Mary Fenton

Mary Fenton, BSc (Mgmt), MA, MBS

Mary Fenton is Head of Department of Adult and Continuing Education at Waterford Institute of Technology with responsibility for managing the School of Education and Professional Development’s undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research portfolio.
Mary is particularly interested in the continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers across the spectrum of education i.e., from primary through to third level. WIT’s School of Education and Professional Development offers postgraduate and CPD programmes to teachers namely Masters in Teaching and Learning in Further and Higher Education, Masters in Management in Education, Masters in Primary Science Education, Masters in Social Personal and Health Education and a flexible Masters in Education.
Currently, Mary is pursuing doctoral research into the stimulants and barriers to creating an enterprise culture through training and education in Irish Institutes of Technology.