Brianna L. Kennedy
@profbriannakennedy.bsky.social
Professor of Education, University of Glasgow
Joint Director, Center for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS)
Teaching for Belonging | Transformative Change | Educator Professional Learning | Marginalized Student Experiences | Theory-Methods
Joint Director, Center for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS)
Teaching for Belonging | Transformative Change | Educator Professional Learning | Marginalized Student Experiences | Theory-Methods
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Thank you Victoria Rawlings for an excellent, engaging seminar:
“Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality, through co-research with teachers, students and leaders”
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“Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality, through co-research with teachers, students and leaders”
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Our fourth seminar in the #CenTCS #SeminarSeries was led by Dr Victoria Rawlings, from the University of Sydney. An engaging and wholly relevant session, that encouraged reflection on engaged pedagogi...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thank you Victoria Rawlings for an excellent, engaging seminar:
“Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality, through co-research with teachers, students and leaders”
@profbriannakennedy.bsky.social
@profaileenk.bsky.social
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
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“Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality, through co-research with teachers, students and leaders”
@profbriannakennedy.bsky.social
@profaileenk.bsky.social
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...
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📣 Happy 7th birthday to #Sam, our wonderful #CenTCS mascot and greatest follower! 🥳 @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📣 Happy 7th birthday to #Sam, our wonderful #CenTCS mascot and greatest follower! 🥳 @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
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Our joint director #CenTCS @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social presenting at @ecer-eera.bsky.social in Belgrade.
“Navigating Researcher Roles and Challenges in a School-Level Research-Practice Partnership”
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“Navigating Researcher Roles and Challenges in a School-Level Research-Practice Partnership”
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“Navigating Researcher Roles and Challenges in a School-Level Research-Practice Partnership”
Our #CenTCS joint director Brianna L. Kennedy presenting her research at the EERA European Educational Res...
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September 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Our joint director #CenTCS @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social presenting at @ecer-eera.bsky.social in Belgrade.
“Navigating Researcher Roles and Challenges in a School-Level Research-Practice Partnership”
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“Navigating Researcher Roles and Challenges in a School-Level Research-Practice Partnership”
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A fabulous whole centre #CenTCS meeting this afternoon where we revisited collaborative actions, Key 15 grant writing, and our research priorities derived from #NominalGroupTechnique Exciting times ahead, guided by our research compass! @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A fabulous whole centre #CenTCS meeting this afternoon where we revisited collaborative actions, Key 15 grant writing, and our research priorities derived from #NominalGroupTechnique Exciting times ahead, guided by our research compass! @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social
What a privilege to be able to launch the series. Slides coming soon to the @centcs.bsky.social website.
Welcome to our #CenTCS seminar series! Our joint director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social leads the first seminar:
“Rethinking Research for Transformative Change: From Big Questions to Bold Futures”
Thank you to all colleagues @uofgsocsci.bsky.social and beyond who engaged in the seminar.
“Rethinking Research for Transformative Change: From Big Questions to Bold Futures”
Thank you to all colleagues @uofgsocsci.bsky.social and beyond who engaged in the seminar.
September 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What a privilege to be able to launch the series. Slides coming soon to the @centcs.bsky.social website.
Congratulations to Fellow @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social in this accomplishment!
📣 Congratulations to #CenTCS #Fellow @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social on winning the award for “Outstanding Contribution to Anti-Racist Practice in Classroom” last night at #SAMEEAwards2025 @s4mee.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @cbocomms.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social #AntiRacist
Honoured to receive this award on behalf of colleagues I have the privilege of working with and teaching, and those who support, inspire and challenge us in our #AntiRacist work. @drannlopez.bsky.social @khadijamohammed.bsky.social @dennisafrancis.bsky.social and more… Thank you ❤️ @s4mee.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Congratulations to Fellow @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social in this accomplishment!
