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Gabriela Martinez Sainz

@gmsainz.bsky.social
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Researching on #Education #ChildRights & #SustainableFutures | Assistant Professor at UCD | Co-I: @CSLstudyUCD | Director of #VARiE Group - Voice, Agency and Rights in Education | She/her |

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Gyms for our brains," you say?
Don Draper meme showing him presenting with the words "Hear me out...We call it 'The University'."
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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring two permanent (!) Assistant Professors in any field of political science, international relations, political theory, or development. Deadline: 9 November Start date: 30 August 2027 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2), UCD School of Politics and International Relations, Permanent
Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2) within UCD School of Politics and International Relations.
 
The UCD School of Politics & International Relations (SPIRe) is a globally ranked, research-active school with teaching and research expertise across the fields of political science, international relations, normative political theory, international development, and other areas. It is committed to the highest standards in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research supervision. The school is home to a number of research centres, and further information can be found at: https://www.ucd.ie/spire/about/
 
95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above The Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €66,055  - €104,600 per annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.
 
Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 9th November 2026.
 
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.
 
UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At the launch of the @ucddublin.bsky.social EDI Anti-racism and cultural awareness action plan. As part of the showcase of good practices across the University, I was invited to share some examples on how to incorporate diverse narratives, epistemologies & cultural representations in the classroom.
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Pro-Planet and Anti-Cult @proplanetanticult.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The What if We Get It Right Podcast shared the following website as an alternative for the Carbon Footprint (made by BP🤢). The Carbon Wave instead focuses on good actions we can take to promote a healthier climate. www.thecarbonwave.com/calculator @ayanaeliza.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social
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Make Your Carbon Wave — The Carbon Wave
Forget your carbon footprint. Find the actions that grow your carbon wave — and see how big it gets when people act together.
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Jake Spinella @jakespinella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Anthropic is just like me
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The Children's Society @childrenssociety.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How do we improve our services? We act on what young people tell us. As a result, our hubs have become more accessible to the young people we work with. Read more about how we turned young people's feedback into action in Leeds: ow.ly/3tkb50ZILrn
Text highlights young people's feedback on safety, multilingual signs, welcoming spaces, and youth involvement in recruitment at The Children's Society.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026
I think it’s cool how “this toaster might electrocute you” or “these brakes don’t always work” is acceptable in consumer products because it’s software.
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Claude can help manage your email inbox, but there are some risks involved - Engadget
Giving Claude access to your inbox can be helpful, but don't give it too much power. Allowing the AI to send emails without your approval could create problems.
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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 05/09/2026
According to UNICEF's recent Children's Climate Risk Report, over a billion children are now facing at least three overlapping #climate hazards. Often, those at greatest risk live in places where critical services are already strained, making it that much harder for children to cope and recover.
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Understanding Children's Climate Risks
Understanding who is affected most, and where, is an important step toward reducing these risks and protecting children's futures.
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Here is a brilliant article - an extremely comprehensive and critical review of literature about the concept of agency in education - authored by our fabulous and very talented PhD student, Sophie Cathcart, supported by her doctoral superviusors. doi.org/10.1002/rev3...
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Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Agency is a concept that is increasingly prevalent in educational research, policy and practice at local, national and international levels. However, agency is frequently ambiguously defined and subj....
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Day 2 of #ECER2026 involved great sessions at Network 25 on children learning about their rughts and participation in education. I really enjoyed the sessions on controversial topics in #ChildRights that covered discipline, Sex Ed, and fundraising in schools.
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
At #ECER26 in the first session of @ecer-eera.bsky.social Network 25 with great presentations on rights-respecting schools from formalized programmes, to how professionals working with children imagine those schools or how children themselves experience this kind of schooling. #ChildRights
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Keynote by Professor Pigga Keskitalo at #ECER26 - Ecologies of knowledge and the Future of Teaching Challenging our understanding of what education and knowledge are from her work in Sámi Education as a situated practice that takes place within multiple knowledge systems and histories of schooling
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Tampere Hall under a very sunny sky welcoming us to #ECER26
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Arriving at #ECER26 and decided to go 'retro' by doing live Tweeting of a conference as we used to do in the 2010's... so if you are interested in: - Education - Educational Research - Curriculum Studies - Pedagogy - Children's rights - Childhood studies You are more than welcome to tag along!
