Higher Education in Ireland

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Andrew Loxley, Aidan Seery, John Walsh

   Pages 1-4

3. The Transformation of Higher Education in Ireland, 1945–80

   • John Walsh

   Pages 5-32

4. A Contemporary History of Irish Higher Education, 1980–2011

   • John Walsh

   Pages 33-54

5. From Seaweed & Peat to Pills & Very Small Things: Knowledge Production and Higher Education in the Irish Context

   • Andrew Loxley

   Pages 55-85

6. Bildung and Life-Long Learning: Emancipation and Control

   • Aidan Seery

   Pages 86-95

7. Ireland and the Field of Higher Education: A Bourdieusian Perspective

   • Michael Grenfell

   Pages 96-109

8. Prospects for a Private, Indigenous and For-Profit University in Dublin

   • David Limond

   Pages 110-122

9. Measures and Metrics and Academic Labour

   • Andrew Loxley

   Pages 123-145

10. A Critical Journey Towards Lifelong Learning: Including Non-Traditional Students in University

    • Ted Fleming, Fergal Finnegan

    Pages 146-158

11. Student Experience and Engagement in Higher Education in Ireland

    • Anne Murphy

    Pages 159-171

12. Bologna: Consonance or Dissonance?

    • Frank McMahon

    Pages 172-185

13. Changing Curriculum and Assessment Mindsets in Higher Education

    • Damian Murchan

    Pages 186-197

14. E-Learning and Higher Education — Hyperbole and Reality

    • Tom Farrelly

    Pages 198-215

15. Academic Professional Development in Ireland

    • Carmel O’Sullivan

    Pages 216-232

16. Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning in Irish Higher Education

    • Ciara O’Farrell

    Pages 233-252

17. Back Matter

    Pages 253-256

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This collection provides the first in-depth, interdisciplinary and over-arching review of higher education in Ireland, situating higher education within the socio-cultural, political and historical context of the country over the past 40 years and the development of European and national policies.

• curriculum
• e-learning
• education
• higher education
• learning
• lifelong learning
• teaching
• university

• School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

  Andrew Loxley, Aidan Seery, John Walsh

Tom Farrelly, Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland Ted Fleming, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland Michael Grenfell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Frank McMahon, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland David Limond, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Damian Murchan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Anne Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Carmel O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Ciara O'Farrell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Policies and ethics