Gillian McFadyen
@gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social
Lecturer in refugee politics, coloniality, hospitality and some political embroidery at Aberystwyth. 📖Refugees in Britain (EUP 2020). Dysgu Cymraeg.
April 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It's Shut Up and Write Time again with @hannahhughes.bsky.social! ☕️👩🏻💻📚🖊 #acrwri #academia #SUAW #pomodoros #writing
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It's Shut Up and Write Time again with @hannahhughes.bsky.social! ☕️👩🏻💻📚🖊 #acrwri #academia #SUAW #pomodoros #writing
Great to have our Mum Quilt Project featured in the Quilter spring edition 🙌🏼🧵🪡
March 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Great to have our Mum Quilt Project featured in the Quilter spring edition 🙌🏼🧵🪡
March 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Great class today, with Dr Carl Death (Manchester) joining us to chat about his chp on 'Can we save the planet?' in Global Politics textbook. Great Qs from students on social movements, divestment, climate policy and power of student movements! 🙌🏼 Thanks Carl! 🙌🏼
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great class today, with Dr Carl Death (Manchester) joining us to chat about his chp on 'Can we save the planet?' in Global Politics textbook. Great Qs from students on social movements, divestment, climate policy and power of student movements! 🙌🏼 Thanks Carl! 🙌🏼
Sunday morning seminar reading, whilst enjoying the sunrise and Go Jetters on in the background for the kid. ☕️ #academiclife #academia #academicmum
February 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Sunday morning seminar reading, whilst enjoying the sunrise and Go Jetters on in the background for the kid. ☕️ #academiclife #academia #academicmum
Going through old assessments for my module today to show as examples to class, and came across this note and drawing from an old student. 😭🥰 ... give me a moment 🥲
January 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Going through old assessments for my module today to show as examples to class, and came across this note and drawing from an old student. 😭🥰 ... give me a moment 🥲
Gorgeous new addition to @interpolaber.bsky.social Stitched Voices exhibition. Murmuration over the #Aberystwyth pier by Berit 😍 #embroidery #craftism #politicalembroidery
January 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Gorgeous new addition to @interpolaber.bsky.social Stitched Voices exhibition. Murmuration over the #Aberystwyth pier by Berit 😍 #embroidery #craftism #politicalembroidery
January 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
From the workshop, Arddun Arwyn and I are piloting a #digitalstory. We also engaged in lots of creative methods, like #collage, to work with our participants to understand 'What peace in Wales mean' for them. Lots of inspiring discussion on the power of #storytelling to take us forward.
January 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
From the workshop, Arddun Arwyn and I are piloting a #digitalstory. We also engaged in lots of creative methods, like #collage, to work with our participants to understand 'What peace in Wales mean' for them. Lots of inspiring discussion on the power of #storytelling to take us forward.
Lovely spot at Swansea Uni today with our Mum Quilt for midwives workshop on the lived experience of postpartum mums. 🧵🪡🙌🏼 @interpolaber.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Lovely spot at Swansea Uni today with our Mum Quilt for midwives workshop on the lived experience of postpartum mums. 🧵🪡🙌🏼 @interpolaber.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
January 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A cold walk home from work after completing first week back after the holidays 🙌🏼 #Academicsky #academia #winter #sunset
January 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A cold walk home from work after completing first week back after the holidays 🙌🏼 #Academicsky #academia #winter #sunset
Michael basking in the Boxing Day sunshine #cat #CatsofBluesky
December 26, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Michael basking in the Boxing Day sunshine #cat #CatsofBluesky
All is calm on the walk to work this morning #mondayvibes #newweek #photography #countryside #Aberystwyth #morning
December 9, 2024 at 9:48 AM
All is calm on the walk to work this morning #mondayvibes #newweek #photography #countryside #Aberystwyth #morning
From other 🐦, Cabinet Office released a statement... first mass #emergency texting, outwith of a scenario. #stormdarragh
December 6, 2024 at 7:25 PM
From other 🐦, Cabinet Office released a statement... first mass #emergency texting, outwith of a scenario. #stormdarragh
Emergency Alert Message just went out for Aberystwyth! ⚠️ #stormdarragh
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Emergency Alert Message just went out for Aberystwyth! ⚠️ #stormdarragh
Old skool Christmas tree in the Aberystwyth Uni library. 🎄💾
December 4, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Old skool Christmas tree in the Aberystwyth Uni library. 🎄💾
Strong coffee needed for amser dysgu cymraeg!
November 25, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Strong coffee needed for amser dysgu cymraeg!
And if you've stuck through my failure to do a thread 😅 there's sometimes snippets of Michael on my feed. She's old and a good tripping hazard in the house.
November 14, 2024 at 8:13 PM
And if you've stuck through my failure to do a thread 😅 there's sometimes snippets of Michael on my feed. She's old and a good tripping hazard in the house.
On embroidery point, I co-run Stitched Voices! University political embroidery embroidery group. We meet fortnightly and have great bunch of students partaking in projects that we then exhibit in our InterPol Department 🪡 🧵
November 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM
On embroidery point, I co-run Stitched Voices! University political embroidery embroidery group. We meet fortnightly and have great bunch of students partaking in projects that we then exhibit in our InterPol Department 🪡 🧵
Lovely visit to the #UNHCR and #Senedd launch of a Great British (Welsh!) Welcome at the Pierhead Building today. Exhibit celebrates #refugee support and intergration at the community level #nationofsanctuary
November 13, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Lovely visit to the #UNHCR and #Senedd launch of a Great British (Welsh!) Welcome at the Pierhead Building today. Exhibit celebrates #refugee support and intergration at the community level #nationofsanctuary