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📣 Joint Director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social & Fellows @drlaurenboath.bsky.social, Kevin Lowden & Stuart Hall will be presenting their paper:
« Teacher Sense-Making of an Approach to Develop Competencies for Addressing Problems of Practice »
at @icsei.bsky.social 2026 conference in Doha 👏👏
« Teacher Sense-Making of an Approach to Develop Competencies for Addressing Problems of Practice »
at @icsei.bsky.social 2026 conference in Doha 👏👏
August 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📣 Joint Director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social & Fellows @drlaurenboath.bsky.social, Kevin Lowden & Stuart Hall will be presenting their paper:
« Teacher Sense-Making of an Approach to Develop Competencies for Addressing Problems of Practice »
at @icsei.bsky.social 2026 conference in Doha 👏👏
« Teacher Sense-Making of an Approach to Develop Competencies for Addressing Problems of Practice »
at @icsei.bsky.social 2026 conference in Doha 👏👏
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Our joint #CenTCS director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social is in #Australia develop the collaboration between #CenTCS and the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre #TTRC, with Profs Jenny Gore and Drew Miller www.newcastle.edu.au/research/cen... 🏴🇦🇺
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July 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our joint #CenTCS director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social is in #Australia develop the collaboration between #CenTCS and the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre #TTRC, with Profs Jenny Gore and Drew Miller www.newcastle.edu.au/research/cen... 🏴🇦🇺
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Our #CenTCS joint-director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social was privileged to see Quality Teaching Rounds in action at a workshop from www.newcastle.edu.au/research/cen... advisor Rob Barter. We look forward to seeing how our #CenTCS collaborations with #TTRC may develop. 🏴🇦🇺 @profaileenk.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Our #CenTCS joint-director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social was privileged to see Quality Teaching Rounds in action at a workshop from www.newcastle.edu.au/research/cen... advisor Rob Barter. We look forward to seeing how our #CenTCS collaborations with #TTRC may develop. 🏴🇦🇺 @profaileenk.bsky.social
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It has been wonderful to connect with colleagues across the world at #ISATT2025 @isatt2025.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social
Please see our #CenTCS #Research compass:
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Please see our #CenTCS #Research compass:
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Please join our mailing list:
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July 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It has been wonderful to connect with colleagues across the world at #ISATT2025 @isatt2025.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social
Please see our #CenTCS #Research compass:
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Please see our #CenTCS #Research compass:
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Please join our mailing list:
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Fabulous representation from our #CenTCS team at @isatt2025.bsky.social next week! #ISATT2025 @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Fabulous representation from our #CenTCS team at @isatt2025.bsky.social next week! #ISATT2025 @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social
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Our joint directors @profaileenk.bsky.social and @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social are excited about the year ahead, in partnership with #Fellows, #Associates, #Affiliates, #Advisors and all #CenTCS partners across the world. @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgvc.bsky.social 🏴🌍
June 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our joint directors @profaileenk.bsky.social and @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social are excited about the year ahead, in partnership with #Fellows, #Associates, #Affiliates, #Advisors and all #CenTCS partners across the world. @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgvc.bsky.social 🏴🌍
I have also loved this work so far @profaileenk.bsky.social and am looking forward to next steps!
What a year! I have loved working with #CenTCS Joint Director, @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social, and our marvellous #Fellows, #Associates and #Affiliates to lay the groundwork for this next phase of the Centre. Now to take our Research Compass and use it to guide some exciting new research…
#CenTCS #Research #Compass
We are delighted to launch the Research Compass for our evolving #CenTCS Research Agenda. Please see our Research Compass here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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We are delighted to launch the Research Compass for our evolving #CenTCS Research Agenda. Please see our Research Compass here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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June 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I have also loved this work so far @profaileenk.bsky.social and am looking forward to next steps!
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Eid al-Adha Mubarak to all
Muslim colleagues and your families across our #CenTCS community and beyond 🌙 ✨ @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social #EidMubarak #EidAlAdha
Muslim colleagues and your families across our #CenTCS community and beyond 🌙 ✨ @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social #EidMubarak #EidAlAdha
June 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Eid al-Adha Mubarak to all
Muslim colleagues and your families across our #CenTCS community and beyond 🌙 ✨ @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social #EidMubarak #EidAlAdha
Muslim colleagues and your families across our #CenTCS community and beyond 🌙 ✨ @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social #EidMubarak #EidAlAdha
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#CenTCS Joint Director @profaileenk.bsky.social gave a keynote presentation at yesterday's #EducationScotland 'Leading Professional Learning' programme exchange event. Celebrating the learning of over 100 educators in the first cohort. #LeadingLearning for transformative change in schools.
May 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#CenTCS Joint Director @profaileenk.bsky.social gave a keynote presentation at yesterday's #EducationScotland 'Leading Professional Learning' programme exchange event. Celebrating the learning of over 100 educators in the first cohort. #LeadingLearning for transformative change in schools.
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Joint #CenTCS Director, @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social led a staff workshop at a Glasgow school today about developing & sustaining an active classroom where all students engage in critical thinking & deep learning. Learn more in Professor Kennedy’s latest book:
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May 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Joint #CenTCS Director, @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social led a staff workshop at a Glasgow school today about developing & sustaining an active classroom where all students engage in critical thinking & deep learning. Learn more in Professor Kennedy’s latest book:
www.routledge.com/Frame-Shifti...
www.routledge.com/Frame-Shifti...
