Projects

CIRTL Projects


Research, Teach, Learn.


CIRTL has a strong research profile and demonstrates academic leadership in the scholarship of teaching and learning. The Centre produces high quality research with regularly published output in leading national and international academic journals and texts. CIRTL are currently a partner on three Erasmus+ Capacity Building projects, and are host to an ASSISTID Marie Curie Fellow. The CIRTL team have research interests in a broad range of themes related to higher education, including:

  • The scholarship of teaching and learning;
  • Teaching and learning spaces;
  • Staff professional development in teaching and learning in higher education;
  • Community based research and learning;
  • Assessment;
  • Active learning approaches;
  • Embedding undergraduate research in the curriculum;
  • Universal design for learning;
  • Arts based approaches to teaching and learning;
  • Disciplinary identity.

We welcome staff and students who may wish to partner with us on these activities. We also provide support and guidance to staff wishing to undertake the own research, whether as part of the MA in T&L, in response to National or institutional funded projects, or in response to an interesting question around student learning. Information on securing ethical approval for your T&L research can be found here


Research Projects

Table 1: Overview of Internationally funded projects

PROJECT TITLE

FUNDING BODY

YEAR OF AWARD

UCC AWARD

Enhancing Responsible Research and Innovation through Curricula in Higher Education (EnRRICH)

H2020 SEAC2 Making science education and careers attractive for young people

2015-2018

€131,753

 

Teaching Excellence in Israel (TeachEx)

Erasmus+ Capacity building in higher education 2015

2015-2018

€47,984

Transforming Assessment Practices in Large Enrolment First Year Education (TAP)

Erasmus+ Capacity building in higher education 2016

2016-2019

€50,999

Communication matters: Does one size fit all, in the case of AAC apps for children with complex communication needs in a primary educational setting?

Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions

2016-2019

€250,000

Assessment Tools for new learning environments in higher education institutions (ASSET)

Erasmus+ Capacity building in higher education 2017

2017-2020

€45,835

Building the link between research and teaching missions of the university

EUA Thematic Peer Group initiative

2017-2018

-

Innovative Teacher Education through personalized learning (InterPearl)

Erasmus+ Capacity building in higher education 2018

2018-2021

95,019

Promoting active learning in universities.

EUA Thematic Peer Group initiative

2018-2019

-

Qualifications recognition support for Ukrainian universities (QuarSU)

Erasmus+ Capacity building in higher education 2020

2019-2022

€53,702

The European University of Post-Industrial Cities (UNIC) – Boosting mobility and inclusion for society

Erasmus+ European Universities Initiative

2020-2023

€5,000,000

(€538,000 UCC)

Alliance of Universities to reform curricula that outcasts radicalism in Asian societies (AURORA)

Erasmus+ Capacity building in higher education 2020

2020-2023

€43,048

Meeting skills and employability demands

EUA Thematic Peer Group initiative

2020-2021

-

Developing and Implementing Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning at Georgian HEIs (DITECH)

Erasmus+ Capacity building in higher education 2020

2021-2024

€34,473

Towards a collaborative approach and structure for engaged research (UNIC4ER)

Horizon 2020: Support for the Research and Innovation Dimension of European Universities

2021-2023

€2,000,000

(€301,575 UCC)

 


Table 2: Overview of Nationally funded projects

PROJECT TITLE

FUNDING BODY

YEAR OF AWARD

UCC AWARD

Developing an international language of teaching and learning spaces to enhance student learning

Government of Ireland Academic Mobility Programme

2017-2018

€8,640

Teaching across cultural strengths

Government of Ireland Academic Mobility Programme

2018-2019

€16,500

26 UCC Learning and Teaching Enhancement Initiatives

National Forum and HEA: Strategic Alignment of T&L Enhancement Fund 2019

2019 - 2021

€483,000

 

Teaching and Learning Research Fellowship

National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Irish Research Council

2020 - 2021

€45, 000

Developing Students’ Graduate Attributes through Community Engaged Learning

National Forum Network & Discipline Fund

2020-2021

€8,640

Embedding Sustainability across the Curriculum and Beyond - Stimulating Active Citizenship for Possible Sustainable Futures

National Forum Network & Discipline Fund

2020-2021

€8,523.75

Seminars focused on Teaching and Learning enhancement

National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

2020-2021

€11,000

11 UCC Learning and Teaching Enhancement Initiatives

National Forum and HEA: Strategic Alignment of T&L Enhancement Fund 2020

2020-2022

€458,000


Completed Research Projects

TITLE FUNDING AGENCY YEAR
Developing an international language of teaching and learning spaces to enhance student learning Higher Education Authority 2017-2018
Enhancing Responsible Research and Innovation through Curricula in Higher Education (EnRRICH) H2020 SEAC2 Making science education and careers attractive for young people 2015-2018
Teaching Excellence in Israel (TeachEx) Erasmus+ Capacity building in higher education 2015-2018
Mapping Research across the Undergraduate Curriculum in UCC Univeristy College Cork 2017
Case Study R: Fite Fuaite: The Design and Planning of a Diploma in Applied Irish at UCC In Enhancing Programme Approaches to Assessment and Feedback in irish Higher Education National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning 2017
Teaching for transitions: a review of teaching for transitions related teaching and learning activity and research. Part 1 A review of scholarly work and educator understanding of Pedagogies of Transition: Implications for impact. National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning 2015
Teaching for transitions: a review of teaching for transitions related teaching and learning activity and research. Part 2: A snapshot of Irish-based scholarly work and activity: Implications for impact National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning 2015

Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL)

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