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Direct linkFlynn, Susan; Collins, Joseph; Malone, Lindsay – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2022
The Faculty of Lifelong Learning at South East Technological University's Carlow campus, is one of the largest providers of part-time learning in the Irish Higher Education sector. A large majority of our lifelong learners, 88%, are adult learners over the age of 23, therefore the perspectives of our part-time learners offer us valuable insights…
Descriptors: Part Time Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, COVID-19
Flynn, Susan; Collins, Joseph; Malone, Lindsay – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2022
A wide range of literature has already emerged which assesses the sudden closure of Higher Education Institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when many academic institutions turned to ERT (emergency remote teaching) in order to maintain teaching and learning. The Faculty of Lifelong Learning at Institute of Technology Carlow, Ireland,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Distance Education, Pandemics, COVID-19
McTaggart, Breda; Walsh, Orla – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2013
Adult learners, and women in particular, have to combat a number of specific barriers to participate in lifelong learning opportunities. Frequently, delivery modes of adult learning programmes do not take these varying demands into consideration (McCulloch & Stokes, 2008). However, when they do, positive results ensue. This case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Access to Education, Barriers
