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MU Department of Education @maynootheducation.bsky.social · 5d

Minister of Education and Youth, Helen McEntee, welcomes the commencement of the new Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology at MU. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
@maynoothuniversity.ie @catrionaotoole.bsky.social @majelladempsey.bsky.social @allinstitutemu.bsky.social

Photo of a group students who joined the Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology at Maynooth University, Department of Education.

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · 18d

Wonderful to welcome our first group of trainee educational psychologists to @maynoothuniversity.ie @mupsychology.bsky.social @maynootheducation.bsky.social
And what a fab group they are!

georginasherlock.bsky.social @georginasherlock.bsky.social · 19d

@maynootheducation.bsky.social
Congratulations to the inaugural cohort of the Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology at Maynooth University! Wishing all the students the very best in their studies.
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MU Department of Education @maynootheducation.bsky.social · Aug 19

Listen to Dr Catriona O'Toole, on Radio 1 discussing her research on school avoidance. You can listen back to her insightful discussion here-
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @catrionaotoole.bsky.social @majelladempsey.bsky.social @georginasherlock.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

School Avoidance & Book Tips

Association Professor of Psychology in Education Dr Catriona O’Toole advises on how to manage school avoidance, and librarian Darina Molloy has book tips for school avoiders and school starters.

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Jun 23

‼️Join us for re-launch of the @INSA_Network Webinar Series, kicking off with:

🗣️Prof Chris Kearney, speaking on Theory of Change and #SchoolAttendance/#absenteeism

🗓️Thurs 26th June, 6pm UTC

🔗Register for free:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eee7e7...

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

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Dr Karen Treisman, MBE- Clinical Psychologist @drkarentreisman.bsky.social · Jun 15

Look forward to reading this paper- Reflections of ‘Doing’ Research that Involves Trauma: A Methodological Guide and Framework for Researchers- journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reflections of ‘Doing’ Research that Involves Trauma: A Methodological Guide and Framework for Researchers - Kathomi Gatwiri, Lynne McPherson, Antonia Canosa, Kylie Day, Samara Kim, 2025

This paper examines the experiences of four researchers engaged in a study with young people residing in therapeutic residential care facilities in an Australia...

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · May 20

As the Edu Minister announced new initiatives to support school attendance, we were delighted to have leading academic, Lisa McKay Brown from @UniMelb present her project on attendance & participation in 🇦🇺 schools @maynootheducation.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

Lisa McKay Brown presenting on the MTSS (multi-tiered system of support) model to support student attendance and participation

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · May 15

Congrats and welcome!

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks Richard

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · May 14

Delighted to receive a Teaching & Learning Fellowship with
@emmaefarrell.bsky.social for our project: Sense & Sensitivity - Exploring emotionally-complex topics in higher ed.

Wonderful collaboration across
@maynootheducation.bsky.social
@mupsychology.bsky.social

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Majella Dempsey @majelladempsey.bsky.social · May 9

Great few days in Berlin at the annual @ecer-eera.bsky.social ECER conference planning meeting with wonderful colleagues across Europe. Two networks led by @maynootheducation.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie people. NW8 Health & Wellbeing Ed by @catrionaotoole.bsky.social & NW3 Curriculum by me!

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · May 7

Great start to the #Trieste 🇮🇹 half marathon at the wkend! After a minutes silence for the pope we had Pavarotti 🎶 to psych us up 🏃‍♀️

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Apr 12

Sorry I couldn’t be there for it 😔

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚨Excited to announce we are recruiting a Professor in Educational Psychology at @maynoothuniversity.ie @maynootheducation.bsky.social @MUpsychdept to lead our new Professional Doctorate. Four other permanent f/t and p/t posts in EdPsych also advertised.

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢Call for Papers: we're looking for original research articles exploring how wellbeing is conceptualised, enacted & experienced in schools-tensions, ambiguities, equity, student voice etc

Advancing Equity, Voice, and Sustainability in School Wellbeing emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

Advancing Equity, Voice, and Sustainability in School Wellbeing

This special issue examines how wellbeing is conceptualized, enacted, and experienced in schools, with a focus on equity, student voice, and challenges of embedding wellbeing into school practices. It...

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Mar 13

Our Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology is now open for applications!!

Apply by March 26th: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/o...

