If your a teacher in #ScottishEducation come and join us on 11th June 2discuss an important part of your work.Learn what #ASN policy means for practice and join the discussion on how lessons from #disabilityresearch can inform ur thinking about the strengths&assets in every learner #StrathInclusion

Please join me and Dr Zinnia Mevawalla for #CLPL to talk about all things #ASN and #Inclusion on 11th June 10-4pm Learn how to develop thinking and practice from the latest research and lead inclusive practice in your school or early years setting.

🔴 Only 11 investigations into more than 1,000 deaths in Scottish mental health wards over the last decade have been carried out by the Mental Welfare Commission, according to a new report by Glasgow University. bit.ly/4jV5Ui9

The little library and exhibition of children’s books designed by Primary Education students. Lord Hope building 14th May 1-4pm LH104a/b

Please join us for a celebration of our fabulous BA primary education student’s amazing children’s book designs 14th May 1-4pm Lord Hope 104a/b tea and coffee! #thelittlelibrary #creativity #childrensliterature #imagination #multiliteracies #artsforinclusion

yes I was captivated when she came to Glasgow to speak in 2023 such humanity and clarity. Sad to hear of her passing but what an incredible contribution to education 💖

#scottishstorylinemethod coming home to @strath-ioe.bsky.social with colleagues from across the university @educationscotland.bsky.social and from schools.🙏 to Monica Porciani and Sallie Harkness for sharing your expertise and why #storyline is as powerful in 2025 as in 1960s #communitylearning

A short film on deinstitutionalisation in Scotland as told by human rights defenders through their own lived experience. Please watch 🙏https://youtube.com/watch?v=WGkh4tMs0XU&si=brDjYxvnJ1H3SuZ5

so true and all free and the most inclusive way to work. Should be an everyday pedagogy!

Inspiring and passionate key note talk from Martin Valenti @netzeroscotland.com at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social #SDG #sustainability #LFS #learningforsustainability

A graphic to promote a new webinar series from CELCIS based on the findings from the Children's Services Reform Research. There is an introductory video here.

Find out more about our Children’s Services Reform Research study with this new video explaining the purpose, scope and findings of this research: buff.ly/3B0ultQ

@satealscotland.bsky.social having fun using colour to explore linguistic and cultural identity with @karen-scilt.bsky.social @strath-ioe.bsky.social and it’s the first time we have had #tapsaff for yellow 🌞!! #scots

couldn’t agree more Nuzhat!!

STEM careers: How the industry is tackling its gender gap Emma Morris, director of operations for NI's electricity grid operator, wants more young women to pursue a STEM career.

I get this, but why is it always women who need to become engineers? Why do men not need to become childcare workers, nurses, social care workers, domestics, primary teachers…..🤷🏼‍♀️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

SATEAL Conference 2025 SATEAL in person conference

Two weeks to go! @satealscotland.bsky.social

Who is coming to the conference?
sateal2025.eventbrite.co.uk

loooking forward to it with @karen-scilt.bsky.social #languagesincolour 😍🌈

absolutely, time focussed on what pupils are wearing is usually a complete distraction!

it’s become more of an obsession over the time I have been teaching. Used to be fairly flexible interpretation, now it’s hyper fixation on the entire dress code, which is modelled on male corporate/power attire…introduced at 4/5 years old😢

Small Finds #1 The Mitchell Carpets

"They are psychedelic; a happening, a trip."
I wrote about the astonishing carpets of the Mitchell Library, as the first story on Small Finds. It's free to read. Please consider subscribing so I can share my work with you. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...

love this article! they make me feel like I am in a Wes Anderson film!

Curriculum making and climate change and sustainability education: a case study of school teachers’ practices from England, UK School-based climate change and sustainability education are widely understood as a vital response to the triple environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. This curren...

Papers are sometimes like buses….you wait patiently& then two come along! 🚌 Delighted to share this with @geowalshe.bsky.social exploring curriculum making and #climate #change & #sustainability in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - given policy maker focus across the UK inc🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 this is timely. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interesting reading, but might be useful to consider that ASN has a very broad & expansive definition, so nearly all children & yp will have an ASN at some point in their school life.Much also depends what kind of educational environment we want to create & who is seen to fit in those structures.

Job alert! We are looking for a Research Associate to join our team! www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... @laviniahirsu.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social @karen-scilt.bsky.social @janecatlin.bsky.social @uofgeducation.bsky.social @scilt.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social

Today Language Matters: Guidelines for Education in a Multilingual World are published by UNESCO today, International Mother Language Day

I authored the first draft, working through 2023-4 with a team seeking to embed UNESCO principles & multilingual education research into guidance for ministers

It’s brilliant news! We are so excited to have such a wonderful opportunity develop this project🥳 looking forward to meeting and working with you!! @alisonphipps.bsky.social

Invasion of giant ostriches on #Bute

Blue poster with QMU150 logo Short Online Course Disability Confidence for Educational Practitiioners : Apply now for March 2025 (link as in post) Image of table with pens and paper and a Barble in a wheelchair.

Apply now for our Short Course in Disability Confidence for Educational Practitioners

Next intake: March 2025

https://buff.ly/4hiXtwl

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A boy in the 1970s or early 80s stands proudly in front of a large sunflower growing behind him. The boy is beaming with pleasure.

How can this photo not make you smile?
It fell out of a book on Monday when I was arranging the wall of books at my exhibition. So it must have been travelling around the country - on show but unseen - for 7 years now!
But who are you, little fella?
I hope you’re still smiling

“Studying global culture uniquely through the medium of English would demonstrate an indifference to both linguistic and viewpoint diversity. Worse still, it would impose an Anglo-normative framework on the cultural realities being examined.”

a clock that says the time has come ALT: a clock that says the time has come

1️⃣ Signpost session yesterday
Now 2️⃣ days on tour with @karen-scilt.bsky.social 🚘
5️⃣ workshops - today with primary tchrs in North Lanarkshire, tomorrow with #PGDE students @uofgdumfries.bsky.social
🎉Next Languages Week Scotland #LWS25 #LangsWeekScot 3-7 Feb #ScotlandLovesLanguages