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Really looking forward to presenting on 'Craft My Street' and how games, in particular digital games, can enable meaningful children's right to participate in climate decision-making part of the symposium at #ECER26 'Realising Children's Rights to Sustainability' @ecer-eera.bsky.social #ChildRights
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 11/08/2026
The #SustainableED team's first publication is out in @pnas.org. We document the scale of potential pollutant & carcinogen exposure across US K12 schools. 8% of all schools are within a few blocks of EPA registered hazard sites. Exposure risk is highly inequitable. 🧵
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The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) @clpn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Call for articles: "Exploring Freedom of Expression and Identity Through the Lens of Children's Rights." For a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Children's Rights. Submissions are due by 1 September. drive.google.com/file/d/1BJFm...
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CJCR 2026 Call for Submissions.pdf
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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is a well-written argument against AI in classrooms, especially for younger kids.
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We’re launching a major new programme on Humanity, Climate and Nature. We wish to commission discussion papers from researchers/policymakers/practitioners to provide fresh insight into these themes. We’ll pay £2,500 for around 4000 words. Apply by 16 Sept www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
Call for Discussion Papers: Humanity, Climate & Nature
This call sets out the requirements for short discussion papers to be produced as part of a series that will generate fresh insights and innovative thinking to help develop the new Humanity, Climate & Nature Programme's initial work and activity.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is a very serious problem for libraries, archives, and knowledge-keepers of all kinds. If you don’t control access to your collections, *you do not have collections.* If we do not have permanent access to records, stories, & sources of knowledge then our histories and memories are not our own.
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Such a powerful and breathtaking story of pain, collective action and resilience. This book has brought back to me the idea of bringing literature & #HumanRightsEducation together in the #SustainableFutures classroom. I really want my students to read Kusum's words. #HumanRights #EduSky #VARiE
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I am starting to think about the books that will be added to the Autumn syllabus for my module on 'Local and Global Challenges for Sustainability' at @ucddublin.bsky.social Here is the list so far, a couple more titles will be added soon: www.amazon.ie/hz/wishlist/...
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Ombudsman for Children's Office @ocoireland.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Why is incorporating the UNCRC into Irish law so important? In this video, Dr Niall Muldoon explains why the OCO is calling for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to be brought into Irish law. Watch the video and learn more about the campaign at oco.ie
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The digital environment has fundamentally altered HRE by creating networked spaces for collective action while learning about, for and through rights [...] in Latin America these transformations have not occurred in isolation from the region’s rich pedagogical traditions doi.org/10.1080/2535...
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Popular education in the digital age: activism and young human rights defenders in Latin America
This paper examines how young human rights defenders (HRDs) in Latin America experience educational processes related to human rights within the digital environment, to map the possibilities and te...
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The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) @clpn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Call for conference papers: "Knowledge Circulation in Children’s Rights Studies." Abstracts are due by 4 September. The conference will take place at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) in December. crean-network.org/activities/c...
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CREAN Bi-annual Conference 2026 - CREAN - Children's Rights European Academic Network - UNIGE
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The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) @clpn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Academic job: Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Institute for Children's Futures at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). Applications are due by 28 July. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG181/s...
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Senior Research Associate (Institute for Children's Futures) at Manchester Metropolitan University
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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Ombudsman for Children's Office @ocoireland.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
📣 Applications are now open for the OCO School Ambassadors Programme 2026 to 2027. If you think your class would enjoy being part of the programme, we want to hear from you. 👉 Find out more and apply on our website below: lnkd.in/ecGzskuu
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Citizenship PGCE @ IOE @citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Out: 01.01.2027 Educating for Citizenship: framing knowledge for teaching and learning uclpress.co.uk/book/educati... @uclpress.bsky.social Editors @citizenlj.bsky.social, uk.linkedin.com/in/sera-shor..., @hughstarkey.bsky.social & profiles.ucl.ac.uk/72608-hans-s... Open Press & for purchase!
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Educating for Citizenship
The question of what knowledge should feature in the curriculum and who determines those choices is highly political. Reflecting a commitment to citizenship education as a vehicle for social justice a...
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Orla Kelleher @orlakelleher.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
IT op-ed by @aideenod.bsky.social @clarekelly.bsky.social & myself arguing that President Catherine Connolly should refer bills that undermine the Climate Act & flout childrens rights to Supreme Court @maynoothlaw.bsky.social @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social @nhna.bsky.social @clmirl.bsky.social
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11/07/2026
Under Lula, Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level in a decade aje.news/4aer73
Under Lula, Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level in a decade
