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Prepare entry guide: supporting students with autism transition to higher education – an evaluation
(SOAR Project, Access UCC, University College Cork, 2025) Brennan, Rebekah; Leane, Máire; Horgan, Aoife; McGovern, Sheila; O'Donovan, Julie
The Transitions Programme at MTU Cork Campus, housed in the Disability Support Service within Access, was launched at the beginning of the 2019/20 academic year, initially as a three-year project. The goal of the Transitions Programme is to link with, understand and support students with autism in their first year of higher education. The idea for the Prepare Entry Guide emerged when Aspect Autism Service, a service providing specialist supports and interventions to adults with autism in Cork, highlighted that students with autism were asking for detailed information on where to eat on the MTU campuses. Producing information on this specific topic created an opportunity to develop a more extensive resource guide providing student-informed information on other topics that may be of benefit to students with autism in terms of transitioning to higher education.
Bridging the Gap - Evaluation Report 2006
(University College Cork, 2007-02) Hyland, Áine; Connolly, Tracey; Deane, Cynthia
The Bridging the Gap project has now come to the end of its fifth year, and it has gone from strength to strength since it began in 2001, working in partnership with more than forty schools in Cork city to improve the educational opportunities and achievements of their pupils. The project has been evaluated at the end of each year and it has been shown to produce real “wins” for everyone involved - pupils, their families, their teachers, the university and the communities. The schools in the project have set themselves challenging targets, and there is clear evidence in this report that they have met and exceeded these targets. In the process, they have greatly enhanced the educational experiences of their pupils. UCC is proud to be part of the Bridging the Gap project, which is a very important element of the university’s commitment to the community.
Freedom of association in contemporary China: An examination of its structure, content, and nature
(Brill, 2025-03-28) Zhu, Shaoming
The exploration of freedom of association in China has particular significance due to China’s unique socio-political landscape. This article reviews the general legal structure that governs freedom of association in China from the perspectives of legislature, administration, and courts, and provides an in-depth analysis of the legal sources and contents of the relevant laws and regulations while revealing the limitations faced by the associations and their members. It discusses the nature of freedom of association in China and examines its implications for the development of associations in the long term.
Teachers
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025-03-18) Neary, Aoife; Cover , Rob; Newman , Christy E.
This entry discusses key themes from across 30 years of research on the everyday lives of LGBTQ+ teachers across various contexts. The extent and shape of LGBTQ+ teachers' everyday labour around the politics of visibility in schools is outlined. As part of this narrative, key intertwining structural and systemic factors affecting these everyday negotiations are discussed, including the cis-heteronormative fabric of school life, discourses of childhood innocence and age-appropriateness, curriculum and teacher education, equality and employment legislation, policy and leadership. Ultimately, this synthesis of research provokes a scepticism around neat or simplistic solutions to the problem of cis-heteronormativity in schools, illustrating how teachers' everyday work reveals a messy but nevertheless hopeful process of change that involves simultaneous conformity, constraint, transgression and transformation.
Correction: Guidelines and recommendations for radiologist staffing, education and training
(SpringerOpen, 2025-05-15) Brady, Adrian; Loewe, Christian; Brkljačić, Boris; Paulo, Graciano; Szucsich, Martina; Hierath, Monika