Centre for Research in Adult Learning and Education

Director Dr. Ted Fleming

Enquiries about our M Litt and Ph D are welcome and we are happy to discuss your interests in undertaking a research degree with you before you apply.

For further information on our MLitt or PhD programme Click here

Link to the Application Forms on the Central Application System: www.pac.ie

or

Talk to Dr. Ted Fleming, MLitt & PhD Co-ordinator

Telephone: 353 1 708 3631 or email: ted.fleming@nuim.ie

Current Research Activities

Current MLitt and PhD research projects include:

• Historical study of adult& community education public policy in Ireland (PhD);    
• Skills learning by e-learning (PhD);
• E-Learning for critical thinking (PhD);
• Adult education & the well-being of marginalised men in Ireland (PhD);
• Longitudinal study of dropout and retention of working class students in HE (PhD);
• A study of participation in adult basic education in Ireland (PhD);
• A study of models of civic engagement (PhD);
• A study & analysis of the ideological struggles of women active for social change (PhD);
• Recognition of prior experiential learning: Adult education methodologies (PhD);
• Grameen Bank and community development (MLitt);
• Transformative learning through alternative & counselling methodologies (MLitt);
• A longitudinal study of Community Development & Leadership (MLitt);

The funded research projects of The Centre for Research in Adult Learning and Education:

From Combat Poverty’s Poverty Research Initiative – Flagship Research Project: Where Next? Mapping and Understanding the Post First Degree Destinations of Mature Disadvantaged Students in three Third Level Institutions. With TCD & DIT. (€40,000).

From EU Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013 - Study of the factors that promote or inhibit access, retention and dropout of non-traditional students in HE. Partners are the Universities of Stirling, Canterbury, Warwick, Lower Silesia, Seville & Stockholm. (€816,000). Link to project website click here.

From Standing Conference on Teacher Education, North and South (SCoTENS): Study of Work-based Learning Models and Partnerships in Support of Post-Compulsory Teacher Education in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. University of Ulster and NUIM. (€10,000). Link to project website click here.