RESEARCH- LED
CRITIQUE ON TY
Rigorous, research-led academic
discourse on the subject of TY is
scarce, which is not unexpected. TY
is after all unique to the Ireland.
More should however be done to
not only engage critically with TY,
but also to showcase this uniquely
Irish innovation on an international
stage. Enter Aidan Clerkin who, despite
having written a doctorate on the
topic, feels that he’s barely begun to
scratch the surface. He has a whole
range of TY related topics he wants
to delve into and wh at’s more, he
wants to draw more international
attention to TY. He believes there is
a story worth telling, and we agree
with him wholeheartedly.
Transition Year is eyed with envy by
foreign academics who know about
it and dismissed as a pipe-dream by
those who don’t. Unfortunately the
latter are by far the majority. We asked Aidan to commit to a
series of articles in which he can
share some of his research with us.
We look forward to this exciting
addition to TY Update.
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THINKING ABOUT TRANSITION YEAR
AT A TIME OF SYSTEMIC CHANGE
This piece is partly adapted from an ar3cle published in the May 2017
newsle