Empower:ED Scotland
@empoweredscotland.bsky.social
Advocating for inclusive ASN Education in Scotland. Podcast link. 🔗 https://youtu.be/8wAUDDEUOJM
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You can now watch @bethmorrison.bsky.social podcast. Link 🔗 available in bio. Please take time to watch , share and think about the restraint and seclusion of children with disabilities and additional support needs and what #calums law would mean to those children and young people who need it.
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The autistic experience of thinking deeply before speaking… only for the moment to pass because everyone else already jumped in
Sometimes we just need a little more time to process and sort through our thoughts
And when we do speak, it’s with care
#AutismAwareness #inclusion
Sometimes we just need a little more time to process and sort through our thoughts
And when we do speak, it’s with care
#AutismAwareness #inclusion
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The autistic experience of thinking deeply before speaking… only for the moment to pass because everyone else already jumped in
Sometimes we just need a little more time to process and sort through our thoughts
And when we do speak, it’s with care
#AutismAwareness #inclusion
Sometimes we just need a little more time to process and sort through our thoughts
And when we do speak, it’s with care
#AutismAwareness #inclusion
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#AntiBullyingWeek 2025! This years theme is “Power for Good" - organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) this week is all about empowering everyone to use their power to support others!
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#AntiBullyingWeek 2025! This years theme is “Power for Good" - organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) this week is all about empowering everyone to use their power to support others!
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Wayne Bates, NASUWT, said asbestos is a “ticking time bomb” in schools.
In 2022, MPs urged the Government to set a 40-year deadline to remove asbestos from all non-domestic buildings, dubbing its health risks “one of the great workplace tragedies of modern times”.
inews.co.uk/news/unions-...
In 2022, MPs urged the Government to set a 40-year deadline to remove asbestos from all non-domestic buildings, dubbing its health risks “one of the great workplace tragedies of modern times”.
inews.co.uk/news/unions-...
Government must follow RAAC action by tackling asbestos in schools, unions say
Unions have called on the Government to tackle asbestos in school buildings like they have with dangerous RAAC concrete
inews.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Wayne Bates, NASUWT, said asbestos is a “ticking time bomb” in schools.
In 2022, MPs urged the Government to set a 40-year deadline to remove asbestos from all non-domestic buildings, dubbing its health risks “one of the great workplace tragedies of modern times”.
inews.co.uk/news/unions-...
In 2022, MPs urged the Government to set a 40-year deadline to remove asbestos from all non-domestic buildings, dubbing its health risks “one of the great workplace tragedies of modern times”.
inews.co.uk/news/unions-...
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Centre for Teaching Excellence are looking for experienced teachers to join them on a part-time, secondment basis
The deadline is now till the 12th so for anyone considering it there are still a few days left! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
The deadline is now till the 12th so for anyone considering it there are still a few days left! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - Centre for Teaching Excellence - Get Involved - Teacher Secondment Opportunities
www.gla.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Centre for Teaching Excellence are looking for experienced teachers to join them on a part-time, secondment basis
The deadline is now till the 12th so for anyone considering it there are still a few days left! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
The deadline is now till the 12th so for anyone considering it there are still a few days left! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
This is really important to complete and share🙏
Parents and carers! Our latest Snap Survey is on Family Mental Health: Understanding Resources and Communications. This will help us to understand the issues faced by parents. Closes 19 November.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/HGJV73F
www.surveymonkey.com/r/HGJV73F
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is really important to complete and share🙏
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Sexual violence, abuse and mental breakdown: inside the therapy room with Scotland’s school counsellors
I talk to one of the country’s leading school counsellors about the horrifying reality of teenage life.
Warning: this article contains distressing, violent and sexually explicit material
I talk to one of the country’s leading school counsellors about the horrifying reality of teenage life.
Warning: this article contains distressing, violent and sexually explicit material
How extreme pornography is destroying lives in Scotland's schools
Frances McKendrick is a psychotherapist in Scottish schools. As she brings out a novel based on her experiences, she talks to our Writer at Large…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Sexual violence, abuse and mental breakdown: inside the therapy room with Scotland’s school counsellors
I talk to one of the country’s leading school counsellors about the horrifying reality of teenage life.
Warning: this article contains distressing, violent and sexually explicit material
I talk to one of the country’s leading school counsellors about the horrifying reality of teenage life.
Warning: this article contains distressing, violent and sexually explicit material
Please read and share. Difficult but important read.
‘So many boys have seen violent pornography that they’re physically harming girls’
I talk to Scotland’s best known school counsellor about the lives of teenagers. She reveals a world of sexual violence, abuse and mental illness
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Warning: disturbing & graphic content
I talk to Scotland’s best known school counsellor about the lives of teenagers. She reveals a world of sexual violence, abuse and mental illness
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Warning: disturbing & graphic content
How extreme pornography is destroying lives in Scotland's schools
Frances McKendrick is a psychotherapist in Scottish schools. As she brings out a novel based on her experiences, she talks to our Writer at Large…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Please read and share. Difficult but important read.
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The article in question: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560707...
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The article in question: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560707...
The obligatory school attendance campaign coupled with the mental health support . Make them Ill, and feel great about offering mental health support! Why not stop causing it in first place? Loads of folk making loads of cash out of misery. Sickening
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The obligatory school attendance campaign coupled with the mental health support . Make them Ill, and feel great about offering mental health support! Why not stop causing it in first place? Loads of folk making loads of cash out of misery. Sickening
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
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Once again, no one chooses to become disabled.
