Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Fabulous day in Torridan 2131
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Nice if you can get it. University staff got 1.4% this year after 15 years of below inflation rises (excepting VCs of course, who have also done nicely) 102
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Lovely light on Dumyat this evening 39311
Reposted by Andrea PriestleySarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Quite incredible this is even being discussed. Quoting Charlie Kirk and Musk’s plans for us. And traitorous Farage as their way in. All those moronic Brexiters calling for ‘control’ and ‘sovereignty’, now happy to be kicked around by American fascists. It’s horrific and it must not happen. (Times) 31508203
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 18/09/2025A stark reminder that wealth and social capital are what matter in the UK www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comPrivately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobsThose in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds 142
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyDr. Helen Kopnina @helenkopnina.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Why is Education for Sustainable Development Goals #SDSs not enough to equip students to achieve #Sustainability and what can be done better www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comEducation for the future? Critical evaluation of education for sustainable development goalsBuilding on the Millennium Development Goals, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG) were established. Despite the willingness of many ed... 25310
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Chamonix with @andreahgp.bsky.social after 4 big mountain days - Lac Leman to Servoz 😁 0121
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Trekking in Baltistan with @andreahgp. Magnificent views and the friendliest most hospitable people we’ve had the pleasure to meet 051
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Now available for preorder www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teacher-a...bloomsbury.comTeacher AgencyThis second edition of Teacher Agency brings new perspectives on teachers as agents of change and development within their professional ecosystems. Centred arou… 87919
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 29/06/2025MORE THAN 24H ABOVE ZERO ON TOP OF MONT BLANC! The station located at Colle Major, 4750 m, on Mont Blanc recorded a maximum of +3.7°C on 28/06, while the minimum today, 29/06, was +1.1°C, more than 24 hours above zero! But don't worry, it's summer... 🙃😱 Data source @meteovalledaosta 39035
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 30/06/2025This distressing situation is a terrible indictment of 14 years of Tory misgovernment, but the neglect goes back decades. The UK - the ‘sick man of Europe’ and the result of deliberate policy decisions www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comBritain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisisAs poverty deepens across Britain, the Guardian visited some of the hardest-hit places where leaders are aiming to shift healthcare from hospitals to communities 053
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyLiz Elliott @mizz22.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Do read this article. It is an important area to understand. 022
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Link to the timeline for Scotland’s education reform programme. Plenty here of interest to education professionals www.gov.scot/publications...gov.scotCurriculum, Qualifications and Assessment Reform: progress to date and next stepsScotland is making important changes to its curriculum, qualifications and assessment system to better support children and young people from ages 3 to 18. The document provides an initial timeline to... 153
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Really delighted to see this collaborative research which is on such an important area & from a great team of colleagues. Many congrats to you Nuzhat and @andreahgp.bsky.social and @stellamouroutsou.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk 151
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyNuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 21/06/2025My privilege to contribute to this research study & article alongside @andreahgp.bsky.social & @stellamouroutsou.bsky.social looking at how our student's understanding on issues of #SocialJustice evolves through engagement in #InclusiveEducation #TeamStirling 🎉 doi.org/10.1002/curj... 6304
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Our book, Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach, was published in 2015. The 2nd Edition - substantially updated - has just been submitted to the publisher- should be published next year 😁 3509
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Watch this vieeo about the Dumyat hill race - something that @andreahgp.bsky.social and I have done a few times www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukHow a £1 bet sparked a Scottish hill race now run 50 timesA hill race in Stirling which was started for a bet in the 1970s has just celebrated its 50th event. 042
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyAlison Mitchell @alisonjmitchell.bsky.social · 29/05/2025We look forward to the final #EPA session today and thank all colleagues for such high quality contributions. @uofgheadship.bsky.social @markpriestley.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social @bruceadamson.bsky.social @sineadgormally.bsky.social #StephenMcKinney #HelenMartin #ChrisChapman #SeonaidhBlack 084
