Kirsten Somerville
@kirstensom.bsky.social
PhD researcher at University of Glasgow. Researching storytelling in geographical and environmental education, teaching critical and academic literacies.
#EducationForSustainability / #LearningDevelopment / #WideningParticipation
#EducationForSustainability / #LearningDevelopment / #WideningParticipation
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October 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This is brilliant: www.storiescourse.org/new
free online ecolinguistics course "The Search for New Stories to Live By" (Arran Stibbe) discourses that can help build a fairer and more ecological world
free online ecolinguistics course "The Search for New Stories to Live By" (Arran Stibbe) discourses that can help build a fairer and more ecological world
The Search for New Stories to Live By
www.storiescourse.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is brilliant: www.storiescourse.org/new
free online ecolinguistics course "The Search for New Stories to Live By" (Arran Stibbe) discourses that can help build a fairer and more ecological world
free online ecolinguistics course "The Search for New Stories to Live By" (Arran Stibbe) discourses that can help build a fairer and more ecological world
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
Ive seen LLMs pushed a lot to fellow #adhd students and scholarship to "help" them with things like detail work and structuring work. Ive also seen many punished for trusting this offer of help too. Here's what to use instead:
#academicsky
#academicsky
September 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Ive seen LLMs pushed a lot to fellow #adhd students and scholarship to "help" them with things like detail work and structuring work. Ive also seen many punished for trusting this offer of help too. Here's what to use instead:
#academicsky
#academicsky
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
Geographical and Earth Science (GES) at Glasgow has a new post!
A ‘Creative Technologist’ for our new ‘Creative Impact Lab’!
Working with human geographers, physical geographers and earth scientists - it’s going to be fun!
Take a ganders and spread the word: www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs...
A ‘Creative Technologist’ for our new ‘Creative Impact Lab’!
Working with human geographers, physical geographers and earth scientists - it’s going to be fun!
Take a ganders and spread the word: www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs...
University of Glasgow - Explore - Jobs at Glasgow - Appointments - Creative Lab Technologist [181033]
www.gla.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Geographical and Earth Science (GES) at Glasgow has a new post!
A ‘Creative Technologist’ for our new ‘Creative Impact Lab’!
Working with human geographers, physical geographers and earth scientists - it’s going to be fun!
Take a ganders and spread the word: www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs...
A ‘Creative Technologist’ for our new ‘Creative Impact Lab’!
Working with human geographers, physical geographers and earth scientists - it’s going to be fun!
Take a ganders and spread the word: www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs...
Reasons to love Elisée Reclus: the only geographer, to my knowledge, to have been immortalised in a punk song
youtu.be/KMLPvseoF94?...
youtu.be/KMLPvseoF94?...
Justine- Elisez Reclus !
YouTube video by justinepunk
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September 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Reasons to love Elisée Reclus: the only geographer, to my knowledge, to have been immortalised in a punk song
youtu.be/KMLPvseoF94?...
youtu.be/KMLPvseoF94?...
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Libby Walker painted Glasgow from the @uofglasgow.bsky.social flagpole yesterday!
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
September 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Libby Walker painted Glasgow from the @uofglasgow.bsky.social flagpole yesterday!
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting.
Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
Having completely overhauled my "What is Nature?" course in light of these principles - centring authentic, situated engagement with texts in pedagogy and assessment - seeing the sparks fly in class and in students' writing has made it all worthwhile.
This article from @biblioracle.bsky.social explains why AI summaries can't match the power of reading the original.
Each of us is a "unique intelligence," and when that collides with the unique intelligence expressed in an author's full work, the collision of unique intelligences throws off sparks.
Each of us is a "unique intelligence," and when that collides with the unique intelligence expressed in an author's full work, the collision of unique intelligences throws off sparks.
Paying Attention
What you pay attention to is a reflection of what you value.
biblioracle.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Having completely overhauled my "What is Nature?" course in light of these principles - centring authentic, situated engagement with texts in pedagogy and assessment - seeing the sparks fly in class and in students' writing has made it all worthwhile.
"The real crisis is that the system itself has already reduced learning to a game where authentic engagement gets crowded out by the logic of accumulation and exchange."
Insightful article on the structural incentivisation of AI outsourcing in #HigherEd
trevoraleo.substack.com/p/against-sc...
Insightful article on the structural incentivisation of AI outsourcing in #HigherEd
trevoraleo.substack.com/p/against-sc...
Against Schoolish Reading and Writing
August’s arrival always heralds a few things for me: my vacation sunburn settling into a flaky golden brown, a flurry of summer projects around the house, and a slow turn towards the impending school ...
trevoraleo.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"The real crisis is that the system itself has already reduced learning to a game where authentic engagement gets crowded out by the logic of accumulation and exchange."
Insightful article on the structural incentivisation of AI outsourcing in #HigherEd
trevoraleo.substack.com/p/against-sc...
Insightful article on the structural incentivisation of AI outsourcing in #HigherEd
trevoraleo.substack.com/p/against-sc...
