Thrilled and humbled to share that "All the world is our stage: primary pupils never lost in translanguaging" has been funded by @uofglasgow.bsky.social *Chancellor's Fund* to compare the #Gaelic and #Catalan Medium #Education systems 🚀🛸 #Bilingualism #Multilingualism #Translanguaging #Research

👀 @eneidalinguist.bsky.social my version of retreat with a beat 🎵✍️❤️

We had such a special Commemoration Day yesterday - marking the foundation of UofG 574 years ago and welcoming our new honorary graduates to the #TeamUofG family.❤️ Thank you to everyone who was part of the celebrations.

Huge congratulations to our wonderful Chancellor Dame Katherine Grainger awarded a life peerage to the House of Lords. Thoroughly deserved - we are so proud of you Baroness Katherine Grainger!

The deadline to apply for a BritishSpanish Society Scholarship in 2025 has been EXTENDED to 20 June 2025. Full details on how to apply are available here 👉 www.britishspanishsociety.org/scholarships/ #BritishSpanishSociety #scholarship #research #PhD #doctorate #academia #Spain #Spanish

🚨SALT 2025🚨 Our call for proposals to present at SALT 2025 is NOW OPEN. No matter how small what you are doing is, we are keen to hear from you! Deadline for proposals is Friday 12th September. Submit your proposal using the link below! bit.ly/4jwF3sm

Last week, the chicks were ringed, weighed, and DNA swabbed – and officially named Jack and Victor in true Glasgow style! The chicks will feature on Landward on BBC Scotland on 12 June. 📺

Say hello to Jack & Victor, the new additions to the UofG Falcon family! 🐦 Bonnie and Clyde, a pair of Peregrine Falcons who return to nest atop the Gilbert Scott Building each spring, have welcomed their new chicks. 📸 Clarke Elsby #TeamUofG

At the stunning Glasgow University Union Debating Chamber for the @uofglasgow.bsky.social School of Modern Languages and Cultures event ' #Languages and #Cultures in the 21st Century'. Fascinated by Baroness Jean Coussins keynote, esp. myth busting👇 @uofgartshums.bsky.social

Shedler’s work on 'healthy psychological functioning' brilliantly captures the essence of mental well-being and what it means to thrive through meaningful relationships, personal growth, and self-awareness 🙌 @jonathanshedler.bsky.social

Had to share it 😂😂😂 #HappyNewYear #Happy2025

#Philosophers at #Christmas: #Kant is dutifully merry; #Nietzsche killed Santa; #Marx sees oppression in the mulled wine; #Smith trusts the market; #Aristotle missed the brief, and #Descartes is merry because he thinks he is. ***Who are you at the Christmas party?*** #academia #philosophy

"Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes" retractionwatch.com/2024/12/27/e... @retractionwatch.com #academia #research #publishing #AcademicJournals #ScientificCommunity #ScientificJournals

@upf.edu is pivoting a new programme to improve university performance and increase productivity – naps are compulsory for all staff and students #Catalans #Catalonia #Catalunya #universitat 😝 youtu.be/3kY2mrJxMIw?...

A few potential words of the day: Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc). Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas. Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness. Merry Christmas.

This makes a rather interesting read – #RusselGroup #universities and how their top-down approach desvirtualised the opportunity to learn along #Students killing curiosity & dismissing the turn #HE is experim.👇 www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #ScotEdChat #Education #AI #StudentsAsPartners #SoTL

Today, 26 November, we celebrate National Linguistics Day, a new focal point in the year devoted to the science of language. Find out more in our CIOL Voices blog by NLD founder Rebecca Mitchell: www.ciol.org.uk/national-linguistics-day #CIOLVoices #Linguistics #NationalLinguisticsDay #Languages

Our #SERAEthics network was launched in January 2024. We look forward to sharing the work of the network at #SERAConf on Wednesday. @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social #Ethics in #Education

📣🦋 New publication! We are delighted to have a paper introducing our #SERAEthics network published in the #SERA Researching Education 50th Anniversary Edition volume 2! @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social www.sera.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

We are actively seeking diversity in knowledge, ideas and experiences through engagement with and contributions from underrepresented groups. Please join our #SERA_Ethics network. www.sera.ac.uk

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

🌟𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝗻 #𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗼𝘄🌟 We are delighted that University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social is hosting the 21st ISATT Biennial Conference in 2025 #ISATT2025 We look forward to welcoming education colleagues from across the world. Registration opens on 23 Nov 2024 🌍 @uofgvc.bsky.social

🧵Rat plague spreading fast in #Glasgow #Garnethill glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2472656... 28 Oct rat seen coming from under the kitchen units connecting to a space where services run in a 4-story shaft from the basement up to top floor NB: piping system connects every dwelling in the area 1/

Wow. This is incredible. New Zealand's parliament is brought to halt by MPs performing a haka. Opposition party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke begins the ceremonial group dance after asked whether her party supported controversial bill seeking to reinterpret country's founding treaty with Māori people

The Curriculum and Assessment Review Call for Evidence closes Friday 22nd Nov 24. Calling #mflbluesky to make the case for languages. www.all-languages.org.uk/news-events/... In this 35 min video, René Koglbauer addresses the key questions from an ML perspective: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL6T...

Yay 🎉 I've created my first #StarterPack over here and looking for more members to add to it. So if you're an educator who is not afraid to speak up for the values of social justice and decolonising the curriculum, let me know and I'll add you to the list! go.bsky.app/5zfUjQv

I've also set up a wee starter pack for education researchers. go.bsky.app/DBGTX4t

The Gruffalo’s illustrator launches book to help UK pupils learn German www.theguardian.com/education/20... via theguardian.com #languagelarning #German #langsky

Welsh advert causes Celtic confusion in Glasgow www.bbc.com/news/article... via @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social #Welsh #advert #Scotland #langsky

Listen to Mike Orlov, Jihn Worne and Sarah Robertson from#NRPSI #CIOL and #ITI respectively offering evidence at the Public Services Committee 👉 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... #1nt #interpreting #interpreters #PublicServiceInterpreting #CourtInterpreting #t9n #xl8 #WorkingConditions

Mon 12th Feb 10–12h #Scottish #ModernLanguages #PGRCommunity invited to join the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities SGSAH Discipline+ Catalyst ‘Writing Retreat with a Beat’, a #CommunityBuilding & #PublicEngagement initiative that started @GlasgowUni, May'21 tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

So excited about our #SERA_ECR session (Thu 23Nov) We'll discus our trajectories & lived experiences with, I hope, many #SERApeople! 'Building communities', what does it mean for you? Come chat to us #SERAConference #ScotEdChat #WomenEdScotland #UKEdChat #EarlyCareerResearchers #Academia #Research