Dr Aideen Hunter, Dr Jessica Bates, Dr Alan McCully and Dr Una O’Connor (Ulster): This presentation will offer insight into the potential for co-operation between… Read More »Rural Primary School Partnerships, Sustainability and Social Cohesion
Professor John Wolffe (OU): This presentation will examine the assumption that although the Northern Ireland community divide has been ‘sectarian’, it has not been ‘religious’.… Read More »Beyond the ‘dreary steeples’? Reassessing the role of religion in Northern Ireland community divisions
Dr Ian Shuttleworth and Professor Frank Gaffikin (QUB): It is often assumed that residential segregation in Northern Ireland always increases through time. However, early analyses… Read More »New and Shifting Populations in Belfast: Analysis and Impact
Professor Mike Tomlinson (QUB): For all the discussion around the needs of victims and survivors, there are few established facts on the impact of the… Read More »Legacies of Conflict: the evidence
Professor Alan Trench (Ulster): The funding of the Northern Ireland Executive (and other devolved governments) has always been central to their ability to provide the… Read More »Fiscal Devolution Debates and the Future of the Barnett Formula
Prof Derek Birrell (Ulster) – A relatively new and common feature of the devolved administrations in the UK has been the emergence of outcome based… Read More »The Problems with Outcome Based Accountability (1)
Prof Ciaran Connolly, Prof Noel Hyndman and Dr Mariannunziata Liguori (QUB) – The charity sector is significant socially and economically, with the activities of charities… Read More »The Charity Sector in NI: The Importance of Regulation, Accountability and Trust
Prof Kieron Sheehy (OU) – This presentation sets out evidence that having an accessible communicative environment is the core of inclusive educational practice, facilitating positive… Read More »Inclusive Practice through Keyword Signing – Addressing barriers to accessible classrooms
Mr Ian Collen (QUB) – As in England, entries for GCSE and A-level languages in Northern Ireland have declined annually since 2004 (CCEA/JCQ). To redress… Read More »Transition from Primary Language Programmes to Post-Primary Language Provision
Dr Sharon Jones (Stranmillis University College) – The current deficit in skills in modern languages is economically detrimental (Foreman-Peck and Wang, 2013), not least to… Read More »Languages in Primary Schools in Northern Ireland