Amy Hanna
@amyhanna.bsky.social
Lecturer in Children’s Studies, University of Galway
Children’s Rights | Participation | Silence
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Amy Hanna
@amyhanna.bsky.social
· Jul 13
The follow up article for this project funded by AsIAm (Ireland’s Autism Charity) - a systematic review of human rights tensions and conflicts regarding school discipline - is now published in IJEDRO.
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Really interesting report about how “no nonsense” behaviour policies discriminate against children with additional needs.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Really interesting report about how “no nonsense” behaviour policies discriminate against children with additional needs.
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The follow up article for this project funded by AsIAm (Ireland’s Autism Charity) - a systematic review of human rights tensions and conflicts regarding school discipline - is now published in IJEDRO.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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July 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The follow up article for this project funded by AsIAm (Ireland’s Autism Charity) - a systematic review of human rights tensions and conflicts regarding school discipline - is now published in IJEDRO.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Ever pondered how, or even if, school discipline policies can be #childrights compliant? I took a closer look at the situation for Autistic students in the Irish education context, generously funded by AsIAm. Check out the article here:
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The Administration of School Discipline in a Manner Consistent With Children’s Human Rights: A Rights-Based Analysis of School Codes of Behaviour in Ireland for Autistic Students
Abstract. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) obliges States Parties to administer school discipline consistently with children’
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July 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Ever pondered how, or even if, school discipline policies can be #childrights compliant? I took a closer look at the situation for Autistic students in the Irish education context, generously funded by AsIAm. Check out the article here:
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New editorial from @jtodres.bsky.social explains the need for, and implications of, the proposed new optional protocol to the CRC on the right to education. He also poses important questions for #ChildRights scholars & researchers. In the Int'l Journal of Children's Rights: brill.com/view/journal...
June 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
New editorial from @jtodres.bsky.social explains the need for, and implications of, the proposed new optional protocol to the CRC on the right to education. He also poses important questions for #ChildRights scholars & researchers. In the Int'l Journal of Children's Rights: brill.com/view/journal...
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Our brand new paper, led by our incredible PhD student Emmie, has just been published: 'Neuro-Normative Epistemic Injustice – Consequences for the UK Education Crisis and School Anxiety'.
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Neuro-Normative Epistemic
Injustice – Consequences for the UK Education Crisis and School Anxiety - Emmie Fisher, Keren MacLennan, Sinéad Mullally, Jacqui Rodgers, 2025
The UK education system is failing to meet needs, leading to an attendance and school anxiety crisis. However, the system faults those disproportionately and mo...
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June 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Our brand new paper, led by our incredible PhD student Emmie, has just been published: 'Neuro-Normative Epistemic Injustice – Consequences for the UK Education Crisis and School Anxiety'.
@bathcaar.bsky.social @psychologybath.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social
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@bathcaar.bsky.social @psychologybath.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social
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This is my sister. Really horrible to see her with a bruised face when she was protecting the public. Needless to say she was always much braver than me 😜
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Officer recalls being knocked unconscious as she restrained man in west Belfast
A police officer has recalled being punched so hard to the head that she lost consciousness at an event in west Belfast.
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June 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is my sister. Really horrible to see her with a bruised face when she was protecting the public. Needless to say she was always much braver than me 😜
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This has absolutely made my week 🦷 #ToothFairy
"I was eating Cheerios and then bye bye tooth"
- my son, to government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- my son, to government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
March 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This has absolutely made my week 🦷 #ToothFairy
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I am absolutely delighted to share that my article on Tackling Ignorance about Law in Human Rights Education has just been published open access @berj-2025.bsky.social. Looking forward to feedback 🙏
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Tackling ignorance about law in human rights education
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February 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I am absolutely delighted to share that my article on Tackling Ignorance about Law in Human Rights Education has just been published open access @berj-2025.bsky.social. Looking forward to feedback 🙏
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🔔New ARK Research Update🔔
The latest Research Update explores understandings, perceptions and feelings of respect in Northern Ireland
Read here ➡️ www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/sites/de...
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The latest Research Update explores understandings, perceptions and feelings of respect in Northern Ireland
Read here ➡️ www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/sites/de...
@siobhanmc74.bsky.social @profbronaghbyrne.bsky.social @mlcorr.bsky.social @amyhanna.bsky.social @gailneill.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🔔New ARK Research Update🔔
The latest Research Update explores understandings, perceptions and feelings of respect in Northern Ireland
Read here ➡️ www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/sites/de...
