issue 115
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Public Affairs
TRADE UNION DESK: Learning from Covid
Austerity in the name of fiscal responsibility has been proven not to work in the past but is still being…
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Public Affairs
Political Platform: Alan Robinson MLA
Alan Robinson MLA followed in his father’s footsteps, becoming an MLA in the constituency of East Londonderry in 2022. The…
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Education
Academic selection limiting intergenerational mobility
Northern Ireland’s continued use of academic selection is leading to a much lower rate of intergenerational mobility compared to that…
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Public Affairs
Women and girls have the right to feel safe
Following the launch of a consultation on a strategic framework to end violence against women and girls (VAWG), Women’s Aid…
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Economy
Prioritisation in a time of constraint
Department for the Economy (DfE) Permanent Secretary Mike Brennan talks to David Whelan about 10X prioritisation in a challenging budgetary…
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Economy
Whole-system thinking key to decarbonisation
Nathan Sanders, Managing Director of Distributed Energy at SSE Energy Solutions, discusses how the organisation’s whole system approach can aid…
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Economy
‘Substantial’ north/south goods trade growth since Brexit
North/south goods trade has grown “substantially” since Brexit, a report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found,…
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Economy
Northern Ireland economy: Overview Protocol boost masks structural problems
As Northern Ireland’s economy jostles its way out the other side of the Covid-pandemic shock, short-term growth is occurring in…
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Round table discussion: Building a skilled and competent construction industry
Building a skilled and competent construction industry
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Northern Ireland hosted a round table discussion with key stakeholders in the construction sector…
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Economy
Unearthing the heat beneath our feet
This summer, the Department for the Economy (DfE), with scientific support from our team at the Geological Survey of Northern…
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