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Mairin Nicell serves as Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at Ulster University's Magee campus in Derry~Londonderry, focusing on computing education outreach and widening participation initiatives. Her work directly addresses educational disparities in Northern Ireland's divided communities through structured primary school interventions.
Research interests center on STEM education accessibility, evidenced by leadership in the Widening Access Skills in Primary Schools (WASPS) initiative and wiCADET project. These programs specifically target underrepresented groups through computing curriculum development for primary schools and transition pathways into higher education computing courses, with documented emphasis on socio-economic barriers and community division impacts.
Publication trends from 2012-2015 reveal consistent methodological focus on evaluating outreach program efficacy in primary education contexts. Broad disciplinary keywords include Education and Computing, while recurring subfields encompass Widening Access, Primary School Outreach, Northern Ireland context, STEM curriculum development, community division dynamics, and longitudinal impact assessment.
No scientific awards were documented in the provided institutional profile.
No student advisees were listed in the source material. Project involvement in WASPS and wiCADET indicates grant-funded collaborative work, though specific funding sources, grant amounts, or project durations remain unspecified in the available information.
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