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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 9h

🎓 Want to become a teacher?
Join our PGDE sessions to learn how you can take the most direct route into teaching. Hear from Programme Directors Dr Sue Chapman & Steve McLeister, our admissions team, alumni, & get your questions answered.
📅Primary: 2–3pm
📅Secondary: 3:30–4:30pm
🔗Book: edin.ac/4hff0q0

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PAHRC - the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre at UoE @pahrc.bsky.social · 1d

Movement for Health is moving! As of April 2026, the coalition of Scotland’s health charities will be hosted by PAHRC, at the University of Edinburgh.

@pahrc.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social

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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 2d

🎓 Thinking about postgraduate study?
Join Moray House School of Education and Sport for our Postgraduate Virtual Open Days (19 - 21 Nov) to explore our PGT & PGR programmes, meet academics, and discover how our community is shaping change in education, sport, and society. 💻 Book now: edin.ac/3ILyZQu

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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 5d

Dr Jung-Woo (Jay) Lee & Dr Louis Nolte recently represented the Scottish Centre of Olympic Research & Education at the Olympic Studies Centre, German Sport University Cologne.
They taught on the IOC-supported Master’s in Olympic Studies & visited the German Sports & Olympia Museum.

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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 6d

Are you looking for funding to support your project or initiatives? Alumni-funded Student Experience Grants annual round is open for applications and the good news is you are probably eligible to apply!
Deadline 6 Nov 2025 student-experience-grants.ed.ac.uk

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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 6d

The Scottish Centre of Olympic Research & Education (SCORE) welcomed Craig Burn from sportscotland as part of our Olympic Studies Seminar Series. He shared insights on challenges in Scotland’s sport industry & how events (2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games) will shape future talent & high performance.

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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 8d

📢Exciting opportunity: Explore the MA Learning in Communities undergraduate degree programme.

👉Hear from Programme Directors who outline the programme's structure and opportunities, connect with current students and explore potential career paths!

Register ⬇️

edin.ac/4o8JOLp

Learning in Communities Open Day

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MA Physical Education @uoe-pe.bsky.social · 8d

Year 2 Group B getting into the #TeamSpirit of #SportEducation through basketball. It's all about the team! @morayhouse.bsky.social

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Carol Campbell @profcarolcampbell.bsky.social · 8d

Pleased to have our latest article published: “Developing Non-Positional Teacher Leadership of Formative Assessment Practices: Findings from the Teacher-Led Learning Circles Project” in International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership. journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.... @morayhouse.bsky.social

Developing Non-Positional Teacher Leadership of Formative Assessment Practices: Findings from the Teacher-Led Learning Circles Project | International Journal of Education Policy and Leaders...

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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 9d

Come celebrate achievements of Women in STEM with us this Ada Lovelace Day.
Learn about women in Archaeology, Engineering, Geoscience, Comp Sci & more!
edin.ac/ada2025

@morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburghchem.bsky.social @edinunimaths.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @stis-uoe.bsky.social

Ada Lovelace Day 2025: a celebration of women in STEM. Tuesday 14 Oct 2025. Talks, activities, training throughout the day! Find out more: http://edin.ac/ada2025

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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 9d

Proud to see Moray House expertise leading the national conversation on PE in Scotland. In TES, Dr Nicola Carse & Dominic Tollan (SATPE) call for specialist training, investment, and 2 hours of quality primary PE each week. Read full article: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Why Scotland must renew commitment to primary school PE

New campaign calls for more support to raise standard of PE in primary schools and underlines that the subject should be a pivotal part of the curriculum

www.tes.com

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Louise Hawxwell @louisehawxwell.bsky.social · 11d

Lots of new learning in Primary Science #PGDEP this week @morayhouse.bsky.social - taking science outdoors in Bucket School and exploring first hand experiences and developing observation skills by learning with snails!

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Louise Hawxwell @louisehawxwell.bsky.social · 11d

Exploring mechanisms in Primary Technologies - making different types of pop ups and moving models #PGDEP @morayhouse.bsky.social

A pop up card showing a duck whose beak opens and closes as the card opens and closes

Examples of paper springs, and slider mechanisms

Examples of mouth folds, box folds and slider mechanisms

Drawing a monster face ready to create a model

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Carol Campbell @profcarolcampbell.bsky.social · 10d

On #WorldTeachersDay, I wish to express my appreciation of and thanks to teachers, teacher educators, and people studying to become teachers around the world and especially at @morayhouse.bsky.social Interested in becoming a teacher? Come and study with us: education-sport.ed.ac.uk/study/teache...

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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 12d

Dr Michele Saraiva Carilo and workshop 1 MSc Language and Intercultural Communication students had a great discussion about how key concepts in Language and Intercultural Communication Pedagogy can be visited and revisited based on diverse sociocultural contexts.

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Rewriting Wor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social · 13d

🎉We're hiring!🎉
We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Researchers to join our exciting, interdisciplinary team. Both are full-time, fixed-term (almost 4 years), based in Edinburgh's @uoe-cahss.bsky.social / @uoe-llc.bsky.social w/ links to @schoolofppls.bsky.social & @morayhouse.bsky.social
Pls share!

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Kristina Lindemann @kristinalindemann.bsky.social · 12d

Join us Tue 7 Oct, 1pm for the AQRiE Hub seminar @morayhouse.bsky.social! Prof Vernon Gayle shares new research on inequalities in England’s school attainment, contrasting administrative vs survey data. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aqrie-semi...

AQRiE Seminar — Examining Social Inequalities in GCSE Results

Join us for the first AQRiE Hub seminar of the academic year! Professor Vernon Gayle will discuss social inequalities in English schools.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Moray House School of Education and Sport @morayhouse.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Professional Learning: Short sessions designed to provide research insights to support children’s reading and writing acquisition and development, focusing on supporting reading and writing skills. ✍️

Find out more ⬇️

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Improving children’s reading and writing: Connecting research and practice | Moray House School of Education and Sport | Moray House School of Education and Sport

This series of short professional learning sessions are designed to provide research insights to support children’s reading and writing acquisition and development. With a focus on supporting both rea...

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Carol Campbell @profcarolcampbell.bsky.social · 18d

Looking forward to reading @ahargreaves.bsky.social latest book and preparing for a conversation with Andy & @pasisahlberg.bsky.social about becoming educators & researchers with students & staff @morayhouse.bsky.social

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MA Physical Education @uoe-pe.bsky.social · 16d

Our BSc Sport Management students practising #Kinball, ahead of them organising #SportsFest for the MAPE students @morayhouse.bsky.social

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Carol Campbell @profcarolcampbell.bsky.social · 20d

Interesting event and thoughtful discussion at “STEAM garden as provocation” @morayhouse.bsky.social How does the metaphor of a garden provoke your thoughts about connections to education?

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Jenny Murray @missjgm.bsky.social · 20d

A wonderful first session at our STEAM Garden as a provocation event at @morayhouse.bsky.social - a wonderful gathering of our widening community. Thank you @l0ur0col.bsky.social @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social @jhanc89.bsky.social for creating such a special opportunity for thinking and reframing. 🌱🎨💭

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MA Physical Education @uoe-pe.bsky.social · 19d

Year 2 Group A PECP2 students learning about Student Designed Games through table tennis @morayhouse.bsky.social

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PAHRC - the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre at UoE @pahrc.bsky.social · 19d

PAHRC's upcoming Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture:
8th October
13:00-14:00

Register now, just over 1 week to go:
edin.ac/4m3jeSm

Linking with Active Scotland’s Women and Girls In Sport Week ‘Celebrating Being Active’ #SheCanSheWill

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Busting myths: Why breast support matters for physical activity, health and performance | Moray House School of Education and Sport | Moray House School of Education and Sport

This public lecture, featuring Dr Nicola Brown of St Mary’s University, Twickenham, is hosted by the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre and is part of the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture Seri...

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Jenny Murray @missjgm.bsky.social · 19d

STEAM Garden as a Provocation Day 2 has started 🌱 @morayhouse.bsky.social @kdarlingmcq.bsky.social and @jhanc89.bsky.social sharing a warm welcome ❤️

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