Victoria Simms
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Developmental/Cognitive psychologist. Prof & Research Director, UU Psychology
Ulster University
Joined June 2013
Listened to this clip & was instantly taken back to being 13 bouncing away to my fav song. @ashofficial.
Today marks 30 years of Girl From Mars. Here’s a little acoustic treat for ya.😘
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This book is next on my reading list. 👇🏼.
Latest from me: on why learning disability is the frontier of human liberation, & how so much of its history is still ignored and overlooked. This is all about @RoseUnwin's landmark new book Beautiful Lives
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Fortalecen lazos internacionales para impulsar la investigación sobre desarrollo infantil:
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Beyond belief what is being inflicted on these families. Mass starvation. While the world looks on.
More than 100 international aid organisations and rights groups, including MSF and Oxfam International, warned yesterday that the world was watching as “mass starvation spread across Gaza”. via @ft.
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A really wonderful piece on @ProfAndyTolmie - in the face of questions as to whether #devpsych contributes to the science of learning- his work resounds YES!.
‘The key change has been the way that developmental work has embraced complexity’.@ProfAndyTolmie is retiring from @UCL_IOE_PHD in September….
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Honestly. When we are constantly questioned over if we need a sandwich at seminars and then this…. Not acceptable.
.@QUBelfast spent approximately £2,300 per person in its delegation on a trip to Washington, DC for St Patrick’s Day. By contrast, @UlsterUni spent around £12,400 per person. 🤔
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RT @BelTel: .@QUBelfast spent approximately £2,300 per person in its delegation on a trip to Washington, DC for St Patrick’s Day. By contra….
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Ulster University spent more than £61,000 on a trip to Washington, DC for St Patrick’s Day, prompting questions as to whether the institution has a “limitl...
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Heading home after a fab week in #mexico Great to discuss our data, papers to write, future projects, chat with chums, eat great food & see some of #chihuahua Now… sleep! @DrAbbieCahoon @ManeSusperreguy
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Spending the most amazing time in #Chihuahua hosted by Carolina Jimenez Lira & chums joined by @ManeSusperreguy - all thanks to @DrAbbieCahoon for getting the funding. But the biggest thanks goes to @joannelefevre - who has mentored us all & enabled our collabs across the globe.
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Oh my alanis !! My 15 year old self is yelling along. Still wonderful, still beautiful, still real. #GlastonburyFestival
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RT @SusanLagdon: Yesterday we launched the pilot of the Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes (H.S.K.T.) campaign - helping people recognise and re….
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The lack of places for children with #SEND in #NI - this is clearly systemic. Increasing #SPIM units that are responsive, but underfunded, must be adding to the lack of school responsiveness. The disparities in our #ed system is heartbreaking
bbc.com
The Education Authority is considering an unprecedented move to instruct some schools to enrol SEN children.
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RT @ECE_EdUHK: Here's a quick #InSuDoc2025 (June 12-13) recap!.🎤4 Keynote Workshops: .🇺🇸 Pooja Sidney (@psidney).🇫🇮 Pirjo Aunio (@AunioPir….
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Note to self. Don’t take the train to work. They’ll change the timetable for the “summer holidays”- and you’ll get stuck at a halt in the middle of no where. HEAD MELTED.
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RT @profsiobhanon: My sister Linda died earlier this year & I'm training for a marathon hike in her memory 💔. I'm raising funds for @macmil….
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Help Siobhan O'Neill raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
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Looking forward to seeing the themes and content of these conferences! Fantastic to see this investment in #cpd.
Education Minister, @paulgivan, has today announced funding for 50 research-informed school conferences through the Making Best Practice, Common Practice Programme. More information:
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Loved being part of a plenary symposium at #mcls2025 with colleagues Rosie O’Connor, @davidjpurpura & wonderful discussant @sarahpowellphd. Really appreciated the honest look under the hood of interventions. This work is TOUGH!
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What a spectacular view from @ECE_EdUHK today at #mcls2025 Also lovely to be a discussant at a symposium in dev diversity & intervention! Thanks @StellaXu27 for the invite
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