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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 11d

Last week on Wonkhe: Former Teaching Excellence Framework chair Chris Husbands and deputy chair Janice Kay unpick the Office for Students’ proposals for the future shape of the exercise

From improvement to compliance – a significant shift in the purpose of the TEF

Former Teaching Excellence Framework chair Chris Husbands and deputy chair Janice Kay unpick the Office for Students’ proposals for the future shape of the exercise Former Teaching Excellence Framework...

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Irish Educational Studies @iesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 10

Irish Educational Studies is seeking to fill 2 co-editor positions.

The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan.

Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat...

Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.

Irish Educational Studies: Co-Editor Positions – ESAI: Educational Studies Association of Ireland CLG

The Official journal of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ries20

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Irish Educational Studies @iesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Wonderful to see this paper published!

"Knowledge of autism and attitudes towards inclusive education for autistic pupils: a representative survey of school communities in Ireland."

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · Jul 30

I've signed up for online Irish language classes next semester! Looking forward to becoming a student again!

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · Jul 27

Well deserved, Ian, huge congrats! 🤗

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Jul 13

Artists were the canary in the coalmine

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Jul 13

As many companies decide that entry-level tasks traditionally done by graduates can now be done by AI tools, Brian O'Donovan asks if the big job displacement is under way.

Is the big AI job displacement already under way?

The impact of artificial intelligence on employment came into sharp focus this week, writes Brian O'Donovan

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · Jul 2

Alice Sullivan’s latest government-funded report into sex and gender research is a masterclass in trying to turn anti-trans perpetrators into victims. /1

www.sullivanreview.uk/barriers.pdf

Front cover of Allice Sullivan's report, which reads: Review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender. Report 2: Barriers to
research on sex and gender.

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · Jun 13

NEW on Wonkhe: Academics are encouraged to be innovative in their pedagogy but Emma Thirkell and Kamilya Suleymenova argue that insufficient attention is paid to academic identity buff.ly/yBVu3qp

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · Jun 11

Veli-Mikko Kauppi and I recently edited a special issue of Ethics & Education, focused on the work of early career researchers.

Check out our editorial introduction here:

Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice

In this editorial introduction, the authors contextualise the special issue ‘Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice,’ and provide a summary of its papers. They draw att...

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · May 1

I'm looking forward to present some of my research on queer thriving in Catholic schools at the Phillippine Society of Education and Philosophy next week!

Tues 6th May, 10.30am BST.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · Apr 28

Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism.

Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.

Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism

Where LGBTQ+ rights are bolstered, so too are women’s rights, and where they collapse, so too does authentic feminism

www.irishtimes.com

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · Apr 22

NEW on Wonkhe: Nikolai Elkins notes that gay men consistently outperform their peers – and urges policymakers to adopt more nuanced, intersectional approaches to attainment buff.ly/KTLNUJd

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Éilis Ní Bhraonáin @ambergal47.bsky.social · Apr 19

This makes me laugh every year 🤣

Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · Apr 19

Time to post the real story of Easter from Shane Daniel Byrne again 😂 #easter

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · Apr 19

The longer I live in Liverpool, the more like home it becomes. Easter clothes were also a thing for me growing up ...

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Easter clothes and why they are so important in Liverpool

Retailers say people in Liverpool will spend four months preparing their Easter outfits.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Apr 17

They're not "protecting women". They're little servants of patriarchy and fascism that think they've a right to harass and attack anyone who doesn't fit their narrow, conservative view of womanhood and are delusional if they think the same gowls they're doing the legwork for won't come for them next

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · Apr 16

Categories used by the state to sort people into boxes are never neutral.

Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law.

📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...

A pink background with a speech bubble that reads: The Politics of Categories

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Irish Educational Studies @iesjournal.bsky.social · Apr 14

Wonderful to be part of another annual meeting of @esai-irl.bsky.social last week!

Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25

IES updates, given by Prof Audrey Bryan.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · Apr 12

Fascinating: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

My grandfather died by suicide. I work in the same Irish university where he taught history

Like me, he was interested in the lives and experiences of ordinary people

www.irishtimes.com

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · Mar 27

Pleased to have won a @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social grant with my colleague, Dr Francis Farrell.

"Teaching through division" will engage with teachers, young people, and faith & community leaders to develop strategies for exploring pluralism and difference in religions & worldviews education.

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · Mar 19

Looking forward to attend #BERA2025 later this year. My colleague Carol Darbyshire and I will present our paper: "Re-experiencing the everyday: Provisional possibilities for undergraduate education studies." 🥳

BERA @beranews.bsky.social · Mar 19

Congratulations to everyone whose abstract was accepted for #BERA2025 🎉🥳

BERA Conference 2025 will be held 9-11 September 2025 at University of Sussex

Find out more: bera.ac.uk/conference/b...

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · Feb 18

Looking forward to speak about faith and LGBTQI+ identities at ShoutOut's "Faithfully Queer" event in Dublin today!

www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-and-...

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Seán Henry @seandahenry.bsky.social · Feb 17

Get in touch if you'd like a book reviewed with IES!

Irish Educational Studies @iesjournal.bsky.social · Feb 16

Are you interested in writing a book review for IES?

If so, get in touch with IES's book reviews editor, @seandahenry.bsky.social!

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Jane Gatley @janegatley.bsky.social · Feb 12

academic.oup.com/jope/advance... Iris Bliss and I wrote this response to a paper that we didn’t think was very fair to trans activism a while ago. It feels like an important stand to have taken and I’m glad it’s finally available.

Academic Freedom, Education and the ‘Trans Debate’: A Response to Suissa and Sullivan

Abstract. Judith Suissa and Alice Sullivan’s 2021 paper ‘The Gender Wars, Academic Freedom and Education’ holds that activism associated with the slogan ‘t

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Peter Tiernan @pt-phone-home.bsky.social · Feb 11

NEW EPISODE - Let’s Talk Education Research
Audrey Bryan (@schoolhumandev.bsky.social) talks all things @iesjournal.bsky.social - from readership & scope of the journal, to advice on publishing. On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and
@dcuioe.bsky.social website tinyurl.com/d4rz7jjn
@dcuresearch.bsky.social

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