Education

Barriers remain to apprenticeship uptake

In April 2021, the then-Minister for the Economy Diane Dodds MLA stated that apprenticeships will “be a key component of…

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Skills for a green economy

Skills and training are “misaligned” to meet the needs of key industries driving a green economy. A lack of public…

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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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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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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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