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Dr Susan Pike

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Sustainability & Geography Education at @TCDDublin.BSky.Social

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Gearóid O’Brien @gearoidobrien.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Great resources for teachers of CSPE, history and geography from Global Education Time available at www.globaleducationtime.eu/ireland/
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GET Ireland
Valerie Lewis on behalf of Global Education Time July 2025. This research highlights Ireland’s ongoing efforts to embed Global Citizenship Education (GCE) into the national education system, showcasing both the progress made and the challenges ahead. Drawing from in-depth interviews with key figures in the GCE sector, the report explores how Ireland is shaping informed, active, and ethically aware citizens […]
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New study: www.tcd.ie/education/ne... #ChildrensGeographies
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New study to (re)explore how children experience their localities - School of Education | Trinity College Dublin
The Children’s Environments Project will explore how children aged 10-13 engage with their local environments, building on findings from the original 2005 study that highlighted their sense of belongi...
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New study: www.tcd.ie/education/ne... #ChildrensGeographies
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New study to (re)explore how children experience their localities - School of Education | Trinity College Dublin
The Children’s Environments Project will explore how children aged 10-13 engage with their local environments, building on findings from the original 2005 study that highlighted their sense of belongi...
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Game changer: Mayo project uses kites to generate power
A project in Co Mayo is generating renewable electricity through the flying of kites, which its operator has described as a potential "game changer" in the wind energy sector.
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Burrenbeo Trust @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Burrenbeo Trust is hiring! We are seeking applications for both a Development Officer and an Administration Officer to join our team in Kinvara, Galway. Development Officer role: burrenbeo.com/burrenbeo-is... Administration Officer role: burrenbeo.com/burrenbeo-is... Applications close 04/08/25
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Wow! www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Home sought for massive knitted map of Ireland
A huge wool map of Ireland, which took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete, is in search of a new home to go on public display.
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Risk and independance: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pa...
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Colman Noctor: Should parents allow their kids to take more risks and foster independence from a young age?
By providing developmentally appropriate opportunities for independence, children can build confidence, resilience, decision-making skills, and a sense of responsibility — critical attributes for succ...
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West Lodge Primary School @westlodgeschool.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Topaz have been building fires 🔥.... ready to cook some popcorn!! #IgniteGrowInspire
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West Lodge Primary School @westlodgeschool.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Ruby Class have built some amazing shelters!! Great teamwork and creativity. #IgniteGrowInspire
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My Masters student is investigating Chinese students’ experiences of group work at Irish universities. She would really appreciate the sharing of her 15 minute questionnaire. Thank you in advance! tinyurl.com/ChineseStude...
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Microsoft Forms
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Dr Anjana Khatwa @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Welcome to The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth. A secret world that whispers stories of creation & destruction, of magic & mystery, of beauty & power. The keepers of such extraordinary tales are the rocks around us. Out 4th Sept 2025, pre-order: tinyurl.com/3m3vnzex #naturewriting #geology
the front cover of a book called the whispers of rock: stories from the earth. behind the text is a multicoloured sandstone rock with lots of bands.
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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
“We’ve known that fossil fuel extraction has caused the climate crisis for decades,” …. “There is a sustained and powerful effort from the community to hold corporations accountable.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Youth-led Sunrise Movement to launch campaign to ‘villainize big oil’ and force climate action
With climate policies under siege by the Trump, young climate activists are intensifying their campaign
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Where are Ireland’s ‘sitting ducks’ - the places most vulnerable to extreme weather? #GeographyintheNewsIE www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Where are Ireland’s ‘sitting ducks’ - the places most vulnerable to extreme weather?
Cork is ‘very, very vulnerable’, but Dublin, Galway, the east coast and areas along the Shannon are also at high risk
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Burrenbeo Trust @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
𖦹 ⛏Burren Archaeology Festival 2025 - June 21st & 22nd ⛏𖦹 Burrenbeo Trust is delighted to launch the inaugural Burren Archaeology Festival 👇 burrenbeo.com/archaeologyf... #IrishArchaeology #ExploreTheBurren #AncientIreland #IrishHeritage #ArchaeologyIreland #HistoricIreland #ArchaeologyLovers
Burren Archaeology Festival Logo and poster. Background of limestone pavement.
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thinking of teaching?
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Join Professor Liz Tilley, Professor of Learning Disability Studies @openuniversity.bsky.social Thursday 15th May, 9-11am, for an interdisciplinary conversation on “Why Intellectual Disability Matters” at @tcddublin.bsky.social
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Yet another politician that has not read the Wikipedia page on Rise of the Meritocracy, let alone the book 😬 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ris...
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The Rise of the Meritocracy - Wikipedia
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social
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Trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months
I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too?
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This map by @pythonmaps shows nothing but the roads in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. How very united the island looks.
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Delighted, I’ve always said this should happen! It’s the least they deserve after 4-6 years hard work 🍎 New teachers will be fast-tracked into permanent posts to tackle staffing ‘crisis’ www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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New teachers will be fast-tracked into permanent posts to tackle staffing ‘crisis’
Helen McEntee says move will give certainty to new entrants when applying for mortgages
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Majella Dempsey @majelladempsey.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Great article in today’s Irish Independent by Tanya Sweeney on the work of Primary School teachers. Lovely to read such a tribute to their work.
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
A succession of presidents! Lovely to reconnect in person with past, past and future @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Presidents at #GAConf25
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Hermione @hermionemiao.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Morning session on 16 April #GAConf25 Yesterday afternoon I was at the ECNU stall, holding the 地理教学 Geography Teaching (a key journal for geography teachers and teacher educators in China).And today I am at: Geography Teaching and “Teaching Geography” by Dr Richard Bustin celebrating its 50 years.
Bringing the Geography Teaching Journal to GA Conf2025 exhibitionTeaching Geography Editor Richard BustinTG in 2025It was 1993.
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Hermione @hermionemiao.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Getting ready for my first GA @geographicalassoc.bsky.social presentation. At #GAConf25 Room 204, from 12.30pm, I will present my postdoc research project progress with my postdoc mentor Prof Yushan Duan. Thanks for putting us in the #GERSIG pathway @susanjpike.bsky.social
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks. #handsoff #50501protests
Images of protests and crowds across the country. 

