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View article: Experiences of Students With Intellectual Disabilities and Peer Mentors in an Irish Higher Education Institution
Experiences of Students With Intellectual Disabilities and Peer Mentors in an Irish Higher Education Institution Open
Background This article analyses the experiences of students with intellectual disabilities and their peer mentors in an Irish university. Methods Data was collected through interviews with 15 peer mentors and 13 students with intellectual…
View article: Inclusive higher education for people with intellectual disability: obligations for higher education institutions under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Inclusive higher education for people with intellectual disability: obligations for higher education institutions under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Open
Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), ratified by 185 of the 193 UN Member States, provides an explicit right to “inclusive education” for people with disabilities in higher educat…
View article: Inclusive Postsecondary Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Teaching Methodologies and Practices of Translating Rights into Practice
Inclusive Postsecondary Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Teaching Methodologies and Practices of Translating Rights into Practice Open
Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) forms the cornerstone of the right to “inclusive education”, outlining in subsection 1 that, States “shall ensure an inclusive education system at all levels” (…
View article: ‘ <i>Pavee Leaders</i> ’ – enablers and inhibitors to accessing higher education for Irish Travellers
‘ <i>Pavee Leaders</i> ’ – enablers and inhibitors to accessing higher education for Irish Travellers Open
Historically, Irish Travellers have experienced social exclusion and marked educational disadvantage. Less than 1% of Travellers are documented as being in third-level education, with only 167 adult Travellers reported as holding a third-l…
View article: ‘I would love to do something about it’: young men’s role in addressing violence against women in Ireland
‘I would love to do something about it’: young men’s role in addressing violence against women in Ireland Open
This article reports on how young people (aged 18–24) and stakeholders working in the area of violence against women (VAW) in Ireland, perceive young men’s role in addressing VAW. We find that men are considered well positioned to interven…
View article: ‘I’m Not Victim-Blaming, But . . .’: Young People’s Discourses in Understanding Sexual Violence Against Women
‘I’m Not Victim-Blaming, But . . .’: Young People’s Discourses in Understanding Sexual Violence Against Women Open
This article explores the discourses that young people (aged 18–24) in Ireland use in understanding men’s sexual violence against women (SVAW). Drawing on a two-part vignette used in interviews with young people to elicit a corpus of data,…
View article: “Wherever There's Men, it can Happen”: Constructions of Violence Against Women by Young Adults in Ireland
“Wherever There's Men, it can Happen”: Constructions of Violence Against Women by Young Adults in Ireland Open
Given the growing concern about perpetration of violence against women (VAW) amongst young adults, this article examines how a sample ( n = 27) of Irish young adults (18–24 years) construct the term VAW. Participants drew on personal exper…
View article: Parents displaying family consumption in Ireland
Parents displaying family consumption in Ireland Open
This article considers qualitative data collected from 78 parents in an Irish study on the commercialisation and sexualisation of children. It makes a distinctive contribution in showing that the framework of family display (Finch, 2007) c…
View article: ‘They’re you know, their audience’: How women are (ab)used to cement the heterosexual bonds between men
‘They’re you know, their audience’: How women are (ab)used to cement the heterosexual bonds between men Open
This paper explores how young people (aged 18–24 years) in Ireland attribute young men's sexual harassment and violence against women both to the situational demands of what we call ‘heteromasculine homosociality’ and young men's negotiati…
View article: “A source of anxiety like never before”: Unpacking the Irish print media sexualisation of children discourse
“A source of anxiety like never before”: Unpacking the Irish print media sexualisation of children discourse Open
Drawing on a corpus of articles pertaining to the sexualisation of children in national Irish newspapers (2012-2014) and using tools provided by critical discourse analysis, the discourses in their Irish cultural context are ‘unpacked’ (Eg…
View article: "A Source of Anxiety Like Never Before"
"A Source of Anxiety Like Never Before" Open
Drawing on a corpus of articles pertaining to the sexualisation of children in national Irish newspapers (2012-2014) and using tools provided by critical discourse analysis, the discourses in their Irish cultural context are ‘unpacked’ (Eg…