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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

While we're doing our "the problem with university teaching" takes, mine is that it should be more shocking that in basically every UK university, the crucial decisions about teaching and assessment are made centrally, by fiat, and are almost never guided by active teaching staff or subject experts.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Good to be back with friends in Ireland today @maynootheducation.bsky.social to present my paper "Queer faith for education: The reparative pedagogy of Shon Faye's Love in Exile." Check out other work from my Faculty's Values, Ethics, and Culture RKE theme here: www.edgehill.ac.uk/departments/...

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We didn't bastardise the English language into "ye", "yiz", "youse" and "yousins" to have Irish people unconnected to the US or other places it's used in saying "y'all", unless you're referring to the town in Cork we've PERFECTLY ADEQUATE second person plural pronouns at HOME

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MU Department of Education @maynootheducation.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

📣 MU Department of Education is delighted to host a seminar -Dr Seán Henry, Queer faith for education: The reparative pedagogy of Shon Faye’s Love in Exile 🗓 Date: Monday, 2nd March ⏰ Time: 4:00–6:00pm 📍 Location: SE229, Maynooth University Register: forms.office.com/e/apbW21g4C6

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In the UK academic recession, you will be at one of these stages since many unis buy the same cuts model from the same consultancies. It is always the same process: *Talk of belt-tightening *Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments) *Travel budgets cut *Promotion freeze (1/4)

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

new article in British Educational Research Journal: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... we ran focus groups with 42 teacher educators in England, showing how recent teacher education policy reforms are a system of administrative compliance which governs through fear and control.

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Couldn't agree with this more except the word 'unfortunately' - I think it's the best possible outcome right now. Union leadership needs to listen! There are lots of people making excellent points about why this wasn't going to work and they weren't being heard because the only option is STRIKE.

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️‍⚧️ www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

A letter from President Catherine Connolly to the trans community of Ireland, wishing them "warmest wishes" on TDOR. She also marks the 10th anniversary of the GRA 2015 and "reminds us that the work of safeguarding dignity and ensuring genuine inclusion remains ongoing."

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

President Catherine Connolly’s inaugural speech. “As I speak, I am acutely conscious of the 165 million people currently forcibly displaced from their homes and countries due to war, famine and climate change. We cannot turn back the clock nor close our eyes to these realities.”

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Inaugural Speech of President Catherine Connolly | President of Ireland

A Thaoisigh, A Phr&iacute;omhbhreithimh, Air&iacute;, Baill Chomhairle an St&aacute;it, Baill an Oireachtais, Ambasad&oacute;ir&iacute;, Ceannair&iacute; Eaglaise, agus dhaoine...

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Don't ask me to explain but Dublin, Belfast and Cork are all autumn cities but Galway is a summer city.

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Irish Educational Studies @iesjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Irish Educational Studies is seeking to fill 2 co-editor positions. The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan. Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat... Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.

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Irish Educational Studies: Co-Editor Positions – ESAI: Educational Studies Association of Ireland CLG

The Official journal of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ries20

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Artists were the canary in the coalmine

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Alice Sullivan’s latest government-funded report into sex and gender research is a masterclass in trying to turn anti-trans perpetrators into victims. /1 www.sullivanreview.uk/barriers.pdf

Front cover of Allice Sullivan's report, which reads: Review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender. Report 2: Barriers to
research on sex and gender.

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

NEW on Wonkhe: Academics are encouraged to be innovative in their pedagogy but Emma Thirkell and Kamilya Suleymenova argue that insufficient attention is paid to academic identity buff.ly/yBVu3qp

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Veli-Mikko Kauppi and I recently edited a special issue of Ethics & Education, focused on the work of early career researchers. Check out our editorial introduction here: Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice

In this editorial introduction, the authors contextualise the special issue ‘Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice,’ and provide a summary of its papers. They draw att...

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I'm looking forward to present some of my research on queer thriving in Catholic schools at the Phillippine Society of Education and Philosophy next week! Tues 6th May, 10.30am BST.