Engaging with the students in organizing this event and learning from Mary Cowhey was such a pleasure!
Joint #CenTCS Director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social & #ITE students proudly co-facilitated an event with the wonderful Mary Cowhey, author of Black Ants and Buddhists. The students planned and organised the event and did a fantastic job! Thank you all for your support! @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Engaging with the students in organizing this event and learning from Mary Cowhey was such a pleasure!
Thank you, Meagan Call-Cummings, for sharing your work with us!
What a fabulous start to our #CenTCS Seminars with Dr Meagan Call-Cummings from Johns Hopkins University sharing Research and Results from a Mixed-Methods Study by the Youth Research Council. We look forward to further collaboration around this innovative project. @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Thank you, Meagan Call-Cummings, for sharing your work with us!
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Project Two: How Teachers’ Engagement in Research Activities Develops Their Knowledge and Shapes Their Pedagogical Decisions, supervised by @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social and @ioz100.bsky.social 🧵 3/3
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May 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Project Two: How Teachers’ Engagement in Research Activities Develops Their Knowledge and Shapes Their Pedagogical Decisions, supervised by @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social and @ioz100.bsky.social 🧵 3/3
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Project One: Accounting for Teacher Learning at Scale, supervised by @profaileenk.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Proudfoot:
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@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🧵 2/3
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May 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Project One: Accounting for Teacher Learning at Scale, supervised by @profaileenk.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Proudfoot:
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🧵 2/3
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📣 We have two PhD projects related to the mission and vision of #CenTCS, funded by @uofgsocsci.bsky.social Application information can be found on the links below and are due by June 6, 2025 for a starting date of October, 2025. Funded PhD projects are typically completed in three years 🧵 1/3
May 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
📣 We have two PhD projects related to the mission and vision of #CenTCS, funded by @uofgsocsci.bsky.social Application information can be found on the links below and are due by June 6, 2025 for a starting date of October, 2025. Funded PhD projects are typically completed in three years 🧵 1/3
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Congratulations to our #CenTCS Fellow Dr Ismail Özgür Zembat @ioz100.bsky.social who is now the Director of PostGraduate Research for @uofglasgow.bsky.social School of Education. What an achievement! @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congratulations to our #CenTCS Fellow Dr Ismail Özgür Zembat @ioz100.bsky.social who is now the Director of PostGraduate Research for @uofglasgow.bsky.social School of Education. What an achievement! @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social
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We are excited to be progressing our #CenTCS #Research with #Directors, #Fellows and #Associates through thematic analysis of the Nominal Group Technique #NGT to develop our research agenda. @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
#Content #Process #Product
#Content #Process #Product
April 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We are excited to be progressing our #CenTCS #Research with #Directors, #Fellows and #Associates through thematic analysis of the Nominal Group Technique #NGT to develop our research agenda. @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
#Content #Process #Product
#Content #Process #Product
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Pullias Center director @akezar.bsky.social and colleague Susan Elrod share their guidance on how #highered leaders can chart a strategic path through the current chaos by using the Change Leadership Toolkit. Read more in this @insidehighered.com article:
@uscrossier.bsky.social
@uscrossier.bsky.social
Career Advice | Keep Calm and Carry On
Higher ed leaders need to carefully consider their unique contexts in charting a path through the current chaos, Susan Elrod and Adrianna Kezar write. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4201U90
Higher ed leaders need to carefully consider their unique contexts in charting a path through the current chaos, Susan Elrod and Adrianna Kezar write. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4201U90
How Leaders Can Chart a Path Through the Chaos (opinion)
Higher ed leaders need to carefully consider their unique contexts in charting a path through the current chaos, Susan Elrod and Adrianna Kezar write.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Pullias Center director @akezar.bsky.social and colleague Susan Elrod share their guidance on how #highered leaders can chart a strategic path through the current chaos by using the Change Leadership Toolkit. Read more in this @insidehighered.com article:
@uscrossier.bsky.social
@uscrossier.bsky.social
We had great fun consolidating our learning from our relaunch events and focusing on our next steps as a centre. Stay tuned!
A fabulous afternoon with #CenTCS #Directors, #Fellows and #Associates using Nominal Group Technique #NGT to support the development of the #CenTCS research agenda @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
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April 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We had great fun consolidating our learning from our relaunch events and focusing on our next steps as a centre. Stay tuned!