While looking for resources on inclusion for year 4 undergrads @QMUEducation ,first stop was to see what Scottish Network for Able Pupils had - came across SNAPshots - a series of short summary guidance documents for teachers etc. Brilliant and accessible! gla.ac.uk/research/az/ab…

A Call For Papers will soon be issued for a PDiE Journal Special Issue entitled - Leading Professional Learning to Navigate Complexity. It will be edited by Fiona King and Phil Poekert and published in late 2023. More information to follow.

Recruiting participants for a research study at School of Education, University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde student teachers on teaching qualification for science teachers.

Heard today that my niece will be starting her PhD in biophysics this year 🎉. Absolutely no idea where she gets her brains from, and she’s already lost me when in excitement in describing the project, but really proud of her ❣️Gail McConnell University of Strathclyde

Hugely disappointing decision taken by The Scotsman to walk away from dedicated coverage of farming and rural affairs saying goodbye to the decades of informed and insightful coverage of rural issues. 20 Scottish rural organisations wrote the following to the Editor:

One of my GoldsmithsPsychology MSc students is recruiting autistic participants for a short survey-based intersectional project looking at camouflaging and stigma. Self-identified people are v welcome. tinyurl.com/StigmaAutism. Please do share.

Interesting listening to Jo Neary discussing first year of Dundee City’s ed programme of supporting enquiry projects in each school in conjunction with U of Glasgow. Looking forward to hearing how the year 2 goes, including collaborative working across schools and scaling up

Scottish Government Education Research Seminar Series - turn of equity and place based learning today. We are looking forward to you tuning in to listen to Anne and I talk about rural equity and rural communities at 12pm Anne Paterson OBE @QMUEducation picture - Out Skerries, Shetland

The moment I discovered while on this year’s expedition that the local guides borrowed the book I had been reading along the way 😂. A great read, highly recommend! 🗻 🥾🇹🇿 maggie oneill #BLM #walkingmethods #womenwithaltitude

THRILLED to announce the return of researchED Scotland! Our first event will be researchEd Aberdeen on Saturday October 8th. Tickets on sale NOW! eventbrite.com/e/374288435787

Looking forward to hearing more about some really interesting case studies and research from around the world. If you would like to hear from Stephanie Peat and I on rural online communities of practice please join us online at 1pm in Group H!

If you would be willing to have a chat about your experience being a student teacher, or your probationer/NQT year - please get in touch. It would be for the first couple of episodes of a new podcast I'm starting called 'Beyond Survival: the New Teacher Podcast.'