2008 Press Releases
29.07.2008
The National Academy for Integrating Research & Teaching & Learning (NAIRTL) has awarded its 2008 grants for research activities and projects which will advance the aims and objectives of NAIRTL.
- Small grants of up to €5,000
- Larger grants of up to €20,000
Over 90 applications were received from members of staff at the NAIRTL partner institutions (UCC, CIT, NUIG, TCD and WIT); 29 of these were made by UCC staff members. Between individual and team applications more than 40 staff members from 30 separate departments in UCC participated in the scheme.
The selection committee comprised of five assessors from Ireland and the UK, and was chaired by Professor Grace Neville. The committee included nominees from the Irish Universities Association, Institutes of Technology Ireland, the Union of Students in Ireland, NAIRTL's management board and NAIRTL's International Advisory Board.
Nineteen funding awards were made in total, of which UCC received six. Congratulations to the following UCC teams and individuals who were successful in their applications:
Dr Clodagh Harris, Ms Fiona Buckley, Ms Monica O'Mullane and Dr Theresa Reidy, Department of Government
Integrating Research, Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Setting: Developing a FETAC level 6 Certificate in political issues and community action for the immigrant community (small grant)
Ms Margaret Healy, Ms Maeve McCutcheon & Ms Michelle Carr, Department of Accounting, Finance and Information Systems
Developing an Accounting and Finance Support Centre: Establishing and Disseminating Best Practice (small grant)
Dr Jacqui O'Riordan, Department of Applied Social Studies
Children and Global Diversity: Collaborative Development of Learning Materials: UCC and Hope Foundation (small grant)
Professor Kevin McCartney (UCC) and Ms Sarah Mulrooney (CIT), Cork Centre for Architectural Education
Literature Review and Development of Learning Workshop Exercises for Students Starting Research by Design (small grant)
Dr David Ryan, Department of History
Multiple Forum Education and Research: Enhancing Learning through Complimentary Temporal Environments, Research-Led Teaching, and Student-Based Enquiry (small grant)
Dr Bettie Higgs, Ionad Bairre, Professor Anthony Ryan, Paediatrics and Child Health and Dr Shane Kilcommins, Department of Law
Making Connections: Strengthening and Documenting Intentional Teaching for Integrative Learning (large grant)
Congratulations also to Dr John Considine who is involved in an NUIG led application which was successful.
Mr Brendan Kennelly (NUIG) and Dr John Considine, UCC Department of Economics
On-line auto-graded assignments versus paper assignments: A comparisonNAIRTL would like to thank all who applied and to congratulate those who were selected for a grant. NAIRTL looks forward to the commencement of these very worthy projects, the outcomes of which will be widely disseminated.
For further details about the projects above and a full list of those that were funded nationally, check out the NAIRTL website. http://www.nairtl.ie/index.php
From 2009 it is envisaged that this scheme will be open to all higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland.
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