I'm so happy to have my first article published in the @iesjournal.bsky.social ‘We were all sticking with the safe ones’: anti-racism education and Educate Together primary schools in Ireland doi.org/10.1080/0332...

Given all that is happening in 'other places' I thought it might be a good time to share this again. I think there is a chance that we could generate a bit of engagement here but who knows. Get in touch if you are interested in joining. go.bsky.app/8FJAkMG

CfP The Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies invites papers for the conference: 'Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes' at DCU (@dublincityuni.bsky.social) in 2026 More info: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/announcement...

Today is 2025-12-20, the sun sets at 16:07:16 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 1 min and 33 secs. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack

Racist graffiti can be reported to DCC tru citizenhub.dublincity.ie/service/Repo...

DIVERSITY IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION 1/The annual data report tracking #MinorityEthnic teacher nos 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has been published for 2025. Numbers remain stubbornly low with <2% of all teachers being #BAME. Still <1% are in any form of management position. Key points in the 🧵👇🏽 www.gov.scot/publications...

Irish Educational Studies is seeking to fill 2 co-editor positions. The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan. Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat... Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.

The photograph that the Israeli government does not want you to see. Taken from the air by journalist colleague @Heidiphotos

‘Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die’: News agency staff warn journalists face starvation

WorldWise Global Schools Permanent Vacancy: Education Officer – Munster Area. Find out more : www.worldwiseschools.ie/careers/

Although developed for the Scottish context, this is great for Irish schools also

Applications now open for our new micro-credential in Working with People of Refugee Background, commencing September 4th 2025. This has been developed in partnership with the Irish Refugee Council Further info at this link: www.ucd.ie/microcredent...

In a boxing club w/ ties to Conor McGregor, some non-white and immigrant athletes seek to connect & belong. Crumlin Boxing Club is run by Philip Sutcliffe Snr, McGregor’s boxing coach, a Dublin city councillor who, like McGregor, has voiced anti-immigrant views www.dublininquirer.com/in-a-boxing-...

“The entire 2.1 million population of Gaza is facing prolonged food shortages, with nearly half a million people in a catastrophic situation of hunger, acute malnutrition, starvation, illness and death. This is one of the world’s worst hunger crises, unfolding in real time.”

'#Religion and #race: the need for an #intersectional approach' by Mareike Riedel & Vanessa Rau From our Themed Section in the latest #Identities issue, 32.3: doi.org/10.1080/1070...#Religion#race:#intersectional#Identitiesasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #intersectionality #ThemedSection

Libraries! I'm filling my dance card for CBF to talk about my new middle grade series, and I have some spaces free - hit me up if you have a horde of children who need entertaining... #libraries #Irishlibraries

Are you a teacher in Northern Ireland? DCU CREATE is conducting a large-scale mixed-methods study on mental health and burnout among primary and second level teachers in Northern Ireland. Have your voice heard here ⤵️

Final call! Are you are teacher educator (early years, primary, secondary, third level, FET) in Ireland? Share your perspectives!

#Madleen “Let the Madleen reach Gaza. Let this small ship carry the weight of global conscience. Let it land in peace.” Mary Robinson

I read that children 6-12 are more likely to be killed in Gaza because they’re too big to be carried, and not as fast as children 12+, and I can’t stop thinking about it. We have children running for their lives on the regular so much so that there are patterns as to who survives.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has condemned the continued obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza, urging the international community to pressure Israel to allow immediate and sustained access for essential food and medical supplies. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Are you disillusioned with the way you’re expected to teach? Keen to centre care over compliance? Trying to move from traditional to transformative teaching? “Education As Liberation” will explore strategies to disrupt systems of oppression FREE ONLINE EVENT #edusky docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our survey will close in two weeks. We'd love to hear your perspectives on racism and anti-racism in teacher education in Ireland. Scan the code or click the link if you are involved in this area at any level. Please share! dcusurveys.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

BREAKING: At least 140 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn on Sunday, medical sources have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/tgirl1

