Dr Camilla Fitzsimons

Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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Closure of community education projects | PI | AONTAS / Tender | This short desk research assesses the closures of community education projects in Ireland since 2008. | 09-NOV-18 | 31-DEC-18 | 8320.62 | |
FinALE - funding community education in ireland | Principal Investigator | AONTAS / Government State Bodies | 03-APR-18 | 28-NOV-18 | |||
precarious professionality | co-researcher | / | 01-DEC-17 | 31-JUL-18 | |||
A Community Education response to anti-Muslim Racism (Islamophobia) in Ireland | Coordinator and Researcher | / Government State Bodies | 01-NOV-15 | 03-SEP-17 | |||
Integrating cultural diversity into Higher Education (HE4u2) | Researcher | / Government State Bodies | 07-JUN-15 | 01-JUL-17 | |||
Unlocking Freedom through Adult and Community Education | Researcher | / Government State Bodies | 01-JUN-15 | 02-JUN-18 |
Books
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2017 | Community education and neoliberalism: Philosophies, practices and policies in Ireland.
Fitzsimons C. (2017) Community education and neoliberalism: Philosophies, practices and policies in Ireland. [DOI] [Details] |
Book Chapters
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2020 | 'Nothing about us without us Nigerian and Irish women working together'
Akinborewa, V., Fitzsimons, C. and Obasi, P (2020) 'Nothing about us without us Nigerian and Irish women working together' In: I am a man of peace, writings inspired by the Maynooth University Ken Saro-Wiwa Collective. Canada: Daraja Press. [Details] |
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2014 | 'Further Education and Training, history politics and practice'
Camilla Fitzsimons (2014) 'Further Education and Training, history politics and practice' In: Murray, M., Grummell, B. and Ryan, A (eds). “Worlds Apart? The disunity of FET policy directives and Community-based Education for social change”. Kildare, Ireland: MACE publications. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | 'Book review Community Work and Adult Education in Staveley'
Fitzsimons, C (2020) 'Book review Community Work and Adult Education in Staveley'. Community Development Journal, [Details] |
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2020 | 'Precarious professionality: graduate outcomes and experiences from an Initial Teacher (Further) Education programme in Ireland'
O’Neill J.;Fitzsimons C. (2020) 'Precarious professionality: graduate outcomes and experiences from an Initial Teacher (Further) Education programme in Ireland'. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 25 (1):1-22 [DOI] [Details] |
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2019 | 'Funding community education in Ireland: Making the case for a needs-based approach'
Magrath C.J.;Fitzsimons C. (2019) 'Funding community education in Ireland: Making the case for a needs-based approach'. Journal of Social Science Education, 18 (4):38-50 [DOI] [Details] |
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2019 | 'Working as a white adult educator, using our own life stories to explore asymmetries of power and privilege'
Fitzsimons C. (2019) 'Working as a white adult educator, using our own life stories to explore asymmetries of power and privilege'. Studies in the Education of Adults, [DOI] [Details] |
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2019 | 'Mapping out the research field of adult education and learning'
Camilla Fitzsimons (2019) 'Mapping out the research field of adult education and learning'. Studies in the Education of Adults, [DOI] [Details] |
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2017 | 'Rhetoric and reality: The Irish experience of Quality Assurance'
Fitzsmons, C. (2017) 'Rhetoric and reality: The Irish experience of Quality Assurance'. The Adult Learner, [Details] |
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2017 | 'Adult education responses to the ‘othering’ of Muslim identity: Perspectives from Ireland'
Fitzsimons, C. (2017) 'Adult education responses to the ‘othering’ of Muslim identity: Perspectives from Ireland'. 23 (2):263-280 [DOI] [Details] |
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2013 | 'Swimming in the Swamp, inquiry into accreditation, community development, and social change'
Fitzsimons, C. and Dorman, P. (2013) 'Swimming in the Swamp, inquiry into accreditation, community development, and social change'. The Adult Learner, [full-text] [Details] |
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2012 | 'Social Change Community Education – Where are we now?’'
Camilla Fitzsimons (2012) 'Social Change Community Education – Where are we now?’'. Volume 1 (4) [full-text] [Details] |
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2011 | 'Professionalism in Community Work and its implications for Radical Community Education’'
Camilla Fitzsimons (2011) 'Professionalism in Community Work and its implications for Radical Community Education’'. The Adult Learner, [Details] |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | Adult education and curriculum tensions.
Fitzsimons, C. & O'Neill, J. (2019) Adult education and curriculum tensions. [Oral Presentation], EuroACS 2019 conference: curriculum origins, trajectories and practices, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2019 | Being an adult educator in our contemporary world.
Fitzsimons, C and O'Neill, J. (2019) Being an adult educator in our contemporary world. [Oral Presentation], Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research on the Education of Adults, Nottingham, UK [Details] |
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2016 | ESREA 8th Triennial European Research Conference.
Fitzsimons, C. & O'Neill, J. (2016) ESREA 8th Triennial European Research Conference. [Other], Creative explorations of adult educators’ values, challenges and hope, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2018 | ESREA network on Interrogating Transformative Processes in Learning and Education Conference on “Contemporary Dilemmas and Learning for Transformation”.
Camilla Fitzsimons (2018) ESREA network on Interrogating Transformative Processes in Learning and Education Conference on “Contemporary Dilemmas and Learning for Transformation”. [Oral Presentation], Adult Education and White Privilege - Untangling Dilemma of Power and Privilege, Milan, Italy, University of Milano-Bicocca [Details] |
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2016 | This workshop supported adult educators to explore the values and principles important to their work and to contextalise these within the challenges of neoliberal policy.
Camilla Fitzsimons and Jerry O'Neill (2016) This workshop supported adult educators to explore the values and principles important to their work and to contextalise these within the challenges of neoliberal policy. [Oral Presentation], Values Challenges and Hope for Adult Educators, ESREA 8th Triennial European Research Conference, Imagining Diverse Futures for Adult Education [Details] |
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2016 | Introductory analysis of the challenges of cross-European research to determine the experiences of migrants within Higher Education.
Fitzsimons, C, Grummell, B and Finn, J. (2016) Introductory analysis of the challenges of cross-European research to determine the experiences of migrants within Higher Education. [Oral Presentation], The Challenges of Researching Inclusive Learning in Higher Education across Europe: HE4u2 project, ESREA 8th Triennial European Research Conference, Imagining Diverse Futures for Adult Education [Details] |
Published Reports
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | Precarious professionality: A review of the experiences and employment status of graduates of the Higher Diploma in Further Education at Maynooth University’s Department of Adult and Community Education (2013-2017).
O'Neill, J. and Fitzsimons, C. (2018) Precarious professionality: A review of the experiences and employment status of graduates of the Higher Diploma in Further Education at Maynooth University’s Department of Adult and Community Education (2013-2017). Executive Briefing. Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland, http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/10205/. [full-text] [Details] |
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2017 | HE4u2 survey findings – Integrating cultural diversity in higher education.
Fitzsimons, C., Grummell, B. and Noone, M. (2017) HE4u2 survey findings – Integrating cultural diversity in higher education. EUCEN, http:/he4u2.eucen. eu/outputs. [full-text] [Details] |
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2010 | Supporting the Recreational Needs of Young Travellers in Bray and Surrounding Areas.
Camilla Fitzsimons and Sarah Connors (2010) Supporting the Recreational Needs of Young Travellers in Bray and Surrounding Areas. Bray Traveller Action Group, Wicklow, Ireland. [Details] |
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2008 | Assessing the need for a Network of Educators in Ballymun and Surrounding Areas.
Camilla Fitzsimons (2008) Assessing the need for a Network of Educators in Ballymun and Surrounding Areas. Ballymun Partnership, Dublin, Ireland. [Details] |
Editorial
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2019 | Participation in non-formal education and community education implications for civic and political capital.
Caramelo J.;Fitzsimons C.;Menezes I. (2019) Participation in non-formal education and community education implications for civic and political capital. Editorial [DOI] [Details] |
Research Paper
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2017 | HE4u2 survey findings – Integrating cultural diversity in higher education.
Fitzsimons, C., Grummell, B. & Noone, M (2017) HE4u2 survey findings – Integrating cultural diversity in higher education. Barcelona: Research Paper [Details] |
Report
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | A review of the experiences and employment status of graduates of the Higher Diploma in Further Education at Maynooth University’s Department of Adult and Community Education (2013-2017).
O'Neill, J. & Fitzsimons, C. (2018) A review of the experiences and employment status of graduates of the Higher Diploma in Further Education at Maynooth University’s Department of Adult and Community Education (2013-2017). Report [Details] |
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2017 | The Foundation Certificates: a summary review of Maynooth University’s Foundation Certificate Programme from 2002-2014.
Fitzsimons, C. & O'Neill, J. (2017) The Foundation Certificates: a summary review of Maynooth University’s Foundation Certificate Programme from 2002-2014. Maynooth University: Report [Details] |
Curriculum design / Support materials
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2018 | Facilitating Inclusive Learning: A Continuous Professional Development Programme (CPD) for staff working with adults with diverse learning abilities in adult, further and community education.
Burke, L., Finn, J., Fitzsimons, C., Gannon, M., Grummell, B., O’Neill, J., Smith, M. (2018) Facilitating Inclusive Learning: A Continuous Professional Development Programme (CPD) for staff working with adults with diverse learning abilities in adult, further and community education. Maynooth University: Curriculum design / Support materials [Details] |
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2015 | Women's Reproduction and Rights.
Camilla Fitzsimons (2015) Women's Reproduction and Rights. Curriculum design / Support materials [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2014 | PhD Adult and Community Education | Maynooth University |
Outreach Activities
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Board of Directors. Partners is a community education organisation working from principles of social justice and equality. Our approach to education is participatory, experiential and hands-on. Link |
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Steering Committee member. The Spectacle of Defiance & Hope is a broadly based Creative Resistance movement founded in 2010 by the Community, Youth & Voluntary Sector. Link |
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Board of Directors DDCI wants, - a fair and just society for everyone. - financial system that serves the needs of all people, rather than just some people, and which does not take the planet for granted. - We critically engage people to understand the structural causes of global inequality and power relations. We aim to empower people in Ireland to take informed action for greater economic justice globally. Tackling inequality and achieving a fairer society requires critiquing power structures in our society and globally - highlighting the causes of inequality, rather than the symptoms. Link |
Teaching Interests
External Collaborators
Name | Role / Description | Country | |
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Three Pillars collective | sharing expertise, influencing policy direction. | IRELAND | |
Journal of Social Science Education | Guest Editor on special edition | PORTUGAL | |
Partners, Training for Transformation | civil society partnership | IRELAND | |
Social and Health Project (SHEP) | civil society partnership | IRELAND |