HANDSOFF APRIL 5TH 2025
BOSTON
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
PORTLAND
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN DIEGO
IDAHO
UTAH
OAKLAND
(AND SOOOO MANY MORE!)
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The pain is real… 😍
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The DRAFT Senior Cycle Specification for Geography is out for review, until April 25th. Details here: ncca.ie/en/senior-cy... #HaveYourSay
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Geography | NCCA
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Are you attending the Geographical Association Conference in April? The Geography Education Research SIG has a research pathway for anyone interested in geography education research. Come & meet members on Thurs am break, and follow us to the session at 11:30! geography.org.uk/journals-res...
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Are you attending the Geographical Association Conference in April? The Geography Education Research SIG has a research pathway for anyone interested in geography education research. Come & meet members on Thurs am break, and follow us to the session at 11:30! geography.org.uk/journals-res...
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Resources from India Owens on Blueprint for the Future www.rgs.org/schools/reso... @rgsibg.bsky.social
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A blueprint for the future - RGS
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Exploring flood response and mitigation in the sun with TCPID students today, followed by torrential rain…
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Look what one of my students bought back from China!
A Chinese language edition of John Dewey’s My Pedagogic Creed
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 13/02/2025
Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do… We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
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Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest
Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.
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Alison Mitchell @alisonjmitchell.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
📣 Job opportunity! Come and join our School of Education @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgeducation.bsky.social If is a fabulous place to work and learn! Closing date 16 March 2025.👇 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education (R&T Track)
Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education (Primary specialism)  The School of Education invites applications for the position of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education on the Resea...
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Why has much of Ireland had no sun for 10 days now? The jet stream is to blame www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Why has much of Ireland had no sun for 10 days now? The jet stream is to blame
Jet stream is to blame, with a blocking system shutting out the sun
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MIE Research Office @mieresearchoffice.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Deadline Extended! Call for Abstracts – ATEE Annual Conference 2025 Share your research on teacher education and authenticity in a rapidly changing world. Submit by 21st Feb 2025, 5 pm. 📅 26–29 Aug 2025 📍 Marino Institute of Education, Dublin Details & submissions: www.mie.ie/ateeannual2025
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
In pictures: Storm Éowyn lashes the country, with record winds and mass power cuts www.irishtimes.com/photography/...
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In pictures: Storm Éowyn lashes the country, with record winds and mass power cuts
Gusts of 183km/h have been recorded in Foynes, Co Limerick, and at Mace Head in Co Galway
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Over 100 photos of examples of ‘how @tcddublin.bsky.social keeps us safe’ with students from TCPID, as part of their Emergency and Disaster Management module
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Population Density Map Of Ireland See 100+ more: brilliantmaps.com/populatio...
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Noel Hogan @noelahogan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Looking at the Jarrow March in #LeavingCert #History - teaching students how to write a paragraph on an image. Think of aerial photo analysis in Geography and break it into sections, then analyse. #edchatie
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Nicky and Max youtu.be/34pH4BivDVI
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The Ireland Funds Supports: Dogs for the Disabled: Meet Max & Nicky
YouTube video by irlfunds
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Abbeyside, Waterford
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Visits to mass graves and tears mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...
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Visits to mass graves and tears mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami
Earthquake measuring 9.1-magnitude triggered one of modern history’s worst natural disasters that left some 230,000 dead
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PompeyNewsNow 🎙️ PO4cast @pompeynewsnow.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
🤪 Colby Bishop rescues Callum Lang from the Sky Sports post-match interview to salute the Fratton End 😍 #Pompey 🎥 Educator Supe
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/travel/galle...
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Gorge-ous: the world’s grandest canyons – in pictures
As the governor of Oregon, Tina Kotek, petitions to have the state’s Owyhee Canyonlands made a protected natural monument, we take a look at canyons from across the globe
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Learning Secondary Geography sway.cloud.microsoft/k6GXJwgb5dhv...
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Learning Secondary Geography
Geography is a subject valued by students and teachers. It is an essential subject now more than ever, helping  young people to make sense of their world. The Learning Secondary Geography (LSG) Projec
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Dr Susan Pike @susanjpike.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Mapping on @RTENationwide everyone! #LCGeography #JCGeography #SCGeography
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kermit the frog is holding a piece of paper in his hands .
ALT: kermit the frog is holding a piece of paper in his hands .
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
So THAT’S what’s happening. Great tool —> earth.nullschool.net
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Jason Sawle @gis4schools.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I guess this is now a tradition from Mr Nelson...geography and Christmas rolled up into one! www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
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