ARK's Dr Jonny Hanson is collaborating with our colleagues at QSU Enterprise and Queen's University Belfast Graduate School to organise a social hackathon on 18/11, as part of #GlobalEntrepreneurshipWeek. If you're an undergraduate or postgraduate student at Queen's University Belfast or Ulster University who is interested in exploring social innovation through a dynamic, team-based challenge that addresses real-world problems, then this is the event for you. For more information and to express your interest here by 9/11 go to https://lnkd.in/eRpDkYVw Participating organisations setting the social hackathon challenges include The Executive Office, ACSONI, Jubilee Community Benefit Society (Farm), Fermanagh Community Transport, and Sustainable Ventures. #socialinnovation #socialenterprise #northernireland
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Northern Ireland's Social Policy hub which makes information accessible, supports civic society and challenges policies.
About us
ARK is Northern Ireland’s Social Policy Hub. With academics at Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, the primary aim of ARK is to increase the accessibility and use of academic data and research. ARK provides robust and independent evidence, which forms the basis for critical policy debate and informed policy making. Our work includes: > Three annual public attitudes surveys > Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) > Critical policy unit > Programme of work focused on ageing > Public engagement activities
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📣 Upcoming ARK Event 📣 Choice, Conversations, Decisions: Schools in Northern Ireland. This event will present ARK research on measuring demand and school choice in NI, the importance of Community Conversations and challenges schools face in the transformation to integrated status. 🗓️ Thurs 27th November 12-2pm (lunch provided) 📍Ulster University Coleraine 🖊️ Registration: tinyurl.com/mv6ywpe4
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Looking forward to speaking at this #grw2025 event on Tuesday. Tickets are still available... ARK Queen's University Belfast
FINAL REMINDER! Still time to register for 'Integrated Education: Connecting People, Planet and Peace.' Tuesday 21 October 21 10am - 12:30pm Malone House #belfast Free event, but limited spaces so get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/ezFWnamA 1738278290159?aff=oddtdtcreator #grw25 @good.relationsweek
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📰 The latest ARK newsletter is now available! Read the latest news from ARK including: ⭐️ New ARK Associate ⭐️ Latest publications ⭐️ Upcoming events in November Read here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e3JW6kV4
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🔔 New ARK Research Update 🔔 The latest Research Update by Amy Heaps, McLaughlin Marian, Susann Power and Kristel Miller uses data from the 2024 NI Life and Times survey to explore economic activity, skills and learning in Northern Ireland. Read here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eBDq4km2
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We at ARK are collaborating with our colleagues at Queen's University Belfast Students' Union and Graduate School to organise a social hackathon on 18/11, as part of #GlobalEntrepreneurshipWeek. If you're an undergraduate or postgraduate student at QUB or Ulster University who is interested in exploring social innovation through a dynamic, team-based challenge that addresses real-world problems, then this is the event for you. For more information and to express your interest here by 9/11 go to https://lnkd.in/eRpDkYVw Participating organisations setting the social hackathon challenges include The Executive Office, ACSONI, Jubilee Community Benefit Society (Farm), FERMANAGH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT and others. With Kat Maguire Robbie Mulvenna-Jamison Joanne Graham Maygen Jacques Paula Devine Ann Marie Gray Steve Lazars Tiziana O'Hara Dr. Andrew Grounds and Nuala Smyth #socialinnovation #socialenterprise #northernireland
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Social Science Research | Education and Employability Policy | Ulster University Business School
Great to hear from Dr Amy Heaps about her new research update with ARK and EPIC Futures NI on Lifelong Learning in NI.
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🌍 Economic Activity, Skills & Lifelong Learning It was a pleasure to hear from Dr Amy Heaps, Mark Magill, Kristel Miller, Susann Power, and Paula Devine today, as they shared valuable insights from the NI Life and Times Survey, and early insights from research on Lifelong Learning. 🔍 As the conversation unfolded, it highlighted a striking gap between public attitudes, perceptions, and the lived realities of economic activity in Northern Ireland. How can we better raise awareness of the supports already available and truly understand the barriers and enablers that influence access to suitable paid employment, self-employment and lifelong learning? Some of the themes that resonated with me: ✅ Greater recognition of transferable skills. 💡 The need for more effective employer incentives. 🌱 And a broader cultural shift in how we value learning and work across all stages of life. Ongoing qualitative research is now digging deeper and it’s this kind of evidence-based approach that’s essential to shaping a more inclusive, adaptive, and opportunity-rich labour market for everyone. #LifelongLearning #SkillsDevelopment #InclusiveEmployment #NorthernIreland #WorkforceDevelopment #PublicPolicy #LifeAndTimesSurvey EPIC Futures NI, ARK, Ulster University Queen's University Belfast, Innovate UK, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council
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Yesterday evening we were delighted to welcome Prof Aaron Reeves from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to deliver our ARK at 25 lecture Ulster University. Prof Reeves discussed findings from his recent book (co-authored with Prof Friedman) Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite. Dr Dave Wall and Dr Erin Early from Ulster University provided responses drawing upon key issues for social policy and inequality that were raised in the lecture. Thank you to all who attended. ⏺️ A recording of the lecture will be available on the ARK website soon.
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Congratulations to ARK on an excellent Public Lecture "Born to Rule: the making and remaking of the British Elite" with Professor Aaron Reeves at Ulster University this evening. We have so much work ahead of us to challenge the "symbolic market for ordinariness" that masks a chasm in ideological differences between the elites who wield disproportionate positional/economic power - and the rest of us.
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