External Examination, Validation, & Expert Evaluation

 


 

External Validation and Expert Review

    • External Expert (Human Functioning) for the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT): 2009 – present.

 

    • External Advisor for the validation of the joint ICEPE (Institute of Child Education and Psychology Europe) / University of East London (UEL) MA programme: MA Special and Additional Learning Needs.

 

    • External Expert for Oscail in relation to the development of the programme documentation for their Psychology undergraduate programme.

 

    • External Reviewer for the Advanced Diploma in Professional Development (Adv. Dip. PD) Inclusive Education, a collaborative programme between the Institute of Child Education and Psychology Europe (ICEPE) and The School of Education at Queen’s University Belfast.

 

    • Mid Life Review Panel for the Open University programmes: DSE212 Exploring Psychology, DXR222 Exploring Psychology Residential School [Project], and DZX222 Exploring Psychology [Online Project] programmes.

 

    • Validation Panel for the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) in respect of BA (Hons) Arts degree programme (Level 8: National Framework of Qualifications) proposed by Independent Colleges.

 

    • Evaluation Panel for the CertHE in Combined Social and Behavioural Sciences (a level 1 programme: equivalent to Year One of a Degree course) at the Portadown Campus of Southern Regional College, a Partner College of University of Ulster.

 

 


 

 

External Examiner: Programmes

    • External Examiner for Coventry University’s B.A. (Hons) Childhood and Youth Studies (2015 – 2019).

 

    • External Examiner for Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Recognised Undergraduate Degree in Psychology: National College of Ireland (2015 – 2018).

 

    • External Examiner for Postgraduate Certificate Special Education and Additional Needs / Postgraduate Diploma Special Education and Additional Needs / Masters in Arts Special Education and Additional Needs (including online): Institute of Child Education and Psychology Europe (ICEPE) and the University of East London (2014 – 2017).

 

    • External Examiner for Masters in Coaching Practice: University College Cork (2013 – 2016).

 

    • External Examiner for Masters in Applied Psychology (Coaching): University College Cork (2013 – 2016).

 

    • External Examiner for Masters in Applied Psychology (Guidance Counselling): University College Cork (2012 – 2015) (2015 – 2018).

 

    • External Examiner for HETAC Level 6 programmes: International School of Business (2010 – 2012).

 

 


 

 

External Examiner: Research Degree

 

    • Sarah Brock, Ph.D., Dundalk Institute of Technology (2021).
      • An examination of an area-based approach to supporting emotional and behavioural difficulties in early childhood: A community response.
    • Roisin Devenney, Ph.D., Maynooth University (2021).
      • Exploring perspectives of school refusal in second-level education in Ireland.
    • Lloyd Hughes, Ed.D., Canterbury Christ Church University (2020).
      • An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the ecological interface between teacher and disruptive student.
    • Brian Devitt, Ph.D., University of Limerick (2019).
      • Exploring the influence of Irish post primary teachers’ profession on their perceived stress.
    • Warren Symes, Ed.D., Canterbury Christ Church University (2019).
      • Personalised learning in gifted education: Students’ and teachers’ perceptions of challenge in mathematics.
    • Clara O’Byrne, Ph.D., University of Limerick (2018)
      • “Being special”: Intellectual disability, stigma and special education.
    • Niels Jacob, Ph.D., Open University of the Netherlands (2015)
      • Online Pestkoppenstoppen: Development and evaluation of an online computer-tailored intervention for low-educated cyberbullying victims.
    • Theresa Cleary, Ph.D., University of Ulster (2013)
      • Music performance anxiety in children within the context of practical music exams.
    • Justin Rami, Ph.D., Dublin City University (2012)
      • The influence of Europe’s education policies on the development of learning & assessment in the context of a higher education Institution in Ireland.
    • Margaret Denny, Ph.D., University College Cork (2008)
      • Exploring how teaching for multiple intelligence using a multiple intelligence teaching approach affected student achievement in an undergraduate nursing education programme in Ireland.

 

 

 


 

 

Internal Examiner: Research Degree

 

    • Joan McGrath, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2021).
      • Curriculum, accreditation and transition pathways; pupils with intellectual disability in special schools (Ireland).
    • Vivian Rath, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2020).
      • The social engagement experiences of disabled students in higher education in Ireland.
    • Sereen Talal Bakri, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2018).
      • Reasonable accommodation for students with disabilities / learning disabilities: Perspectives of university faculty, staff, and students.
    • Ashling Ryan Mangan, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2018).
      • “It’ll always be a part of him but it’s not going to define him”: Parental incarceration and the academic lives of primary and pre-school children in Ireland, pathways to resilience or maladaptation?
    • Colin McElroy, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2018).
      • The spectrum of inclusive practice for pupils with Autism attending mainstream primary schools.
    • Carol-Ann O’Síoráin, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2018).
      • An enquiry into the literacy practices of pupils with autism in mainstream primary settings in the Republic of Ireland.
    • Jeremiah Lynch, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2017).
      • Hell in Connaught: Surviving St. Joseph’s Industrial School, Letterfrack, Co. Galway.
    • Karen Mahony, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2016).
      • Pupils as change agents: an Irish conceptualisation of children’s participation in decision-making and governance in primary school.
    • Jolanta Burke, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2015).
      • Measuring well-being of adolescents displaying cyber aggression.
    • Silvia Gallagher, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2015).
      • A cross-cultural investigation of online community newcomer behaviour.
    • Paul Condell, D.Ed., Trinity College Dublin (2015).
      • Special education needs in further education.
    • Michele Joan Dunleavy-Lavin, D.Ed., Trinity College Dublin (2013).
      • Autism Spectrum Disorder in Irish schools.
    • Patricia Mc Carthy, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2013).
      • Expectations you encounter: The educational experiences and transition choices / opportunities of blind / vision impaired people in the Republic of Ireland.
    • Genevieve Murray, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (2013).
      • Teacher-on-teacher workplace bullying in the post-primary sector of the Irish education system.