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyCate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 10/01/2025My students this term have been *passionate* in their rejection of generative AI. I think the wildfires have something to do with it – the environmental impact of data centers, the scarcity of water, the terrible losses they’re seeing. . . it makes the ‘abstract’ of the climate crisis very real. 1843297
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Definitely worth coming along to hear @kaysoclearn.bsky.social 165
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Here is a link to my newly published post on the @beranews.bsky.social blog Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions @scrcm.bsky.social www.bera.ac.uk/blog/curricu...bera.ac.ukCurriculum making: A brief history and future directionsThe term ‘curriculum making’ is becoming increasingly common in educational policy and practice. It is a concept with a long tradition in curriculum studies, going back to the foundational... 11513
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyEducation Scotland Learning for Sustainability @edscotlfs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025The Nature Discovery Map Scotland is a suite of six map-based tools developed by @NatureScot on behalf of @scotgov with teachers & pupils to support Learning for Sustainability. nature.scot/professional-advice/young-people-learning-outdoors-and-developing-skills/nature-discovery-map-scotlandnature.scotNature Discovery Map Scotland 022
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyNuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 11/04/2025**Breaking News** I'm exploring the gap in research on #AntiracistEducation in 🏴 thro my EdD.I'm launching 👇🏽network to connect with others doing similar work in 🏴 schools,further or higher education. If you're involved in this or know anyone that is,please get in touch and share. Thanks so much. 24836
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Another lovely Highlands day. Fine traverse of Meall Greigh, Meall Garbh, An Stuc, Ben Lawers, Meall Corranaich and Ben Glas with @andreahgp.bsky.social and the hounds Strava flyover at strava.app.link/9XofW0kziSb 2161
Andrea Priestley @andreahgp.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Fabulous day yesterday on some Crianlarich Munros - Looking to Ben Lomond 😊 081
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Hopefully a wake up call to the Government - some big concerns here that the CIC alone will not fix, welcome though it is. No mention in the article of the large elephant in the room - the measurement/audit culture that distorts so many good policy intentions 282
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Interesting @beranews.bsky.social blog on language ideologies by @iancushing.bsky.social www.bera.ac.uk/blog/documen...bera.ac.ukDocumenting and dismantling language ideologies in educationOver the past few years, I have carried out extensive fieldwork in secondary schools in England, where my focus has been the beliefs about spoken language on display in classrooms, corridors and... 175
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyBernie Hughes @agentmancuso.bsky.social · 01/04/2025"Confronting and dismantling language ideologies requires not only new theories of language which resist deficit labels but also a theory of change which connects efforts for linguistic justice with broader struggles for social justice." 085
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Listen here to @stavrphili.bsky.social and me - appearing as guests on the FooknConversation podcast with @fooknconversation.bsky.social. We talk about our work in the curriculum field. www.fooknconversation.com/podcast/epis...fooknconversation.comEpisode 63: Mark Priestley & Stavroula Philippou – FooknConversation 099
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyLaura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025What’s incredible is that men have hardly smashed this leadership thing for the last six years… 96619
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyNuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 22/03/202520/ I'm never not shocked when I see these stats. @gemmaclark.bsky.social sharing these from a study by the Girl Guides recently. Also lots of info abt how we continue to socialise girls and boys from birth and set dated expectations of how they should be. 152
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Trump has emboldened every bigot on the planet 1105
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Hi all, just sent out this piece on the 30 day ceasefire proposal that the US and Ukraine agreed (piece is all free). I tried to present the optimistic and pessimistic readings. The reason to be worried…Ukraine gets nothing it did not have a few weeks ago… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comThe 30-Day CeasefireOptimistic and Pessimistic Takes 921755
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyThe Stirling Curriculum Centre (SCC) @curric-stir.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Published today by UNESCO-IBE ‘Towards a typology of curriculum policy approaches’ unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...unesdoc.unesco.org 1119
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyHeather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · 08/03/2025‘What’s the most challenging thing about working in AI?’ I was interviewed by the BBC on a theme of the proportion of women working in AI development and why we need to change it. This proportion is currently 22%. Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s keep pushing! 011
