Eemer Eivers
@eemereivers.bsky.social
Research consultant | Interests: equity, evaluation, education, early school leaving (fond of the letter E!), anything Wexford.
Thrilled to announce the 10 finalists in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social #Bloomsday young writer competition.
Caterina's entry was the judges' fav:
museumofchildhood.ie/sarjena/
And she's still in primary school! Wow.
She just pipped ... 1/2
Caterina's entry was the judges' fav:
museumofchildhood.ie/sarjena/
And she's still in primary school! Wow.
She just pipped ... 1/2
June 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Thrilled to announce the 10 finalists in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social #Bloomsday young writer competition.
Caterina's entry was the judges' fav:
museumofchildhood.ie/sarjena/
And she's still in primary school! Wow.
She just pipped ... 1/2
Caterina's entry was the judges' fav:
museumofchildhood.ie/sarjena/
And she's still in primary school! Wow.
She just pipped ... 1/2
Rare to write about bloomers, cycling, sexism & State Exams in one article! Blog on the almost total absence of teen girls cycling to school, why it matters & what we must do.
🔗 museumofchildhood.ie/where-are-th...
#cycling #school #SpeirGorm
@dublincycling.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
🔗 museumofchildhood.ie/where-are-th...
#cycling #school #SpeirGorm
@dublincycling.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Rare to write about bloomers, cycling, sexism & State Exams in one article! Blog on the almost total absence of teen girls cycling to school, why it matters & what we must do.
🔗 museumofchildhood.ie/where-are-th...
#cycling #school #SpeirGorm
@dublincycling.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
🔗 museumofchildhood.ie/where-are-th...
#cycling #school #SpeirGorm
@dublincycling.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social
The Irish summer is a no-show, so channeling a bit of Greece to cheer me up. Homemade Freddo Espresso, the coffee of the Gods! Not a bad effort for an ιρλανδέζα but it doesn’t taste the same in the rain.☔️ ☹️
June 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Irish summer is a no-show, so channeling a bit of Greece to cheer me up. Homemade Freddo Espresso, the coffee of the Gods! Not a bad effort for an ιρλανδέζα but it doesn’t taste the same in the rain.☔️ ☹️
Our @museumofchildhood.bsky.social blog for #Bloomsday!
A chance encounter with a Joyce book in a dusty Indian library changed Jinan Ashraf's life forever. Her journey from Kerala to @nlireland.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social
#JamesJoyce #BooksChangeLives
museumofchildhood.ie/reading-joyce/
A chance encounter with a Joyce book in a dusty Indian library changed Jinan Ashraf's life forever. Her journey from Kerala to @nlireland.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social
#JamesJoyce #BooksChangeLives
museumofchildhood.ie/reading-joyce/
June 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Our @museumofchildhood.bsky.social blog for #Bloomsday!
A chance encounter with a Joyce book in a dusty Indian library changed Jinan Ashraf's life forever. Her journey from Kerala to @nlireland.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social
#JamesJoyce #BooksChangeLives
museumofchildhood.ie/reading-joyce/
A chance encounter with a Joyce book in a dusty Indian library changed Jinan Ashraf's life forever. Her journey from Kerala to @nlireland.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social
#JamesJoyce #BooksChangeLives
museumofchildhood.ie/reading-joyce/
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A busy Education team in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social. After prelim scoring, we had an *8-way* tie for the last place to get through to the final round of our Bloomsday Writing Competition! Cue a second round of ratings. We are wrecked!😅
#Joyce #Writing #YoungAuthor #Bloomsday
A busy Education team in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social. After prelim scoring, we had an *8-way* tie for the last place to get through to the final round of our Bloomsday Writing Competition! Cue a second round of ratings. We are wrecked!😅
#Joyce #Writing #YoungAuthor #Bloomsday
June 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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A busy Education team in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social. After prelim scoring, we had an *8-way* tie for the last place to get through to the final round of our Bloomsday Writing Competition! Cue a second round of ratings. We are wrecked!😅
#Joyce #Writing #YoungAuthor #Bloomsday
A busy Education team in @museumofchildhood.bsky.social. After prelim scoring, we had an *8-way* tie for the last place to get through to the final round of our Bloomsday Writing Competition! Cue a second round of ratings. We are wrecked!😅
#Joyce #Writing #YoungAuthor #Bloomsday
Finally sharing pics of @childrensbooksireland.ie Reading for Joy Forum. It highlighted some good work in Ireland to support reading. ANNDD I'd a keynote on the Reading Communities evaluation (great to get a physical copy of the report!). Between MOLI, enthusiastic readers & sunshine, a great day!
