ProfessorJonathan Drennan

Professor Drennan has completed a teaching qualification, an Advanced Diploma in Educational Studies, from the University of Ulster and is registered as a nurse tutor with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. He also holdsmaster’s degree and a PhD in education. Professor Drennan has had a long interest in how teaching and the broader experience of university affects students and has published in this area. He has researched the impact of college on the development of lifelong learning capabilities such as critical thinking, problem-solving, research capabilities and professional capabilities and has published in in international peer reviewed higher education journals (Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, Studies in Higher Education, Nurse Education Today, Advances in Health Sciences Education).

Professor Drennan has undertaken research on the academic profession in Europe and has edited a research textbook aimed at master's and doctoral health sciences students (Curtis E., Drennan J. 2013 Quantitative Health Research: Issues and Methods. Open University Press). He was was appointed to the national Advisory Group that developed, tested and implemented the Irish Survey of Student Engagement (https://studentsurvey.ie) and was Chair of the survey design sub-group. He has also attended and presented at a number of international conferences on my research into higher education including the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) and European Conference on Higher Education Research. Professor Drennan previously networked with other higher education researchers in my field, including the Australian Council for Education Research and the Institute of Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, Germany. He has a series of book chapters published on the European academic profession and student engagement.