(opens in a new window)Current Research Projects
2022
HYBRID-E (HEIs communitY for Blended, Responsive and Inclusive Digital Education)
HYBRID-E was developed in response to the growing presence of blended learning. The project aims to equip teaching and professional services staff with the necessary skills and support to guide their institutions towards digital transformation by holding hybrid training events and workshops. Upon completion, the intended results are an academic environment that guides towards life-long learning.
- Principal Investigators: David Jennings and Eoin McEvoy.
- Funded: Erasmus+
PINNACLE Leaders
- Principal Investigators: Professor Deirdre Raftery and Professor Marie Clarke.
- Funded: UCD Foundation Ltd.
Undergraduate Research Accelerator for the Social Sciences: Engaging Students in the Learning Process through Video Production
- Principal Investigators: Associate Professor Crystal Fulton and Dr Claire McGuinness
- Funded: The HEA and the National Forum.
Past Research Projects
2021
Building meaningful relationships through structured and reflexive dialogue: Academic advising in the Social Sciences undergraduate curriculum.
- Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Sara O'Sullivan.
- Funded: HEA/National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.
Systematic Review of Scholarship on Teaching and Learning in Irish Higher Education (2015-2021).
- Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Sara O'Sullivan.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.
Work-based Assessment: Exploring barriers and solutions to an emerging assessment challenge.
- Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Geraldine O'Neill.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.
2020
Digital Methods and Data Literacy.
- Principal Investigator: Professor Gerardine Meaney, UCD School of English, Drama and Film.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and HEA.
Computational Science: A Collaborative Approach To Engaging Stage 1 Science Students in Computational Thinking.
- Principal Investigators: Associate Professor Ted Cox and Associate Professor Maria Meehan, UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and HEA.
Creating a Core Academic Integrity Model for Plagiarism Avoidence.
- Principal Investigators: Mr Peter Hickey UCD Library and Professor Anne Drummond, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and HEA.
Embedding Virtual Reality Radiography Training To Enhance the Student Learning Experience.
- Principal Investigator: Professor Louise Rainford, UCD School of Medicine.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and HEA.
2019
Supporting Student Success - A Collaborative Approach to Enhancing Engagement, Employability and Life Skills.
- Principal Investigators: Associate Professor Sue Rackard and Professor Jason Last.
- Funded: HEA (DCU and UCD project, 2018-2021).
Researching Diversity, Inclusion and Student Success: Towards a Global Campus Climate Framework.
- Principal Investigator UCD: Marie Clarke, UCD School of Education.
- Funded: World Universities Network (WUN).
PINNAcle - Access to Higher Education for Women in India and Pakistan.
- Principal Investigators: Deirdre Raftery, Marie Clarke, Seaneen Sloane, UCD School of Education.
- Funded: UCD Foundation Ltd.
Exploring Trends in Gender Parity in Higher Education Enrolments 1970-2015.
- Principal Investigators: Sara O Sullivan, UCD School of Sociology and Patrick Clancy, UCD School of Sociology.
- Funded: University College Dublin.
Students as Co-Researchers in Social Sciences
- Principal Investigators: Niamh Moore Cherry, UCD School of Geography and Sara O Sullivan, UCD School of Sociology.
- Funded: UCD College of Social Science and Law.
2018
The Internationalisation of Irish Higher Education. (opens in a new window)http://hea.ie/assets/uploads/2018/07/report_internationalisation_of_education_2018.pdf
- Principal Investigator: Marie Clarke
- Funded; Irish Research Council and Higher Education Authority.
2017
Universal Design for Curriculum Design: Case Studies from University College Dublin.
http://www.ucd.ie/teaching/t4media/Universal%20Design%20for%20Curriculum%20Design.pdf
- Principal Investigators: Lisa Padden, John O’Connor and Terry Barrett.
- Funded: AHEAD, National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education and UCD.
2015
Mapping Existing Research Output Focused on Higher Education Teaching and Learning in Ireland 1990-2015
- Principal Investigators: Sara O Sullivan, UCD School of Sociology, Amanda Gibney, UCD School of Civil Engineering, Suzanne Guerin, UCD School of Psychology, Michael Staunton, UCD School of History and Manolis Kalaitzake.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education.
Creating a Supportive Working Environment in European Higher Education
(opens in a new window)https://issuu.com/educationinternational/docs/highereducation
- Principal Investigator: Marie Clarke, UCD School of Education
- Funded: Education International Research Institute.
Creating a Supportive Working Environment for Academics in Higher Education: Country Report Ireland.
(opens in a new window)https://www.tui.ie/_fileupload/Third%20Level%20Report.pdf
- Principal Investigators: Marie Clarke, UCD School of Education, Aidan Kenny, Teachers Union of Ireland, Andrew Loxley, TCD School of Education.
- Funded: Irish Federation of University Teachers and Teachers Union of Ireland.
The Academic Profession in Ireland.
(opens in a new window)https://researchrepository.ucd.ie/handle/10197/7204
- Principal Investigators: Marie Clarke, UCD School of Education, Jonathan Drennan, UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery, Abbey Hyde, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems.
- Funded: European Science Foundation-EUROHESC European Higher Education and Social Change.
Student Non-Completion Why do students leave higher education in Ireland?
- Principal Investigators: Niamh Moore-Cherry, UCD School of Geography and Suzanne Quinn, UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education.
Assessment OF, FOR and AS Learning: Enhancing Programme Approaches to Assessment and Feedback in Irish Higher Education.
- Principal Investigator: Geraldine O Neill, UCD Teaching and Learning Unit.
- Funded: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.
2014
Students as co-creators of course materials: A case study.
- Principal Investigators: Sara O Sullivan, UCD School of Sociology and Niamh Moore-Cherry, UCD School of Geography.
- An unfunded current project.
Scope of Practice Framework, Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics and the Review of Undergraduate Programmes.
- Principal Investigator: Gerard Fealy
- Funded: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.
Multisite study of the impact of global service-learning in undergraduate nursing students.
- Principal Investigator: Gerard Fealy, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems.
- Funded: National League of Nursing