Academic Staff

Margaret Fingelton

Assistant Lecturer

Tel: 2205464

(On leave for 2021-2022)

Margaret is an Assistant Lecturer in TU Dublin and has previously worked in a similar role in ITTallaght. She was placement Coordinator and Course coordinator on the Social Care Practice program in ITTallaght, and was previously on the lecturing team of the MA in Carlow College. Margaret has worked in the Statutory and Voluntary sector and has experience in Residential and Community care, Youth and Disability services and was owner and manager of Finwey Farm which provided Animal Assisted Therapy/ Activities and Forest School education.

Diploma in Applied Social Studies Dublin Institute of Technology.

BA in Social Care Dublin Institute of Technology.

MA in Therapeutic Childcare Carlow College.

Currently a PhD candidate in School of Languages, Law and Social science.

Recent Conference Papers/Presentations

Workshop on Reflective Practice for students in Social Care. March 2017 Social Care Conference Galway.

Poster presentation on pilot research to Incorporate CPD into the Placement portfolio for social care students. November 2016, Health and Social Care Conference, Dublin Castle. (with Catherine Byrne)

A Collaborative Approach to Designing a M.A. in Social Research in Response to the Changing Higher Education and Social Environment In Ireland. November 2016, HEIT Conference, Oshawa, Canada (with Dr. Fiona Mc Sweeney).

Publications

Smith, Karen; Shier, Anne Marie; Fingleton, Margaret; and Murphy, Kevin (2016). Guest Editor’s Introduction: Social Care, Social Policy and Social Justice. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies: Vol. 16: Iss. 2, Article 1. Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijass/vol16/iss2/1/

McSweeney, F., & Fingleton, M. (2016) A Collaborative Approach to Designing a M.A. in Social Research in Response to the Changing Higher Education and Social Environment in Ireland. Higher Education in Transition Symposium, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, , November 2-6). Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=heit161

Research Interests

Social Justice, Attachment, Therapeutic interventions, Animal Assisted therapy,

Migrant experiences of Higher Education and Social care.

Other

External Examiner, Institute of Technology Waterford

Member of Organising Committee for conference “Social Care and Social Policy in Ireland: Seeking Social Justice in the Era of Austerity and Beyond”

IASCE representative on Social Care Ireland Conference Committee 2015 to date

Member of IASCE Student Placement Committee Subgroup 2014 to date

Member of Social Care Ireland

Member of SCAS (Society for Companion Animal Studies) and SoFab( Social Farming Ireland)

Teaching Areas

Professional Practice, Groupwork, Communication, Management, Reflective practice, Placement coordination and supervision.