Comms Office

Sally Shortall (QUB)  & Roisin Kelly (NIA): The current Rural Development Programme (RDP), 2007-2013, is worth £540 million pounds to rural areas in Northern Ireland.… Read More »Reviewing the EU Rural Development Programme

Dr Ann Marie Gray (UU): Most countries are facing similar challenges with regard to ageing populations and financial pressures on social care. The need to… Read More »Transforming Adult Social Care in Northern Ireland

Andy Percy & John Moriarty (QUB): Andy and John present different views on the question of teenage drinking. John highlights potential harms of an individual’s alcohol… Read More »Is drinking good for teenagers?

11 April 2013 – Mike Tomlinson (QUB) Dealing with Suicide Suicide rates in Northern Ireland have risen sharply since the late 1990s, contrary to trends… Read More »Dealing with Suicide

Dr Una Convery & Dr Linda Moore (UU): The Custodial Detention of Children and the Youth Justice Review This seminar will consider the findings and… Read More »Custodial Detention of Children

Prof. Jean Allain (QUB): Human Trafficking: Does Slavery Exist Today This seminar will consider legal issues surrounding human trafficking. Consideration will be given to the… Read More »Joint Seminar: Human Trafficking & Forced Labour

Marina Monteith (UU): The seminar will cover research undertaken by the Children and Youth Programme, UNESCO Centre (IRISS UU), producing a set of child rights… Read More »Child Rights Indicators and Reporting on United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child

Laura Dunne (QUB): The Institute of Child Care Research conducts original research into child care needs and services using a mix of research methods with… Read More »Child Care Research, youth development, lifestyles and social behaviour; parenting and early years; children in the care of public authorities and mental health and disability

Professor Derek Birrell (UU): Much has been said about the extent to which Northern Ireland is over-governed with the solution generally seen in terms of… Read More »Is the idea that Northern Ireland is over-governed a myth?

Ian Shuttleworth (QUB): NI Census of Population and the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study will examine residential segregation and population change This seminar based upon data… Read More »NI Census of Population and the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study