Category: Education
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‘I went to that EOTAS and it changed me’ – Three Reasons to Support Alternative Education
“I went to that EOTAS and it changed me. That’s who I am, that is why I am who I am today. (…) I got way more, in that EOTAS I got way more, I learnt more than I did in a mainstream school.” (Dylan)
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Assessing demand for integrated education
Measuring the demand for integrated education in Northern Ireland is a complex issue which requires robust and accurate measures says Dr Paula Devine, Dr Erin Early, Dr Minchen Liu and Professor Dirk Schubotz.
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Teacher Employment and Religious Discrimination
A new report, co-authored by Dr James Nelson from Queen’s University and Dr Catherine Stapleton from Mary Immaculate College, reveals how non-religious teachers navigate employment and promotion in schools with a religious ethos on the island of Ireland.
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Integrated Education Policy: where is the political will?
As support for integrated education in Northern Ireland continues to grow, Jessica Johnston asks why has there been such political reticence to move integrated education policy forward.
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Outside Looking In – Another Report from an Expert Panel on Educational Underachievement
Guest contributor Emma Shaw looks at the long-standing issue of educational achievement within working class communities in Northern Ireland.
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Financial aid needed in support of PhD students
Joseph Ireland calls for the upset caused by the pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns to be taken into consideration for some PhD students.
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A levels and GCSE Results 2020: a (inequality) virus in the examinations system?
Following the cancellation of this year’s A level and GCSE examinations due to the pandemic, Professor Jannette Elwood looks at how qualification regulators across the UK have had to fall back on alternative systems of awarding which only serve to make the inequalities in examination outcomes more evident.
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Northern Ireland risks being left behind because children are not required to learn a second language in primary school
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where primary school pupils do not have to learn a second language, yet Ian Collen’s research suggests that children’s motivation for language learning is high
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Dyscalculia: ‘maths dyslexia’ or why so many children struggle with numbers
Dr Kinga Morsanyi calls for a greater awareness of mathematical learning difficulties in children in order to improve the prospects of dyscalculic learners.
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Enhancing policy and improving the uptake and quality of provision of modern languages teaching
A new policy briefing published by Professor Janice Carruthers (QUB) and Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett (Cambridge) compares educational policy in modern languages across the four UK jurisdictions and makes a series of policy recommendations.