What an amazing morning at Kids’ Club! 👩🏽‍🔬🥽🧪 Dr. Audrey Cameron led our little scientists through four experiments, with an explosive experiment to end. 💥🌋🫧🥼🥽 I think we have some budding scientists in the making! 🥼🧬🧫 Dr Audrey Cameron, OBE, HonFRSC

Today is the autumn equinox 🍂 As autumn arrives in the northern hemisphere leaves will soon be turning shades of yellow, orange and red on their way to brown. This graphic is an old favourite that looks at the colour chemistry involved: bit.ly/3Zx6Li6

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟑 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐔𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 #𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 by working with your local and national associations to announce the achievement of a concrete goal for deaf communities today. Read more: wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2024/ #IWDP & #IDSL

Enjoy this fab animated video with BSL on the excellent support available to students at The University of Edinburgh. #InternationalDayOfSignLanguages #OER media.ed.ac.uk/media/Student%…

🌍 Dr Geetha Marcus is making waves at Moray House with her advocacy for social justice and inclusive education. Discover how she’s reshaping teacher education and addressing global challenges. 📚✨ Read more about her impactful work here: edin.ac/4guQpg4

“With language at their fingertips, Deaf children can do anything” 💛

Happy International Day of Sign Languages! #IDSL 💙 Let’s sign up for sign language rights- let’s come together to make our sign languages visible!

This week's #STEMsigns is computer related... code and coding! *Signs shown are seen and used by the community and are not created by Atomic Hands. We encourage you to evaluate the sign and adopt or discard it; or develop a new sign! Full video: youtu.be/xk2U9gNsxjY

Charlie Swinbourne: Photo essay of the Stand up Comedy Extravaganza in London limpingchicken.com/2024/09/23/cha…

A team led by Dr Audrey Cameron, OBE, HonFRSC has developed 100 new BSL signs to help the #DeafCommunity engage in marine science & ocean conservation. No more fingerspelling species like 'mako shark' or 'seagrass'! From @conversationUK -- thanks! #IDSL #OceanConservation #BSL eastangliabylines.co.uk/science/new-si…

The new Scottish Parliament Education Bill fails to address the needs of British Sign Language (BSL) users and learners, while rightly recognising Gaelic. Both languages deserve equal status. If you live in Scotland, help us make sure #BSL isn’t forgotten: campaigns.ndcs.org.uk/page/156458/ac…

Excited that my piece on the National Union of the Deaf has been published by Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal (MRC@50 conference Warwick MRC). It's open access and starts on page 136. Loved to draw on fantastic work from BDHS Deaf Heritage Centre BSL Zone Annelies Kusters Maartje De Meulder now on Mastodon Dai & others!

We must bust myths and misinformation about health inequalities facing Black communities - Black women four times more likely to die in pregnancy/childbirth. NOT because they have a higher pain threshold but because their voices are NOT heard!⁦⁦STUC Black Workers⁩

Are you neurodivergent? Or would you like to learn how to support neurodivergent colleagues? Check out our new web page with insights and resources and learn how a neuroinclusive workplace can benefit everyone. rsc.li/3MNir8N

New publication today: an article for practitioners on incorporating dialogue in the laboratory written with colleagues in Copenhagen. Incorporating dialogue in laboratory teaching (Open Access) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

My ArcEducation 2024 Summit ARC Talks. How do we address the dual challenges of ensuring all learners have high quality education and global crisis in education profession?youtu.be/ukmdxh3YpeA?si… Moray House School of Education and Sport The University of Edinburgh Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, UT/OISE Andy Hargreaves steve munby Education International OISEUofT

Three PhD supervisors welcoming Ley Bergeron to The University of Edinburgh. Exciting research focusing on #climatesciencecommunication & engagement strategies for #deaf signing communities in the UK and Canada! Building on the recent #environmentalscienceinBSL work funded by The Royal Society

International Sign (IS) has sparked debates on what to call it and whether it’s even a *language*. My latest article breaks down these debates. annualreviews.org/content/journa… Let’s dive in: 🧵👇

Adobe's fully interactive digital dress, named "Project Primrose", woven with sequins that use liquid crystals to create miniature screens.

Get ready for nature's big reveal! 🍁 As the days shorten and nights cool, the trees are about to explode into a kaleidoscope of reds, yellows, and oranges. Watch to discover why leaves change color, and soak in the magic! Full video: bit.ly/4dElX0p