Currently overhauling my introductory "What is Nature?" course and delighted to discover a new book has been published on exactly this topic since I last taught it. Thanks @asleuki.bsky.social for a perfectly-timed announcement of your book prize shortlist!
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
The Story of Nature - Yale University Press London
The story of humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day Nature has long been the source of huma...
yalebooks.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Currently overhauling my introductory "What is Nature?" course and delighted to discover a new book has been published on exactly this topic since I last taught it. Thanks @asleuki.bsky.social for a perfectly-timed announcement of your book prize shortlist!
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
The end of the road? What The Salt Path scandal means for the nature memoir
The end of the road? What The Salt Path scandal means for the nature memoir
It wasn’t the first hit memoir to tell a story of redemption inspired by the great outdoors – but could it become one of the last? Authors and publishers assess the damage
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The end of the road? What The Salt Path scandal means for the nature memoir
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
Say hello to #communiMap - a new community science app that helps you notice, share & map what matters in your neighbourhood - trees, wildlife, flooding & more.
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU
July 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Say hello to #communiMap - a new community science app that helps you notice, share & map what matters in your neighbourhood - trees, wildlife, flooding & more.
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU
Just back from a fantastic experience at the International Conference of Historical Geographers at Fudan University, Shanghai. As well as catching up with my old #GeoEducation buddy Hermione, I gained new perspectives on my field, including the Scottish poet I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on!
July 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just back from a fantastic experience at the International Conference of Historical Geographers at Fudan University, Shanghai. As well as catching up with my old #GeoEducation buddy Hermione, I gained new perspectives on my field, including the Scottish poet I wrote my undergraduate dissertation on!
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
Fascinating & useful article 'What if we think of the arts as knowledge rich' by @patthomson.bsky.social on Cultural Learning Alliance website.
Useful for anyone working in #artseducation.
How do we translate into practical framing/messaging?
www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/think-of-art...
Useful for anyone working in #artseducation.
How do we translate into practical framing/messaging?
www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/think-of-art...
www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk
June 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Fascinating & useful article 'What if we think of the arts as knowledge rich' by @patthomson.bsky.social on Cultural Learning Alliance website.
Useful for anyone working in #artseducation.
How do we translate into practical framing/messaging?
www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/think-of-art...
Useful for anyone working in #artseducation.
How do we translate into practical framing/messaging?
www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/think-of-art...
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
This #WorldPeatlandsDay we're sharing a new free learning resource all about poetry & peatland, created for our Bog Talk project.
🌿 designed for upper KS2 learners (but full of fun ideas for all!)
🌿 written by @clareshawpoet.bsky.social
🌿 illustrated by Louise Crosby
🔗 bit.ly/BogsTalking
🌿 designed for upper KS2 learners (but full of fun ideas for all!)
🌿 written by @clareshawpoet.bsky.social
🌿 illustrated by Louise Crosby
🔗 bit.ly/BogsTalking
June 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This #WorldPeatlandsDay we're sharing a new free learning resource all about poetry & peatland, created for our Bog Talk project.
🌿 designed for upper KS2 learners (but full of fun ideas for all!)
🌿 written by @clareshawpoet.bsky.social
🌿 illustrated by Louise Crosby
🔗 bit.ly/BogsTalking
🌿 designed for upper KS2 learners (but full of fun ideas for all!)
🌿 written by @clareshawpoet.bsky.social
🌿 illustrated by Louise Crosby
🔗 bit.ly/BogsTalking
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
We're excited to announce that we're taking part in the Glasgow Science Festival! Come along to our session in partnership with @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 14 June and explore languages in nature at the Botanic Gardens! More info: loom.ly/xjOQ_Hk #GlaSciFest
May 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We're excited to announce that we're taking part in the Glasgow Science Festival! Come along to our session in partnership with @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 14 June and explore languages in nature at the Botanic Gardens! More info: loom.ly/xjOQ_Hk #GlaSciFest
"Our current crises stem from narrow, technocratic thinking: a mindset that externalised environmental harm, reduced nature to property, and prioritised short-term gain over long-term survival. The humanities help us challenge that logic."
#EnvHum #HigherEducation #ESD
wonkhe.com/blogs/our-fu...
#EnvHum #HigherEducation #ESD
wonkhe.com/blogs/our-fu...
Our future may depend on the humanities
For Peter Sutoris, the humanities hold the key to understanding and responding to the many civilisational crises we face
wonkhe.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Our current crises stem from narrow, technocratic thinking: a mindset that externalised environmental harm, reduced nature to property, and prioritised short-term gain over long-term survival. The humanities help us challenge that logic."
#EnvHum #HigherEducation #ESD
wonkhe.com/blogs/our-fu...
#EnvHum #HigherEducation #ESD
wonkhe.com/blogs/our-fu...
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
We are hiring a new PhD student in the history group @unistavanger.bsky.social. There are several possible topics, including «Intersections between history education and education for sustainable development/environmental citizenship», which should be interesting for the #envhist #envhum crowd.
