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Terra Glowach
@terraglowach.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead in Initial Teacher Education. Canadian-Bristolian with 20 years classroom teaching experience. Social and environmental justice, critical literacy, teacher-activism. https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/TerraGlowach
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Mar 22
My first solo authored paper!

How can we use systems leadership to address systemic social injustices, e.g. racism, in schools?

A systematic review of international literature offers several concrete steps forward...

#edusky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A systematic review of systems leadership in education: taking a social justice lens
Early conceptual work on systems leadership in education emphasized social justice concerns, often through reference to the ‘moral purpose’ of those in positional authority. However, over time, we ...
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · 1d
'The additional teachers are also more likely to teach in... schools serving disadvantaged communities. Bursaries are therefore an effective policy tool for addressing national teacher shortages and the associated staffing challenges in the most affected schools.'
www.nfer.ac.uk/publications...
The impact of training bursaries on teacher recruitment and retention
This research provides evidence on the long-term effectiveness of bursaries for improving teacher recruitment and retention and their cost effectiveness compared to other policy options.
www.nfer.ac.uk
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, apparently I need to start training Latin teachers instead of English ones. Jobs for the future!
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · 1d
As extended metaphors for the manosphere go, this one looks 10/10.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Joe Wicks: Licensed to Kill review – TV so vile you’ll never touch a protein bar again
​The lockdown star pulls a Jamie Oliver and gets political, creating a ‘killer’ snack bar that’s as harmful as possible ... to show up how hellish some of those on the market are. It’s frightening vie...
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 5d
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🎃😱🕷️👻🐺🥀🦇🧟👿☠️ Halloween-themed children's & teen books by Oliver Jeffers, Julia Donaldson, Harriet Muncaster, John Kane, Rainbow Rowell, R.L Stine, Padraig Kenny, Lisa Richardson, Rob Biddulph & more. 👻👹👽👺🍭🤡😨🧛🎃

  #kidlit 🐈‍⬛
Halloween books for children and teens
Children's, young adult and teen books about Halloween, trick or treating, ghosts, unexplained events, and dark spooky nights. 
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Douglas Wise @dowise.bsky.social · 4d
A second booklet of modern fiction extracts for students to explore www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/literar... 📚
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clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social @clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social · 5d
Nice examples & modelling of how to engage students with Eng Lang P1 Qu 4 from @thecockerill.bsky.social

Analysing film openings of King's IT is also a good way to discuss structural techniques, then compare back to the text.
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National Association for the Teaching of English @natefeed.bsky.social · 5d
AQA’s GCSE English Language P1 Q4 has been retooled to help candidates respond. It offers some great opportunities for students to productively engage with the idea of thinking and writing analytically, as NATE director @thecockerill.bsky.social
rediscovers: nate.org.uk/2025/10/03/a... #NATE
Two very creepy but highly effective extracts for teaching AQA's GCSE English Language, Paper 1, Question 4 - National Association for the Teaching of English
This question, retooled to help students engage and respond, offers some really great opportunities for students to productively engage with the idea of thinking and writing analytically Teaching AQA’...
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 7d
A fabulous listen to poet Jackie Kay ❤️🙌🏼
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This Cultural Life - Jackie Kay - BBC Sounds
Poet, writer and former Makar Jackie Kay reveals her formative creative influences.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · 4d
I worked as a state school teacher for 10 years, spent loads of money in local businesses, paid my taxes, looked after my health so rarely used the NHS, was educated in Canada so the UK never paid for my schooling. Most immigrants are similar, but it’s rare to see this description.
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · 4d
It’s not just that citizenship is expensive, it’s that IRL on its own was enough of a gouge at about £2k for commonwealth immigrants like me, and the HO makes up to 800% profit on visa / citizenship applications - many from the most vulnerable AND tax paying people here.
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · 14d
Sure, send me your email and I’ll send some Primary contacts. I work at UWE, mainly in Secondary, but have several colleagues doing anti-racism research / work with local primaries.
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · 14d
Aka @teamlabouruk.bsky.social once again undermining basic measures to help the most vulnerable and pandering to an ignorant and hateful movement.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Weston Town Council scraps sanctuary plans for asylum seekers
More than 100 people protested outside a town council meeting on Monday night.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21d
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.

Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.

Via @us.theconversation.com
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 28d
Repainted Banksy
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Sep 8
So this is pretty awesome! Super funny and really delves into the tricky masculinity stuff that teenage boys have to navigate at school. Required reading for boys and teachers I reckon.
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Sep 6
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Israeli arms manufacturer closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action
Exclusive: Elbit Systems UK Bristol site was subject of protest days before direct action group was proscribed
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Sep 2
My colleague brought his kids into work yesterday, and as one glanced at our bookshelves, he asked, ‘What’s Teach Like A Grandpa?’

Not far off, kid! 😆
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 31
Yep, my female Muslim students regularly had men shouting racist and sexually violent stuff at them as they walked to and from school. Always white men in cars (so they could speed away, without consequence). Consistent from 7/7 to 2020, no doubt still going strong.
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 31
Sloes are ready early this year. Whisky (with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves), vodka and gin. Christmas should be merry 😆
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 21
In the Guardian today: “Nearly a quarter of GCSE maths and English entries are resits. This is an all-time high,” said Duffy. “Less than a fifth of resitting students achieved the grade 4 they need to break out of the resit cycle.”

This policy is not removing barriers, it’s reinforcing them.
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 17
Jeremy Cormorant guarding our gear while we swim at the Jubilee sea water pool in Penzance 🥰
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 14
Even if they had great GCSEs coming in, this means great progress too. Well done! They must have really come together as a group and enjoyed discussing the texts.
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 13
They had various figures of fantasy and cuteness in sexual postures. The Dutch are interesting folk 😆. Great cycling and lake swimming tho!
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 12
Meanwhile at a gallery in Rotterdam…
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 12
@cyclinguk.bsky.social @heidialexander.bsky.social #stevereed #sustainability
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Terra Glowach @terraglowach.bsky.social · Aug 12
Meanwhile cycling + public transport could drastically improve health and wellbeing of people and their environment but it’s clear that train companies will continue to treat them with contempt without gov’t intervention. 3/3
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