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SUMMARY:Prison reform - KESS Seminar
DESCRIPTION:The Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom\, formally partnering a legislative arm of government – the Northern Ireland Assembly – with academia. Aiming to encourage debate and improve understanding\, KESS provides a forum to present and disseminate research findings in a straightforward format\, making those findings easily accessible to decision-makers. Seminars are free to attend. To register email raise@niassembly.gov.uk \n  \nAgenda \n1.30pm – Welcome\n \n1.35pm – Assembly Committee Chair – Opening Remarks  \n1.45pm – Dr Michelle Butler (QUB) – The Northern Ireland Prison Reform Programme: Progress Made and Challenges Remaining\n \nWith the devolution of justice powers to the Stormont Assembly following the Hillsborough Agreement (2010)\, a commitment was given to undertake a review of prison conditions\, management and oversight. The findings emerging from this review fed into a significant penal reform programme which was launched in 2011 (DOJNI\, 2011). \nIn the final report emerging from this review\, 40 recommendations were put forward\, outlining “the kind of prison system that could and should be constructed” (Prison Review Team\, 2011: 5). The achievement of these 40 recommendations have been used by many as a barometer to judge the success of these reforms. Drawing on publically available administrative data\, this presentation will reflect on the reform journey so far. Key achievements will be reviewed before moving on to discuss some of the main challenges remaining. Comparisons will be drawn with other jurisdictions and insights from academia will be put forward to demonstrate how evidence-based research can be used to inform policy development\, practice and reform. \n2.05pm – Discussion\n \n2.35pm – RaISe – Closing Remarks\n \n2.40pm – Networking and Refreshments
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/prison-reform-northern-ireland/
LOCATION:Long Gallery\, Parliament Buildings\, Stormont\, Belfast\, BT4 3XX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Slugger Session in association with QPol – The Review of the Year SO FAR!
DESCRIPTION:We are less than two weeks into the new year and already it seems like we have a whole year’s worth of news stories behind us. \nRHI\, the collapse of the Assembly\, potential elections and much more! \nJoin us next Thursday 19th of January for a Slugger Session as we explore all these issues with our panel of experts: \n\nAllison Morris – Irish News Journalist\nDawn Purvis – Former MLA\nDr Margaret O’Callaghan – Historian and political analyst at Queen’s University\nProf Rick Wilford – Professor of Politics at Queen’s University\nAlan Meban – Slugger Contributor and Political Commentator\n\nHost for the evening is Slugger Deputy Editor David McCann. \nTo register please click here.
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/slugger-session-in-association-with-qpol-the-review-of-the-year-so-far/
LOCATION:The Dark Horse\, Hill Street \, Belfast\, Antrim\, BT1 2LB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Labour market and employment: current trends
DESCRIPTION:The Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom\, formally partnering a legislative arm of government – the Northern Ireland Assembly – with academia. Aiming to encourage debate and improve understanding\, KESS provides a forum to present and disseminate research findings in a straightforward format\, making those findings easily accessible to decision-makers. Seminars are free to attend. To register email raise@niassembly.gov.uk \n  \nAgenda \n1.30pm – RaISe – Welcome\n \n1.35pm – Assembly Committee Chair – Opening Remarks  \n1.45pm – Dr John Moriarty\, Dr David Wright\, Dr Dermot O’Reilly and Professor Allen Thurston (QUB) – Social Mobility in Northern Ireland\n \nBoth the 2008 and 2011 Programmes for Government placed economic growth and creation of enhanced high skill labour market opportunities to the fore among the strategic priorities for Northern Ireland. Intertwined with these objectives is an emphasis on the key role of improved educational attainment in driving opportunities for social mobility. Unfortunately\, social mobility has been difficult to quantify satisfactorily\, due to a lack of suitable datasets. However\, data linking successive Census returns have recently become available\, allowing for comparison of labour market progression between persons from different socioeconomic backgrounds. This seminar will demonstrate how such linked longitudinal data can be used as evidence of:\na. The extent of both absolute mobility (i.e. changes to occupational socioeconomic structures over time\, both upwards and downwards) and of relative mobility (rates of movement between socioeconomic classes);\nb. The extent to which key factors such as an individual’s gender\, education attainment or history of disability