Mr.Michael Tobin

Staff Directory - Michael Tobin

Mr.  Michael  Tobin

Title

Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Care

School/Department

School of Humanities - Applied Arts

Email

[email protected]

Room Name/Num:

FTG16D

Building:

T- Block/ FTG Rooms

Campus:

Main Campus

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My Biography

Michael Tobin is a social policy and social care lecturer in the Department of Applied Arts and Pogramme Leader for BA (Hons) Social Science. Additional roles: International Placement Coordinator for the Department of Applied Arts, and International Exchange Programme Coordinator - partnership with University College Leuven Limburg (UCLL), Belgium.

Education:

  • MA in Social Studies
  • BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care (Add-on)
  • BA in Applied Social Studies in Social Care 

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My Research

SPEEDS Project

Since 2017 I have been collaborating with my fellow social policy educators nationwide as part of the ‘Digital literacy for social policy educators’ project. This collaborative project (type 2) is part of the National Forum under their Teaching and Learning Enhancement Call. The working title for our project is ‘Expanding Personal and Professional Digital Capacities in Social Policy Teaching and Learning Contexts: A Collaboration between Social Policy Educators and Learning Technologists’.

Research interests include: Irish Social Policy, Citizenship, Nationalism, Identity, Street-level Bureaucracy, Cultural Memory, European studies and the Media.

 

Papers

Tobin, M. (2018) “Providing a New Direction: Use of early interventions for those at risk of anti-social behaviour". Paper presented to the B.A. Child and Youth Studies course at University College Leuven Limburg, Social School Heverlee, 21st February, 2018.

Teaching Experience

Michael Tobin has been teaching in the Department of Applied Arts, at Waterford Institute of Technology, since 2010. Outlined below is the courses on which Michael currently/previously worked on, and the complete list of modules currently/previously delivered.

Courses:

  • BA (Hons) in Social Science
  • BA (Hons) in Social Care Practice
  • BA in Applied Social Studies in Social Care (level 7 and ACCS)
  • BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care (Add-on course)
  • BA (Hons) in Criminal Justice Studies
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
  • Higher Certificate in Arts in Custodial Care
  • BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies

Modules:

  • Social Policy and Welfare
  • Social Policy and Ideology
  • EU and Globalisation
  • Irish Social Policy
  • Social Policy Processes
  • Applied Social Studies 
  • History of Social Care  
  • Social Care Practice Placement
  • Challenges for Irish Social Policy
  • Introduction to Social Policy
  • Sociology of Contemporary Ireland 
  • Understanding Sociological Perspectives
  • Introduction to the European Union 

Tutorial classes:

  • Introduction to Sociological Problems 
  • Irish Society and the Media 
  • Modern Social Theory 
  • Social Facts and Structures

My Professional Experience

External Examiner - Cork Institute of Technology 2018 - 

Professional Memberships

Social Justice Ireland - Board member 2017-present

Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI)