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Eemer Eivers

@eemereivers.bsky.social
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Research consultant | Interests: equity, evaluation, education, early school leaving (fond of the letter E!), anything Wexford.

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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
... 3/3 Our "ask" was threefold: - Did Futures change what & how students learn? (YES) - Do the ➕ outweigh the ➖? (YES) - Is it sustainable & scalable (Mainly yes, with good supports). 👏 all colleagues in DCU & @dcuioe.bsky.social, especially in @eqievaluation.bsky.social & @joeoharadcu.bsky.social
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
... 2/3 ✔️Students’ own reports suggest Futures develops key transversal skills (www.dcu.ie/sites/defaul...) 👀 Extended observations of CBL in practice www.dcu.ie/sites/defaul... ✔️Futures model of assessment may help maintain student engagement www.dcu.ie/sites/defaul...
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Happy to share that DCU Futures evaluation is now out! Link below for details on the *8* reports that comprised the evaluation. We cover student & staff views, observations of CBL events, grades & progression, etc. What did @hadjertaibi.bsky.social & I find? 1/3 ... www.dcu.ie/eqi/news/202...
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DCU Futures Evaluation launched by EQI Researchers | EQI: Centre for Evaluation, Quality & Inspection
Last week saw the launch of EQI’s evaluation of DCU Futures, one of the most ambitious transformations of Teaching and Learning ever undertaken by DCU. Conducted by Dr Eemer Eivers and Dr Hadjer Taibi...
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
2/2 ... Tales has shifted from Dublin-centric to a nationwide reach, DEIS schools now the majority of workshop targets & feedback from young "Word Warriors" show they feel more creative & more confident. More on Tales here: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/3weeyvwh #edchatie #speirgorm #edusky
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🚨My evaluation of "Tales to Scale" now out! Tales directly targets DEIS schools for delivery of Fighting Words' workshops. Funded by Rethink Ireland, my review looks at Tales in its first 3 years. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/se75nx7x 🔎What did we see? Tales has scaled up & scaled out ... #edchatie 1/2
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Fighting Words’ Workshop Provision to DEIS Schools: A Review of 2022-2025
Over the past three years, Fighting Words has delivered a dedicated initiative focused on engaging with DEIS schools across Ireland. This
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
So fed up staring out at the unending rain that I charted Met Eireann data. Dublin's February rainfall up to Feb 12 only is well past TOTAL monthly averages. And when you prorate to get the 2026 rainfall, this horror is revealed. #Dublin is more #SpeirDubh than #SpeirGorm. Please send snorkels!
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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Pollinators have been disappearing. It’s time to bring them back! Whether you’re tending a yard, a community garden, a local park, or even just a tiny balcony, our Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, & more! Get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
❓Asked to take part in the European Vocational Teacher Survey? Please do! A major EU survey of the needs & experiences of VET/FET teachers. Outcomes will shape EU policy & the future of teacher development in #VET & #FET. 🔗https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/projects/vocational-teacher-survey
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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
www.bmj.com/content/392/... Autistic girls & women: By age 20, they were diagnosing pretty much equal numbers of men & women. Huge study, whole population of Sweden born 1985-2020. Not 1 in 10. Not 1 in 4. Not 1 in 3. Equal numbers, just about. 100 years of research, most based on the wrong info.
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Time trends in the male to female ratio for autism incidence: population based, prospectively collected, birth cohort study
Objectives To examine changes in the male to female ratio in diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over a 35 year period, providing temporal trends in diagnosis (incidence rate), the male to fem...
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Lá fhéile Bríde sona daoibh from Capel St. Pagan Goddess or Christian saint, she’s having a moment here anyway 😉 #StBrigid #Imbolc #Brigit
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Not just Ireland. Internationally, huge absence increases since Covid, esp. in special & low-SES schools. DEY response is to target parents, rather than any health-related intervention. Clean air is a more effective intervention than hot air. #edchatie #SpeirGorm www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Chronic absenteeism twice as prevalent in Deis schools, report shows
Over one-third of students in the most disadvantaged schools missed 20 or more days in 2023-24
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Happy New Year 2026 from duuurty Dublin. We may bung up lights to hide derelict sites, but we do have some lovely spots too.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/08/2025
"Yes, the killing happens now, but there'll be plenty of time later to write very moving stories about the shape and shade of the bones." The precision of this. My god.
