Doctoral Supervision

The School of Education is active in the area of doctoral supervision and currently has over 70 candidates at PhD and DEd levels engaging in research across a wide range of areas relating to education.

Structured Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

The School's Structured Ph.D programme is a development of the traditional Ph.D where students select an area of enquiry and complete their doctoral thesis under the supervision of a designated supervisor.
Doctorate in Education (D.Ed.)

The Doctorate in Education (D.Ed) is designed primarily to meet the needs of professionals within the Irish education system.

Research Activities

In addition, the School has two associated research centres, the Cultures, Academic Values and Education (CAVE) research centre, and the Centre for Research in Information Technology in Education (CRITE).

The School of Education also has six research groups: Arts Education Research Group (AERG), Inclusion in Education and Society (IES), Language Use and Multilingualism in Education Research Group (LUMIERE), Research in School and Education (RISE), Science and Society, and the Teacher Education and Development Research Group (TEDRG). These research centres and groups engage in externally funded research in a wide range of areas, and regularly hold seminars and events.

Current key areas of research within the School of Education include:

Language
Drama
Autism
ICT
Sociology
Philosophy of Education (and especially higher education)
Psychology
History
Anti-Bullying
Leadership and Management
Policy Research
Science Education
Mathematics
Higher Education (HE)
Further Education (FE)
Geography Education
Geographies of Children and Youth