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Northern Ireland's universities 'world leading'
Some of the research by Northern Ireland’s universities is world-leading, a report said today. Civil engineering, nursing and midwifery and electrical engineering were among subjects attracting the highest praise, a review by other colleges said. The University of Ulster (UU) and Queen’s University Belfast (QUB)…
Author: Belfast Telegraph
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Commission Promotes Age Discrimination Laws
Commission Promotes Age Discrimination Laws The Equality Commission today (Monday 2 October) launched a campaign promoting new age discrimination laws which protect workers, job seekers and vocational trainees from discrimination because of their age. The launch in Equality House, Belfast was attended by Minister of…
Author: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
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Robinson and McGuinness Announce £58 Million Investment
First Minister the Rt. Hon. Peter D. Robinson MLA and the deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MLA have announced a £58 million investment to deliver improved services for parents, shared education and support for people with dementia and their carers. The total value of the…
Author: Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland
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How philanthropy 'helps brave people to solve problems'
As a major international conference on philanthropy comes to Belfast this week, bringing with it speakers and delegates charged with distributing billions of pounds, Sam Goodwin talks to John R Healy, chairman of Philanthropy Ireland, about what difference giving has made to Northern Ireland WHEN a conference…
Author: The Irish News Online
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Ten Alps launches The Detail in Northern Ireland
Factual media operation Ten Alps has today launched The Detail – an investigative journalism portal for Northern Ireland that the firm hopes will showcase a new model for the provision of local news and current affairs reporting. Ten Alps, which is headquartered in Cheshire, is…
Author: How Do
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Age Awareness Week events tackle stereotypes of older people in Northern Ireland
Some unconventional steps were taken to tackle perceptions of older people during Northern Ireland’s fourth Age Awareness Week (28 September-3 October). The Week began with a very special screening of the cult film about life and love in older age. ‘Harold and Maude’ screened at…
Author: Atlantic Philanthropies
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Northern Ireland: Sinn Fein warns it may abandon power sharing in policing row
by Henry McDonald Power sharing in Northern Ireland was under threat yesterday after warnings from Sinn Fein that it may pull out of the Stormont government over the failure to devolve policing and justice powers. Unionists warned last night that the republican party’s increasingly bellicose…
Author: The Guardian (London)
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Sharing Education Programme, Northern Ireland
The Reconciliation and Human Rights Programme in Northern Ireland supports work to enable collaboration and sharing amongst the 95% of school children who are educated in religiously segregated provision. The Sharing Education Programme (SEP), which is jointly funded by the International Fund for Ireland, and…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Troubles past: Northern Ireland conflict remembered
by Stephen Bates As a memorial it may have somewhat lacked the poignancy of a Remembrance Sunday or the sense of devastating loss from the trenches of the first world war, but yesterday, with due ceremony, the longest British military deployment in history – the…
Author: The Guardian (London)
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Island of Ireland emerging as the leader in applications of prevention science to policy and practice
Original Source The island of Ireland is emerging as a point of focus for breakthroughs in applications of prevention science to policy and practice. Over 25 innovative projects from across the island were showcased at a conference convened by the Office for the Minister of…
Author: Prevention Action
