Browsing Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) by Author "McCoy, Selina"
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A study of gender in senior civil service positions in Ireland
Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Smyth, Emer; McCoy, Selina; Grotti, Raffaele; Kenny, Oona (ESRI, 12/12/2017)Women make up the majority of those employed in the civil service but are underrepresented at the most senior grades, where key policy and operational decisions are taken. Action 8 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan commits ... -
Early mobile phone ownership: Influencing the wellbeing of girls and boys in Ireland?
Dempsey, Seraphim; Lyons, Seán; McCoy, Selina (Routledge, 2020-02-07)Children live in a technology-mediated world, and most young people use a variety of technologies in their daily lives. However, despite intense public discourse, we have little empirical evidence on how technology use ... -
Evaluation of PLC Programme provision
McGuinness, Seamus; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; McCoy, Selina; Smyth, Emer; Watson, Dorothy (ESRI, 09/01/2018) -
Evaluation of the National Youthreach Programme
Smyth, Emer; Banks, Joanne; O'Sullivan, Jessica; McCoy, Selina; Redmond, Paul; McGuinness, Seamus (ESRI, 17/06/2019) -
Examining the experiences of students, teachers and leaders at Educate Together second level schools
McCoy, Selina; Mihut, Georgiana (ESRI, 2020-10-21) -
Further Education and Training in Ireland: Past, Present and Future
McGuinness, Seamus; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; McCoy, Selina; Smyth, Emer; Whelan, Adele; Banks, Joanne (ESRIDublin, 2014) -
Improving Second-level Education: Using Evidence for Policy Development
Smyth, Emer; McCoy, Selina (ESRIDublin, 2011) -
Investing in Education: Combating Educational Disadvantage
Smyth, Emer; McCoy, Selina (ESRIDublin, 2009) -
Learning from the Evaluation of DEIS
Smyth, Emer; McCoy, Selina; Kingston, Gillian (ESRIDublin, 2015) -
Parental Educational Expectations of Children with Disabilities
Banks, Joanne; Maître, Bertrand; McCoy, Selina; Watson, Dorothy (ESRI, 2016-05-12)The report, commissioned by the National Disability Authority, used data from the Growing Up in Ireland study to investigate the extent to which the educational outcomes of children with disabilities, which are poorer than ... -
Review of the School Completion Programme
Smyth, Emer; Banks, Joanne; Whelan, Adele; Darmody, Merike; McCoy, Selina (ESRI, 2015-10-07)The School Completion Programme (SCP) aims to have a significant positive impact on levels of student retention in primary and second-level schools. This report draws on a survey of SCP coordinators and chairpersons, ... -
School leavers : how are they faring?
Byrne, Delma; McCoy, Selina (Economic and Social Research Institute, 21/04/2009) -
Teaching and Learning in Second- Level Schools at the Advent of High-Speed Broadband
McCoy, Selina; Lyons, Seán; Coyne, Bryan; Darmody, Merike (ESRI, 2016-10-27)This report investigated the potential of high-speed broadband provision to transform teaching and learning in second-level classrooms. The research examined how students, teachers and principals have responded to the ... -
The early impact of the revised Leaving Certificate grading scheme on student perceptions and behaviour
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; O'Sullivan, Jessica; Smyth, Emer (ESRI, 17/01/2019) -
The Economics and Marketing of Tobacco: An Overview of the Existing Published Evidence
Layte, Richard; Russell, Helen; McCoy, Selina (ESRIDublin, 2002)Smoking is the largest cause of serious illness and premature death in Ireland accounting for approximately 7,000 deaths annually. Irish people spent ?1.9 billion on tobacco in 2000 - more than on petrol, electricity, coal, ...