decided! The High Court in Edinburgh ruled that the Lord Advocate’s power to prosecute children falls within the scope of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 Read our article here:
www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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First legal case decided under UNCRC Act
Together is an alliance of Scottish children's charities that works to improve the awareness, understanding and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). We ...
https://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2025/01/first-legal-case-decided-under-uncrc-act/
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What a monumental loss to poetry and the arts 💚
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
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Irish poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
The acclaimed Irish poet was born in Belfast in July 1939 and lived in the city until his death.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0123/1492500-michael-longley/
10 months ago
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A fantastic paper on children’s rights and early years in Rwanda. Not everyday we put ‘human rights’ and ‘emotions’ in the same sentence!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Emotions and human rights education in early childhood: insights from young children in Rwanda
Human rights education in early childhood should be relevant to children’s experiences, however there is a tendency to avoid the subject. This paper draws from a participatory study undertaken in R...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25355406.2025.2452655
10 months ago
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Slightly nervous about publicising my adventures into the poetry of our national treasure during summer 2024, but this is a paper I really enjoyed writing
jsse.ascee.org/index.php/js...
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‘Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences’: a conceptual framework for silence as a medium for power in the Arts | Hanna | Journal of Silence Studies in Education
‘Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences’: a conceptual framework for silence as a medium for power in the Arts
https://jsse.ascee.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/104
10 months ago
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The Irish Times
11 months ago
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Boys will be boys: why gender attitudes of today’s schoolchildren are remarkably traditional
Pupils associate being a ‘good’ girl with niceness and politeness, while ‘good’ boys are strong and excel at football
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/12/08/boys-will-be-boys-why-gender-attitudes-of-todays-schoolchildren-are-remarkably-traditional/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=HP-SubDesc
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Siobhan McAlister
11 months ago
Launch of important youth developed resource on how professionals can engage with children and young people who experience domestic abuse
@womensaidni.bsky.social
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Centre for Children's Rights, QUB
12 months ago
We are looking forward to engaging with everyone on all things
#ChildrensRights
here. Check out our webpage and courses here
www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...
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Centre for Children's Rights | Queen's University Belfast
https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreforChildrensRights/
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Tackling the myth, with young activists, that children are not representative - new open access article
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https://brill.com/view/journals/chil/32/3/article-p560_003.xml
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www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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A privilege to present research examining the rights compliance of Irish codes of behaviour at AsIAm: Irelands Autism Charity today in Dublin. Full report available here:
asiam.ie/news/asiam-p...
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As I Am | News | AsIAm publishes report on discriminatory codes of behaviour towards Autistic school children
https://asiam.ie/news/asiam-publishes-report-on-discriminatory-codes-of-behaviour-towards-autistic-school-children
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