Photo of a page from Omar El Akkad's ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS that reads:

Some of the least established writers I know, the ones who have to work all manner of side jobs just to make ends meet, are actively putting their literary careers at risk by calling for an end to the wholesale murder of a people. Meanwhile, so many of the most established writers are either totally silent or engaged in the tritest finger-wagging about just how terrible it would be for the art if we get too shrill about this sort of thing. Yes, the killing happens now, but there'll be plenty of time later to write very moving stories about the shape and shade of the bones.
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Asher Langton @asherlangton.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Silicon Valley is lighting hundreds of billions of dollars on fire to generate this slop.
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Why plastic sheeting?
The plastic sheeting in the interview room is likely there to protect against potential mess or damage, but given the context of Ghislaine Maxwell's situation, it's probably a humorous exaggeration implying she's a bit of a "mess" herself. The Onion's satire often uses absurdity to make a point.
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
🚨Minister Givan has appointed me to a panel to review aspects of Northern Ireland's school funding model. I worked on the last major review (way back in 2012-13) & have published on effects of different models, so looking forward to it! 🔗 www.education-ni.gov.uk/news/indepen... #edusky #speirgorm
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Independent Panel to review Baseline School Funding announced
Education Minister Paul Givan has announced the independent panel to undertake the Review of Baseline School Funding Provided Through the Common Funding Formula (CFF).
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I'm not generally a big fan of the clergy but Brother Kevin will be greatly missed. The incredible work of the Capuchin Day Centre in providing meals and supports to those in need is quite a legacy. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. #RIPBrKevin #SpeirGorm
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Another @irishtimes.com article flogging the services of private schools. Research shows NO academic "added-value" from them. Want your child to succeed? Read & talk to them as much as possible, as young as possible. Be a parent, not an investor. #SpeirGorm #edusky www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
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School fees: how to save €50,000 to pay for children’s school or college costs
When should you start saving? ‘When a child is born’
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
... 2/2 Ysandre & Saidhbhin, both in second level: museumofchildhood.ie/b-s-is-my-na... museumofchildhood.ie/not-just-col... All 10 fabulous finalists listed below, & will be published in the next few weeks. Well done to all our writers. museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-20... We'll be in touch.
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Sarjena – The Museum of Childhood Ireland
Músaem Óige na hÉireann
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Thrilled to announce the 10 finalists in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social #Bloomsday young writer competition. Caterina's entry was the judges' fav: museumofchildhood.ie/sarjena/ And she's still in primary school! Wow. She just pipped ... 1/2
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Mykonos & Santorini are equally awful. I know Naxos is not like it used to be but still lovely compared to the gruesome twosome. Rural Crete still offers a real escape from crowds.
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
😂Fair point.
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Santorini is the Temple Bar of Greece. A cultural and ecological dead zone. Some of the nearby Cyclades like Syros and Naxos place much more value on local products, local farm traditions, with at least some awareness of the environment.
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Apparently coordinated political assassinations at this early stage in Trump’s dismantling of democracy is beyond my worst imaginings. Just awful.
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Rare to write about bloomers, cycling, sexism & State Exams in one article! Blog on the almost total absence of teen girls cycling to school, why it matters & what we must do. 🔗 museumofchildhood.ie/where-are-th... #cycling #school #SpeirGorm @dublincycling.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
Image shows a young Victorian woman wearing a form of bloomers, being gleefully pushed on her bike by female friends, dressed in more conservative clothes
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"Barbara Santini is a psychologist who has been quoted hundreds of times in news publications around the world - including the Telegraph, BBC and Independent - and who, I can now state with certainty, does not exist." pressgazette.co.uk/news/fake-ex...
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Journalists are adding extra checks to keep ahead of the fake experts
Fake experts and SEO: How journalists must adopt new checks to keep one step ahead of AI-generated responses provided by fake experts.
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Rare to write about bloomers, cycling, sexism & State Exams in one article! Blog on the almost total absence of teen girls cycling to school, why it matters & what we must do. 🔗 museumofchildhood.ie/where-are-th... #cycling #school #SpeirGorm @dublincycling.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
Image shows a young Victorian woman wearing a form of bloomers, being gleefully pushed on her bike by female friends, dressed in more conservative clothes
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Today I asked AI to summarise an academic paper. The actual results were the opposite to what was hypothesised (and to what others had shown). The AI summary assumed the study had found what everyone else had found. Hot tip: don’t use a stochastic parrot to summarise an outlier paper. #academicsky 🧪
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The Irish summer is a no-show, so channeling a bit of Greece to cheer me up. Homemade Freddo Espresso, the coffee of the Gods! Not a bad effort for an ιρλανδέζα but it doesn’t taste the same in the rain.☔️ ☹️
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Our @museumofchildhood.bsky.social blog for #Bloomsday! A chance encounter with a Joyce book in a dusty Indian library changed Jinan Ashraf's life forever. Her journey from Kerala to @nlireland.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social #JamesJoyce #BooksChangeLives museumofchildhood.ie/reading-joyce/
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
2/2 👩‍⚖️Our fab judges are now reading entries the 10 finalists. 🪧Results TBA on Bloomsday. 👏To all who entered, with so many brilliant entries, you really made us work hard. Please keep writing.
