 She has also taught Scottish Gaelic at the University of Edinburgh and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews.Bateman's first collection of poems, "Òrain Ghaoil" ("Love Songs") was published in 1990 and her second, "Aotromachd agus dàin eile" ("Lightness") was published in 1997.Both her first and second collections focus on human relationships and the idealised idea of love.