Governance Blog Archive

Here you will find an archive of Governance Blog articles published before 1 January 2020, divided into their relevant categories.

Brexit

An image showing the Chamber of the House of Commons

European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Back in the Commons

Reading Time: 3 minutes The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill returns to the House of Commons this week. MPs will consider the Bill in a Committee of the whole House. The Bill repeals the European Communities Act 1972 and is of

13th November 2017

Image by Professor Glenn D Wilson, used under Creative Commons

European Arrest Warrant: What next for Northern Ireland post-Brexit?

Reading Time: 5 minutes Mutual recognition and co-operation underpin many EU law provisions. This article looks at some of the legislative options for one particular provision following Brexit; the European Arrest Warrant (EAW).

5th July 2017

Strangford Lough from Scrabo Hill (Image: Colin Park under Creative Commons)

How much change can we expect to current environmental requirements post Brexit?

Reading Time: 7 minutes As the Prime Minister prepares to trigger Article 50, this blog post looks at the potential consequences for environmental standards here in Northern Ireland.

24th March 2017

Democracy and Government

The plenary chamber of the Northern Ireland Assembly

The representation of women in public life: where does Northern Ireland stand (now)?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Please note that more up-to-date statistics on gender representation can be found in the RaISe research paper Who Runs Northern Ireland? A Summary of Statistics Relating to Gender and Power in 2020. In the context

8th March 2017

Students from Shimna College visiting the Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly and the School Curriculum

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Assembly Education Service engaged with more than 80,000 young people during the last mandate. The aim of this work is to inform young people about the work of the Assembly and encourage them to

17th October 2016

An image of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Election 2016: An analysis of results and transfers

Reading Time: 5 minutes Yesterday, we published a post which examined the 2016 Assembly election results in terms of candidates and voter turnout. This post, the second in the Election 2016 series, will focus on the results of that

12th October 2016

Justice

Planning

Statistics & GIS

Further education enrolments as a proportion of the population aged 16 and over at ward level, 2013/14

An insight into Northern Ireland Constituency Profiles

Reading Time: 3 minutes Please note that the Constituency Profiles have been updated with a new layout and are available on a new page here. The Research and Information Service (RaISe) has just produced updated 2016 Constituency Profiles for

4th July 2016

Bar chart showing population change in Northern Ireland by age band, between 2004 and 2014 (Source: NISRA (2015) Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2014)

A demographic profile of Northern Ireland in 2016

Reading Time: 5 minutes Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most recent data, see here. This article presents a brief demographic profile of Northern Ireland, showing emerging trends in the population,

29th April 2016

Figure 1: Map presenting time travel analysis in relation to the nearest type one emergency care department

Geographic Information Services in the Northern Ireland Assembly: What do we provide for Members?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Everything happens somewhere. How does the Northern Ireland Assembly’s in-house geographic information service help Members analyse and visualise complex data? Over 80% of data used by our public sector services – environment, health, education, security,

28th April 2016

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