• The vocational and educational needs of adults recovering from mental health problems in a community setting, and the strategies, resources, initiatives available to meet them, as far as international literature is concerned: a comprehensive literature review 

  O’Brien, Michael (Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork, 2020-09)

  Background: Generally, individuals affected by mental illness experience its onset during their latent adolescent years which creates a disruption of their formal education and pathways toward employment. It is hoped that ...
• An exploration of the value youth mentors attach to their role in Gaisce – The President’s Award Irish national self-development programme 

  Mangan, Philip J. (Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork, 2020-09)

  Using Gaisce, The President’s Award, Ireland’s national youth achievement award programme, this study explores the role of the youth mentor within a non-formal learning environment. Drawing on quantitative survey data ...
• Cork Learning Neighbourhoods: documenting the impact on communities and organisations in Cork city and exploring current and sustainable models of practice 

  Nash, Eamon (Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork, 2020-09)

  Cork City, Ireland was awarded a learning city award from UNESCO’s, Institute of Lifelong Learning (UIL) in 2015. The Cork Learning Neighbourhoods, which is one strand of the Cork Learning City, was first piloted in 2015 ...
• An analysis of Youth Work Ireland, Cork’s ‘Mind Your Head’ programme 

  Koyce, Colin (Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork, 2020-10-02)

  This is a thesis surrounding Youth Work Ireland, Cork and the HSE Health Action Zone’s young people’s mental health programme ‘Mind Your Head’. The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the effectiveness of the programme ...
• How has supranational (EU) policy shaped the local in Ireland? A case study of South East Cork Area Development (SECAD) 

  Williamson, Matt (Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork, 2020-10)

  This research sets out to investigate how the process of implementing EU rural development policies in Ireland has led to the creation of new and highly dynamic territorial entities. Since 1987, Local Action Groups ...

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