This blog article provides an overview of educational underachievement in Northern Ireland. It defines underachievement, examines the attainment gap between pupils entitled to free school… Read More »Educational underachievement in Northern Ireland
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming career guidance and is reshaping how students, professionals and employers navigate an increasingly complex job market. In Northern Ireland, this… Read More »Reimagining career services using Artificial Intelligence
The purpose of this blog article is threefold. First, we consider the important role which school governors play in the education system in Northern Ireland.… Read More »‘Great Expectations’: School Governors in Northern Ireland
This blog article will consider two main issues. First, it will examine the financial pressures facing parents in supporting their children through the school system.… Read More »Parental pressures in education
Northern Ireland faces a dual challenge of declining biodiversity and diminishing childhood engagement with nature. Forest Schools have emerged as a potential innovative solution, with… Read More »Forest Schools: inside nature’s classroom
Young people have faced unprecedented changes to their childhoods and futures due to COVID-19. A significant part of this disruption has been to their education.… Read More »Every child deserves a real chance in life: A renewed government focus on solving educational underachievement in Northern Ireland?
In an effort to minimise the spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2 (which causes the disease COVID-19), schools in Northern Ireland closed their doors to normal… Read More »COVID-19 and school shutdowns: Examining the after-effects
Period poverty is a topical issue, globally and within the United Kingdom (UK). Recently, there has been some concern about the relationship between period poverty… Read More »Free periods? Period poverty, its impact on education, and policy responses to the issue
The finances of Northern Ireland’s schools have been in the spotlight for some time. For example, the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster is currently… Read More »We don’t need no education!
This week sees people across Northern Ireland getting interested and involved in science through the Northern Ireland Science Festival. We thought we would join… Read More »How is Northern Ireland performing in science, technology, engineering and maths?
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