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Very early draft of the front page for the next print edition, but you can see where we're heading with this MOB RULE: How the World's Policeman Became a Global Gangster 451305357
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyBrian Johnston @bjjohnston.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Great to collaborate & share our approaches to inclusive education on our ITE programmes with Danish MPs as part of their visit to 🏴 @scottishgov.bsky.social with @andreahgp.bsky.social. Thank you @qmuniversity.bsky.social for the warm hosting & to Innes Alves @uofglasgow.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk 042
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is an excellent blog post by Rachel Shanks. Much of what is claimed for school uniforms has little or no empirical basis 133
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyDr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 01/03/2025www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSeagrass: £2.4m project launched to restore 'wonder plant' to Scotland's coastsMuch of Britain's seagrass beds have been lost but the project aims to plant 14 hectares over three years. 06220
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyHazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 28/02/2025stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...stoptrump.org.ukPetition: Cancel Trump’s state visitStop Trump Coalition 0165
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyLynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 13/02/2025www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr... The motivation behind wealth, is the WANT to get richer The motivation behind those in poverty, is a NEED not to starve … and the wealthy elites know this!!opendemocracy.netRevolutionise social assistance by learning to trustWelfare almost always comes with strings attached. Imagine what would happen if it didn't 14019
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Great to begin our day of learning on #Into #Headship @stir.ac.uk with an excellent contribution on #teacher #agency led by @markrpriestley.bsky.social 072
Andrea Priestley @andreahgp.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Amazing sunrises and sunsets on Dumyat this week and snow today 🤩 281
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyJames McEnaney @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social · 20/01/2025There's a discussion to be had here (albeit a far less simplistic one) but Reform Scotland is a secretive lobbying group that won't say who funds it - and that should matter. 1107
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Latest report on CfE from Reform Scotland - quite right to critique CfE’s downgrading of knowledge, but problematic in advocating and England-style knowledge rich approach 🧵 www.reformscotland.com/publication/...reformscotland.comHow a Knowledge-Based Curriculum Could Transform Scottish Education - Reform ScotlandReform Scotland, the independent, non-partisan think tank, has today published a new paper written by Professor Lindsay Paterson, professor emeritus of 272
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyThe Stirling Curriculum Centre (SCC) @curric-stir.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Sign up the next SCRCM free webinar on Monday 4 February, 4-5.30pm "What's a Student Council?" - Initial Findings in Student-led Negotiated Curriculum for Democratic Education Led by John O’Reilly and Éabha Hughes, University of Limerick www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...tickettailor.comSelect tickets – "What's a Student Council?" - Initial Findings in Student-led Negotiated Curriculum for Democratic Education – MS Teams"What's a Student Council?" - Initial Findings in Student-led Negotiated Curriculum for Democratic Education through NEEDS: Neg... 065
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyThe Stirling Curriculum Centre (SCC) @curric-stir.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Future SCRCM webinar - Wed 2 April, 4-5.30 'Curriculum and leadership making: the challenges and potential ways forward', @lekhasharma.bsky.social, School Improvement Leader and the author of ‘Curriculum to Classroom and Building Culture’ @lekha Sign up at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...tickettailor.comSelect tickets – Curriculum and leadership making: the challenges and potential ways forward – MS TeamsCurriculum and leadership making: the challenges and potential ways forward. Abstract: In this session, Lekha will explore the... 053
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyJon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025"knowledge-rich has been in place for more than a decade and it has slowly become established through accountability levers, not necessarily through adherence to curriculum ideas" Interesting take in this fascinating Q&A with @markrpriestley.bsky.social 164
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyProf Lizzie Rushton @rushtondr.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Great to see this contribution on #curriculum control & #teachers from @markrpriestley.bsky.social Director of @scrcm.bsky.social 1144
Reposted by Andrea PriestleyDarren Macey @darrenmacey.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Really interesting article… I’ve been leaning pretty heavily on @markrpriestley.bsky.social’s work in my PhD and this is well worth a read… 273