It’s not a moral failing or something a person can “try harder” and avoid.
You are not owed our medical history or an explanation.
You are not the arbiter of who’s disabled “enough”.
It’s not a moral failing or something a person can “try harder” and avoid.
You are not owed our medical history or an explanation.
You are not the arbiter of who’s disabled “enough”.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Once again, no one chooses to become disabled.
It’s not a moral failing or something a person can “try harder” and avoid.
You are not owed our medical history or an explanation.
You are not the arbiter of who’s disabled “enough”.
It’s not a moral failing or something a person can “try harder” and avoid.
You are not owed our medical history or an explanation.
You are not the arbiter of who’s disabled “enough”.
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"As Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has shown us, the owners of the sites can tweak the algorithm to suit their political agenda. This is why, before Twitter even became X, it changed into a right-wing cesspit." via @bylines.scot
The algorithm is a king, but it is a naked king
Is it time to stop feeding the corporate social media with our content?
bylines.scot
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"As Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has shown us, the owners of the sites can tweak the algorithm to suit their political agenda. This is why, before Twitter even became X, it changed into a right-wing cesspit." via @bylines.scot
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And it remains the case that anybody putting children in isolation because of their hair shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a school.
New: Academy trust cuts sanction for children with “inappropriate hairstyles” from three days in isolation to two:
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/academy...
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/academy...
Education Uncovered | News| Academy trust cuts sanction for children with “inappropriate hairstyles” from three days in isolation to two
Pupils at the Gorse Academies Trust also face “isolation” for “lines in their eyebrows,” for uniform violations, or for forgetting their student planner twice, its behaviour policy states. However, th...
educationuncovered.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And it remains the case that anybody putting children in isolation because of their hair shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a school.
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The scale of the education cuts being put on the table by one council in Scotland.
Brutal, brutal stuff.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2560...
Brutal, brutal stuff.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2560...
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The scale of the education cuts being put on the table by one council in Scotland.
Brutal, brutal stuff.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2560...
Brutal, brutal stuff.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2560...
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It is 2025 - we really shouldn't need a petition for this!
Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day.
This petition is going viral on other platforms.
Let's share and allow our children human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day.
This petition is going viral on other platforms.
Let's share and allow our children human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day
Make it mandatory for schools to allow students to go to the toilet at all times throughout the school day when they need to and do not lock toilets so that they aren’t accessible during certain times...
petition.parliament.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It is 2025 - we really shouldn't need a petition for this!
Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day.
This petition is going viral on other platforms.
Let's share and allow our children human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day.
This petition is going viral on other platforms.
Let's share and allow our children human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Qualifications ‘explosion’ shows CfE is working, education secretary Jenny Gilruth tells ADES annual conference www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Qualifications 'explosion' shows CfE is working, says Gilruth
The increasing take-up of newer vocational and technical qualifications in Scotland is evidence of Curriculum for Excellence's success, education secretary tells ADES
www.tes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Qualifications ‘explosion’ shows CfE is working, education secretary Jenny Gilruth tells ADES annual conference www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Most markers of SQA papers think the work does not pay enough, a survey has found - markers find the work useful but complain of being 'undervalued' www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Pay ‘most significant concern’ for exam markers, SQA report finds
SQA markers generally find the work useful, but they often feel ‘undervalued’, survey shows
www.tes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Most markers of SQA papers think the work does not pay enough, a survey has found - markers find the work useful but complain of being 'undervalued' www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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The EIS-FELA has issued a stark warning that Scotland’s Further Education (FE) sector is at a critical crossroads — facing a crisis of finance, governance and identity with defunding and a drift towards privatisation threatening its public mission. #EISNews
www.eis.org.uk/latest-news/...
www.eis.org.uk/latest-news/...
EIS-FELA proposes way forward for Further Education sector in crisis
The EIS-FELA has issued a stark warning that Scotland’s Further Education (FE) sector is at a critical crossroads — facing a crisis of finance, governance and identity with defunding and a drift towards privatisation threatening its public mission.
www.eis.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The EIS-FELA has issued a stark warning that Scotland’s Further Education (FE) sector is at a critical crossroads — facing a crisis of finance, governance and identity with defunding and a drift towards privatisation threatening its public mission. #EISNews
www.eis.org.uk/latest-news/...
www.eis.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Not just in Glasgow. Happens up here too.
Mainstream schools are not built to have quiet spaces on hand. That’s what happens with inclusion, you put a load of kids in an environment that’s overwhelming and there is nowhere for them to escape to when they need a break.
Mainstream schools are not built to have quiet spaces on hand. That’s what happens with inclusion, you put a load of kids in an environment that’s overwhelming and there is nowhere for them to escape to when they need a break.
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Not just in Glasgow. Happens up here too.
Mainstream schools are not built to have quiet spaces on hand. That’s what happens with inclusion, you put a load of kids in an environment that’s overwhelming and there is nowhere for them to escape to when they need a break.
Mainstream schools are not built to have quiet spaces on hand. That’s what happens with inclusion, you put a load of kids in an environment that’s overwhelming and there is nowhere for them to escape to when they need a break.