Minister of Education and Youth, Helen McEntee, welcomes the commencement of the new Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology at MU. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/... @maynoothuniversity.ie @catrionaotoole.bsky.social @majelladempsey.bsky.social @allinstitutemu.bsky.social

Wonderful to welcome our first group of trainee educational psychologists to @maynoothuniversity.ie @mupsychology.bsky.social @maynootheducation.bsky.social And what a fab group they are!

Listen to Dr Catriona O'Toole, on Radio 1 discussing her research on school avoidance. You can listen back to her insightful discussion here- www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @catrionaotoole.bsky.social @majelladempsey.bsky.social @georginasherlock.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

‼️Join us for re-launch of the @INSA_Network Webinar Series, kicking off with: 🗣️Prof Chris Kearney, speaking on Theory of Change and #SchoolAttendance/#absenteeism 🗓️Thurs 26th June, 6pm UTC 🔗Register for free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eee7e7...

Look forward to reading this paper- Reflections of ‘Doing’ Research that Involves Trauma: A Methodological Guide and Framework for Researchers- journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

As the Edu Minister announced new initiatives to support school attendance, we were delighted to have leading academic, Lisa McKay Brown from @UniMelb present her project on attendance & participation in 🇦🇺 schools @maynootheducation.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

Delighted to receive a Teaching & Learning Fellowship with @emmaefarrell.bsky.social for our project: Sense & Sensitivity - Exploring emotionally-complex topics in higher ed. Wonderful collaboration across @maynootheducation.bsky.social @mupsychology.bsky.social

Great few days in Berlin at the annual @ecer-eera.bsky.social ECER conference planning meeting with wonderful colleagues across Europe. Two networks led by @maynootheducation.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie people. NW8 Health & Wellbeing Ed by @catrionaotoole.bsky.social & NW3 Curriculum by me!

Great start to the #Trieste 🇮🇹 half marathon at the wkend! After a minutes silence for the pope we had Pavarotti 🎶 to psych us up 🏃‍♀️

🚨Excited to announce we are recruiting a Professor in Educational Psychology at @maynoothuniversity.ie @maynootheducation.bsky.social @MUpsychdept to lead our new Professional Doctorate. Four other permanent f/t and p/t posts in EdPsych also advertised. my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

📢Call for Papers: we're looking for original research articles exploring how wellbeing is conceptualised, enacted & experienced in schools-tensions, ambiguities, equity, student voice etc Advancing Equity, Voice, and Sustainability in School Wellbeing emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

Our Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology is now open for applications!! Apply by March 26th: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/o... @maynoothuniversity.ie @maynootheducation.bsky.social

🚨 Announcing our new Doctorate in Educational Psychology at @MaynoothUniversity jointly offered by @MU_Education and @MUpsychdept Opening for applications very soon!!! Bursaries will be provided, supported by @Education_Ire and NEPS 🤩 www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...

Restricting phone use alone doesn’t support student wellbeing School phone policies and their association with mental wellbeing, phone use, and social media use (SMART Schools): a cross-sectional observational study - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Come join our wonderful team!

Just want to amplify this big time 💞

Delighted to have our research on #recoveryoriented approaches in mental health care, published this month. Tnx to @researchireland.bsky.social for funding & collaborator-Kyrie Farm www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our book Trauma-informed practice in Montessori Classrooms is out now 🤩 With Bernadette & Stephen Phillips and Sinead McGilloway www.routledge.com/Trauma-Infor...

My paper with @taraciric.bsky.social on School Attendance Ensuring that students are listened to, believed, and empowered to actively participate in shaping their educational experiences, we can create successful educational pathways for ALL students www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...

I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water. Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?

Even some of the most educated ppl have NO idea what AI is doing to energy use & the environment. My husband works in EPA permitting of factories & energy facilities, and they are getting SO many requests for permitting data centers. We're gonna AI ourselves into rapid environmental collapse.

