Robin Macpherson
@robin-macp.bsky.social
Headteacher, historian, author, conference organiser and speaker. Trustee of Beyond Srebrenica. Blog at https://robin-macpherson.com/ Personal views only.
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80/30 Commemoration: May Grievance Become Hope
The year 2025 marks both the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica. Separated by half a century, the events in Bosnia remind us tha…
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BLOG: a reflective piece on #Holocaust commemoration, with thanks to my colleagues at @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social for all their efforts on genocide education.
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researchED Scotland is back and the speaker programme is our biggest ever! See you in Edinburgh on November 1st researched.org.uk/event/resear... #rEDEdinburgh
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
researchED Scotland is back and the speaker programme is our biggest ever! See you in Edinburgh on November 1st researched.org.uk/event/resear... #rEDEdinburgh
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Really interesting, @hugheshaili.bsky.social & @nansiellis.bsky.social: schoolsweek.co.uk/an-impoveris... I think @robin-macp.bsky.social & @katejonesteach.bsky.social's book, 'The Teaching Life', is really good on this. www.amazon.co.uk/Teaching-Lif... 2/2
An impoverished work-life drives too many teachers out
The default position that teaching should be professionally (and sometimes personally) all-encompassing is a retention own-goal
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June 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Really interesting, @hugheshaili.bsky.social & @nansiellis.bsky.social: schoolsweek.co.uk/an-impoveris... I think @robin-macp.bsky.social & @katejonesteach.bsky.social's book, 'The Teaching Life', is really good on this. www.amazon.co.uk/Teaching-Lif... 2/2
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2️⃣ more in person events coming soon
🎯 Excellent professional learning #ByTeachersForTeachers
🔗 🆓🎟️ bit.ly/PedagooEvents
⭐️10/05 #PedagooGhlaschu with @senoract.bsky.social
⭐ 31/05 #PedagooGrampian with @robin-macp.bsky.social
🤩Connect with & learn from curious educators like you
🎯 Excellent professional learning #ByTeachersForTeachers
🔗 🆓🎟️ bit.ly/PedagooEvents
⭐️10/05 #PedagooGhlaschu with @senoract.bsky.social
⭐ 31/05 #PedagooGrampian with @robin-macp.bsky.social
🤩Connect with & learn from curious educators like you
March 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
2️⃣ more in person events coming soon
🎯 Excellent professional learning #ByTeachersForTeachers
🔗 🆓🎟️ bit.ly/PedagooEvents
⭐️10/05 #PedagooGhlaschu with @senoract.bsky.social
⭐ 31/05 #PedagooGrampian with @robin-macp.bsky.social
🤩Connect with & learn from curious educators like you
🎯 Excellent professional learning #ByTeachersForTeachers
🔗 🆓🎟️ bit.ly/PedagooEvents
⭐️10/05 #PedagooGhlaschu with @senoract.bsky.social
⭐ 31/05 #PedagooGrampian with @robin-macp.bsky.social
🤩Connect with & learn from curious educators like you
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🤩 #PedagooGrampian on 31/05 at Robert Gordon’s College hosted by @robin-macp.bsky.social
🎯 Grassroots professional learning by teachers, for teachers
❓See you there?
🔗 To lead a workshop forms.gle/NRLEFVNkmePT...
🔗 🆓 🎟️ To attend bit.ly/PedagooEvents
🎯 Grassroots professional learning by teachers, for teachers
❓See you there?
🔗 To lead a workshop forms.gle/NRLEFVNkmePT...
🔗 🆓 🎟️ To attend bit.ly/PedagooEvents
March 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🤩 #PedagooGrampian on 31/05 at Robert Gordon’s College hosted by @robin-macp.bsky.social
🎯 Grassroots professional learning by teachers, for teachers
❓See you there?
🔗 To lead a workshop forms.gle/NRLEFVNkmePT...
🔗 🆓 🎟️ To attend bit.ly/PedagooEvents
🎯 Grassroots professional learning by teachers, for teachers
❓See you there?
🔗 To lead a workshop forms.gle/NRLEFVNkmePT...
🔗 🆓 🎟️ To attend bit.ly/PedagooEvents
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8/Excellent final session with a panel discussion abt our experiences of belonging.Lovely to share the space with @robin-macp.bsky.social & to meet in person for the 1st time.Let's keep collaborating!Was also able to share my Antiracist Critical Thinking Model as a tool for planning for equalities.
February 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
8/Excellent final session with a panel discussion abt our experiences of belonging.Lovely to share the space with @robin-macp.bsky.social & to meet in person for the 1st time.Let's keep collaborating!Was also able to share my Antiracist Critical Thinking Model as a tool for planning for equalities.
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7/Excellent talk next from @benniekara.bsky.social on considerations of #Intersectionalities. Loved the phrase about #microaggressions being "death by a 1000 cuts". Very true. #DiverseEd
February 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
7/Excellent talk next from @benniekara.bsky.social on considerations of #Intersectionalities. Loved the phrase about #microaggressions being "death by a 1000 cuts". Very true. #DiverseEd
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6/After a nice lunch, we're now listening to Laura McConnell, teacher and neuro-inclusion campaigner. Asking ua to consider the difference between inclusion v accessibility. I see that as the difference between equality and equity. #DiverseEd
February 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
6/After a nice lunch, we're now listening to Laura McConnell, teacher and neuro-inclusion campaigner. Asking ua to consider the difference between inclusion v accessibility. I see that as the difference between equality and equity. #DiverseEd
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5/Next up is @eisunion.bsky.social colleague & early years teacher Kelsey-Ann focusing on the history of #LGBT policies & inclusive education, highlighting the work of @tie.scot & how to embed themes across the curriculum. #DiverseEd
February 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
5/Next up is @eisunion.bsky.social colleague & early years teacher Kelsey-Ann focusing on the history of #LGBT policies & inclusive education, highlighting the work of @tie.scot & how to embed themes across the curriculum. #DiverseEd
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2/Moving on to speakers, 1st with Sadia Hussain-Savuk sharing important msgs abt #Antiracist practice, highlighting Ed Scot Antiracist curriculum principles & the deeply powerful video from Newark Primary on children's experiences of #racism. #DiverseEd
February 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
2/Moving on to speakers, 1st with Sadia Hussain-Savuk sharing important msgs abt #Antiracist practice, highlighting Ed Scot Antiracist curriculum principles & the deeply powerful video from Newark Primary on children's experiences of #racism. #DiverseEd
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🧵1/Lovely to meet @hannahwilson.bsky.social for the 1st time having connected online for many years. The start of the conf covered what we mean by belonging. I also pointed out that schools could be doing a grt job but cyp are still impacted by societal factors that must be recognised in schools.
February 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🧵1/Lovely to meet @hannahwilson.bsky.social for the 1st time having connected online for many years. The start of the conf covered what we mean by belonging. I also pointed out that schools could be doing a grt job but cyp are still impacted by societal factors that must be recognised in schools.
BLOG: a reflective piece on #Holocaust commemoration, with thanks to my colleagues at @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social for all their efforts on genocide education.
robin-macpherson.com/2025/01/31/8...
robin-macpherson.com/2025/01/31/8...
80/30 Commemoration: May Grievance Become Hope
The year 2025 marks both the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica. Separated by half a century, the events in Bosnia remind us tha…
robin-macpherson.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
BLOG: a reflective piece on #Holocaust commemoration, with thanks to my colleagues at @beyondsrebrenica.bsky.social for all their efforts on genocide education.
robin-macpherson.com/2025/01/31/8...
robin-macpherson.com/2025/01/31/8...
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We are so proud of Sabina’s participation in last night’s Holocaust Memorial commemoration in London and her moving story about her experiences of the Bosnian genocide.
January 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We are so proud of Sabina’s participation in last night’s Holocaust Memorial commemoration in London and her moving story about her experiences of the Bosnian genocide.
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He says that he spent most of his life in silence, watching.
Watching Jews in Post war East London being hated for being Jews.
"What I saw was that hate didn't affect the person to whom it was directed but it affected the person who perpetrated it"
Watching Jews in Post war East London being hated for being Jews.
"What I saw was that hate didn't affect the person to whom it was directed but it affected the person who perpetrated it"
January 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
He says that he spent most of his life in silence, watching.
Watching Jews in Post war East London being hated for being Jews.
"What I saw was that hate didn't affect the person to whom it was directed but it affected the person who perpetrated it"
Watching Jews in Post war East London being hated for being Jews.
"What I saw was that hate didn't affect the person to whom it was directed but it affected the person who perpetrated it"
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Paul O’Kane and Jackson Carlaw open the Holocaust Memorial Day at the Scottish Parliament
January 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Paul O’Kane and Jackson Carlaw open the Holocaust Memorial Day at the Scottish Parliament
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Petra Saric, a Bosnian who's family fled Banja Luka in NW Bosnia now playing Adagio in G by Albinoni to facilitate a moment of reflection.
January 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Petra Saric, a Bosnian who's family fled Banja Luka in NW Bosnia now playing Adagio in G by Albinoni to facilitate a moment of reflection.
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The new front and back covers for The Teaching Delusion, including a great quote from @robin-macp.bsky.social’s brilliant foreword:
“My suspicion is that classroom teachers will read this and feel liberated, whereas many school leaders will find good reason to pause and reflect soberly.”
“My suspicion is that classroom teachers will read this and feel liberated, whereas many school leaders will find good reason to pause and reflect soberly.”
January 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The new front and back covers for The Teaching Delusion, including a great quote from @robin-macp.bsky.social’s brilliant foreword:
“My suspicion is that classroom teachers will read this and feel liberated, whereas many school leaders will find good reason to pause and reflect soberly.”
“My suspicion is that classroom teachers will read this and feel liberated, whereas many school leaders will find good reason to pause and reflect soberly.”
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Third of three will be #PedagooGrampian on 31/05
@ Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen 🏴 hosted by @robin-macp.bsky.social & TeamRGC. Follow bit.ly/PedagooEvents or email 📧 pedagoomail@gmail.com to be notified when registration opens
#ByTeachersForTeachers
@ Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen 🏴 hosted by @robin-macp.bsky.social & TeamRGC. Follow bit.ly/PedagooEvents or email 📧 pedagoomail@gmail.com to be notified when registration opens
#ByTeachersForTeachers
January 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Third of three will be #PedagooGrampian on 31/05
@ Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen 🏴 hosted by @robin-macp.bsky.social & TeamRGC. Follow bit.ly/PedagooEvents or email 📧 pedagoomail@gmail.com to be notified when registration opens
#ByTeachersForTeachers
@ Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen 🏴 hosted by @robin-macp.bsky.social & TeamRGC. Follow bit.ly/PedagooEvents or email 📧 pedagoomail@gmail.com to be notified when registration opens
#ByTeachersForTeachers
RIP David Lynch. A towering genius.
Film director David Lynch dies at 78, family says www.bbc.com/news/article...
Film director David Lynch dies at 78, family says www.bbc.com/news/article...
David Lynch: Twin Peaks film director dies at 78, family says
The Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker is famous for the film Mulholland Drive and the TV series Twin Peaks.
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January 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
RIP David Lynch. A towering genius.
Film director David Lynch dies at 78, family says www.bbc.com/news/article...
Film director David Lynch dies at 78, family says www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A lovely post on LinkedIn for my chapter on professional development through instructional coaching for the ResearchEd Guide to Leadership.
Still available now, and chocked full of wisdom from a huge range of great minds.
Edited by @stulock.bsky.social
Still available now, and chocked full of wisdom from a huge range of great minds.
Edited by @stulock.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A lovely post on LinkedIn for my chapter on professional development through instructional coaching for the ResearchEd Guide to Leadership.
Still available now, and chocked full of wisdom from a huge range of great minds.