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kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
ALT: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
1/2 A busy Education team in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social. After prelim scoring, we had an *8-way* tie for the last place to get through to the final round of our Bloomsday Writing Competition! Cue a second round of ratings. We are wrecked!😅 #Joyce #Writing #YoungAuthor #Bloomsday
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Heartbreaking piece from Palestinian writer and translator Alaa Alqaisi. We screamed through every outlet we had — in Arabic and English, in poems and press releases, in death tolls and testimonies... And we got the answer. We got it loud and clear. arablit.org/2025/05/23/w...
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We Knocked Until Our Hands Broke
Gaza-based Palestinian author Alaa Alqaisi asks herself the question posed more than half a century ago at the end of Ghassan Kanafani’s “Men in the Sun”: Why didn’t they knock on…
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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Some amazing new Irish children's books out in May for all ages. Thanks to @bexsheridan.bsky.social for creating the @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social posters. Please do share this post and let everyone know about these brilliant new books. Together let's help children #discoveririshkidsbooks
Book covers - May new titles for age 3/4+Book covers - Irish children's books for age 8+ out in May.
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Halfway up the Stairs @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
1/ Thrilled that the new Milly McCarthy has landed - she’s off to the Gaeltacht - a rite of passage for many!! You can order Milly McCarthy’s Wild Atlantic Antics at halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781... or pick up a copy in store! @leonaforde1.bsky.social @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Finally sharing pics of @childrensbooksireland.ie Reading for Joy Forum. It highlighted some good work in Ireland to support reading. ANNDD I'd a keynote on the Reading Communities evaluation (great to get a physical copy of the report!). Between MOLI, enthusiastic readers & sunshine, a great day!
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Fair points about non-attendance. The simplest way to improve attendance is to reduce massive illness rates. Since 2020, most countries have shown large increases in missed days in school/work, from kids & adults. Surveys won’t fix it, but cleaner air just might. #edusky #SpeirGorm
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
For National Childhood Services Week @museumofchildhood.bsky.social are hosting a read-along & draw-along with Tarsila Kruse. 🔗 tinyurl.com/5a8z9369 Access it any time, all you need is a Little One & something to draw on. Prepare to feel happy! #CSW25 #Reading #ShapingYourDreams
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Which one? Algonquian, Cherokee or others, or moving south, Gurani, Mayan or others? So many choices… 🙄
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Bloomsday Festival @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre is proud to present Bloomsday Villages: Ringsend & Irishtown on June 12-16th. The events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. For more information, please email ringsenddistricthistorical@gmail.com.
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
What: a @childrensbooksireland.ie initiative Funder: Late Late Toy Show Appeal Aim: Show the importance of school libraries in fostering a love of #reading Context: Between 2008-2022, Irish schools received ZERO in grant aid for library books. (Yes, you read that right 😠) #edusky #SpeirGorm
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
My "Every Child a Reader" evaluation is out! When schools get 1,000 books & a Champion of Reading: ➡️ Changes in pupil behaviour, teacher attitudes I discuss how we must: ➡️ support primary school libraries ➡️ address lingering FX of lockdown on some pupils childrensbooksireland.ie/sites/defaul...
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
A lovely woman indeed.
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Gender Pay Gap Ireland @paygap.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
You can find out how many of these employers have pay equity and female representation at senior levels by visiting paygap.ie
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Nice to be in today’s Sunday Business Post. My thoughts on importing Trumpugee academics. Our gov’t might first try to properly fund the sector, offer a decent living wage & career path for PhDs & post-docs. Post-docs are leaving research because of terrible pay & conditions. #speirgorm
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Just to note that if you are a primary teacher, we will accept photos of handwritten entries. You do NOT need to type them for entry. Once we can read them, that's all that matters! (In response to some worried queries)
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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🚨**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
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