LCEN, LCAES, PAUL Partnership & Limerick Regeneration Agencies, 2012
non-peer-reviewedThis research undertook a qualitative study of the social value of community-bas... more non-peer-reviewedThis research undertook a qualitative study of the social value of community-based adult education in Limerick City. In particular, the research sought to explore the social outcomes of learning for individuals, their families, communities and wider society
peer-reviewedTwelve months ago we launched the inaugural edition of Socheolas - The Limerick Stud... more peer-reviewedTwelve months ago we launched the inaugural edition of Socheolas - The Limerick Student Journal of Sociology. The second edition followed within six months and we are delighted now to present the third edition of Socheolas, featuring six new articles by undergraduate students of Sociology at the University of Limerick. This edition again offers wide ranging critical discussion of key questions by student contributors. Topics addressed include the ongoing relevance of Marxist theory; critical evaluations of the welfare state; institutional racism in Irish society; critical analysis of digital technologies and two unique approaches to Irish identities, which are explored though discussion of hybridity, diaspora and symbolic ritua
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2013
Seeking Research Ethics Committee (REC) approval in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) is i... more Seeking Research Ethics Committee (REC) approval in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) is increasingly encumbered by bureaucratic rules and regulations. Termed ‘ethics creep’, such governance is challenged by an emerging body of international literature. This article contributes to such literature by documenting the emotional vicissitudes of seeking REC approval in an Irish university, for a proposed sociological study of
LCEN, LCAES, PAUL Partnership & Limerick Regeneration Agencies, 2012
non-peer-reviewedThis research undertook a qualitative study of the social value of community-bas... more non-peer-reviewedThis research undertook a qualitative study of the social value of community-based adult education in Limerick City. In particular, the research sought to explore the social outcomes of learning for individuals, their families, communities and wider society
peer-reviewedTwelve months ago we launched the inaugural edition of Socheolas - The Limerick Stud... more peer-reviewedTwelve months ago we launched the inaugural edition of Socheolas - The Limerick Student Journal of Sociology. The second edition followed within six months and we are delighted now to present the third edition of Socheolas, featuring six new articles by undergraduate students of Sociology at the University of Limerick. This edition again offers wide ranging critical discussion of key questions by student contributors. Topics addressed include the ongoing relevance of Marxist theory; critical evaluations of the welfare state; institutional racism in Irish society; critical analysis of digital technologies and two unique approaches to Irish identities, which are explored though discussion of hybridity, diaspora and symbolic ritua
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2013
Seeking Research Ethics Committee (REC) approval in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) is i... more Seeking Research Ethics Committee (REC) approval in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) is increasingly encumbered by bureaucratic rules and regulations. Termed ‘ethics creep’, such governance is challenged by an emerging body of international literature. This article contributes to such literature by documenting the emotional vicissitudes of seeking REC approval in an Irish university, for a proposed sociological study of
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