Delighted to have the first paper from my PhD research published in the Early Childhood Education Journal. Drawing on Children's School Lives data, it explores the nurturing pedagogies practiced in three DEIS primary schools during COVID-19 closures. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s10643… ⬇️ 1/4

✏️ View our first #CSLstudy child-friendly report on curriculum and assessment at: cslstudy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/upl… UCD School of Education NCCA #edchatie

Are you interested in cybersecurity education? Would you like your pupils/students to participate in a competition to inquire about cyber issues linked with gender/climate change in creative ways? Join us Tuesday 24th Sept for our info webinar. Reg ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regist… See 👇

How does a child’s social background shape their experience in primary school? Report 8 from the Children’s School Lives longitudinal study launches today and is available here cslstudy.ie/news/ Conas a théann cúlra sóisialta páistí i bhfeidhm ar na heispéiris a bhíonn acu

🚨 Today, we launch Report 8a from #CSLstudy, ‘Equalities in Children’s School Lives (2019-2023): the Impact of Social Background.’ 🔗 Download the report from our website at: cslstudy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/upl… 🧵 Read about some of the key findings from the report below – ⬇️ 1/16

I am absolutely thrilled to say that earlier today I successfully defended my PhD thesis in UCD Sutherland School of Law !! A huge thank you to my examiners Prof Aoife Nolan Vaterlandwächter🇦🇹 and John O'Dowd for a rigorous and stimulating discussion. Can't believe it's actually done 😃

🚨 Today, we launch Report 8b from the #CSLstudy, ‘Equalities in Children’s School Lives: The Impact of Gender.’ 🔗 Download the report from our website at: cslstudy.ie/wp-content/upl… 🧵 Read about some of the key findings below – ⬇️ 1/15

UCD has 2 excellent opportunities for early career academics to join the School of Education: - Children’s Digital Futures - AI-driven Educational Innovation Salary: €62,855-99,533 Closing date: 12pm 21st Feb 2025 Visit UCD jobs page and search for job refs 018078 and 018079

📢 PhD Opportunity Alert! Two funded PhDs at the University Of Limerick in the Teachers’ Professional Journeys (TPJ) Longitudinal Study. 💰 Stipend: €22,000 + EU fees for 4 years 📅 Start: Sept 2025 📍 Apply now: jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ263/two…

🚨 Advice for policy makers on the impact of social background on children's school lives 📄 Policy brief published on PublicPolicy.ie by UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy 🔗 Read policy brief at publicpolicy.ie/education/soci… University College Dublin NCCA #edchatie

Excited to share research from Children's School Lives with colleagues at the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference ESAI this week. My paper details the co-creation and implementation of our participatory research method, ‘A School Day’ board game.

Seán Gleasure, sharing our #CSLstudy participatory research method, ‘A School Day’ board game, at ESAI Conference 2025 ESAI Seán Gleasure NCCA University College Dublin #edchatie

I was deeply honoured to be invited, along with my co-author, Seán Rainford, to Áras an Uachtaráin last week to discuss constitutional research with the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins President of Ireland

New paper out now reporting the first quasi-experimental evaluation of #DEIS over its first decade: we compare outcomes in schools either side of the threshold for inclusion in DEIS (and find little effect). The paper is available for free until June 29th: authors.elsevier.com/c/1l3-O,4Mg0on…

🚨 Today, we launch Report 8c from the #CSLstudy, ‘Migration and Ethnicity in Children’s School Lives.’ 🔗 Download the report from our website at: cslstudy.ie/downloads/CSL_… 🧵 Read about some of the key findings below – ⬇️ 1/20

🚨 We recently launched Report 8c from #CSLstudy – the third in our series on equalities in children’s school lives. 🔗 Download the report at: cslstudy.ie/downloads/CSL_… 🧵 The report includes a spotlight on Irish Traveller children. ⬇️ 1/19