Comms Office, Author at Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS)

Northern Ireland’s 2016: Approaching the contested commemoration of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme

18th October 201713th January 2016 by Comms Office

Dr Marie Coleman and Dr Dominic Bryan (QUB) The centenaries of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme will be commemorated in Northern Ireland in 2016. These two events have important historical and political resonance with the nationalist and unionist communities respectively. The significance of such anniversaries is recognised in the Northern Ireland … Read more

Making better use of evidence in public policy-making

18th October 20172nd December 2015 by Comms Office

Peter O’Neill (Alliance for Useful Evidence) and Prof Sally Shortall (QUB) Making better use of evidence is essential if public services are to deliver more for less. Central to this challenge is the need for a clearer understanding about the standards of evidence that can be applied to research informing public policy. The Civil Service … Read more

Public service reform in a time of cutbacks: Collaboration and the role of parliament

18th October 20172nd December 2015 by Comms Office

Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh (QUB) The financial crisis faced by political executives across Europe and the wider world has had a dramatic effect on public administration. In attempting to re-balance budgets, governments of varying political hues have adopted strategies to restructure the size and cost of the state bureaucracy. A common theme of such restructuring has … Read more

Self-harm and Help-seeking: Service-User and Practitioner Perspectives

19th June 20234th November 2015 by Comms Office

Dr Maggie Long, Dr Roger Manktelow, Dr Anne Tracey (Ulster) Self-harm is a significant public health issue and an important risk factor for suicide, about which there is a lack of Northern Ireland-based research. Self-harm is recognised to be considerably more prevalent than is suggested by reported figures based on hospital emergency department presentations. Self-harm … Read more

Findings from the Registry of Self Harm for Northern Ireland

18th October 20174th November 2015 by Comms Office

Dr Denise O’Hagan, (QUB) A National Registry of Self-Harm has been operating in the Republic of Ireland since 2002. Under the Northern Ireland (NI) Suicide Strategy a Registry of Self Harm was piloted in the Western Health & Social Care (HSC) Trust area from 2007. The Registry was then implemented across all five HSC Trusts … Read more

Alcohol, Drugs and Suicide – interactions between misuse in the life course and at the time of death

18th October 20174th November 2015 by Comms Office

Dr Karen Galway (QUB) While substance misuse is a recognised risk factor in suicide, relatively little is known about the relationship between lifetime misuse and misuse at the time of suicide. It is widely assumed that many cases of suicide, particularly in young people, are associated with illicit drug use. However an analysis of suicides … Read more

Young people’s attitudes to peace walls in Belfast

29th April 20203rd May 2012 by Comms Office

Madeleine Leonard The purpose of this presentation is to present young people’s attitudes to peace-walls in Belfast and whether they feel peace-walls should be temporary or permanent structures. The presentation will underline how important it is for policy-makers to consult with young people on their attitudes to these walls as a prelude to finding ways … Read more