Issue 101
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Education
Evolution of education: Minister Peter Weir
In the week when most pupils returned to school following the unprecedented closure in March, David Whelan sat down with…
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Schools restart plan
On 13 August, the Department of Education issued its ‘Northern Ireland Re-Opening Schools Guidance – New School Day’ document, a…
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Education, equality and the economy
Political partisanship has prevented positive changes to Northern Ireland’s education system, a report by leading academic Tony Gallagher has stated.…
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Special educational needs: systemic failures
There are “systemic failures” in the provision of help for children with special educational needs according to Northern Ireland’s Children’s…
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Teaching Irish History: A reply to recent criticism
Alan McCully, a member of the History Teachers Association of Northern Ireland (HTANI) and formerly a Senior Lecturer in Education…
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Gaeloideachas: Ó neart go neart
Over 50 years on from the founding of Northern Ireland’s first bunscoil and five years on from the founding of…
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The future of transfer tests
Like most things in education, transfer tests have been hit by pandemic-caused delays, but even before Covid-19, the future of…
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Public Affairs
Run like Mike: Four-time Paralympic champion Michael McKillop
A four-time Paralympic gold medallist and a serial winner in the World Para Athletics Championships, middle distance runner Michael McKillop…
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A perspective on planning: Jim Mackinnon
Former Chief Planner and Director for the Built Environment with the Scottish Government Jim Mackinnon offers his observations of the…
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New Stormont Standards Commissioner appointed
In a decision agreed by all five parties of the Executive, medical law and ethic expert Melissa McCullough has been…
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