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Current Research Students

Our newly established Doctoral Research Centre has a lively community of 182 full-time and part-time PhD and EdD research students.  Some of our PhD students and their projects are listed below.
NameThesis Title Entry Year
Helen Adams The Effectiveness of Programmes Aimed at Promoting the Socio-Emotional Development of Parents and Children Aged 0-3 Years.  2011
Smita Awasthi Teaching children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An investigation of teacher training, teaching methods and pupil learning outcomes 2009
Anthony Caldwell The Outer Limits or The Edge of Reason? The emergence of the Educational Industrial Complex 2012
Ian Cantley Non-separability in intentional predicates: a radical reconceptualisation of teaching, learning and assessment 2010
Annalouise Condra Popular theatre and acculturation: applied theatre techniques and the Mainland Chinese International student experience 2010
Pauline Connolly The development and evaluation of a volunteer mentoring programme to improve literacy outcomes in primary school children 2010
Nicole Craig The development and evaluation of a volunteer tutoring programme to improve numerical outcomes of primary school children 2010
Barbara Curran Collective memory and history education in post-conflict societies: Can history education be used as a vehicle for reconciliation? 2003
Carol Day Low incidence EAL students and their academic literacy in the mainstream secondary classroom 2010
Andrea Doherty Exploring research into language in play, focussing on Vygotsky's theories  2009 
Brian Fennell Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Challenging Behaviours: Training level and content area knowledge of teachers in the Republic of Ireland 2007
Trisha Forbes The role of schools in suicide postvention 2011
Naoimh Fox An evaluation of mentoring intervention programmes aimed at improving literacy and language development among children with English as an additional language 2010
MaryRose Gaw

Equine assisted therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Establishing a behaviour analytic evidence base

 2011
Helen Hanna

Citizenshp Education in Northern Ireland and Israel within a Right to Education Framework

 2010
Rebecca Loader

Intergroup contact in shared education partnerships: a qualitative study.

 2011
Michele Mallon

An epidemiological study of young children’s awareness of and attitudes toward disability

 2010
Catriona Martin

I am particularly interested in using the principles derived from the science of ABA to address behavioural safety. For example, drowning is the 3rd leading course of death in all children under 5 years of age. With regard to children with ASD (50% of whom elope regularly), 24% of elopees actually drown.

 2012
Rosemary McGill

The development and evaluation of a preschool programme to promote socio-emotional development among 3-4 year old children

 2008
Cornelia Munteanu Facing the diagnosis of autism in Europe.  How do families cope in Romania and Ireland 2008
Gareth Robinson The Role of Sharing Education in a Comparative Context 2011
Lucy Royal-Dawson The impact of conflict on the right to higher education: does the human rights framkework address it? 2009
Lisa Ruddy How technology, in the form of iOs apps can improve communication and social skills in children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.  2012
Claire Warke The Effects of Economic Disadvantage on Younger Children's Educational Attainment, Attitudes and Aspirations  2011
Yakob James Yohanis The implications of teachers' faith perspectives for the delivery of World Religions in Religious Education within Controlled Schools in Northern Ireland 2012