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Lecturer in sociology of education at the School of Education, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. I research workplace bullying, qualitative research methods, queer teaching, sexual violence/harassment and toxic leadership. A bit of craic…🏳️‍🌈
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

what kind of shithole party boos Zelensky and cheers the Tate brothers

The “meeting” between Trump/Vance and Zelenskyy was an orchestrated ambush designed to publicly humiliate the democratically elected leader of another state. Pure performativity. Shame. Shame. Shame.

‼️Reminder ‼️ *Register Now* Registration for ESAI Conference 2025 will close on 14 March 2025 for all participants, presenters and attendees. #esai25 #edchatie #edusky Register via the online conference management system: www.conftool.org/esai2025/ind...

The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

Congratulations Gabby and Laura!

Headsup to Dublin bookshops: American white man, 60s-ish, fairly tall, shoulder length greying hair, homophobic and confrontational, verbally abusive over the Pride reading guide.

UCD School of Education is inviting applications for 2 Ad Astra/Assistant Professorships in: 1. Children's Digital Futures 2. AI-Driven Educational Innovation Application deadline: February 21st More information: www.ucd.ie/adastrafello... #hiring #jobs #academicjob #ucd #research #academia

If you are a newly qualified teacher awarded a Professional Master of Education (PME) in 2024, you could qualify for a €2,000 refund under the PME Fee Refund Scheme. Applications must be received by 31 July 2025. More information here www.gov.ie/en/publicati...

Reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract for ATEE Annual 2025 has been extended to the 21st February! Submit your abstracts here: www.conftool.com/atee2025/

UCD has two excellent opportunities for early career academics to join the School of Education: - Children’s Digital Futures - AI-driven Educational Innovation Salary Scale: €62,855 - €99,533 Closing date: 12:00 noon 21st Feb 2025 Visit UCD jobs page and search for job refs 018078 and 018079

In case you missed it!

Donald Trump’s new State Department appointee.

So I think I will do a monthly share of this for anyone who hasn't seen it. Do get in touch if you woukd like to join go.bsky.app/8FJAkMG

Donald Trump has ordered schools and universities to be even more deferential to male students accused of sexual violence. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders...

Gardaí are seeking the public's help in tracing 14-year-old Mohammad Al Mashal (also goes by Mohammed Khalid), who was last seen on Lower Dorset Street in Dublin 1 at around 1.45pm today. Anyone with information is asked to contact gardaí

I am declaring that Dry January finishes today. For ever and never again.

If this is true, BRILLIANT!! 🤣🤣🤣

#SpeirGorm Storm Éowyn: 100,000 to be without power until February, 246,000 homes and businesses still without power, 109,000 without water The government:

My DEI money will be spent in DEI spaces.

The National Museum of Ireland are developing a LGBTQ+ tour at Collins Barracks. They are seeking a researcher to work with them on drafting a script for the tour -deadline is 14th February 2025 #history #lgbtihistories #queerhistories www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

The same company/family run Hotel Doolin and The Armada in Clare, they are the absolute real deal never missing a chance to support their communities whatever way they can: this from them this morning-

I’m really not crazy about Twitter’s new logo.

We are recruiting a Post Doctoral Researcher (Level 2) in Gender-Based Violence and Harassment. We welcome applications from a variety of disciplines including sociology & psychology. Closing date Feb 7th. Based in UL, see my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul... for details. Recruitment Ref: 073688

📢 Reminder: Call for Abstracts – ATEE Annual Conference 2025 at MIE! 🗓️ Submission deadline: 31st Jan 2025 🎯 Theme: The Making of Authentic Teachers in Ages of Artificiality? Details & submission: www.mie.ie/ateeannual2025 #ATEEAnnual2025 #TeacherEducation #AIinEducation

More than 60 universities and higher education institutions in Germany have announced their departure from X In a joint statement, the universities condemned the platform for amplifying far-right populist content, calling it “unacceptable” www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ov...

Proper order.

Announcing the 2025 Philosophy & Theory of Higher Education conference (June 10-12) on the theme "The Creative University" with keynotes Bruce MacFarlane, Orlaith Darling, & Richard Kearney, co-hosted by @tcddublin.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social. CfA & submission guidelines here bit.ly/PHEC25

There will be days of despair, but damnit, WE ARE #TheResistance. Stay loud. Never give up. It’s time for good trouble, necessary trouble. 💙

Happy New (academic) Year. On the off chance there are new people here who have not seen this, I will share it again. As always, get in touch if you are interested in joining the nearly 100 of us who are there , and do follow and amplify any or all those listed. go.bsky.app/8FJAkMG

I joked earlier about the number of bot accounts targeting me. I had 14 follow me today (all blocked). Getting a bit tired of this.

New year has brought with it a transformation of my levels of sexually attractiveness. Already this morning, three young ladies have sought my friendship on BlueSky. Tragically, each had recently experienced significant financial hardship. To their credit, they’re not looking for money!! Just sugar.

When bullying is conceptualized as simply caused by individual characteristics, teachers and others become blind to gender norms, heteronormativity, racism and a range of other oppressions taking place in bullying. doi.org/10.1080/0142...

Happy Christmas, y’all!

Just before we open the mince pies I thought I would share this one last time for 2024 in case we have new colleagues on here who would like to join. #edchatie #educationalresearch

Magnificent.

We are delighted to announce that Professor Tom O’Donoghue, Prof Emeritus at The University of Western Australia will be joining us as Keynote Speaker at ESAI Conference 2025 #esai25 Read more: esai.ie/keynote-spea... #edchatie #HistoryofEd #leadership #curriculum

Help me out, folks? The whole article is based on 2nd hand data cited in the Inspectorate report. It is supposedly from a TESS attendance report for 2022/23, but I can't find the original TESS report - it’s not on the Tusla site. Any clues? #edusky www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

We had an incredible response to our call for papers for #esai25 All submissions have been reviewed & the outcomes communicated. Please check your mail. Huge thanks to our review team for their time! We look forward to welcoming everyone to an exciting conference in Athlone! 🎉

🌍📷 Call for Abstracts: ATEE Annual Conference 2025! Theme: The Making of Authentic Teachers in Ages of Artificiality? 📷 Dublin, Ireland Details & submission: mie.ie/ateeannual2025 #ATEE2025 #TeacherEducation #AuthenticityInTeaching #AIinEducation

We are delighted to announce that Prof Clare Brooks of the University of Cambridge will be joining us as keynote speaker at #esai25 Read more: esai.ie/keynote-spea... #edchatie #keynote #socialjustice #teachereducation

My weekly reminder for those who are new here. Please do get in touch if you want to join. Nearly 90 of us now! go.bsky.app/8FJAkMG #edchatie #educationalresearch