Inspectorate report on attendance strategies used in schools: “It is not yet apparent that strategies to promote attendance…place sufficient emphasis on the critical link between high-quality, responsive, teaching and consistently good school attendance,” www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Full article: Reporting guidelines for qualitative research: a values-based approach - Braun & Clarke

I'm launching a new career as a demotivational speaker (thanks to everyone who got in touch this morning - it's nice to hear it strikes a chord) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

'small group of researchers who disagree with him'....what a joke. The entire field disagrees with him! And it's got nothing to do with burying evidence. The simple fact is that his claims are in stark contrast to the scientific evidence available.

Happy 13th birthday to this amazing kiddo 🥰

DCEDIY has launched a toolkit for including children from birth to 5 in decision-making with examples from early education and other settings. The toolkit was published by Hub na nÓg & can be accessed here: hubnanog.ie/resources/to... #EarlyYears

Addressing the Rethinking Justice Conference in Trinity today highlighting the value of trauma informed education. Delighted to bring an educational lens to mainly legal and forensic audience

Super proud supervisor moment as Bernadette Phillips successfully defended her PhD with no corrections! Her work explored the Montessori approach and how it aligns with contemporary trauma-informed practices and pedagogies

So relieved to hear this, what an incredibly brave woman

Interested in amplifying children's voices? The @1moci.bsky.social Children's Advisory Team (15 members, aged 10-17) seek additional volunteer facilitators for their online & in-person activities. Interesting activities, a good group to work with. Details museumofchildhood.ie/cat-facilita...

Reviewer#3 revealed to be a disgruntled crow that you offended in 2007.

Welcome this. Children NEED to play. That means engaging in loose, unstructured, freely chosen activities where they exert agency & autonomy, without undue adult interference, or pressure to perform. ESSENTIAL for their healthy development

Me and my besties, typical winter night

‘Opportunities’ may arise from crises. But only after political figures acknowledge the gravity of the situation and address it with concrete actions. #teachershotage

There are several misconceptions surrounding trauma-informed practice. For clarity I’ve been working on a framework for TI in education. Find it here traumainformededucation.ie/our-framework/

12,722 children are now overdue an assessment of need. Some of us 'completed' the assessment a year ago and still await a service statement. We have nothing. I shared Doireann's story on @newstalkfm.bsky.social in an attempt to illustrate that a complete assessment is just the first step. What then?

The slender-billed curlew was declared extinct this week - here, the Irish curlew (crotach) lost over 90% of its breeding population since the 1980s due to habitat loss from human activity. If we don't act, their bubbling call may be silenced in Ireland forever. www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

**HOLD THE DATE** We are so excited to be delivering our first conference, with a working title of "Dream Big: Trauma Informed Practice in Practice. Moving Beyond the Concept." Register your interest with [email protected] to ensure you are offered the early bird rate.

Netanyahu hit with ICC arrest warrant. A permanent scar on his reputation - but unlikely to see him brought before The Hague any time soon.

Resources to bring Traveller culture into curriculum

Appreciating the flora in the bogs of Kildare - gorse and yarrow flowering in winter 💚❄️

My latest @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social piece critically examines the shortcomings of education manifestos. It highlights how they often serve as voter-appealing tools rather than blueprints for systemic change and meaningful reform @dcuioe.bsky.social Link below 👇 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Those of us in Irish education used to have a civilised hour's Mon evening discussion each week 'over there' under the aegis of the excellent Fred Boss. This evening fire in comments with #edchatie too & let's see where we are. And wave if you're not in this: go.bsky.app/BqbTnC7 pls 'repost'.

A feed to find other Irish users (and ex TwitX comrades) #Spéirgorm #speirgorm bsky.app/profile/did:...

Chilling but vital read

This horrifying video of the occupation's terroristic assault on Beirut has nearly 2k RTs on Twitter and only 2 here rn. We need to get serious about actively resharing all the content from Palestine and Lebanon we encounter so this site is not ceded to the warmth of liberal pleasantries for good.

An essential read