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Dr Rob Mark

Dr Rob Mark BSc (Hons); MSc; MA; MEd; PhD; Cert. Ed; Dip.T RP;
Higher Education Academy Member
Senior Lecturer

Room 01-003
20 College Green
School of Education
Queen’s University Belfast
Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 5163
Fax: +44 (0)28 9097 1084
E. Mail: r.d.mark@qub.ac.uk

Leadership Roles: 

Coordinator of Lifelong Learning
School of Education Ethics Committee (Chair)

Teaching:
PhD supervision
EdD  teaching and dissertation supervision (Post-Compulsory Education)
MSSc Masters in Management of Lifelong Learning -  Course Coordinator
Co-ordinator of Adult Teacher Programmes  & School  & University Staff Development Programmes and
Short Course Programmes
Essential Skills ( Literacy & Numeracy)
Post Graduate Certificate in  Higher Education and Training  (PGCHET)
Post Graduate Certificate in  Education  ( PGCE)

Research/Scholarship:
My research interests include management and practice of lifelong learning, teacher education, literacy and numeracy, quality in education,  access  to education for  excluded groups, learning in later life, older men’s learning & well being, lifelong learning in Europe,  guidance and counseling, spirituality and learning and environmental education. 


Research and Development Projects:

  • Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation (PDOP)  http://www.psy.surrey.ac.uk/PIDOP/ European Commission  7th Framework Programme (2009-12)
  • Older Men’s Learning in Northern Ireland : beyond the workplace  Changing Ageing Partnership(CAP)Project ( 2008-10) http://www.changingageing.org/
  • Empowerment of Vocational Education and Training by Improving E-Learning Competences of Teachers and Trainers. (2007-9) European Commission Leonardo Funded  Project http://www.evete.org/cms/evete/app
  • Literacy & Equality in Irish Society ( 2005-7) Peace Funded Project  Irish & British Government  www.leis.ac.uk  
  • Literacy & Basic Skills Policies  & Practices in Europe (2005-6)  EU Grundtvig Project
  • European Universities Lifelong Learning Network. Project ( 2003-7) Managers Handbook for Lifelong Learning http://www.eullearn.net/ebook/
  • Increasing Adult Education in European Universities (2001-2004)  EU Socrates / Grundtvig Project www.qub.ac.uk/alpine
  • Using ICT as  Hook (2003-4) Learndirect University for Industry
  • Quality in Lifelong Learning  (2002-5) EQUIPE Socrates Project
  • Essential Skills Tutor Training Project  (2001-7) Department of Employment and Learning for Northern Ireland


Publications:

  • Mark, R (2009) in Mattos, A et al;’ Exploring ways of promoting an equality discourse using non-text/creative approaches for learning in the everyday lives of adult literacy learners ’In  Narratives on Teaching and Teacher Education,  Palgrave Macmillan p107-122ISBN 978-0-2390-61233-4
  • Mark, R &. Von Mitschke-Collande, P. (2008) The University as a Regional Actor: Partnerships for Professional development in Europe. (Authors & Editors). Franzbecker and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover. ISBN: 978-3-88120-900-7
  • Mark, R (2008) ‘Exploring Equality through Creative Methods of Learning in Adult Literacy’ in The Adult Learner 2008 Irish Journal of Adult & Community Education p. 77-84 ISSN 978-0-906826-27-0
  • Mark, R.(2007) ‘Promoting an Equality Agenda in Adult Literacy Practice using Non-Text/Creative Methodologies’  Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Volume 13  No 1 pp19-27 ISSN 1477-9714  
  • Mark, R  & Tett , L (2007) 'Much more than a basic skill' Adult Learning p26-28 Vol. 18 No 5 January 2007 National Institute for Adult & Continuing Education
  • Mark, R & Tett, L. (2007) Using creative methodologies to help adult learners understand equality issues: findings from the Literary & Equality in Irish Society Project (LEIS).  National Adult Literacy Agency Journal, Spring  Issue  p. 67-73.  NALA.  Dublin.
  • Mark, R. (2007) ‘Too many left behind: an examination and comparison of recent policy developments in adult literacy in the two Ireland’s.’ The Adult Learner.  The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education.  National Association of Adult Education (AONTAS)  Dublin pp61-76   ISSN  978-0-906826-24-9  
  • Mark, R, Jay, R, McCabe, B., & Moreland, R. (2007)  Researching Adult Learning Communities and partnerships in the Local & Global Context, 37th Annual SCUTREA Conference, Queen’s University Belfast. Belfast: Williams Lee  pgs. 526 ( Authors & Editors) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/beia.htm
  • Mark, R, Mitchell, V, Moe, F, Rutkauskiene, D & Urponen, H. (2006) European University Lifelong Learning: The  European Lifelong Learning Managers’ Handbook .  ISBN 9955 9874 1 3 ISM University of Management and Economics e-book  http://www.eullearn.net/ebook/  
  • Mark, R, Soroke B , Murphy, P & Lambe, T. (2006)  Literacy, Equality & Creativity: Resource Guide for Adult Educators  Queen’s University Belfast & University College DublISBN  0853898901  http://www.leis.ac.uk
  • Mark, R. Pouget, M. & Thomas, T. (2004) Adults in Higher Education: Learning from Experience in the New  Europe.(  authors and editors pp 512). Chapter1 p 9-16 & 29-48 in ‘ Increasing Adult Participation in Higher Education’  p29-48 Peter Lang AG, European Academic Publishers , Bern, Switzerland. US- ISBN 0-8204-6992-0 ISBN 3-03910-182-X
  • Mark, R. (2004) ‘Quality Management in Lifelong Learning: can a stakeholder approach to involvement make a difference?’ in the  Journal of Adult & Continuing Education , Volume 10. No 1 p.19-30.  Leicester: National Institute of Adult & Continuing Education


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