Results List
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Using the Law to Secure Social Change on the Island of Ireland
Source: University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast
This report discusses lessons Atlantic grantees have learned about using the law to secure social change in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI). Atlantic’s support for this work began in 2004. Back then, few organizations in ROI or NI had much experience with public…
Resource type: Research Report
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Faith, hope and unity
Source: TES Magazine
By Darren EvansOne project in Northern Ireland has been so successful at reconciling Catholic and Protestant schools that other troubled regions of the world are seeking to adopt its methods. Darren Evans reportsIn the seaside town of Ballycastle, on the craggy, windswept coast of County…
Resource type: News
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Business in the Community’s Time to Read Pupil Mentoring Programme
Source: Queen's University Belfast
A programme in Northern Ireland to improve children's reading skills showed positive effects in reading outcomes, according to a 2009-2010 evaluation by the Centre for Effective Education, Queen's University Belfast. The randomised controlled trial examined the Time to Read programme, which targets children in primary…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Executive Summary of Findings from the Media Initiative for Children
Source: Early Years
Young children who participated in a media programme to increase their awareness of diversity showed clear changes in their socio-emotional development, cultural awareness and inclusive behaviour, according to an evaluation by the Centre for Effective Education at Queen’s University Belfast. The randomised controlled trial examined…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Up Close: Blogging from South Africa
Source: Gara LaMarche and Jack Rosenthal
Night and a Day in QueenstownPosted by Gara LaMarche | 18 March 2011, South AfricaAs Jack has chronicled, we arrived in Queenstown, the final leg of our journey in the Eastern Cape, in the dark, around 7 p.m. This was a problem for two reasons. First, we’d…
Resource type: News
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Charity seeks new parents for major study
Source: Derry Journal
Original Source By Staff reporter The Lifestart Foundation – the umbrella group for Lifestart projects throughout the North West and Ireland – is looking to recruit local families onto a major new study which will help improve the support offered by the organisation to new parents. Lifestart…
Resource type: News
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Alzheimer test could transform diagnosis
Source: Irish Times
A Belfast doctor has received a US research award for his work on the development of a blood test for Alzheimer's, something that could transform diagnosis of the disease by Marina Murphy STEPHEN TODD of the department of geriatric medicine at Queen's University Belfast hopes…
Resource type: News
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Nursing homes report worrying
Source: Irish News
MOST elderly people, given the choice, would prefer to live independently in their own homes, with appropriate support for the inevitable frailties and infirmities associated with old age. However, in many cases there comes a time when staying at home is no longer the best…
Resource type: News
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Celebration Guests Extol Cornell Tech’s Beauty, Achievement and Promise
Source: Cornell Chronicle
[caption id="attachment_80468" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Guests attend a reception at the Cornell Tech campus Sept. 12, on the eve of the dedication.[/caption] By Joe Wilensky On Roosevelt Island Sept. 12, on the eve of the Cornell Tech campus dedication, excitement was already building. Guests gathered on…
Resource type: News
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Ready to Learn: Working in Partnership with Schools and Families to Help Raise Achievement
Source: Institute of Child Care Research, Queen’s University Belfast
Completing school is a fundamental task in order to succeed in life. Yet too many children from disadvantaged backgrounds fall behind soon after they start school and never catch up. A programme designed to help young children get the start they need has shown promising…
Resource type: Research Report
