Issue 105
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Education
Educational overview 2021
Amid two years of disrupted learning, agendaNi provides a broad overview of the state of play in education. Appointed June…
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A fair start: Tackling educational underachievement
An action plan to tackle educational underachievement will require almost £190 million to be found by the Northern Ireland Executive…
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Flexibility to the school starting age
The Department of Education is developing a Bill that would introduce some “flexibility” to the school starting age in Northern…
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The state of languages
Language teaching in primary schools “has all but collapsed due to Covid-19”, a 2021 language trend assessment has found. The…
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Education
Swann opens autism strategy public consultation
Having published an interim autism strategy for 2021/2022, Minister for Health Robin Swann MLA has opened up the public consultation…
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Education
New SEN Framework
Full implementation of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, as intimated by the Northern Ireland Executive,…
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Public Affairs
Private Members’ Bills in Westminster
In June, SDLP MP Colum Eastwood brought forward a Private Member’s Bill in Westminster, becoming only the second Northern Ireland…
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Public Affairs
North South Ministerial Council publishes annual report
At a time, in May 2021, when the North-South Ministerial Council was making the headlines due to the refusal of…
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Public Affairs
Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground
Journalist and author of Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground, Susan McKay, discusses an evident shift away from the “ethnic huddle”…
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Public Affairs
Gordon Dunne MLA: 1959–2021
Politics in Northern Ireland has lost “a man of honour and integrity, who worked tirelessly in the service of others”,…
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