@maynoothuniversity.ie
@maynootheducation.bsky.social

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 Announcing our new Doctorate in Educational Psychology at @MaynoothUniversity jointly offered by @MU_Education and @MUpsychdept

Opening for applications very soon!!!

Bursaries will be provided, supported by @Education_Ire and NEPS 🤩

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...

Minister McEntee welcomes new MU Professional Doctorate in

Minister for Education Helen McEntee, has welcomed the announcement that MU is to offer a new three-year Professional Doctorate programme in Educational Psychology from September 2025, to support a

www.maynoothuniversity.ie

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Feb 5

Restricting phone use alone doesn’t support student wellbeing

School phone policies and their association with mental wellbeing, phone use, and social media use (SMART Schools): a cross-sectional observational study - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

School phone policies and their association with mental wellbeing, phone use, and social media use (SMART Schools): a cross-sectional observational study

There is no evidence that restrictive school policies are associated with overall phone and social media use or better mental wellbeing in adolescents. The findings do not provide evidence to support ...

www.thelancet.com

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Jan 6

Come join our wonderful team!

Maija Salokangas @maijakataliina.bsky.social · Jan 6

📣 Come work with us at Maynooth University @maynoothuni.bsky.social

Post: Assistant Professor in Teacher Education with specialism in Digital Literacy

Closing date: 16th of February 2025

Apply: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Dec 23

Just want to amplify this big time 💞

Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · Dec 23

Lots of love to people with messy families and missing loved ones, to people having Christmas in prison, people waking up Xmas morning in temporary accommodation or on the streets, people living in deprivation, or with loved ones with addiction issues. My love to you all this Christmas ❤️

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Dec 23

Christmas can be a tough time of year for many people. Always remember though, there is support out there if you need it.

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Dec 23

Delighted to have our research on #recoveryoriented approaches in mental health care, published this month. Tnx to @researchireland.bsky.social for funding & collaborator-Kyrie Farm

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Designing recovery-oriented care: a qualitative study to inform service design at Kyrie Therapeutic Farm in Ireland | Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core

Designing recovery-oriented care: a qualitative study to inform service design at Kyrie Therapeutic Farm in Ireland

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Dec 23

Our book Trauma-informed practice in Montessori Classrooms is out now 🤩
With Bernadette & Stephen Phillips and Sinead McGilloway

www.routledge.com/Trauma-Infor...

Trauma-Informed Practice in Montessori Classrooms: An Essential Guide for Students and Teachers

Trauma-Informed Practice in Montessori Classrooms provides important historical and contemporary evidence of the potential for Montessori schools to act as “healing” environments for children and youn...

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Catriona O’Toole @catrionaotoole.bsky.social · Dec 23

My paper with @taraciric.bsky.social on School Attendance

Ensuring that students are listened to, believed, and empowered to actively participate in shaping their educational experiences, we can create successful educational pathways for ALL students

www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...

Frontiers | Compassion, collaboration and cultural-responsiveness: insights on promoting successful pathways through education for students who face school attendance barriers

www.frontiersin.org

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Dec 23

I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water.

Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?

Cameron, Ariz. Living on one of the largest swaths of land in America without electrical power, Thomasina Nez's entire life is a scramble to complete basic tasks. To take a hot shower, she must wait for buckts of water to come to a boil on a small propane stove outside her wood framed roundhouse. To make meals, she relies mostly on canned goods because unfridgerated produce rots qucikly in the Arizona heat. Its a struggle to stay warm at night, because she refuses to use her coal-powered heate after its fumes killed her two dogs.

A fierce battle for electric power is being waged across the nation, and Nez is one of thousands of people who have wound up on the losing end. Amid a boom in data acenters, the energy intensive warehouses that run supercomputers for Big Tech companies, Arizona is racing to increase electricity production. In February, the state utility board approved an 8 percent rate hike to bolster power infrastructure throughout the state, where data centers are popping up faster than almost anywhere in the US But it rejected a plan to bring electricity to parts of the Navajo Nation land, concluding that electric consumers should not be asked to foot the nearly $4 million bill.

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Emily @librarymet.bsky.social · Dec 23

Even some of the most educated ppl have NO idea what AI is doing to energy use & the environment. My husband works in EPA permitting of factories & energy facilities, and they are getting SO many requests for permitting data centers. We're gonna AI ourselves into rapid environmental collapse.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Dec 23

I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water.

Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?

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