Come join the team @marinoinstitute.bsky.social #JobFairy 📌Senior Lecturer & Head of Department of Policy & Practice 📌 Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics (IFP) Application details: www.mie.ie/en/about_us/... #IrishJobs #Vacancies #edchatie

🚨**Deadline Extended*** By request, we’re adding a week to our Bloomsday competition. Deadline extended to Friday May 23, high noon! Please share. #reading #writing #Bloomsday #speirgorm #edusky

In collaboration with the NEU @neunion.bsky.social, our brand-new toolkit is here to support primary school educators in embedding these vital themes across the curriculum. Download our Magnifying Magnificent Muslims toolkit today! bit.ly/3GIhJdz #NEU #TeachingToolkit #EDI

Opportunity for a post-doctoral researcher working at @dcu-conflict.bsky.social and Ulster University on the North-South Research Programme, about the all-Ireland economy. Applications by 30th May www.dcu.ie/conflict-ins...

New article! ‘“No race hate here”? Irish national identity and racism in the mid twentieth century’ just published online in Irish Historical Studies. Explores Irish attitudes to race and racism, including an ugly spate of racist attacks in Dublin during 1963-64. Open access: doi.org/10.1017/ihs....

Sign up to join us for the next episode of Changing The Narrative - Entitled Education As Liberation-explore ways as educators we can disrupt various ways education reinforces systems of oppression. Speakers include @iancushing.bsky.social & Saara from Maslaha docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This is an important thread for primary teachers and teacher educators so that we can understand the lived experiences of the children in our classrooms.

🚨 Today, we launch Report 8c from the #CSLstudy, ‘Migration and Ethnicity in Children’s School Lives.’ 🔗 Download the report from our website at: cslstudy.ie/downloads/CS... 🧵 Read about some of the key findings below – ⬇️ 1/20

Second-generation immigrants more likely to aspire to go to university, study finds - Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Experiences of Traveller children in school more negative as they progress through system - Irish Examiner www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

@MedicalAidPal #stride4Palestinians We have now managed to raise £620, exceeding our revised pledge of £600. Thank you so much, everyone! I start my virtual walk on the 15th of May, Nakba day & we have now raised our pledge to £1000. Pls carry on donating and sharing.

I will be participating in the 'Stride for Palestinians' fundraiser by MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) on behalf of out grassroots educational space, Scottish Anti-Racism Education (SARE). Here's a link to my page - medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/pavithra-....

World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

🎉A share for teachers of languages 🔗Anti-racist languages education in primary padlet.com/lynne_jones2... 🙏A collection of resources, guidance & examples of practice. With heartfelt thanks to the international community of educators & activists whose work features

Israel's reported plan to intensify assault, displacement and destruction in Gaza would amount to an abhorrent escalation of crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and acts of genocide. States should urgently act to prevent further mass atrocities.

Reports say Israel now eyeing occupation of entire enclave, control of aid and possible expulsion of Palestinians.

ICRC says Israel has ‘obligation’ to meet the needs of Palestinians struggling to survive.

NEW EPISODE: Let's Talk Education Research @sabrinafitzsimons.bsky.social (@dcucreate.bsky.social) speaks about Intital Teacher Educators' experiences of burnout. Play now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5QQZ... Also available on Apple & @dcuioe.bsky.social website @dcuresearch.bsky.social

The State of Palestine has just presented evidence to the International Court of Justice showing that life expectancy in Gaza has halved in the last 18 months. Horrifying. And yet the slaughter continues.

How have the education system and the curriculum responded to a more ethnically and culturally diverse Northern Ireland? Our analysis just published in Irish Educational Studies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @erikafjimenez.bsky.social @aislingoboyle.bsky.social

Israel intensifies the resumption of its deadly land and air attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip, with artillery and air raids hitting several areas of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/xl1415

It's always so interesting to listen to Prof Elaine Keane and Katie Kaufmann talk about their research into teacher diversity @esai-irl.bsky.social

Thank you to @esai-irl.bsky.social for the space to present on anti-racism in initial teacher education and to learn from fellow presenters today

Thought-provoking keynote by Prof Clare Brooks, reflecting on teacher education as a spatial practice @esai-irl.bsky.social