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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy conferencing @belmasoffice.bsky.social - wishing you all a very successful event. Sorry I can't join you- I'll be fighting the midgies and drizzle in Glencoe raiding funds for melanoma research: www.justgiving.com/page/shiona-...

Team Shomelanoma Great Glencoe Trekathon for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

Help Shiona Ramage raise money to support The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jun 19

one of my favourite nights of the year: Scraduation🎊🌟🎉 our Scran Academy chair, John Houghton leads off our AGM just before we celebrate the outstanding achievements of the Scran Graduates for this year. What amazing work from the whole team.

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jun 9

Calling activist teachers in Scotland: @educ-everything.bsky.social is seeking teacher participants for his PhD study- which looks fascinating, BTW! Plz share @nuthmani.bsky.social @wosdec.bsky.social @eisunion.bsky.social #ActivistTeachers #Scotland #EduResearch forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Microsoft Forms

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · May 17

Lovely summary and pics, @sheenascilt.bsky.social - thank you!

SheenaSCILT @sheenascilt.bsky.social · May 10

An excellent day of sharing and collaborating at the @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Scotland symposium- huge thanks to @drcatrionao.bsky.social et al for organising!

Lynne_SCILT @lynnescilt.bsky.social · May 10

Great to connect & share with prof learning pals at @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social Scotland Symposium on the glorious @qmuniversity.bsky.social campus today. Especially appreciated the thought-provoking responses to the ❓posed by @sheenascilt.bsky.social

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Apr 11

Excellent day. Successful Viva for my PhD student + new publication released:
doi.org/10.1177/2752...

‘I didn’t think I would ever recover from failing’: Tutoring to reduce the poverty-related student attainment gap - Alan Bainbridge, Catriona Oates, Catriona Rennie, Lisa Vettese-Cruden, 2025

This article adds to the developing contemporary research base on the provision of one-to-one, or small group tutoring, to overcome the academic attainment gap ...

doi.org

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Mar 24

Great afternoon at the launch of @centcs.bsky.social with local, national and international colleagues united in purpose of transformational change in schools. Good to see friends from social-media network days gone by! @annadbeck.bsky.social @drlaurenboath.bsky.social @charlainesi.bsky.social

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Mar 24

Same! Great event and kudos to @profaileenk.bsky.social for the ambition of the new centre @centcs.bsky.social looking forward to it's development!

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Mar 5

www.qmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

QMU shares best practices in inclusive education with Danish delegation | News | News and Events | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Queen Margaret University took part in a visit from members of the Danish Parliament who were keen to learn about inclusive educational policies and practices within the Scottish education system.

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Feb 27

Hi to all the #MIEETeamScotland meeting up today. Sorry I missed you Sarah, Ros, @ajobpickard.bsky.social and the gang. Since it's bluesky, this seems appropriate.Greetings from the Dolomites!

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jan 30

Third- save the date for an IPDA symposium in Scotland @Queen Margaret University. 10th May. More details to follow 👍🏼 @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jan 30

Second - shameful self-promotion🤭 this was published today: Oates, C., & Mynott, J. P. (2025). More-than-human centred reflection: Addressing the fiction of reflective practice in teacher education. Research in Education, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/0034... #reflectivepractice #teachereducation

More-than-human centred reflection: Addressing the fiction of reflective practice in teacher education - Catriona Oates, John Paul Mynott, 2025

This paper seeks to extend the debate around the contested concept of the ‘reflective practitioner.’ This concept has influenced practice-based learning across ...

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jan 30

A few updates incoming.....
First up: calling all teachers! Join us in IPDA Scotland for a lively in-conversation even with the authors on the recently published Teacher Workload report: ipda.org.uk/category/eve... #Teachers #Workload #ProfesssionalLearning #Retention

5 February 2025: IPDA Scotland webinar on Teacher Workload Report

Date: 5 February 2025Time: 4:00-5.15pmRegister: Register your place with Zoom IPDA Scotland warmly invites you to join us 'in conversation with the authors' of the recently published Teacher Worklo...

ipda.org.uk

Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jan 16

Returning from Oman for validation exercise. What a fantastic couple of days in so many ways. Not least the reminder of the upsides of academia: we belong to a vast international community. You can find new connections, colleagues, collaborative partnerships everywhere!

Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jan 13

Join us in IPDA Scotland 'in conversation with the authors' for our forthcoming webinar on the recently published Teacher Workload report: ipda.org.uk/5-february-2...

5 February 2025: IPDA Scotland webinar on Teacher Workload Report

Date: 5 February 2025Time: 4:00-5.15pmRegister: Register your place with Zoom IPDA Scotland warmly invites you to join us 'in conversation with the authors' of the recently published Teacher Worklo...

ipda.org.uk

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy New Year friends on Blue sky! If you're looking for some challenging thinking around the notion of 'degrowth' and Education for Sustainability, for the new year, try this: noredstudies.org/index.php/ns...

Education, Longing, and the Art of Keeping Life Going

This article offers a critical appraisal of the term degrowth by questioning some of its basic epistemological and ontological assumptions. Rather provocatively, we suggest that both education and deg...

noredstudies.org

Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Dec 14

Weekends are for breathing! Calm skies above the Allan Water today. Kingfisher flashed by. Robins, heron, ducks, geese, magpies and a border terrier 🤗

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Dec 11

@mr-minchin.bsky.social it WAS you I spotted in the staffroom! Checked the staff notice board on my way out and suspicions confirmed🤩Sorry I didn't say hello, so hello!

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Dec 11

#TutorsOnTour are we still doing this?! Off to Newhaven for a couple of Y4 visits. Frosty start and first tutor visit on the tram for me!

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Dec 5

@ruthsmckay.bsky.social so you're now on Orkney?! Lucky, lucky you. Hope things are great. Slightly jealous I have to say!

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Nov 26

Congratulations Mark!

Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Nov 24

@makingcentsofit.bsky.social hi there - please add me to your #MIEE pack. Thanks;

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Nov 22

Babies arguing in French has to be my favourite thing on the internet today😆
www.instagram.com/reel/DCpqNqZ...

Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Nov 22

Good day today. One paper accepted with minor revisions and excellent feedback comments from reviewers 1&2🤗 and another paper submitted. Happy me.

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Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thanks for replying!

Catriona @drcatrionao.bsky.social · Nov 20

I LOVE being part of the #DialogicTeaching group with colleagues from Health and S-L Therapy at QMU. Great discussions drawing on research& focussing on how we can enhance our #HE practices to develop participation, oracy, communication& student voice. Today we used #WeNeedToTalk for our stimulus

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