Dr Camilla Fitzsimons
Lecturer
Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
| Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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| A Community Education response to anti-Muslim Racism (Islamophobia) in Ireland | Coordinator and Researcher | / | 01-NOV-15 | 03-SEP-17 | |||
| Integrating cultural diversity into Higher Education (HE4u2) | Researcher | / HE4u2 is initiated by European adult and continuing educators and is lead by EUCEN. Other participating universities are Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, University of Turku in Finland, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, University of Porto in Portugal, University of Vienna in Austria and University of Mainz in Germany. | 07-JUN-15 | 01-JUL-17 | |||
| Unlocking Freedom through Adult and Community Education | Researcher | / Other partners are Disability Federation Ireland (lead), Stewarts Care Ltd in Ireland, Centre de la Gabrielle France, KVPS Finland, UPEC (University Paris) and Institution for Community Based Social Services Foundation (ICSS) in Bulgaria. | 01-JUN-15 | 02-JUN-18 |
Books
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2017 | Community Education and Neoliberalism; Philosophies, practices and policies in Ireland.
Camilla Fitzsimons (2017) Community Education and Neoliberalism; Philosophies, practices and policies in Ireland. London: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
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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
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| 2019 | 'Working as a white adult educator, using our own life stories to explore asymmetries of power and privilege'
Camilla Fitzsimons (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, [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, [IR Link] [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) [IR Link] [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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| 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/. [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. [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] |
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 |