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

NEW on Wonkhe: Nikolai Elkins notes that gay men consistently outperform their peers – and urges policymakers to adopt more nuanced, intersectional approaches to attainment buff.ly/KTLNUJd

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Éilis Ní Bhraonáin @ambergal47.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

This makes me laugh every year 🤣

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The longer I live in Liverpool, the more like home it becomes. Easter clothes were also a thing for me growing up ... www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Easter clothes and why they are so important in Liverpool

Retailers say people in Liverpool will spend four months preparing their Easter outfits.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

They're not "protecting women". They're little servants of patriarchy and fascism that think they've a right to harass and attack anyone who doesn't fit their narrow, conservative view of womanhood and are delusional if they think the same gowls they're doing the legwork for won't come for them next

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Categories used by the state to sort people into boxes are never neutral. Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law. 📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...

A pink background with a speech bubble that reads: The Politics of Categories

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Irish Educational Studies @iesjournal.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Wonderful to be part of another annual meeting of @esai-irl.bsky.social last week! Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25

IES updates, given by Prof Audrey Bryan.

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Pleased to have won a @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social grant with my colleague, Dr Francis Farrell. "Teaching through division" will engage with teachers, young people, and faith & community leaders to develop strategies for exploring pluralism and difference in religions & worldviews education.

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Looking forward to attend #BERA2025 later this year. My colleague Carol Darbyshire and I will present our paper: "Re-experiencing the everyday: Provisional possibilities for undergraduate education studies." 🥳

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Looking forward to speak about faith and LGBTQI+ identities at ShoutOut's "Faithfully Queer" event in Dublin today! www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-and-...

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Get in touch if you'd like a book reviewed with IES!

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Jane Gatley @janegatley.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

academic.oup.com/jope/advance... Iris Bliss and I wrote this response to a paper that we didn’t think was very fair to trans activism a while ago. It feels like an important stand to have taken and I’m glad it’s finally available.

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Academic Freedom, Education and the ‘Trans Debate’: A Response to Suissa and Sullivan

Abstract. Judith Suissa and Alice Sullivan’s 2021 paper ‘The Gender Wars, Academic Freedom and Education’ holds that activism associated with the slogan ‘t

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Peter Tiernan @pt-phone-home.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

NEW EPISODE - Let’s Talk Education Research Audrey Bryan (@schoolhumandev.bsky.social) talks all things @iesjournal.bsky.social - from readership & scope of the journal, to advice on publishing. On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and @dcuioe.bsky.social website tinyurl.com/d4rz7jjn @dcuresearch.bsky.social

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

employers often complain about this to universities and: tough shit! don't whine that you can't be bothered to train your workers! do your job!

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Check out this fully funded PhD opportunity on the experiences/exit of LGBTQ+ people in/from religious traditions, working alongside Prof Chris Greenough and me: www.edgehill.ac.uk/departments/...

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JJ Wright, Ph.D. @drjjwright.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I'm delighted to share this new publication which is the editorial introduction to a special issue: "Mobilising Queer Joy: Establishing Queer Joy Studies." Please share (the joy) and help us spread word of this new area of study. @queerjoylab.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New article. Mobilizing queer joy: establishing queer joy studies. JJ wright and Casey burkhoder. editorial introduction to a special issue of the journal sexualities. two pieces of illustrated dried flowers are on either side of the text.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Could never marry an Englishman. Too many communication difficulties. Him repeatedly asking for pudding after dinner, me presenting him each time with a tube of congealed pig blood, both of us angrily weeping

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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The director of AHI @annahm.bsky.social is giving this talk tomorrow. All welcome! #maynooth #disability #cripstudies #criptime

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Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy (CPEP) @cpepmaynooth.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

📢 5th Doctoral Conference | June 15-18, 2025 Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University is announcing its Fifth Doctoral Conference. 🔍 We invite research submissions exploring the public dimension of education in all contexts and frameworks. More info: lnkd.in/gkJ7-5ah

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Guys think women want a muscular, macho, wealthy man, but that's not true. Women just want a man who's kind and funny and clearly communicates his affection and is interested in her life and helped orchestrate the Dublin Lock-Out and is socialist 1916 Rising leader James Connolly

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A nice way to wrap up the week on BA Education at Edge Hill: a trip to the Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Museum!

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Wonderful to have visitors from Sandfield Park School with us at Edge Hill today to discuss their work as part of BA Education's integrated study week 😊

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