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Aileen Kennedy

@profaileenk.bsky.social

Professor of Teacher Education & Joint Director of the Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS), University of Glasgow. Activist teaching | transformative learning | teacher education for social justice.

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Just published our new report from the SCEL Legacy Fund/GTCSโ€‘funded project Using insight from teachersโ€™ stories of Professional Update to enhance policy and practice.
๐Ÿ“„ Full report: eprints.gla.ac.uk/370536/1/370...
#TeachersStories #ProfessionalUpdate @centcs.bsky.social @gtcscotland.bsky.social

03.02.2026 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s still time to register for what promises to be a stimulating and timely #CenTCS seminar with Professor Tyrone Howard.

03.02.2026 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Do not miss the Feb 5 webinar hosted by @centcs.bsky.social. Join Professor Tyrone Howard for his talk - Equity Now. Preparing Educators During Turbulent Times. Registration lnkd.in/eyBmVmum More details lnkd.in/eftWKzeY

02.02.2026 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic news! Congratulations, Reza๐ŸŽ‰

12.01.2026 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Leave our children alone': Councillors blast 'racist' Farage comments The Reform UK leader previously claimed multi-lingualism in Glaswegian schools was 'cultural smashing'.

"During a full council meeting, elected members agreed that Glasgowโ€™s multi-lingualism is a gift not a threat and is one of the cityโ€™s greatest strengths and that the comments made were a โ€œtoxic disgrace"

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12.12.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic @centcs.bsky.social seminar from Vic Rawlings @sydney.edu.au Fascinating insights into sensitive issues around co-researching. Lots to think about and learn from.

05.12.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS) | University of Glasgow Centre for Transformative Change in Schools #CenTCS Seminar Series: 4th December 2025. We are delighted to welcome Victoria Rawlings, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney to lead a seminar on: ...

We look forward to the next #CenTCS Seminar:

Thurs 4 Dec, 10.30 -11.30
St Andrews Building Room 334

#DrVictoriaRawlings
Transforming school cultures of gender and sexuality through co-research with teachers, students, and leaders.

@profbriannakennedy.bsky.social
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30.11.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are looking forward to attending #SERA2025 with significant representation in presentations from our #CenTCS #Fellows and #Associates @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @drlaurenboath.bsky.social @alisonjmitchell.bsky.social @markpeart.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social

17.11.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS) - Events - CenTCS Seminar series 25-26

See the link to our fabulous #CenTCS Seminar Series here:

www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

@profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social @alisonjmitchell.bsky.social

07.11.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS) - Events - CenTCS Seminar series 25-26

๐Ÿ“ฃ The recording of Professor Drew Miller's #QualityTeaching seminar is now available on our website:

www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

This presentation explores how targeted, evidence-based strategies can drive meaningful change, and the challenges of scaling such success.

@profaileenk.bsky.social

07.11.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank you Dr Tom Cowhitt for sharing your fascinating research this afternoon on scaling teacher innovation. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Looking forward to further discussions with CenTCS! @centcs.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @alisonmitchell.bsky.social

06.11.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fill | Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS) - Mailing List | University of Glasgow Centre for Transformative Change in Schools #CenTCS #SeminarSeries We're delighted to invite you to our next in-person seminar presented byย #CenTCSย Fellow, Dr Thomas Cowhitt. ย  ** Innovation Infrastructure: how practitioners are scaling their...

#CenTCS #SeminarSeries
We're delighted to invite you to our next seminar with Dr Thomas Cowhitt.
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** Innovation Infrastructure: how practitioners are scaling their own school improvement programmes and products by repurposing professional learning networksย **

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25.10.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The #CentreforTeachingExcellence Research & Evaluation Team has published its report on the Centre's initial engagement phase. Read more about teachers' and stakeholders' priorities for research-informed professional learning: www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...

25.10.2025 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sam the#CenTCS dog๐Ÿฅฐ ๐ŸŽ‚

15.10.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fabulous news for you and for #SLS!

10.10.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So interesting to hear how Sweden is trying to enhance partnerships that focus on practice-based research in schools. Looking forward to more collaboration and the opportunity for comparative study ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช

10.10.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yesterday was @unesco.org World Teachers' Day, a chance to recognise the 'transformative potential of collaboration'. Happy (belated) World Teachers' Day to teachers across the globe, from all of us at #CenTCS๐ŸŽ‰ www.unesco.org/en/days/teac...

06.10.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS) | University of Glasgow Centre for Transformative Change in Schools #CenTCS #SeminarSeries 2025-26: Seminar Two We're delighted that the second seminar (and firstย onlineย seminar) of our series, will be presented byย #CenTCSย international affiliate,ย Dr Drew Miller, htt...

We're delighted that the second seminar of our series, will be presented byย #CenTCSย international affiliate,ย Dr Drew Miller, Deputy Director of theย Teachers and Teaching Research Centre (University of Newcastle, Australia) on Thursday 2nd October 2025 at 9am.

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16.09.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was a fantastic start to our inaugural #CenTCS seminar series! Thanks to Joint Director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social for the incredible insights derived from researching and living in different countries, cultures, spaces and places.

04.09.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A fabulous whole centre #CenTCS meeting this afternoon where we revisited collaborative actions, Key 15 grant writing, and our research priorities derived from #NominalGroupTechnique Exciting times ahead, guided by our research compass! @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social

04.09.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations to our wonderful #CenTCS colleague @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social on this very well-deserved recognition of her tireless anti-racist education work. Weโ€™re so proud of you ๐Ÿ˜Š @s4mee.bsky.social @uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

29.08.2025 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great two days with members of the #CenTCS team. Weโ€™ve got some exciting project streams in planning. More on our @centcs.bsky.social website soonโ€ฆ.

23.08.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™re excited to announce our inaugural #CenTCS seminar series. All welcome - some will be held in person and some online. Check out our website for details and dates ๐Ÿ‘‡

20.08.2025 05:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done, my fabulous #CenTCS colleagues! Looking forward to reading these chapters from two of @uofgsocsci.bsky.socialโ€™s experts on school leadership๐Ÿ‘ @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @julie67.bsky.social

15.08.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to #CenTCS Fellow @markpeart.bsky.social on the publication of the report:

Pre-service and in-service teachersโ€™ educational use of technology in Primary and Secondary Schools across Glasgow City Council

@edisglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

eprints.gla.ac.uk/361694/

11.08.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations to #CenTCS Fellow @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social and Associate @julie67.bsky.social who both have chapters in this book! @uofgheadship.bsky.social

07.08.2025 06:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐๐ซ๐ž-๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง-๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ' ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ
๐†๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ

Research report coming soon from our #CenTCS Fellow @markpeart.bsky.social in partnership with @edisglasgow.bsky.social

07.08.2025 07:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Online seminar with @drannlopez.bsky.social
in partnership with @seralisen.bsky.social

Ethical Leadership in Turbulent Times

Wed. 27th August 2025, 4.30pm - 6.30pm

Register here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social
@julie67.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social

04.08.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our joint #CenTCS director @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social is in #Australia develop the collaboration between #CenTCS and the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre #TTRC, with Profs Jenny Gore and Drew Miller www.newcastle.edu.au/research/cen... ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social

30.07.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0