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It's conference season, so I wanted to share the AI refusal statement I put at the end of my presentations and book talks. Feel free to use it!
AI Refusal Statement
I did not use generative AI at any point in the production of this book or presentation, including the literature review, writing, editing, translation, organization, or any other task (e.g. brainstorming). To the extent that it is possible to know, I did not cite any studies that used generative AI.
Justification: GenAI technology is based on stolen labor, anti-solidarity between workers, class exploitation, structural racism, misogyny, environmental injustice, and climate destabilization.
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Alma Maldonado @almaldo2.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"El libro no debe pensarse sólo como patrimonio cultural ni como objeto cultural, sino como infraestructura semántica para la era de la IA generativa. Cultivar la inteligencia humana en entornos de inteligencias múltiples, gestionar enjambres de agentes".. educacion.nexos.com.mx/el-libro-com...
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El libro como propuesta de infraestructura cognitiva
La inteligencia artificial está transformando la manera en que accedemos al conocimiento, pero también amenaza con volver invisibles los libros que no forman parte del ecosistema digital. Por ello, el...
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
By integrating Popular Education as an analytical lens, the findings demonstrate the digital environment enables young defenders to: 💪 challenge deficit discourses 🌎 engage in praxis to transform the world 🗣️ exercise participatory politics with reduced adult gatekeeping. #ChildRights
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Popular education in the digital age: activism and young human rights defenders in Latin America
This paper examines how young human rights defenders (HRDs) in Latin America experience educational processes related to human rights within the digital environment, to map the possibilities and te...
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🚨 NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER 🚨 How do the key tenets of popular education manifest in digital spaces? In this paper, I explore how the digital environment facilitates Human Rights Education (HRE): learning about, for, and through rights for young Human Rights Defenders. doi.org/10.1080/2535...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 02/07/2026
If you want to make the world a better place, you (yes, you!) are going to need to sacrifice a little sometimes. You’re going to need to pay taxes, you’re going to need to turn the A/C down you’re going to need to be a little less comfortable sometimes. Anyone telling you otherwise is lying to you.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The argument that we should be preparing students for this workforce - instead of, say, joining with students to organize against AI slop-infused workplaces - is just so ridiculous.
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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Last Sept a landmark study found that about half of the increased intensity of heat waves can be traced to the Carbon Majors And in the wake of Europe’s blistering heat wave, climate advocates are once again demanding accountability for the fossil fuel industry www.oneearthnow.org/p/climate-cr...
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Climate Crisis “Unequivocally to Blame” for Unprecedented European Heat Wave. Will Oil Majors Be Held Liable?
“It's time to turn the heat on the fossil fuel giants that caused this heatwave,” said one climate campaigner.
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy Pride 🌈
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
So not practising skills will lead to loose them. ... shocking! 😱 Will save this for the next time someone in Higher Ed insist about the need to teach our students 'ethical use of AI'. I will concentrate ont teaching thinking skills first thanks 🙄
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Alma Maldonado @almaldo2.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"El celular en las aulas debe evitarse porque va en contra de la atención y participación que requiere el aprendizaje. Pero sería ingenuo pensar que su sola prohibición mejorará la calidad educativa. Su presencia en las escuelas es apenas un síntoma"... educacion.nexos.com.mx/los-celulare...
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Los celulares no son el problema
Con el debate sobre prohibir los celulares en el aula se abre un dilema: ya no sólo se trata de regular la tecnología, sino de fortalecer a las escuelas para enfrentar los cambios culturales, sociales...
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Got to spend the last couple of days collectively thinking what is the role of Universities in advancing #HumanRightsEducation As much as curriculum matters, my main concern is about the skills & attitudes our students need to promote and protect #HumanRights considering the dire state of the world
Sign with the name 'Gabriela Martínez Sainz' in front a red notebook of the University of Padova.
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Gabriela Martinez Sainz @gmsainz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Incredibly happy to see this report finally out! Report 10 from @cslstudyucd.bsky.social provides a longitudinal in-depth look about the impact of primary schools in children, from how they think about themselves academically, to their wellbeing, friendships and identity. #CSLStudy
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
please sign the petition against the closure of Carlow College my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr... @uplift.ie
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Transparency, Fairness and Public Consultation in the Closure and Transfer of Carlow College
On 19th May, the staff and students of St. Patrick’s College in Carlow, along with the wider community, were devastated to hear of the planned closure of Carlow College. While the merger with SETU had...
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The 2026 @childrensbooksireland.ie #Pride reading guide is here: childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
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Children's School Lives @cslstudyucd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Our research team met with the Early Childhood and Primary Team from the @NCCA National Council for Curriculum and Assessment to discuss the existing evidence the study has created over the last seven years. We are delighted that CSL contributes to inform policy that centers the voices of children.
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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Stop emailing academics in the exam period we are *marking* it is not done and no we are not okay
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