Edited by @stulock.bsky.social
Still available now, and chocked full of wisdom from a huge range of great minds.
Edited by @stulock.bsky.social
Teachers in Scotland! Check out #DiverseEd taking place on Feb 3rd in Edinburgh. Some
amazing speakers here (not including myself in that 😉), so come along if you can 🙏 @hannahwilson.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social @benniekara.bsky.social
www.scis.org.uk/professional...
amazing speakers here (not including myself in that 😉), so come along if you can 🙏 @hannahwilson.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social @benniekara.bsky.social
www.scis.org.uk/professional...
#DiverseEd Scotland » SCIS
www.scis.org.uk
January 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Teachers in Scotland! Check out #DiverseEd taking place on Feb 3rd in Edinburgh. Some
amazing speakers here (not including myself in that 😉), so come along if you can 🙏 @hannahwilson.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social @benniekara.bsky.social
www.scis.org.uk/professional...
amazing speakers here (not including myself in that 😉), so come along if you can 🙏 @hannahwilson.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social @benniekara.bsky.social
www.scis.org.uk/professional...
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#Pedagoo events are an excellent way to share ideas, find out about other teachers' approaches and to meet up with some of the most generous and welcoming folk in education. You should go.
The Pedagoo Team are v excited for 2025. We’ve 3️⃣ in person events lined up already!
🟠 Perth
🔵 Glasgow
🟣 Aberdeen
1️⃣st up #PedagooPerth 22/02
💬Sign up to lead a workshop forms.gle/dxu97S1hEr9p...
Get your 🆓 ticket to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-pe...
🟠 Perth
🔵 Glasgow
🟣 Aberdeen
1️⃣st up #PedagooPerth 22/02
💬Sign up to lead a workshop forms.gle/dxu97S1hEr9p...
Get your 🆓 ticket to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-pe...
Looking forward to the first Pedagoo event of the year!
January 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#Pedagoo events are an excellent way to share ideas, find out about other teachers' approaches and to meet up with some of the most generous and welcoming folk in education. You should go.
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Looking forward to the first Pedagoo event of the year!
January 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Looking forward to the first Pedagoo event of the year!
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The Pedagoo Team are v excited for 2025. We’ve 3️⃣ in person events lined up already!
🟠 Perth
🔵 Glasgow
🟣 Aberdeen
1️⃣st up #PedagooPerth 22/02
💬Sign up to lead a workshop forms.gle/dxu97S1hEr9p...
Get your 🆓 ticket to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-pe...
🟠 Perth
🔵 Glasgow
🟣 Aberdeen
1️⃣st up #PedagooPerth 22/02
💬Sign up to lead a workshop forms.gle/dxu97S1hEr9p...
Get your 🆓 ticket to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-pe...
Looking forward to the first Pedagoo event of the year!
January 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Pedagoo Team are v excited for 2025. We’ve 3️⃣ in person events lined up already!
🟠 Perth
🔵 Glasgow
🟣 Aberdeen
1️⃣st up #PedagooPerth 22/02
💬Sign up to lead a workshop forms.gle/dxu97S1hEr9p...
Get your 🆓 ticket to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-pe...
🟠 Perth
🔵 Glasgow
🟣 Aberdeen
1️⃣st up #PedagooPerth 22/02
💬Sign up to lead a workshop forms.gle/dxu97S1hEr9p...
Get your 🆓 ticket to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-pe...
Delighted to be hosting this at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen - PEDAGOO MUCKLE IS COMING HOME!!! 🙌
January 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Delighted to be hosting this at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen - PEDAGOO MUCKLE IS COMING HOME!!! 🙌
BLOG: why we need to promote HEAL careers to boys, with links to further reading.
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HEAL Careers for Boys
The author advocates for promoting HEAL careers—health, education, administration, and literacy—to boys, similar to the encouragement given to girls for STEM careers. This initiative aims to addres…
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January 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
BLOG: why we need to promote HEAL careers to boys, with links to further reading.
robin-macpherson.com/2024/12/30/h...
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