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Moray House School of Education and Sport
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Top 20 globally for Education and Sport-related studies. For almost 200 years, our staff, students and alumni have influenced, improved and transformed learning, teaching and policy worldwide. Study with us! https://education-sport.ed.ac.uk
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Educational Studies 3 - Our 3rd Year MAPE Cohort learning about neurodiversity in schools @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social @uoe-pe.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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Want to challenge how you think about education and technological change? Join our online session on the MSc Digital Education 🎓
Programme Director Dr Janja Komljenovic will introduce the programme, explore key themes, and answer your questions.
🗓️ 25 Feb
🕐 1:15–2:15pm
🔗 Sign up: edin.ac/3Oc6RrN
January 29, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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Thinking about social justice & community action? Join us for an online session exploring Moray House’s MSc Social Justice and Community Action. Programme Director Dr Callum McGregor will share what makes the programme unique & answer your questions.
🗓️ 25 Feb
🕛 12 - 1 PM
Sign up - edin.ac/3Oc6RrN
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Huge congratulations to our PhD student, Peter Barlow, on his successful PhD viva @morayhouse.bsky.social! 🎉 🎉 🎉 Thesis title: 'Disentangling Individual, Family, and Neighbourhood Influences on Educational Choices and Outcomes: Evidence from Sibling Data'. Well done Peter! 🎊 We will miss you!
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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This week we celebrate the iconic Scottish poet, Robert (Rabbie) Burns, who is famed worldwide for his romantic, humorous & political poems & songs. Dae ye ken (do you know) any Scots words? Share your favourites with us!

👉 Join the Burns Night Ceilidh on 25 January at Potterrow: edin.ac/4qwIG5Z
January 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Boshi Liu recently passed her PhD viva with her thesis, 'Children’s Participation in Hobbies: A Qualitative Study with Chinese Children' highlighting how children's involvement is deeply relational and shaped by family interactions. Liu was supervised by Professor Kay Tisdall & Dr Jennifer Lavoie.🎉
January 20, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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🎉International Mentoring Month: Congratulations Katie Cebula, Omolabake Fakunle, Vander Viana and Csaba Szabo - recognised for their supervision & mentoring of PhD students!

👉Full list: edin.ac/4hszQB7

The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science included testimonials from Moray House students⬇️
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Our first #AQRiE seminar of 2026 is next week at @morayhouse.bsky.social with Professor Emer Smyth (@esri.ie).

Jan 19 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm GMT

You can join online or in person!

Registration here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aqrie-semi...
AQRiE Seminar (hybrid): The changing social worlds of 13-year-olds
Emer Smyth (ESRI, Dublin) on “The changing social worlds of 13-year-olds”: insights from the Growing Up in Ireland Study. Hybrid seminar.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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📢 New workshop alert! Calling all secondary #teachers and #edtech company representatives in the Edinburgh area. Join for interactive discussions about #equity, in partnership with @morayhouse.bsky.social and @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social. See you there!

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January 15, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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📚 We are proud to announce the release of "Teaching for Digital Futures": our guides and resources to help educators teach digital, data, and AI literacies in the classroom, in one Edinburgh Diamond-published book series ⬇️

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We are starting off 2026 with a brand new book series from @dataschools.bsky.social!

Teaching for Digital Futures provides practical resources to help educators confidently teach digital, data & AI literacies.

There are currently four books for you to read & share!

books.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-di...
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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SLTED2026 Conference in Edinburgh #curriculum #language @morayhouse.bsky.social @baal-lg-sig.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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📢 Excited to kick off 2026 with our first #AQRiE seminar at @morayhouse.bsky.social with Professor Emer Smyth (@esri.ie)! Register now to join us online or in person!

📅 Date: Monday 19 January 2026
🕧 Time: 12:30–13:30 (UK time)

Registration & more info: 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aqrie-semi...
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Come to do your PhD at @morayhouse.bsky.social and benefit from our wide range of sessions to develop your academic skills #phd #edinburgh
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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What a way to end the semester, 224 of our MAPE students came together for their annual Christmas Ceilidh and danced the night away. Thanks to MAPE EdBudds for pulling this and our other events together this semester #EdBudds @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social @uoe-pe.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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📣 Second Language Teacher Education (SLTED) 2026 Conference
"Curriculum change in second language teacher education: Dynamics, flexibility, and transgression"
9 -11 September, 2026. Edinburgh, UK
CfP Deadline: 2 March, 2026
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December 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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#ochemistree #chemistree by this year’s @morayhouse.bsky.social #PGDEchem students! @drjohnodonoghue.bsky.social Merry Christmas 🎄!!
December 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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🌟We are incredibly proud to announce that Dr William C. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education and Development and Director of Internationalisation, is one of three newly appointed pro bono Non-Executive Directors to the UK National Commission for UNESCO.

🔎Find out more: edin.ac/4pliwlO
Empowering education and development: Dr William Smith appointed to new role to the UK National Commission for UNESCO | Moray House School of Education and Sport | Moray House School of Education and ...
We are incredibly proud to announce that Dr William Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education and Development and Director of Internationalisation, is one of three newly appointed pro bono Non-Executive Dir...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Huge thanks to our University support services, local partners, & all the students who joined the MHSES Wellbeing Pop-Up! A brilliant collaboration with the Student Wellbeing Service — from wellbeing chats to festive safety tips and creative fun. A great reminder that support is always here for you.
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🎉Exciting news in injury-prevention research in women's sport today as the Female Athlete Injury Prevention (FAIR) Consensus is released. @debbiepalmeroly.bsky.social, from Moray House, served as one of the 25 international steering group experts.

➡️ Read more: edin.ac/49Umjlw
Strengthening injury prevention research in women's sport | Moray House School of Education and Sport | Moray House School of Education and Sport
The FAIR Consensus was released today, addressing the gap in injury-prevention research for female, woman, and girl athletes.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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🌟 Join Us Today for the MHSES Wellbeing Pop-Up! 🌟
Open to all UG, PGT & PGR MHSES students — staff welcome too!

Take a break from winter pressure and drop into our interactive wellbeing space, inspired by the Five Ways to Wellbeing.

Full details on the MHSES Students Hub.
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Last month the Scottish Centre of Olympic Research & Education (SCORE) hosted Judith McCleary, CEO of JudoScotland. She shared valuable insights on governance in Scottish sport, the changes made under her leadership, & ongoing challenges. Staff & students from ISPEHS joined for a great discussion.
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Great week delivering the ISAK Level 1 course for MSc Strength & Conditioning, MSc Dance Science, UoE staff & partners. Huge thanks to Marianne Hayward for leading, & well done to all who took part! Applications for the MSc Strength & Conditioning (2026/27) open: study.ed.ac.uk/programmes/p...
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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We had such a wonderful time celebrating the achievements of our most recent @morayhouse.bsky.social MSc Education - Child and Adolescent Psychology graduates this week 🎉 Congratulations all! Always a delight to see the students return and meet those who supported them on their academic journey 🥂
5 members of the Developmental Psychology in Education team [JS, SF, LH, SM, TS]
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Had an amazing morning at Lochgelly High School’s sports, health and physical activity careers fair! It was lovely getting to speak to the students about their future aspirations and hopefully inspire the next generation of P.E teachers ✨👩‍🏫🏅 @uoe-pe.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The last day of the taught semester, and that's a wrap for our MAPE Year 1 students, and they were in good voice. Our final lecture on #H&WB1 and into the exam diet. Make sure you take a break over the winter holidays @uoe-pe.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM