Julie Bernard

Julie Bernard is the Equality Access Officer and manages the DIT Access Service. Before joining DIT in 2003, she was the manager of an adult employment and guidance service in Dublin and has previously worked in education in Germany, Japan and Scotland. Julie has a BA in English and German from Trinity College Dublin and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Career Guidance. She is currently doing a Doctorate in Education at the University of Sheffield and her areas of research include biographical research on participation in higher education for young people from Dublin inner city and the relationship between research, policy and practice in widening participation in Ireland.