One of the NCSE’s statutory roles is to carry out research in the area of special education. The overall aim of the NCSE research programme is to strengthen our knowledge and understanding of best practice in educational policy and provision for students with special educational needs. Specifically the NCSE research programme:
A Head of Research and Communications and a Research Officer comprise the research staff. The NCSE has established an extensive research programme since 2008 and a Research Committee, a subcommittee of the Council, guides and supports the research work. Members of the Committee include:
The NCSE hosts an annual research conference, usually in November each year. This event is open to stakeholders, teachers, parents, researchers, policy makers and so on. The conference features presentations on NCSE commissioned research projects, as well as international key note speakers on a variety of topics. All of the conference presentations are available to download from the research conference tab here.
If you are interested in being on the mailing list for the conference please send us an email at NCSEResearch@ncse.ie.
When completed, all NCSE commissioned research reports are published on the website (see the research reports tab for a list and for links to published reports: see here).