Staff Profiles

Ms Lorraine Tansey

B.A (Hons), LLB (Hons)

Contact Details

Student Volunteering Coordinator
CKI
Life Course Institute
NUI Galway
T: Ext. 5346
E: lorraine.tansey@nuigalway.ie

Biography

Lorraine Tansey is the Student Volunteer Coordinator of the Community Knowledge Initiative at the Institute for Lifecourse and Society. Lorraine's EDD thesis is focused on student volunteering and social justice. She has a Masters in Education from the University of British Columbia, Canada. As the coordinator of NUI Galway's student volunteering programme, ALIVE, Lorraine has developed a number of resources to support student volunteers and is a member of the National Volunteering Strategy Implementation Group appointed by the Minister.

Research Interests

Lorraine's current areas of interest include nonformal learning, student engagement, citizenship development and the role of third level institutions in active citizenship. Lorraine has sat on Boards and supported the Galway Volunteer Centre, the Professional Association of Volunteer Managers Ireland, Volunteering Ireland, and the national steering group for the European Year of Volunteering 2011.

Research Projects

Project	Start Date	End Date
ONLINE STUDENT ACCREDITATION TOOL	04-AUG-17	04-AUG-21
National Forum Professional Development Digital Badges - ENABLING STUDENT VOLUNTEERING - Digital Badge	13-JAN-17	04-JAN-21
e-VOC - e-training of professionals of the voluntary sector on the Validation of Competences	01-NOV-16	31-OCT-22
DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT UPDATE	01-OCT-15	30-SEP-16
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE	01-JUN-15	30-SEP-17

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'Engaging Students through Extracurricular Programmes: A Virtual Platform in the COVID-19 Era' Lorraine Tansey, Ríona Hughes, Dara Kerins and Anna Golden (2020) 'Engaging Students through Extracurricular Programmes: A Virtual Platform in the COVID-19 Era'. AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 12 (3) [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2020)	'Revista de Estudios de la Juventud (Youth Studies Journal)' Lorraine Tansey and Ígor Mella Núñez (2020) 'Revista de Estudios de la Juventud (Youth Studies Journal)'. Journal Of Youth Studies, [Details]
	(2018)	'From homework club to social justice: Critical reflections on student volunteering through the examination of a school–university partnership' Tansey, Lorraine; Gallo, Maria (2018) 'From homework club to social justice: Critical reflections on student volunteering through the examination of a school–university partnership'. Research for All, 2 (1):76-92 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'Educating engaged citizens: four projects from Ireland' O'Flaherty,J; Liddy, M; Tansey, L; Roche, C. (2011) 'Educating engaged citizens: four projects from Ireland'. Journal Education And Training, 53 (4):267-283 [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	'Student Engagement through Volunteering in Ireland' McIlrath, L. and Tansey, L. (2013) 'Student Engagement through Volunteering in Ireland' In: Student Engagement Handbook: Practice in Higher Education. Bingley: Emerald. [Details]
	(2013)	'Student Engagement Through Volunteering' McIlrath, L,Tansey, L,Dunne, E,Owen, D (2013) 'Student Engagement Through Volunteering' In: The Student Engagement Handbook: Practice in Higher Education. :221-236 UK: Emerald. [Details]
	(2012)	'Volunteering within Higher Education-A Literature Exploration and Case Study' Tansey, L,McIlrath, L,Lyons, A,Munck, R (2012) 'Volunteering within Higher Education-A Literature Exploration and Case Study' In: Higher Education and Civic Engagement - Comparative Perspectives. :125-138 New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	*UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre 10th Biennial International Conference* Tansey, Lorraine and Young Social Innovators (2022) Volunteering and the Young Social Innovators Gen Z Research 2021 UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre 10th Biennial International Conference [Details]
	(2021)	*4th European Conference on Service-Learning in Higher Education* Tansey, L. (2021) Online Service Learning Community Engagement: Building Student Leadership Skills 4th European Conference on Service-Learning in Higher Education [Details]
	(2016)	*24th IAVE World Volunteer Conference - Volunteering for Social Change* Tansey, L. (2016) Global Perspectives on Service Learning 24th IAVE World Volunteer Conference - Volunteering for Social Change [Details]
	(2020)	*Arts in Society Conference 2020 - NUI Galway/OÉ Gaillimh* Lorraine Tansey and Carly Zimmerman (2020) Community-University Collaboration Arts in Society Conference 2020 - NUI Galway/OÉ Gaillimh [Details]
	(2020)	*26th IAVE World Volunteer Conference in 2020 International Association for Volunteer Effort* Lorraine Tansey and Carly Zimmerman (2020) Partnering for Volunteer Engagement and Impact at NUI Galway and Galway International Arts Festival: A Case Study of University-Community Collaboration 26th IAVE World Volunteer Conference in 2020 International Association for Volunteer Effort [Details]
	(2019)	*Learning Connections 2019* Lorraine Tansey (2019) “Encountering Difficult Knowledge: Service-Learning with Sociology and Political Science Undergraduates” Learning Connections 2019 UCC, Cork, Ireland, [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	National Volunteer Management Conference 2020, Lorraine Tansey; Cameron Keighron; Brandon Walsh (2019) Volunteer Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], National Volunteer Management Conference 2020, ILAS NUI Galway , 04-JUN-19 - 30-APR-20. [Details]
	(2019)	European Volunteer Centre - CEV Capacity Building Conference - LEVEL - 2020, Lorraine Tansey and Carly Zimmerman (2019) European Volunteer Centre. [Conference Organising Committee Member], European Volunteer Centre - CEV Capacity Building Conference - LEVEL - 2020, ILAS NUI Galway , 04-JUN-19 - 30-APR-20. [Details]
	(2019)	Volunteering for a New Decade, Lorraine Tansey (2019) Volunteer Now, Belfast, Northern Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], Volunteering for a New Decade, Belfast, Northern Ireland , 05-DEC-19 - 05-DEC-19. [Details]
	(2019)	Responsible Innovation Summit 2019, Lorraine Tansey (2019) Critically Engaging in Change. [Oral Presentation], Responsible Innovation Summit 2019, Dublin, Ireland , 30-OCT-19 - 30-OCT-19. [Details]