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Finally sharing pics of @childrensbooksireland.ie Reading for Joy Forum. It highlighted some good work in Ireland to support reading. ANNDD I'd a keynote on the Reading Communities evaluation (great to get a physical copy of the report!). Between MOLI, enthusiastic readers & sunshine, a great day!
For National Childhood Services Week
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social are hosting a read-along & draw-along with Tarsila Kruse.
🔗 tinyurl.com/5a8z9369
Access it any time, all you need is a Little One & something to draw on. Prepare to feel happy!
#CSW25 #Reading #ShapingYourDreams
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social are hosting a read-along & draw-along with Tarsila Kruse.
🔗 tinyurl.com/5a8z9369
Access it any time, all you need is a Little One & something to draw on. Prepare to feel happy!
#CSW25 #Reading #ShapingYourDreams
May 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
For National Childhood Services Week
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social are hosting a read-along & draw-along with Tarsila Kruse.
🔗 tinyurl.com/5a8z9369
Access it any time, all you need is a Little One & something to draw on. Prepare to feel happy!
#CSW25 #Reading #ShapingYourDreams
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social are hosting a read-along & draw-along with Tarsila Kruse.
🔗 tinyurl.com/5a8z9369
Access it any time, all you need is a Little One & something to draw on. Prepare to feel happy!
#CSW25 #Reading #ShapingYourDreams
My "Every Child a Reader" evaluation is out! When schools get 1,000 books & a Champion of Reading:
➡️ Changes in pupil behaviour, teacher attitudes
I discuss how we must:
➡️ support primary school libraries
➡️ address lingering FX of lockdown on some pupils
childrensbooksireland.ie/sites/defaul...
➡️ Changes in pupil behaviour, teacher attitudes
I discuss how we must:
➡️ support primary school libraries
➡️ address lingering FX of lockdown on some pupils
childrensbooksireland.ie/sites/defaul...
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My "Every Child a Reader" evaluation is out! When schools get 1,000 books & a Champion of Reading:
➡️ Changes in pupil behaviour, teacher attitudes
I discuss how we must:
➡️ support primary school libraries
➡️ address lingering FX of lockdown on some pupils
childrensbooksireland.ie/sites/defaul...
➡️ Changes in pupil behaviour, teacher attitudes
I discuss how we must:
➡️ support primary school libraries
➡️ address lingering FX of lockdown on some pupils
childrensbooksireland.ie/sites/defaul...
Nice to be in today’s Sunday Business Post. My thoughts on importing Trumpugee academics. Our gov’t might first try to properly fund the sector, offer a decent living wage & career path for PhDs & post-docs. Post-docs are leaving research because of terrible pay & conditions. #speirgorm
May 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Nice to be in today’s Sunday Business Post. My thoughts on importing Trumpugee academics. Our gov’t might first try to properly fund the sector, offer a decent living wage & career path for PhDs & post-docs. Post-docs are leaving research because of terrible pay & conditions. #speirgorm
🚨**Deadline Extended***
By request, we’re adding a week to our Bloomsday competition. Deadline extended to Friday May 23, high noon! Please share. #reading #writing #Bloomsday #speirgorm #edusky
By request, we’re adding a week to our Bloomsday competition. Deadline extended to Friday May 23, high noon! Please share. #reading #writing #Bloomsday #speirgorm #edusky
May 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🚨**Deadline Extended***
By request, we’re adding a week to our Bloomsday competition. Deadline extended to Friday May 23, high noon! Please share. #reading #writing #Bloomsday #speirgorm #edusky
By request, we’re adding a week to our Bloomsday competition. Deadline extended to Friday May 23, high noon! Please share. #reading #writing #Bloomsday #speirgorm #edusky
Our Bloomsday writing competition would be impossible without our sponsors & their AMAZING prizes.
Huge thanks to:
@glasnevincemetery.bsky.social
@marshslibrary.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@futafata.bsky.social
@childrensbooksireland.ie & Gill Books
Deadline Friday, so get writing!
Huge thanks to:
@glasnevincemetery.bsky.social
@marshslibrary.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@futafata.bsky.social
@childrensbooksireland.ie & Gill Books
Deadline Friday, so get writing!
May 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our Bloomsday writing competition would be impossible without our sponsors & their AMAZING prizes.
Huge thanks to:
@glasnevincemetery.bsky.social
@marshslibrary.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@futafata.bsky.social
@childrensbooksireland.ie & Gill Books
Deadline Friday, so get writing!
Huge thanks to:
@glasnevincemetery.bsky.social
@marshslibrary.bsky.social
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
@futafata.bsky.social
@childrensbooksireland.ie & Gill Books
Deadline Friday, so get writing!
Looking forward to this! Giving a keynote on my 3-year evaluation of @childrensbooksireland.ie's "Every Child a Reader", funded by the Late Late Toy Show Appeal. Myself,
@pforde123.bsky.social & Dr Debbie Thomas (OU) talk about reading in the gorgeous MOLI. #reading #literacy #edusky #speirgorm
@pforde123.bsky.social & Dr Debbie Thomas (OU) talk about reading in the gorgeous MOLI. #reading #literacy #edusky #speirgorm
May 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Looking forward to this! Giving a keynote on my 3-year evaluation of @childrensbooksireland.ie's "Every Child a Reader", funded by the Late Late Toy Show Appeal. Myself,
@pforde123.bsky.social & Dr Debbie Thomas (OU) talk about reading in the gorgeous MOLI. #reading #literacy #edusky #speirgorm
@pforde123.bsky.social & Dr Debbie Thomas (OU) talk about reading in the gorgeous MOLI. #reading #literacy #edusky #speirgorm
Meet the fab judges for @museumofchildhood.bsky.social Young Author Comp. Teachers, parents, pls
share with budding authors. Great prizes for writers & school. #speirgorm #edusky
See: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025…
@inotenews.bsky.social. @patjburke.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social
share with budding authors. Great prizes for writers & school. #speirgorm #edusky
See: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025…
@inotenews.bsky.social. @patjburke.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Meet the fab judges for @museumofchildhood.bsky.social Young Author Comp. Teachers, parents, pls
share with budding authors. Great prizes for writers & school. #speirgorm #edusky
See: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025…
@inotenews.bsky.social. @patjburke.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social
share with budding authors. Great prizes for writers & school. #speirgorm #edusky
See: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025…
@inotenews.bsky.social. @patjburke.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social
Parents, stuck for Easter holiday activities?
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social & @marshslibrary.bsky.social writing competition is for writers under 18. Fab prizes & an awards event. Scan QR code for details & starter ideas.
#reading #speirgorm
@bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social @rickoshea.bsky.social
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social & @marshslibrary.bsky.social writing competition is for writers under 18. Fab prizes & an awards event. Scan QR code for details & starter ideas.
#reading #speirgorm
@bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social @rickoshea.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Parents, stuck for Easter holiday activities?
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social & @marshslibrary.bsky.social writing competition is for writers under 18. Fab prizes & an awards event. Scan QR code for details & starter ideas.
#reading #speirgorm
@bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social @rickoshea.bsky.social
@museumofchildhood.bsky.social & @marshslibrary.bsky.social writing competition is for writers under 18. Fab prizes & an awards event. Scan QR code for details & starter ideas.
#reading #speirgorm
@bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social @rickoshea.bsky.social
Looking forward to tonight’s presentation on employer involvement in skills development, by @roryosullivan23.bsky.social
#FET #VET #Edusky #SpeirGorm
#FET #VET #Edusky #SpeirGorm
April 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Looking forward to tonight’s presentation on employer involvement in skills development, by @roryosullivan23.bsky.social
#FET #VET #Edusky #SpeirGorm
#FET #VET #Edusky #SpeirGorm
File under every day is a school day… First time to make pesto from wild garlic (aka ramps/ramsoms/cowleeks). Worth the effort. Nothing tastes as good as FREE 😁 👍 #SpeirGorm #IrishFood
April 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
File under every day is a school day… First time to make pesto from wild garlic (aka ramps/ramsoms/cowleeks). Worth the effort. Nothing tastes as good as FREE 😁 👍 #SpeirGorm #IrishFood
At the Children’s Rights Alliance conference on online safety and it’s my first time in Royal College of Physicians. Lovely building and what a beautiful library 📚 🤩 #ChildrensRights #Reading
April 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
At the Children’s Rights Alliance conference on online safety and it’s my first time in Royal College of Physicians. Lovely building and what a beautiful library 📚 🤩 #ChildrensRights #Reading
🚨The @museumofchildhood.bsky.social & @marshslibrary.bsky.social Bloomsday Young Author competition is now live!
