Julie Byrne
Assistant Professor
Social Studies
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Julie is Assistant Professor in Online Education and Development in the School of Social Work and Social Policy. She is also the Course Coordinator for the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Social Studie, Trinity's first wholly online programme. She studied business, specialising in training and development and human resource management, at Dublin City University and University College Dublin. Her doctoral thesis at the University of Limerick focused on the objective and subjective dimensions of professional careers. The career as a concept spans many occupations and professions and this has facilitated Julie's work with a variety of professions including engineers, managers and health and social care professionals. Julie came to Trinity in 2009 and has been responsible for the development and promotion of postgraduate programmes in the School as well as programme development at the National Institute for Intellectual Disability where she was also Acting Director. Julie was previously Director of Academic Programmes at National College of Ireland where she also lectured. In addition to her academic role Julie also provides consulting services to professional bodies and regulators on education, training and continuing professional development matters.
Research Interest
The manifestation of career concepts across multiple occupations and professions. Career pathways and progression. Continuous professional development. Management in human service organisations. Online education.
Publications
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Byrne, J, Analysis of Training Needs of Female Employees in RTE, Dublin, 1998
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Byrne J, Student Retention in Science and Engineering Programmes at an Institute of Technology, Dublin, 2003
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Byrne, J. , The Challenge of Developing the Contemporary Career , People Focus, (January), 2005
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Byrne, J. and Murphy, T., An Analysis of Current & Future Skills, Education and Qualifications of the HRD/Training Profession in Ireland, Dublin, Irish Institute of Training and Development, 2009,
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Byrne, J, Occupational Standards for Managers in the Community and Voluntary Sector, Dublin, IMCV, 2010
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Keenan, E and Byrne, J. , Realising the Potential: Supporting Managers of Community and Voluntary Organisations in Ireland, Dublin, 2011,
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Clarke, A., Kirwan, G. and Byrne, J., Post Qualification Perspectives of Newly Qualified Social Workers, Journal of Irish Association of Social Work, April, 2012
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Byrne J, Evaluation of the KEY and LET Programmes 2012/13, Belfast, Young Enterprise Northern Ireland/Junior Achievement Ireland, 2014
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Byrne, J and McGreevy, S, Learning to Live Together and Learning to Be , 6th International Lifelong Learning in Europe Conference, Helskini, Finland, September 2003, 2003
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Byrne, J and McGreevy, S, Promoting Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland Through Enterprise Education , UNESCO Conference on Intercultural Education, University of Jyvaskkyla, Finland., June, 2003
