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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · 16d

Delighted to share my latest journal article: Reimagining Teacher Education for Authentic Parent Engagement www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15... @miceducationfac.bsky.social @max-antony-newman.bsky.social @maeveliston.bsky.social @miclibraries.bsky.social

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Aug 27

ATEE 2025 ready to kick off here in Marino Institute of Education

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Aug 8

I remember that feeling- even 27 year later 😂😂

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Jul 27

Oh so wonderful to see children loving books 😍

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Newstalk @newstalkfm.bsky.social · May 20

"The world is now sickened and absolutely disgusted with the level of bombing and starvation that is ongoing in Gaza."

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that "the weaponisation of aid is a war crime" and that allowing only five aid trucks into Gaza "is a sick joke."

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · May 20

#Gaza: The U.S.-Israel plan to control the distribution of supplies under the guise of humanitarian assistance raises grave ethical, security and legal concerns.

Doctors Without Borders call on Israeli authorities to uphold International Humanitarian Law.

Share if you do too.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · May 21

Israel has said it rejects the European Union’s decision to review its trade and cooperation agreement, as its siege of the Gaza Strip in Palestine continues.
http://jrnl.ie/6710278

Israel 'completely rejects' EU's decision to review trade and cooperation agreement

Israel said 93 trucks had entered Gaza on Tuesday but the UN said the aid had been held up.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · May 7

#Gaza: At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured, according to the Ministry of Health, after airstrikes hit Gaza City today, just metres from an MSF clinic. Our teams stabilised 28 patients, who were transferred to Al-Shifa hospital. Two MSF staff members were injured.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · Apr 17

For 80 years from 1871 to 1951, St. Joseph's Industrial School in Artane, Dublin, had at least 222 deaths of boys aged 7-16 years.

Those names have not been made public up to this point. That changes now. You can view the names that Project Infant found here: projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...

Artane Industrial School – Project Infant

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Sarah McDermott @se-mcd.bsky.social · Apr 15

“No government – regardless of which party is in power – should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber (Harvard President) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Apr 13

“Water is also being used as a weapon of war. In early March, a week after stopping any food…from getting into Gaza, Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant. The situation now could not be more desperate. ‘Gaza is a killing field’.”

Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? | Arwa Mahdawi

What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Apr 15

Great to see spine-stiffening example of @harvard.edu; refusal to bow to Trump's demands for staggering federal interference. Others following suit.
Assault on universities =
* assault on public purpose of education
* on freedom of thought
* on life-saving research
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garb...

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 16

Happy birthday to the remarkable Gaston 🎂 Was so nice to meet you both at ESAI Patricia.

Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 12

Strong start to day 3 of #esai25 with two excellent papers from @miceducationfac.bsky.social MIC colleagues @ruthbourke.bsky.social Áine Lyne and @maeveliston.bsky.social

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 11

More fabulous @miceducationfac.bsky.social MIC colleagues sharing their research at #esai25

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 11

Well done to all involved in these exciting research studies! @miceducationfac.bsky.social #esai2025

Mary McMahon @marymcmahon.bsky.social · Apr 11

Great range of posters on display @esai-irl.bsky.social

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 11

Excellent research posters by our @miceducationfac.bsky.social PhD candidates at #esai2025. Well done to all involved!

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 11

Lots of wonderful @miceducationfac.bsky.social MIC colleagues here at #esai2025

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 10

#esai2025 off to a great start and Athlone is resplendent in the sunshine

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks for sharing @stem-mic.bsky.social

stem-mic.bsky.social @stem-mic.bsky.social · Apr 8

Excellent article on Engaging Parents in STEM Learning by our colleagues @micstemcraft.bsky.social and Dr. Sandra Ryan @micireland.bsky.social now available ⏬
www.mic.ul.ie/mic-insights...

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks @stem-mic.bsky.social!

Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 1

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...

Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Mar 28

Delighted to share my latest publication on #parentengagement for #STEM learning coauthored with @eleanorwalsh2.bsky.social and Dr Maeve Liston @micireland.bsky.social available here: www.mdpi.com/3246324

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Mar 12

Two exciting Monday mornings of #parentengagement in #STEMeducation with parents, pupils and @MIC student teachers. Fun learning for all of us!

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Feb 27

Speechless 🤯

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