Honours and Awards

Year	Title	Awarding Body
2021	National Volunteering Strategy Implementation Group, Higher Education Representative	Department of Rural and Community Development
2020	Student-led Teaching Hero Award	The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and the Union of Students in Ireland
2017	President's Awards for Support Services Excellence	NUI Galway

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Comhlamh	Member	/
Campus Engage	Working Group on Student Volunteering	/
Volunteer Ireland	Volunteering development agency.	/

Committees

Committee	Function	From / To
University of Sanctuary Committee	Member	/
LIFT - NUI Galway Steering Group	Managing Student Engagement	/
Galway 2020 & NUI Galway Steering Committee	Member	/
Working Group on Consent Framework Implementation	Training on Student Support; Student Communication and Engagement	/
HUB Central, NUI Galway	Member	/
Student Experience Executive	Member	08-JAN-20 / 05-JAN-21
CUSP - Community University Sustainability Project	Member	/
NUI Galway Employability Award Steering Team	Member	01-MAR-17 / 01-JAN-22
USCG - University Societies Coordinating Group	Member	03-OCT-10 / 30-JUN-13

Employment

	Employer	Position	From / To
	NUI Galway	ALIVE Programme	/

Education

Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
2020	QUB	EdD	Education
2006	NUI Galway	LLB	Law
2014	University of British Columbia	MASTERS DEGREE (LEVEL 9)	Education

Community Engagement

Title	Type	From / To
Outreach	‘Loving Galway’ Sustainability Festival: Celebrating our Green and Blue Space	01-MAY-18 / 04-OCT-18
Board Membership	StudentVolunteer.ie (Campus Engage)	/
Outreach	National Park City Galway initiative	13-OCT-20 / 30-JUN-21
Board Membership	The Global Citizen Award Standards and Awards Committee	02-OCT-16 / 12-NOV-19
Board Membership	Galway Volunteer Centre	01-JAN-11 / 12-DEC-20

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	Research for All	Reviewer
	AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education	Reviewer

Other Activities

	Description
	Board of Irish Colleges, BICS, Adjudication Panel, 2017; 2016; 2015.
	Child Safeguarding Statement, University of Galway
	Aras na Mac Leinn Rebranding, University of Galway
	Reviewer, 2nd ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Göttingen, November 16th, 17th, and 18th, 2022.
	YourSpace Extracurricular Platform, University of Galway
	Smart Consent (now known as Active Consent) student communication advisor.
	First Aid Responder, NUI Galway
	LGBT+ Ally, NUI Galway
	Selection Board Interview Panels across Irish Higher Education
	Volunteer Ireland, National Awards, Adjudication Panel, 2019.

Modules Taught

Term/Year	Module Title	Module Code	Subject / Desc
2019	Postgraduate Certificate in Volunteer Management and Leadership	Level 9	St. Angela's College Sligo
2020	Environmental Problems and Solutions	EV604	Sustainable Development Goals
2020	Civic Engagement within Higher Education	CEL2080	Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
2017, 2018, 2020	CKI	BM204	Service Learning Module with community partnership projects
2016 - 2019	Volunteering: Theory, Policy and Practice	SP3115	Sociology and Politics
2017 - 2020	MA in Leadership and Management in the Community and Public Sector	Module 2 - Volunteering & Philanthropy	St. Angela's College Sligo