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Economy
Northern subvention: No barrier to serious planning for a united Ireland
Post-Brexit, it is now imperative that Ireland prepares for constitutional change. The ‘Northern Ireland subvention’ is not a valid barrier…
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Economy
Deepening cooperation on the Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor
Ulster University economist Eoin Magennis overviews the findings of a joint report from Dublin City University and Ulster University on…
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Economy
One man’s realism is another man’s lack of ambition
David Gavaghan, Founder, Aurora Prime Real Estate Ltd and non-executive director of the Confederation of British Industry, responds to an…
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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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Education
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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Education
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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Education
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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