Riverside Cottage Nursery | Teaching Fellow & PhD Student @EdinburghUni | Interests in Sustainability, Froebel, Children's Rights + Perspectives, Geographies

Scotland
Joined October 2014
1889 anti Irish racist propaganda from America. Highlighting our supposed inability to assimilate with other immigrants due to our innately violent, religious extremist and terroristic nature
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The Bee Guy
@the_beeguy18 May 2024
Please #retweet/#share for the #bees.🙏🏼🐝 Again let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’. Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to & detrimental to genuine bee saving. 1/18
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"A total of 549 staff at the University of Edinburgh signed the letter, which was sent to senior management on Friday afternoon." Staff represent EVERY college at @EdinburghUni. Coverage by @ScotNational - thenational.scot/news/243115… #DivestNOW #CeasefireNOW #RafahUnderAttack
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#UNCRCScotland has received Royal Assent and is now officially the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024! The substantive parts come into force 6 months from today (unless @scotgov commences early) legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/…
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The @scotgov has published 'Guidance on Taking a Children's Rights Approach' This guidance will provide information and resources to support public authorities and other organisations to implement a children’s human rights approach. Read it here: gov.scot/publications/guidan…
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Public Lecture by Dr. Sharon Todd – Worlding Pedagogies: Educational and Aesthetic Encounters in the Time of Climate Emergency – The Pedagogist Network of Ontario pedagogistnetworkontario.com…
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I spoke to three Edinburgh University students who say their hopes and spirits have been 'broken' by repeated disruptions to their education over the last four years, with the uni's marking boycott response the latest 'slap in the face' scotsman.com/education/edinb…
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Please read; the most important piece I've written. Mass poisoning has suddenly killed off most sea life for 30 miles by the Tees. The govt claims it's natural; ind scientists warn it's manmade. The govt is desperate not to inquire too deeply as its freeport policy is at stake.
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Great from @_HannahRitchie with clear message that cultivated meat has much lower carbon impact than meat ( don’t forget the multiple other benefits- reduced land, water take, lower pollution, lower chemicals,medicines use, much lower ecological impact) hannahritchie.substack.com/p…
A wonderful in person thought provoking @froebelfutures Practitioner Inquiry course session this evening exploring Children’s Perspectives. Thank you to the lovely @LynnMcNair & @LukeJAddison & to all the #FabFalkirkFroebelians for your commitment & passion to learn 💗
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The ⁦@froebelfutures⁩ training begins today in Greece - setting up now ♥️
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“That’s one thing fishing and school had in common. The teachers used to hit us with heavy canes if we couldn’t say the times table.” Both school and work are tough in this village in Ghana, but only one offers an immediate way to eat bit.ly/3j4dg5F
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I want to help amplify this for parents with young kids. Please retweet it. Fisher-Price recalls baby Glide Soothers after deaths of four infants news.yahoo.com/fisher-price-… via @Yahoo
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We're excited for our Froebel & Childhood Practice intensive summer online course but bookings close on Monday 31st May so act quickly if you're interested in joining us! @froebeledin @FroebelTrust @LynnMcNair @LintonLass #earlyyears #professionallearning ed.ac.uk/education/professio…
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Annan Froebel School (Sussex) are seeking a teacher for their Year 3 class. @FroebelTrust
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We are recruiting volunteers for an on-campus hedgehog survey!🦔🌿It will take place in June/July at the UoE King's Buildings campus, and participants will receive online training beforehand. Please message us if interested🙂
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I’ve asked my 3rd year illustration students at @sva to come up with a post-pandemic New Yorker magazine cover. Here is what they sent in:
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Spring Clean Giveaway Nature bundle: pond nets, digging forks, magnifying glasses, bee home, plush owls & RSPB birds (no sounds), wooden signs & nature discs, trilobite fossil model & more! Comment below to enter. At 10am tmw we’ll pick 1 random winner. Full comp t&cs online
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I post this image a lot on Twitter in response to people talking about Scottish weather. It’s probably one of my favourite images. It is an annual rainfall map (higher the peak, higher the rainfall). I’m so glad that Edinburgh is in the flat!
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