Yurgos Politis

Yurgos Politis completed a four-year Physics degree at the University of Athens and qualified as a Physics teacher. He undertook a Master’s in Education and a PhD in Physics Education in University College Dublin. He has taught at both the second and third level and has been a teaching and research assistant and/or postdoctoral researcher in the Schools of Physics and Education in UCD, NUI Galway, UCC, and IT Tralee. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher on three EC-funded projects: 1) ESRALE (http://www.socio.uvt.ro/st-educ/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Flyer_ESRALE_version01-1.pdf), 2) COMMIT (http://www.eucen.eu/COMMIT), 3) Inclusive Learning (http://www.inclusive-learning.eu/project). Previous significant research work he was involved in includes The Academic Profession in Europe: Responses to Societal Change (EUROAC) project and the European Commission MORE2 project. Dr. Politis secured funding from ESF to host a colloquium in Dublin (13-14 April 2013). He is a founding member of the Early Career Higher Education Researchers’ (ECHER) network that was established in 2011.

Publications

New Voices in Higher Education Research and Scholarship
New Voices in Higher Education Research and Scholarship
Filipa M. Ribeiro, Yurgos Politis, Bojana Culum. © 2015. 367 pages.
Higher Education systems and universities worldwide are constantly being transformed due to ever-changing practices and policies. Recent research reveals the challenges between...
Contributing to an Evidence Base for the Enhancement of the Experiences and Outcomes of Mature Students at an Irish University
Contributing to an Evidence Base for the Enhancement of the Experiences and Outcomes of Mature Students at an Irish University
Emma Murphy, Yurgos Politis, Maria Slowey. © 2015. 22 pages.
This chapter explores current patterns of participation and progression by mature students in undergraduate (Bachelors) programmes in an Irish university. The study was conducted...