Seán Henry
@seandahenry.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Education and Cultural Studies. Research explores education, gender, sexuality, religion, and culture. Views personal 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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President Catherine Connolly’s inaugural speech.
“As I speak, I am acutely conscious of the 165 million people currently forcibly displaced from their homes and countries due to war, famine and climate change. We cannot turn back the clock nor close our eyes to these realities.”
“As I speak, I am acutely conscious of the 165 million people currently forcibly displaced from their homes and countries due to war, famine and climate change. We cannot turn back the clock nor close our eyes to these realities.”
Inaugural Speech of President Catherine Connolly | President of Ireland
A Thaoisigh, A Phríomhbhreithimh, Airí, Baill Chomhairle an Stáit, Baill an Oireachtais, Ambasadóirí, Ceannairí Eaglaise, agus dhaoine...
president.ie
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
President Catherine Connolly’s inaugural speech.
“As I speak, I am acutely conscious of the 165 million people currently forcibly displaced from their homes and countries due to war, famine and climate change. We cannot turn back the clock nor close our eyes to these realities.”
“As I speak, I am acutely conscious of the 165 million people currently forcibly displaced from their homes and countries due to war, famine and climate change. We cannot turn back the clock nor close our eyes to these realities.”
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Don't ask me to explain but Dublin, Belfast and Cork are all autumn cities but Galway is a summer city.
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Don't ask me to explain but Dublin, Belfast and Cork are all autumn cities but Galway is a summer city.
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Last week on Wonkhe: Former Teaching Excellence Framework chair Chris Husbands and deputy chair Janice Kay unpick the Office for Students’ proposals for the future shape of the exercise
From improvement to compliance – a significant shift in the purpose of the TEF
Former Teaching Excellence Framework chair Chris Husbands and deputy chair Janice Kay unpick the Office for Students’ proposals for the future shape of the exercise Former Teaching Excellence Framework...
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September 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: Former Teaching Excellence Framework chair Chris Husbands and deputy chair Janice Kay unpick the Office for Students’ proposals for the future shape of the exercise
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Irish Educational Studies is seeking to fill 2 co-editor positions.
The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan.
Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat...
Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.
The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan.
Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat...
Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.
Irish Educational Studies: Co-Editor Positions – ESAI: Educational Studies Association of Ireland CLG
The Official journal of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ries20
esai.ie
August 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Irish Educational Studies is seeking to fill 2 co-editor positions.
The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan.
Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat...
Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.
The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan.
Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat...
Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.
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Wonderful to see this paper published!
"Knowledge of autism and attitudes towards inclusive education for autistic pupils: a representative survey of school communities in Ireland."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Knowledge of autism and attitudes towards inclusive education for autistic pupils: a representative survey of school communities in Ireland."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Wonderful to see this paper published!
"Knowledge of autism and attitudes towards inclusive education for autistic pupils: a representative survey of school communities in Ireland."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Knowledge of autism and attitudes towards inclusive education for autistic pupils: a representative survey of school communities in Ireland."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I've signed up for online Irish language classes next semester! Looking forward to becoming a student again!
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I've signed up for online Irish language classes next semester! Looking forward to becoming a student again!
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Artists were the canary in the coalmine
As many companies decide that entry-level tasks traditionally done by graduates can now be done by AI tools, Brian O'Donovan asks if the big job displacement is under way.
Is the big AI job displacement already under way?
The impact of artificial intelligence on employment came into sharp focus this week, writes Brian O'Donovan
www.rte.ie
July 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Artists were the canary in the coalmine
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Alice Sullivan’s latest government-funded report into sex and gender research is a masterclass in trying to turn anti-trans perpetrators into victims. /1
www.sullivanreview.uk/barriers.pdf
www.sullivanreview.uk/barriers.pdf
July 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Alice Sullivan’s latest government-funded report into sex and gender research is a masterclass in trying to turn anti-trans perpetrators into victims. /1
www.sullivanreview.uk/barriers.pdf
www.sullivanreview.uk/barriers.pdf
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NEW on Wonkhe: Academics are encouraged to be innovative in their pedagogy but Emma Thirkell and Kamilya Suleymenova argue that insufficient attention is paid to academic identity buff.ly/yBVu3qp
June 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Academics are encouraged to be innovative in their pedagogy but Emma Thirkell and Kamilya Suleymenova argue that insufficient attention is paid to academic identity buff.ly/yBVu3qp
Veli-Mikko Kauppi and I recently edited a special issue of Ethics & Education, focused on the work of early career researchers.
Check out our editorial introduction here:
Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Check out our editorial introduction here:
Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice
In this editorial introduction, the authors contextualise the special issue ‘Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice,’ and provide a summary of its papers. They draw att...
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June 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Veli-Mikko Kauppi and I recently edited a special issue of Ethics & Education, focused on the work of early career researchers.
Check out our editorial introduction here:
Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Check out our editorial introduction here:
Education for a better future? Theory, practice, and social justice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I'm looking forward to present some of my research on queer thriving in Catholic schools at the Phillippine Society of Education and Philosophy next week!
Tues 6th May, 10.30am BST.
Tues 6th May, 10.30am BST.
May 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I'm looking forward to present some of my research on queer thriving in Catholic schools at the Phillippine Society of Education and Philosophy next week!
Tues 6th May, 10.30am BST.
Tues 6th May, 10.30am BST.
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Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism
Where LGBTQ+ rights are bolstered, so too are women’s rights, and where they collapse, so too does authentic feminism
www.irishtimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
Wrote about the Gender Brexiteers.
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NEW on Wonkhe: Nikolai Elkins notes that gay men consistently outperform their peers – and urges policymakers to adopt more nuanced, intersectional approaches to attainment buff.ly/KTLNUJd
April 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Nikolai Elkins notes that gay men consistently outperform their peers – and urges policymakers to adopt more nuanced, intersectional approaches to attainment buff.ly/KTLNUJd
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This makes me laugh every year 🤣
Time to post the real story of Easter from Shane Daniel Byrne again 😂 #easter
April 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This makes me laugh every year 🤣
The longer I live in Liverpool, the more like home it becomes. Easter clothes were also a thing for me growing up ...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Easter clothes and why they are so important in Liverpool
Retailers say people in Liverpool will spend four months preparing their Easter outfits.
www.bbc.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The longer I live in Liverpool, the more like home it becomes. Easter clothes were also a thing for me growing up ...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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They're not "protecting women". They're little servants of patriarchy and fascism that think they've a right to harass and attack anyone who doesn't fit their narrow, conservative view of womanhood and are delusional if they think the same gowls they're doing the legwork for won't come for them next
April 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
They're not "protecting women". They're little servants of patriarchy and fascism that think they've a right to harass and attack anyone who doesn't fit their narrow, conservative view of womanhood and are delusional if they think the same gowls they're doing the legwork for won't come for them next
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Categories used by the state to sort people into boxes are never neutral.
Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law.
📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...
Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law.
📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...
April 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Categories used by the state to sort people into boxes are never neutral.
Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law.
📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...
Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law.
📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...
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Wonderful to be part of another annual meeting of @esai-irl.bsky.social last week!
Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25
Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25
April 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wonderful to be part of another annual meeting of @esai-irl.bsky.social last week!
Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25
Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25
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Fascinating: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
My grandfather died by suicide. I work in the same Irish university where he taught history
Like me, he was interested in the lives and experiences of ordinary people
www.irishtimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Fascinating: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Pleased to have won a @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social grant with my colleague, Dr Francis Farrell.
"Teaching through division" will engage with teachers, young people, and faith & community leaders to develop strategies for exploring pluralism and difference in religions & worldviews education.
"Teaching through division" will engage with teachers, young people, and faith & community leaders to develop strategies for exploring pluralism and difference in religions & worldviews education.
March 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pleased to have won a @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social grant with my colleague, Dr Francis Farrell.
"Teaching through division" will engage with teachers, young people, and faith & community leaders to develop strategies for exploring pluralism and difference in religions & worldviews education.
"Teaching through division" will engage with teachers, young people, and faith & community leaders to develop strategies for exploring pluralism and difference in religions & worldviews education.
Looking forward to attend #BERA2025 later this year. My colleague Carol Darbyshire and I will present our paper: "Re-experiencing the everyday: Provisional possibilities for undergraduate education studies." 🥳
Congratulations to everyone whose abstract was accepted for #BERA2025 🎉🥳
BERA Conference 2025 will be held 9-11 September 2025 at University of Sussex
Find out more: bera.ac.uk/conference/b...
BERA Conference 2025 will be held 9-11 September 2025 at University of Sussex
Find out more: bera.ac.uk/conference/b...
March 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Looking forward to attend #BERA2025 later this year. My colleague Carol Darbyshire and I will present our paper: "Re-experiencing the everyday: Provisional possibilities for undergraduate education studies." 🥳
Looking forward to speak about faith and LGBTQI+ identities at ShoutOut's "Faithfully Queer" event in Dublin today!
www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-and-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-and-...
February 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Looking forward to speak about faith and LGBTQI+ identities at ShoutOut's "Faithfully Queer" event in Dublin today!
www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-and-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-and-...
Get in touch if you'd like a book reviewed with IES!
Are you interested in writing a book review for IES?
If so, get in touch with IES's book reviews editor, @seandahenry.bsky.social!
If so, get in touch with IES's book reviews editor, @seandahenry.bsky.social!
February 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Get in touch if you'd like a book reviewed with IES!
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academic.oup.com/jope/advance... Iris Bliss and I wrote this response to a paper that we didn’t think was very fair to trans activism a while ago. It feels like an important stand to have taken and I’m glad it’s finally available.
Academic Freedom, Education and the ‘Trans Debate’: A Response to Suissa and Sullivan
Abstract. Judith Suissa and Alice Sullivan’s 2021 paper ‘The Gender Wars, Academic Freedom and Education’ holds that activism associated with the slogan ‘t
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February 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
academic.oup.com/jope/advance... Iris Bliss and I wrote this response to a paper that we didn’t think was very fair to trans activism a while ago. It feels like an important stand to have taken and I’m glad it’s finally available.
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NEW EPISODE - Let’s Talk Education Research
Audrey Bryan (@schoolhumandev.bsky.social) talks all things @iesjournal.bsky.social - from readership & scope of the journal, to advice on publishing. On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and
@dcuioe.bsky.social website tinyurl.com/d4rz7jjn
@dcuresearch.bsky.social
Audrey Bryan (@schoolhumandev.bsky.social) talks all things @iesjournal.bsky.social - from readership & scope of the journal, to advice on publishing. On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and
@dcuioe.bsky.social website tinyurl.com/d4rz7jjn
@dcuresearch.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NEW EPISODE - Let’s Talk Education Research
Audrey Bryan (@schoolhumandev.bsky.social) talks all things @iesjournal.bsky.social - from readership & scope of the journal, to advice on publishing. On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and
@dcuioe.bsky.social website tinyurl.com/d4rz7jjn
@dcuresearch.bsky.social
Audrey Bryan (@schoolhumandev.bsky.social) talks all things @iesjournal.bsky.social - from readership & scope of the journal, to advice on publishing. On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and
@dcuioe.bsky.social website tinyurl.com/d4rz7jjn
@dcuresearch.bsky.social