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Barbara Jane van der Meulen

@growteachers.bsky.social

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FHEA | Teacher and teacher-educator | Researcher and lead author of education reform policy research https://rse.org.uk/how-does-the-education-reform-agenda-align-wit-scotlands-biggest-priorities/ | Dutch-Scottish hybrid | Views own

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Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · Jun 19

How can Scotland's education reform agenda advance the government's key priorities of eradicating child poverty, growing the economy, and tackling the climate emergency?

@royalsoced.bsky.social asked the question, I researched and wrote about it, and the findings are here
rse.org.uk/how-does-the...

How does the education reform agenda align with Scotland’s biggest priorities?

The RSE calls for closer alignment of Scotland’s education and skills policy with the nation’s strategic objectives.

rse.org.uk

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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social · 19h

You are dead to us Jimmy Perez, you traitor. And sassermaet rules!

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 20h

Happy publication day to regular Orkney Library visitor
@anncleeves.bsky.social. The Killing Stones has just been published and features D.I. Jimmy Perez but now he has moved from Shetland to #Orkney!

It's less sassermaet and more fatty cuttie. #IYKYK

Available now from your local library.

The cover of The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 1d

"[A person] is influenced so much by where they grew up, the landscape, the accents, the sounds surrounding them"

I SWEAR, is a funny, tender drama about Tourette syndrome – star Robert Aramayo discusses his approach in SCOTLAND ON SCREEN

Scotland on Screen: Robert Aramayo on I Swear – The Skinny

The Rings of Power star Robert Aramayo swaps Elvish for expletives in I Swear, a funny and tender real-life drama based on the life of John Davidson, a man from Galashiels with Tourette syndrome.

www.theskinny.co.uk

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UHIHistory.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social · 1d

Over 60 people came to Aberlour Parish Church of Scotland for the unveiling of textile banners addressing the legacies of slavery in the local area. The event is part of our Dr Jim MacPherson's research project, Legacies of Slavery in Scotland, bit.ly/46Dpf3Q

Colourful fabric banner, with square-shaped elements forming a quilt-like design.

View of the church interior, with three textile banners hung on the wall.

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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 5d

“The law says he can’t do it so it’s not clear whether he can” is such a 2025 headline

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 5d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · 8d

Have been trying to follow this and trying to understand what went wrong with the bid for CS funding last year. We love the Lanternhouse & would be very sad to see it close.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 12d

Coming soon…

pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · 8d

I hear ye. It's the one major thing I miss about NL.

Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · 9d

Yup, education. I arrived on a big boat in 1998. As a semi-Scot, moving to Scotland from NL wasn't 'migrating' - it was flitting. I seem to have graduated to 'migrant' only since Brexit and the language around it caused a sea-change in attitudes. My Glaswegian Maw is mightily unimpressed!

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 9d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 13d

Good.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING: The Scottish Government has confirmed it opposes Labour's plans to introduce compulsory Digital ID

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Sep 7

There were no education events at Reform conference. Their only policies appear to be giving private schools their tax breaks back and changing the history curriculum to trumpet the benefits of empire.

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Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Symposium on 29/09 featuring Finnish and Scottish STEM scholars to consider how the Finnish approach to STEM compares with Scotland’s, and what both countries might learn from one another. Open to the public.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/illumanati...

Il(LUMA)nating the Finnish perspective on STEM education

Discover the Finnish approach to STEM education

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Sep 3

Can’t get enough of this. @raskin.house.gov rubbing Nigel Farage’s nose in his self-confessed love of Putin as he’s forced to sit & watch is delicious beyond words

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

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Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great read. Illuminating. Thank you!

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · Aug 28

Lovers of books, cruisers of shelves, sniffers of hardbacks, my books tv show is back on telly tonight. Join me John Niven, Desiree Burch and Hallie Rubenhold on the Big Scottish Book Club. 1030pm. A joyful bastion of civilised chat. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The Big Scottish Book Club

The biggest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry talk inspiration, influences and the joy of a good book with Damian Barr.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · Aug 8

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

A book titled "Outdoor Pigs: How to Make them Pay."

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Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · Aug 6

Lovely to have seen you there! ☺️

Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sorry for the town's and your loss. Having moved to the area last year and having a SIL who is an architectural historian from Cumbernauld has given me a better understanding of the town's interesting social relationship with architecture.

Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · Aug 2

Collectively known as 'Not To Be Messed With' 😄

Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · Aug 2

Warmest congratulations. These Illeachs are a good bunch 😊

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Barbara Henderson (new WIP 1105) @scattyscribbler.bsky.social · Jul 29

Edinburgh friends, particularly those not back to school on 13th August!
I'm doing a couple of Edinburgh Festival Fringe events that day, and I am reliably informed that now is a good time to start shouting about it.
A FAMILY QUIZ on Scottish history, and a book launch for #ToWarwithWallace!

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Emma Seith @emmaseith.bsky.social · Jul 28

New: @henryhepburn.bsky.social visits Scotland’s highest-security prison - HMP Shotts - to learn about a new approach to education behind bars and the parallels with priorities in modern schools

www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Why prison education faces many of the same challenges as schools

Henry Hepburn visits Scotland’s highest-security prison to learn about a new approach to education behind bars and the parallels with priorities in modern schools

www.tes.com

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Jul 10

In Conversation with… Pàdraig MacAoidh
1 August, Edinburgh – £12

Scotland’s Makar, Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay) discusses poetry’s role in today’s world, the interplay between Gaelic & Scots traditions, & what it means to be Scotland’s official poetic voice
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Babes in arms policy: Babies are not allowed in the venue

www.edfringe.com

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Barbara Jane van der Meulen @growteachers.bsky.social · Jul 9

You and me both, Costa Coffee.
You and me both.