Dr Ciaran Burke's Outputs (5)

Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces for Disabled Researchers (2020)
Book

Social Research and Disability argues that the contemporary rules of sociological methods outlined in numerous research methods texts make a number of assumptions concerning the researcher including ambulance, sight, hearing and speech. In short, the... Read More about Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces for Disabled Researchers.

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research (2020)
Book

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education brings together an international group of scholars who shine a theoretical light on the politics of academic life and higher education. The book covers three key areas:

1) Institutional governance... Read More about Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education: Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research.

Stories of family in working‐class graduates’ early careers (2020)
Journal Article

How do young graduates view the role of immediate families in influencing/supporting them as they start their working lives and how do those reflections affect how they think of themselves as graduates? Social, political and economic changes have led... Read More about Stories of family in working‐class graduates’ early careers.

Addressing unrealistic optimism with counterfactual reasoning in an employability module in higher education (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: The study aimed to explore the effect of second year business students engaging in counterfactual reasoning on their unrealistic optimism regarding attainment on an employability module. Design/methodology/approach: Using an experimental des... Read More about Addressing unrealistic optimism with counterfactual reasoning in an employability module in higher education.

Maintaining the promise without killing the dream: Developing resilience for future 'graduate' careers (2020)
Journal Article

Significant numbers of recent graduates continue to enter non-graduate roles. Against this backdrop, there is a need to consider how students and graduates can be prepared for the graduate labour market. Resilience is represented as a key attribute f... Read More about Maintaining the promise without killing the dream: Developing resilience for future 'graduate' careers.