May 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are hiring a new PhD student in the history group @unistavanger.bsky.social. There are several possible topics, including «Intersections between history education and education for sustainable development/environmental citizenship», which should be interesting for the #envhist #envhum crowd.
Reposted by Kirsten Somerville
✍️ Words of the Wild is back — and submissions are OPEN!
This year’s theme is From source to sea, exploring the journeys our rivers, coasts & wild waters inspire. 🌊
Full details + how to enter: bit.ly/4m1a4qQ
#WordsOfTheWild #NatureWriting
This year’s theme is From source to sea, exploring the journeys our rivers, coasts & wild waters inspire. 🌊
Full details + how to enter: bit.ly/4m1a4qQ
#WordsOfTheWild #NatureWriting
May 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
✍️ Words of the Wild is back — and submissions are OPEN!
This year’s theme is From source to sea, exploring the journeys our rivers, coasts & wild waters inspire. 🌊
Full details + how to enter: bit.ly/4m1a4qQ
#WordsOfTheWild #NatureWriting
This year’s theme is From source to sea, exploring the journeys our rivers, coasts & wild waters inspire. 🌊
Full details + how to enter: bit.ly/4m1a4qQ
#WordsOfTheWild #NatureWriting
This month, we're discussing the affordances of drama for exploring the psychosocial dimensions of climate change in education. Join us this Wednesday at 4pm (UK time).
May 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This month, we're discussing the affordances of drama for exploring the psychosocial dimensions of climate change in education. Join us this Wednesday at 4pm (UK time).
Feeling energised after yesterday's PGR conference on Social and Environmental Sustainability at @uofgdumfries.bsky.social. It was a great prompt to consider my own work through the lens of the UN #SustainableDevelopmentGoals, as well as hearing a range of critical, cross-disciplinary perspectives.
May 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Feeling energised after yesterday's PGR conference on Social and Environmental Sustainability at @uofgdumfries.bsky.social. It was a great prompt to consider my own work through the lens of the UN #SustainableDevelopmentGoals, as well as hearing a range of critical, cross-disciplinary perspectives.
Volume 9 of [X]position, the undergraduate journal of @uofglasgow.bsky.social, showcases research across all four colleges on the theme of An Evolving Digital World. It was a privilege to mentor some of the authors through the publication process. Check it out!
www.talkaboutx.net/xposition
www.talkaboutx.net/xposition
Home | Let's Talk About X
www.talkaboutx.net
April 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Volume 9 of [X]position, the undergraduate journal of @uofglasgow.bsky.social, showcases research across all four colleges on the theme of An Evolving Digital World. It was a privilege to mentor some of the authors through the publication process. Check it out!
www.talkaboutx.net/xposition
www.talkaboutx.net/xposition
"There is much that could be learnt from the approach taken by Scotland. Its learning for sustainability vision takes a cross-curricular, solutions-focused approach."
#NaturalHistoryGCSE #LearningForSustainability #ClimateChangeEducation
theconversation.com/a-new-natura...
#NaturalHistoryGCSE #LearningForSustainability #ClimateChangeEducation
theconversation.com/a-new-natura...
A new natural history GCSE is welcome – but climate change needs to be part of the whole curriculum
Mathematical concepts could be introduced through calculating the effect of introducing solar panels on the school roof.
theconversation.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"There is much that could be learnt from the approach taken by Scotland. Its learning for sustainability vision takes a cross-curricular, solutions-focused approach."
#NaturalHistoryGCSE #LearningForSustainability #ClimateChangeEducation
theconversation.com/a-new-natura...
#NaturalHistoryGCSE #LearningForSustainability #ClimateChangeEducation
theconversation.com/a-new-natura...
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❗New❗Launching this term, we are running a series of Open Access workshops for primary practitioners on the theme of outdoor learning🍃. These in-person workshops are free to attend. Sign up to the session closest to you: loom.ly/GVnjN3k
April 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
❗New❗Launching this term, we are running a series of Open Access workshops for primary practitioners on the theme of outdoor learning🍃. These in-person workshops are free to attend. Sign up to the session closest to you: loom.ly/GVnjN3k
Not @jstor.bsky.social embedding academic literacies into its citation tool. We love to see it!
#AcademicLiteracies #LearningDevelopment
#AcademicLiteracies #LearningDevelopment
April 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Not @jstor.bsky.social embedding academic literacies into its citation tool. We love to see it!
#AcademicLiteracies #LearningDevelopment
#AcademicLiteracies #LearningDevelopment
"We think of culture as this kind of side issue that our enemies use to distract people away from more material concerns, but that's exactly backwards."
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Ta-Nehisi Coates on why stories matter in the age of Trump – podcast
The award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates on why US liberals have misunderstood the role culture plays in shaping politics
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"We think of culture as this kind of side issue that our enemies use to distract people away from more material concerns, but that's exactly backwards."
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...