Dan O'Sullivan

Dan O'Sullivan

Dr.

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Biography

Dan is currently the Course Director for the Professional Masters in Business Education (PME) in the School of Education in the University of Limerick. Dan leads the Business Studies teaching team on the PME, including pedagogies in Accounting, Economics and Entreprenuership.  Research interests:
  • Adult, further and community education
  • Empathetic pedagogies
  • Research writing groups
  • Educational disadvantage
  • Inital teacher education
  • Positive youth development 
  • Educational resilience
  • Educational Leadership 
  • Career Guidance and Counselling
  • Food Loss https://www.folou.eu/
  • Bio Ethanol  
Dan began his career in Education in Youthreach. The Youthreach programme provides two years integrated education, training and work experience for unemployed early school leavers without any qualifications or vocational training who are between 15 and 20 years of age. Dan worked in 5 different Youthreach centres over 12 years before joining the University upon completion of his PhD entitled, Positive Youth Development and Resilience among Early School Leavers . Dan teaches course on Business Education, Special Educational Needs and Inclusion and Philosophy of Education. Professional Activities  Director on the Board of Engage in Education https://engage-edu.ie/ Co Chair of the Teaching and Learning Committe within the School of Education.  Teaching Council and the Business Studies Teachers Association of Ireland.  Member of the Learning Teaching and Assessment Committee Senior Leadership Team in the School of Education   Peer Revied Publications O Sullivan, D. (2023) Youthreach Learners, All Grown Up . The Adult Learner, The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, December 2023, pp 78-92  https://www.aontas.com/Adult-Learner-Journal/16035_Adult%20Learner%20Journal_2023_WEB.pdf   O Sullivan, D., & Heneghan, C. (2023).  Guidance provision in Youthreach centres. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 50, 1, 75-84.  https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.5008   O Sullivan, D. (2018) Positive Youth Development and Resilience among Early School Leavers . The Adult Learner, The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, December 2018, pp 83-94 https://www.aontas.com/assets/resources/Adult-Learner-Journal/14668_Aontas_Adult_Learner_2018_WEB%20new%2023-11-2018.pdf Conference Contributions O Sullivan, D. (2023) Promoting Equal Access for Adult Learners , presented at The Adult Learner Journal, December. O'Sullivan, D. (2019) 'Accessing Public Funding', invited speaker, breakout discussion, presented at The Irish Adventure Tourism Association, November.  O Sullivan, D. (2018) Marginalisation and Early School Leaving , presented at The Adult Learner Journal, December.                    O Sullivan, D. (2017) Challenging the Cartesian Daemon , presented at Young people s perspectives on culture, identity and cultural participation on the island of Ireland today, Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland, September. https://culturalpolicyireland.org/2017/09/26/spaces-to-belong-to-presentations/ O Sullivan, D. (2016) Youthreach and Internalised Sterotypes, a view from the Crow's Nest , presented at Connect, April.         O Sullivan, D. (2015) Youth Participation , presented at Connect, April.                          Theses O'Sullivan, D. (2019) Positive youth development and resilience amongst early school leavers, thesis (Ph.D.) Mary Immaculate College, available: https://dspace.mic.ul.ie/handle/10395/2900 O'Sullivan, D. (2011) Can Synchronous Co-located Online Integrated Learning help build Ireland s Knowledge Economy , thesis (Masters) Mary Immaculate College. Education
  • PhD in Education 2019 Mary Immaculate College  
  • Master s Degree Education 2011 Mary Immaculate College  
  • Graduate Diploma Adult and Community Education 2010 Mary Immaculate College  
  • Honours Degree Bachelor of Business Studies 2007 Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick                
  • Ordinary Degree Industrial and Systems Engineering 2021 Griffith College  
  • Work Measurement & Time Study QQI Level 8 2021 Carlow Institute of Technology  
  • Certificate Control of Infectious Diseases 2020 Limerick & Clare Education & Training Board
  • Certificate Web Design and Computer Networking 2010 Limerick College of Further Education
  • Completed Training Course for Adult Literacy Tutors Limerick City Adult Education Service 2009   
  • Completed course in Teaching English as a Foreign Langue Practical Completed course in Teaching English as a Foreign Langue Grammar Awareness Module 
  

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production