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Andrea Priestley
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Lecturer in Education at University of Stirling, Scotland.
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Nice if you can get it. University staff got 1.4% this year after 15 years of below inflation rises (excepting VCs of course, who have also done nicely)
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Lovely light on Dumyat this evening
September 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Quite incredible this is even being discussed.
Quoting Charlie Kirk and Musk’s plans for us. And traitorous Farage as their way in.
All those moronic Brexiters calling for ‘control’ and ‘sovereignty’, now happy to be kicked around by American fascists.
It’s horrific and it must not happen.
(Times)
News Presidential visit Magas next project is to fix 'broken Britain' Musk is one of those pushing for regime change. There were plenty of points where British and US politics have been out of sync and it was fine - Blair and Bush. But in the Maga movement, there is something else: Maga wants to export Maga. In Nigel Farage, it has someone who positions himself as "first friend" What follows the pageantry, then, is a test of nerve. Washington's Anglophiles are not content to cheer Britain from the stands; they want to rewrite its rulebook and cast Westminster as the next front in their domestic struggle. The test for Sir Keir Starmer is whether he can welcome the friendship without importing the fight.
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
A stark reminder that wealth and social capital are what matter in the UK

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Privately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobs
Those in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Why is Education for Sustainable Development Goals #SDSs not enough to equip students to achieve #Sustainability and what can be done better www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Education for the future? Critical evaluation of education for sustainable development goals
Building on the Millennium Development Goals, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG) were established. Despite the willingness of many ed...
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February 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Chamonix with @andreahgp.bsky.social after 4 big mountain days - Lac Leman to Servoz 😁
August 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Trekking in Baltistan with @andreahgp. Magnificent views and the friendliest most hospitable people we’ve had the pleasure to meet
July 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Now available for preorder

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teacher-a...
July 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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subfossilguy.bsky.social
MORE THAN 24H ABOVE ZERO ON TOP OF MONT BLANC!

The station located at Colle Major, 4750 m, on Mont Blanc recorded a maximum of +3.7°C on 28/06, while the minimum today, 29/06, was +1.1°C, more than 24 hours above zero!

But don't worry, it's summer... 🙃😱

Data source @meteovalledaosta
June 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
This distressing situation is a terrible indictment of 14 years of Tory misgovernment, but the neglect goes back decades. The UK - the ‘sick man of Europe’ and the result of deliberate policy decisions

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis
As poverty deepens across Britain, the Guardian visited some of the hardest-hit places where leaders are aiming to shift healthcare from hospitals to communities
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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mizz22.bsky.social
Do read this article. It is an important area to understand.
June 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Link to the timeline for Scotland’s education reform programme. Plenty here of interest to education professionals

www.gov.scot/publications...
Curriculum, Qualifications and Assessment Reform: progress to date and next steps
Scotland is making important changes to its curriculum, qualifications and assessment system to better support children and young people from ages 3 to 18. The document provides an initial timeline to...
www.gov.scot
June 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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rushtondr.bsky.social
Really delighted to see this collaborative research which is on such an important area & from a great team of colleagues. Many congrats to you Nuzhat and @andreahgp.bsky.social and @stellamouroutsou.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
June 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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nuthmani.bsky.social
My privilege to contribute to this research study & article alongside @andreahgp.bsky.social & @stellamouroutsou.bsky.social looking at how our student's understanding on issues of #SocialJustice evolves through engagement in #InclusiveEducation
#TeamStirling 🎉

doi.org/10.1002/curj...
June 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Our book, Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach, was published in 2015. The 2nd Edition - substantially updated - has just been submitted to the publisher- should be published next year 😁
May 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Watch this vieeo about the Dumyat hill race - something that @andreahgp.bsky.social and I have done a few times

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
How a £1 bet sparked a Scottish hill race now run 50 times
A hill race in Stirling which was started for a bet in the 1970s has just celebrated its 50th event.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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We look forward to the final #EPA session today and thank
all colleagues for such high quality contributions. @uofgheadship.bsky.social @markpriestley.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social @bruceadamson.bsky.social @sineadgormally.bsky.social #StephenMcKinney #HelenMartin #ChrisChapman #SeonaidhBlack
May 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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My students this term have been *passionate* in their rejection of generative AI. I think the wildfires have something to do with it – the environmental impact of data centers, the scarcity of water, the terrible losses they’re seeing. . . it makes the ‘abstract’ of the climate crisis very real.
January 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Definitely worth coming along to hear @kaysoclearn.bsky.social
scrcm.bsky.social SCRCM @scrcm.bsky.social · May 7
Please sign up for the next SCRM webinar - Towards Posthuman Education: Curriculum-Making for a World to Come, presented by the fabulous Kay Sidebottom . Wednesday 14 May, 4.00-5.30

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Select tickets – Towards Posthuman Education: Curriculum-Making for a World to Come
Despite the dramatic acceleration of technology, rapidly advancing climate crisis, widening equality gaps, and global political...
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May 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Here is a link to my newly published post on the @beranews.bsky.social blog

Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions

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www.bera.ac.uk/blog/curricu...
Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions
The term ‘curriculum making’ is becoming increasingly common in educational policy and practice. It is a concept with a long tradition in curriculum studies, going back to the foundational...
www.bera.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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The Nature Discovery Map Scotland is a suite of six map-based tools developed by @NatureScot on behalf of @scotgov with teachers & pupils to support Learning for Sustainability.
nature.scot/professional-advice/young-people-learning-outdoors-and-developing-skills/nature-discovery-map-scotland
Nature Discovery Map Scotland
www.nature.scot
February 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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nuthmani.bsky.social
**Breaking News**

I'm exploring the gap in research on #AntiracistEducation in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 thro my EdD.I'm launching 👇🏽network to connect with others doing similar work in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 schools,further or higher education.

If you're involved in this or know anyone that is,please get in touch and share. Thanks so much.
April 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Another lovely Highlands day. Fine traverse of Meall Greigh, Meall Garbh, An Stuc, Ben Lawers, Meall Corranaich and Ben Glas with @andreahgp.bsky.social and the hounds

Strava flyover at strava.app.link/9XofW0kziSb
April 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
andreahgp.bsky.social
Fabulous day yesterday on some Crianlarich Munros - Looking to Ben Lomond 😊
April 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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markrpriestley.bsky.social
Hopefully a wake up call to the Government - some big concerns here that the CIC alone will not fix, welcome though it is. No mention in the article of the large elephant in the room - the measurement/audit culture that distorts so many good policy intentions
jamesmcenaney.bsky.social James McEnaney @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social · Mar 31
The Scottish Government are saying that they welcome this report from the Children's Commissioner, which (if you read it) is hugely critical of the government and the policies it currently calls an education reform programme. Very strange.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2505049...
Government urged to act as children 'let down' by school system
A new report slams the "glacial" pace of progress and warns that current reforms are "fundamentally focussed on the wrong areas".
www.heraldscotland.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM