Dr Aileen Ireland is an academic with expertise in professional education and lifelong learning across multiple disciplines. She has a particular interest in the mobilisation of knowledge in the assemblage of research, practice, and education. Her research adopts a critical posthumanist approach to explore the more-than-human practices of professional educators and their use of technologies, enrolling posthuman and sociomaterial methodologies to understand the more-than-human ways in which education practices shift and shape the world. Her research interests also include the use of digital technologies in education practices, storytelling methodologies, and arts-based participatory co-design projects.
Dr Ireland also has a strong interest in promoting social and racial justice through the decolonisation of education practices. Her research has been recognised by the British Educational Research Association, and she is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
A Visual Study of Professional Learning in Closing the Poverty-Related Attainment Gap
PI: Dr Maureen Michael
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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English as a school subject: learning effective practices from low level primary English language teachers
PI: Dr Aileen Ireland
Funded by: The British Council
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Article
How is the role of student governor understood in further education colleges in the UK?
Ireland A, Pennacchia J, Watson C & Bathmaker A (2022) How is the role of student governor understood in further education colleges in the UK?. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46 (4), pp. 561-573. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2021.1986474
Article
Contextualising Further Education Governance In Northern Ireland: History, Policy And Practice
Husband G & Ireland A (2022) Contextualising Further Education Governance In Northern Ireland: History, Policy And Practice. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 27 (3), pp. 351-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2022.2076052
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Evans JMM, Ireland AV, Cameron DM, Clarke KM & Eades CE (2021) Postpartum opportunistic advice in primary care for women who have had gestational diabetes: a qualitative study of health care professionals' views. BMC Family Practice, 22 (1), Art. No.: 209. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01558-x
Project Report
Watson C, Husband G, Hill R, Ireland A, Gilbert E, Bathmaker A, Pennacchia J, James D & Gardner S (2021) Processes and practices of governing in colleges of further education in the UK: Uncovering the complexities of governing. ESRC. Stirling: University of Stirling.
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Boards in action: processes and practices of 'strategising' in the Boardroom
Watson C & Ireland A (2021) Boards in action: processes and practices of 'strategising' in the Boardroom. Journal of Management and Governance, 25 (3), pp. 933-966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-020-09545-7
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Hill R, Garner S & Ireland A (2021) Reviewing the strategic influence of governance professionals in UK colleges: Acting as the translator of the conduct of conduct. Educational Management Administration and Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432211015215
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Watson C, Husband G & Ireland A (2021) Opening the 'black box': what does observational research reveal about processes and practices of governing?. Journal of Management and Governance, 25 (1), pp. 189-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-020-09503-3
Article
Ireland A (2020) A posthuman ecology of simulated human patients: Eidolons, empathy and fidelity in the uncanny embodiment of nursing practice. Explorations in Media Ecology, 19 (3), pp. 299-318. https://doi.org/10.1386/eme_00048_1
Thesis
Ireland A (2019) Modes of knowing in simulated human pedagogies: The uncanny double of performance in nursing education. Doctor of Philosophy. University of Stirling. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30385
Article
Ireland A, Finnegan-John J, Hubbard G, Scanlon K & Kyle R (2019) Walking groups for women with breast cancer: Mobilising therapeutic assemblages of walk, talk and place. Social Science and Medicine, 231, pp. 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.016
Research Report
An Exploration of Curriculum Reform in the Republic of Croatia
Priestley M & Ireland A (2018) An Exploration of Curriculum Reform in the Republic of Croatia. British Council. Stirling.
Article
How active are women who play bingo: A cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project
Ryde G, Gorely T, Jepson R, Gray C, Shepherd A, Mackison D, Ireland A, Williams B, McMurdo MET & Evans J (2017) How active are women who play bingo: A cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project. BMC Women's Health, 17 (1), Art. No.: 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0405-z
Article
Ireland A (2017) Simulated human patients and patient-centredness: The uncanny hybridity of nursing education, technology, and learning to care. Nursing Philosophy, 18 (1), Art. No.: e12157. https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12157
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Evans J, Ryde G, Jepson R, Gray C, Shepherd A, Mackison D, McMurdo MET, Ireland A & Williams B (2016) Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: A participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club. BMC Public Health, 16, Art. No.: 345. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3013-1
Thesis
Ireland A (2015) The Simulated Human: An Actor-Network exploration of the materialities of mobilising practice learning in uncanny spaces. Masters by Research. University of Stirling. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23396
Meeting Abstract
Ireland A, Finnegan-John J, Scanlon K, Knight C, Taylor-Sturdy L, Hubbard G & Kyle R (2015) Shoulder-to-Shoulder Support: Using Walking Interviews To Understand the Significance of a Peer-led Walking Group Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors. 2015 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Washington, DC, 28/07/2015 - 01/08/2015. Psycho-Oncology, 24 (Supplement S2), pp. 290-291. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.3874/abstract;jsessionid=ABFE4FD182F1FEB2E0E980E73CF19A77.f01t01; https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3874
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Hubbard G, Campbell A, Davies Z, Munro J, Ireland A, Leslie S, Watson A & Treweek S (2015) Experiences of recruiting to a pilot trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation In patients with Bowel cancer (CRIB) with an embedded process evaluation: Lessons learned to improve recruitment. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 1 (1), Art. No.: 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-015-0009-z
