Dr Rachael Flynn Senior Lecturer Artist-Researcher UWS Researching Peig and the Blaskets

West Coast of Scotland
Joined May 2012
We were delighted to take part in a special #StBrigidsDay event in @GlasgowCC last Friday. Panellists shared fascinating stories of the Irish women who shaped Glasgow, Donegal & their wider communities. Thanks to @LordProvostGCC @AChristieSNP for hosting as part of #Glasgow850
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As the city celebrates #Glasgow850, a special #StBrigidsDay event with Glasgow City Council on Friday 31 January will look at the extraordinary lives led by women of Irish descent in Glasgow. Free tickets 👉 StBrigidsDayGlasgow.eventbri…
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Over 20 years ago I bought this treasured book and have poured over it ever since. Today I got to meet the woman who wrote it. What a special dream, thank you @BritishAcademy_
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Excited to listen to the latest Learning Development Podcast episode with @emilythemac and @dixxyD on integrated and integrating practitioners - might be one for the morning dog walk: The Learning Development Project (spotify.com)
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Thank you for some wonderful hosting! Lots of great conversations had. GRMA 👍🏻 – at Scotland, United Kingdom
The Consulate was delighted to host a series of engagements in Glasgow & Edinburgh for Ambassador Martin Fraser. We met with the Irish community in Scotland & leaders in the political, business, culture, sport, media & academic sectors who contribute so much to 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 relations.
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Dr Rachael Flynn, a Senior Lecturer in the Learning Transformation team, had the pleasure of leading a session for the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities PhD Summer School this afternoon. A session packed with some great expertise - both panelists and students!
"So, what exactly is it you’re doing?: Describing the importance of your work to others" - Just out of a brilliant session as part of @sgsah Summer School with a talented bunch of PhD students exploring impact, contribution and knowledge within the Arts and Humanities. 👍 to...
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"So, what exactly is it you’re doing?: Describing the importance of your work to others" - Just out of a brilliant session as part of @sgsah Summer School with a talented bunch of PhD students exploring impact, contribution and knowledge within the Arts and Humanities. 👍 to...
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@grahamjeffery @gaylemcpherson_ @RachieNix @DrClaireStocks were all incredibly generous with advice and nuanced thinking around how we can all consider the merits, values and routes that are possible in our work. Key thinking around how impact emerges meaningfully beyond metrics
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And wonderful workshop facilitation by @yclepit!
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Thanks to @RFlynnWrites for inviting me to hang out with some arts and humanities PhD students/other colleagues including @gaylemcpherson_ to chew over questions/issues around 'impact' this afternoon - lots of interesting discussion. #SGSAHSummer23 generalpraxis.blogspot.com/2…
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Brilliant end to the week to see @MarleneZijlstra pass her transfer event and move into her final PhD project. Thanks to @SoLivelyWrite for her wonderful assessing skills! Proud supervisors, @RFlynnWrites @grahamjeffery & myself:-)
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Join our campaign to make #BrigidsDay a national holiday and celebrate Ireland's triple goddess and matron Saint equally to St. Patrick. Sign the petition herstory.ie/brigidsday
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Perhaps a fashion faux-pas, but a rogue nail where the polish has chipped off has become an excellent tool to see how much scrubbing I still have to do after some afternoon gardening. I should have been writing but the bulbs needed to go into the ground before the frost. Was…
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…reminded of this poetryfoundation.org/poems/4… hopefully will get a chance to do some of the other digging some point this week – at Largs, Scotland
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Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.
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Our doors at @UniWestScotland are open today! Come and visit to hear about our rich history in Paisley #PaisleySchoolOfArts we are here until 4pm! Paisley.is – at Paisley, Scotland
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@UWS_SBCI @UniWestScotland @JonPowles @EricBaumgartner @DanielTurner27 @EventsUWS @uwslib @UWS_CGD @UWS_CPD @AlisonGilmour @UWSQuEST @UWSKickStart – at Paisley, Scotland
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From Mon 15 Aug, the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 comes into force & places responsibility on councils to provide a reasonable choice of free products which are easily obtained in a way that respects a person's dignity. Get the PickUpMyPeriod app for more
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