@siobhanmc74.bsky.social @profbronaghbyrne.bsky.social @mlcorr.bsky.social @amyhanna.bsky.social @gailneill.bsky.social
The latest Research Update explores understandings, perceptions and feelings of respect in Northern Ireland
Read here ➡️ www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/sites/de...
@siobhanmc74.bsky.social @profbronaghbyrne.bsky.social @mlcorr.bsky.social @amyhanna.bsky.social @gailneill.bsky.social
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A new PhD opportunity just landed with our good friends @childrensrightsqub.bsky.social who we've been working with alongside @savethechildrenni.bsky.social to understand the impact of #SocialSecurity on children's experiences of poverty. It's time to hear from children themselves:
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https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/funding-scholarships/ahss/SchoolofSocialSciencesEducationandSocialWork/Developingachild-informedmeasureofchildpoverty.html#overview
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February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A new PhD opportunity just landed with our good friends @childrensrightsqub.bsky.social who we've been working with alongside @savethechildrenni.bsky.social to understand the impact of #SocialSecurity on children's experiences of poverty. It's time to hear from children themselves:
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ICYMI!
The first legal case under the UNCRC Act has been decided!
The High Court in Edinburgh ruled that the Lord Advocate’s power to prosecute children falls within the scope of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024
Read our article here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
The first legal case under the UNCRC Act has been decided!
The High Court in Edinburgh ruled that the Lord Advocate’s power to prosecute children falls within the scope of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024
Read our article here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
First legal case decided under UNCRC Act
Together is an alliance of Scottish children's charities that works to improve the awareness, understanding and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
We ...
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January 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
ICYMI!
The first legal case under the UNCRC Act has been decided!
The High Court in Edinburgh ruled that the Lord Advocate’s power to prosecute children falls within the scope of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024
Read our article here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
The first legal case under the UNCRC Act has been decided!
The High Court in Edinburgh ruled that the Lord Advocate’s power to prosecute children falls within the scope of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024
Read our article here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...
A fantastic paper on children’s rights and early years in Rwanda. Not everyday we put ‘human rights’ and ‘emotions’ in the same sentence!
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Emotions and human rights education in early childhood: insights from young children in Rwanda
Human rights education in early childhood should be relevant to children’s experiences, however there is a tendency to avoid the subject. This paper draws from a participatory study undertaken in R...
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January 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A fantastic paper on children’s rights and early years in Rwanda. Not everyday we put ‘human rights’ and ‘emotions’ in the same sentence!
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Slightly nervous about publicising my adventures into the poetry of our national treasure during summer 2024, but this is a paper I really enjoyed writing
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‘Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences’: a conceptual framework for silence as a medium for power in the Arts | Hanna | Journal of Silence Studies in Education
‘Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences’: a conceptual framework for silence as a medium for power in the Arts
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January 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Slightly nervous about publicising my adventures into the poetry of our national treasure during summer 2024, but this is a paper I really enjoyed writing
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Launch of important youth developed resource on how professionals can engage with children and young people who experience domestic abuse @womensaidni.bsky.social #16daysofactivism
December 3, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Launch of important youth developed resource on how professionals can engage with children and young people who experience domestic abuse @womensaidni.bsky.social #16daysofactivism
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We are looking forward to engaging with everyone on all things #ChildrensRights here. Check out our webpage and courses here www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...
Centre for Children's Rights | Queen's University Belfast
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December 2, 2024 at 4:19 PM
We are looking forward to engaging with everyone on all things #ChildrensRights here. Check out our webpage and courses here www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...
Tackling the myth, with young activists, that children are not representative - new open access article
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October 29, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Tackling the myth, with young activists, that children are not representative - new open access article
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October 17, 2024 at 12:35 PM
A privilege to present research examining the rights compliance of Irish codes of behaviour at AsIAm: Irelands Autism Charity today in Dublin. Full report available here: asiam.ie/news/asiam-p...
As I Am | News | AsIAm publishes report on discriminatory codes of behaviour towards Autistic school children
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October 9, 2024 at 5:40 PM
A privilege to present research examining the rights compliance of Irish codes of behaviour at AsIAm: Irelands Autism Charity today in Dublin. Full report available here: asiam.ie/news/asiam-p...