Browsing Journal of Postgraduate Research Vol.13 2014 by Title
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A Practical Humanoid Robot Morphology for Operation in Civilian Environments
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Despite recent progress in robotics research and development, the effective design of multi-purpose robotic solutions for civilian and domestic environments has proven particularly elusive. Mechanically simple systems are ... -
A Risk Worth Taking? A Study of Mature Students’ Experiences in Two Irish Universities
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Policy forecasts suggest that mature students (aged +23) will form an increasing part of a more diverse student body in Irish higher education going forward. This presents challenges for a provision that has been geared ... -
RoadRunners: An Exploratory Study of an Activity Programme for Young Offenders in North Dublin
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Purpose The Children Act 2001, in a significant departure from earlier Irish juvenile justice legislation, introduces a range of community based sanctions for young offenders including a Probation (training and activity ... -
The Supremacy of European Union Law: An Inevitable Revolution or Federalism in Action?
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)The European Union is a fully fledged, sui generis legal order. The doctrine of supremacy, developed by the European Court of Justice in the seminal case of Costa v ENEL established Union laws having primacy over domestic ... -
Visions of the Future: Dream narratology in (Proto-)Science Fiction
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Dream narration has a lengthy history in the Western literary tradition, functioning as the earliest iteration of the frame story. Dream narratives can be found in the Bible, and in Greek and Latin classical literature, ...
