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Supporting academics and policymakers in sharing evidence-based research and ideas on the major social, cultural and economic challenges facing society regionally, nationally and beyond. Our over-arching vision is to share the University’s independent expertise with policymakers so they can make informed decisions about the most effective and sustainable ways to tackle these challenges, now and in the future.
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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.
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Burundi: crisis looms as 2020 elections open up old divisions
As more and more NGOs leave Burundi, Dr Drew Mikhael looks at the deepening crisis in the east African state.
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Can ‘A Better Deal’ replace the Backstop?
‘A Better Deal’ was published in December and claims to constitute an alternative to the Withdrawal Agreement, specifically a new Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. But is it fit for purpose asks Dr Katy Hayward?
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Should unionists be suspicious of the backstop? A response to Lord Bew
Dr Katy Hayward examines Lord Bew’s assertion that there is a fundamental tension between the principles of the Good Friday Agreement and those of the backstop.
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The ECJ’s Wightman ruling, the “Brexit” process and the EU as a constitutional entity
Writing the following long-read from the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt a.d. Oder), Professor Dagmar Schiek reflects on how last month’s Wightman ruling constitutes a very interesting source of reasoning, and possibly a confirmation of a more courageous Court of Justice under its current presidency.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: election results contested, but reveal overwhelming desire for change
Dr Julie Norman looks at the results of the presidential election held this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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UK Government Commitments to NI and its Integral Place in the UK
Dr Katy Hayward looks at some of the key points contained in this week’s UK government paper on its commitments to Northern Ireland.
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Queen’s University welcomes Tánaiste Simon Coveney
Queen’s University Belfast last night welcomed Tánaiste Simon Coveney for a discussion on ‘Maintaining the habit of Co-operation’.
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Breached or Protected? The ‘principle’ of consent in Northern Ireland and the UK government’s Brexit proposals
A long read from Prof David Phinnemore and Dr Katy Hayward following the government’s publishing of its policy paper that attempts to counter unionist concerns about the Withdrawal Agreement and its potential impact on Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom.
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Where next for a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland?
The full report prepared by Professor Colin Harvey and Dr Anne Smith from Ulster University can now be accessed below,