✍️If you know a young writer (under 18), scan the poster's QR code for details.
🏆 Fab Prizes for primary & second level.
#spéirgorm #Edchatie #BloomsdayFestival #writing
Please share!
✍️If you know a young writer (under 18), scan the poster's QR code for details.
🏆 Fab Prizes for primary & second level.
#spéirgorm #Edchatie #BloomsdayFestival #writing
Please share!
April 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨The @museumofchildhood.bsky.social & @marshslibrary.bsky.social Bloomsday Young Author competition is now live!
✍️If you know a young writer (under 18), scan the poster's QR code for details.
🏆 Fab Prizes for primary & second level.
#spéirgorm #Edchatie #BloomsdayFestival #writing
Please share!
✍️If you know a young writer (under 18), scan the poster's QR code for details.
🏆 Fab Prizes for primary & second level.
#spéirgorm #Edchatie #BloomsdayFestival #writing
Please share!
Developers and their profits define policy in Ireland. Leaving estates in a half-finished mess is a feature, not a bug, of their model. The sight of this, tonight in the Phoenix Park, has removed my last scrap of optimism.
April 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Developers and their profits define policy in Ireland. Leaving estates in a half-finished mess is a feature, not a bug, of their model. The sight of this, tonight in the Phoenix Park, has removed my last scrap of optimism.
If you wanted a single picture to sum up all that ails Ireland, this is it. Homeless person’s tent beside the gates to Áras an Uachtaráin. Pomp & penury side by side. #HowIrelandWorks #Homelessness
April 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you wanted a single picture to sum up all that ails Ireland, this is it. Homeless person’s tent beside the gates to Áras an Uachtaráin. Pomp & penury side by side. #HowIrelandWorks #Homelessness
As plans for a new DEIS+ are finally announced, I’m clearing out my office & find this! BTC was the very first integrated initiative to tackle ed. disadvantage. Lessons from it led to Giving Children an Even Break, which in turn informed DEIS. The cycle continues, hopefully improving. #edchatie
March 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
As plans for a new DEIS+ are finally announced, I’m clearing out my office & find this! BTC was the very first integrated initiative to tackle ed. disadvantage. Lessons from it led to Giving Children an Even Break, which in turn informed DEIS. The cycle continues, hopefully improving. #edchatie
March 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The small print is very witty. Pay him a visit.
March 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The small print is very witty. Pay him a visit.
Lovely venue in All Hallows Chapel, DCU,
for International Council Traditional Music & Dance 20th anniversary concert. Ghana, India, & Peru represented, along with @dcuioe.bsky.social colleagues
for International Council Traditional Music & Dance 20th anniversary concert. Ghana, India, & Peru represented, along with @dcuioe.bsky.social colleagues
March 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Lovely venue in All Hallows Chapel, DCU,
for International Council Traditional Music & Dance 20th anniversary concert. Ghana, India, & Peru represented, along with @dcuioe.bsky.social colleagues
for International Council Traditional Music & Dance 20th anniversary concert. Ghana, India, & Peru represented, along with @dcuioe.bsky.social colleagues
Great to see @cedefop.europa.eu's European Vocational Teacher Survey taking shape. Our 3rd stakeholder meeting. Ireland is one of the *23* EU countries now signed up.It will provide fascinating data on prof. development for vocational teachers. #edchat
www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/projects/...
www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/projects/...
February 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Great to see @cedefop.europa.eu's European Vocational Teacher Survey taking shape. Our 3rd stakeholder meeting. Ireland is one of the *23* EU countries now signed up.It will provide fascinating data on prof. development for vocational teachers. #edchat
www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/projects/...
www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/projects/...