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    Associate Professor

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    Faculty of Social Sciences Secretary

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    Associate Professor

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    Assistant Lecturer

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    Leslie-Ann Webster

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    • Irish Froebel Network
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    • Master of Education (Research in Practice)
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    • School Placement
    • The Turn to Teaching Project
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