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 years of violent conflict on the population of Northern Ireland. Population-wide surveys of people’s experience of the conflict are rare. Drawing on the Poverty and Social Exclusion (PSE) survey (2012), … Read more
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 public services for which they are responsible. It affects all policy areas, as well as being important in its own right. But since 2007 there have been debates in both … Read more
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. This seminar considers if there are ways of making the RDP more effective. It considers the importance of the collaborative inclusive LEADER methodology that underpins the RDP for a post-conflict … Read more
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 address major deficits in adult social care policy in Northern Ireland has been recognised and there is an expressed commitment to addressing the over-reliance on residential care and support independent … Read more
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 use to their peers and family. To minimise these harms, the best advice for parents and educators may be to discourage any early drinking. Andy argues that if teenagers drink … Read more
11 April 2013 – Mike Tomlinson (QUB) Dealing with Suicide Suicide rates in Northern Ireland have risen sharply since the late 1990s, contrary to trends in the Republic of Ireland and in England, Scotland and Wales. This seminar examines a number of explanations for the trend, including evidence that it is linked to the conflict. … Read more
Dr Una Convery & Dr Linda Moore (UU): The Custodial Detention of Children and the Youth Justice Review This seminar will consider the findings and recommendations relating to the custodial detention of children put forward in ‘A Review of the Youth Justice System in Northern Ireland’, published by the Department of Justice (2011). It will … Read more
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 definition of trafficking, with an emphasis given to types of exploitation (slavery, servitude, forced labour, exploitation of prostitution) enumerated in the UN and European Conventions and in the 2011 EU … Read more
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 indicators to assist reporting in relation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and which further develops the existing Children and Young People’s Strategy outcome indicators within … Read more
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 the ultimate aim of improving outcomes for children. The work has the potential to influence both policy and practice related to children and young people. This presentation will give an … Read more