may affect their opportunities for socioeconomic progression; and\,\nc. The relative importance of macro-level socioeconomic structures versus individual-level opportunities for upward mobility. \nThe seminar will conclude with an overview of how further linkage with administrative records around education are enabling us to further disentangle the routes to greater economic opportunity. \n  \n2.05pm – Prof Duncan McVicar (QUB) – Zero Hours Contracts\, Job Quality and Impacts on Workers\n \nSeven years on from the Great Recession\, survey data suggest that the use of zero hours contracts (ZHCs) in the UK labour market continues to grow rapidly. In some sectors\, such as care working\, incidence may be over 50%. This seminar will begin by summarising what we know from existing studies on the prevalence of ZHCs across recent years and across industries and socio-demographic groups at the UK level. We will then consider what we can learn about the prevalence of ZHCs in Northern Ireland from existing survey data. Finally\, we will consider the impact of ZHCs on worker outcomes such as wages and job satisfaction. \n  \n2.25pm – Dr Matt Jennings (Ulster) – ‘Quality of Life’: inclusion and resilience in community cultural development\n \nWork within the arts sector is often precarious\, inequitable and underpaid. Yet policy bodies increasingly recognise the social and economic benefits of the creative industries and cultural development. Management research has identified the flexible approach of arts organisations as a model for workplace relations everywhere. Yet the resilience of cultural workers can be tested when their livelihood is threatened. This can have serious implications for the communities with whom they work. This presentation will examine working conditions within the community arts sector of Northern Ireland\, drawing on interviews with 20 experienced artists from a range of disciplines and backgrounds. All helped to deliver the Derry/Londonderry City of Culture 2013 and continue to provide vital support for: the wellbeing of older people\, people with mental health issues and disabilities; the education of young people and children; and peacebuilding and social development. The findings demonstrate the complexity\, commitment and resourcefulness of their working lives. However\, increasingly they are working outside of the region or leaving the community sector.  This presentation raises concerns for cultural inclusion within the new Department of Communities\, but will also suggest innovative measures that could allow the sector to thrive\, drawing on international examples of policy and practice. \n2.45pm – Discussion\n \n3.15pm – RaISe – Closing Remarks\n \n3.20pm – Networking and Refreshments
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/labour-employment-current-trends-ni/
LOCATION:Long Gallery\, Parliament Buildings\, Stormont\, Belfast\, BT4 3XX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Government Communications in the 21st Century with Alex Aiken
DESCRIPTION:Alex Aiken\, Executive Director for Government Communications at the Cabinet Office will deliver an address entitled “Government Communications in the 21st Century” in the Moot Court Room\, Queen’s University Belfast on Thursday 26th January 2017 at 6.30pm. \nMr Aiken’s address will look at the function and importance of Government communications and he will take part in a question and answer session. \nTo register\, click here. \n  \nRunning Order \n6.30pm     Welcome \n6.35pm     Introduction by Professor David Phinnemore\, Dean of Education\, Faculty of Arts\, Humanities and Social Sciences\, Queen’s University Belfast \n6.45pm     Address by Alex Aiken \n7.10pm     Question and Answer Session with Alex Aiken \n7.40pm     Closing Remarks by Professor David Phinnemore
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/21st-government-communications-alex-aiken/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, School of Law\, Tower Building\, Belfast\, Antrim \, BT7 1NN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The practical implications of the UK Supreme Court´s “Brexit” decision for Northern Ireland
DESCRIPTION:The School of Law at QUB\, together with the Centre for Transnational and European Studies\, is delighted to host a round-table discussion about the “Brexit” decisions of the UK Supreme Court\, released on Tuesday\, 24th January\, concerning the constitutional requirements to trigger Art. 50 TEU. \nA number of experts  will introduce different perspectives about the practical implications of this critically important case and\, in particular\, what it means for devolved government in Northern Ireland now and in the future\, relations with the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom\, the implications for human rights and the Peace Process\, and the role of Northern Ireland in the “Brexit” negotiations. \nSpeakers include: \n\nProfessor Stephen Tierney (Edinburgh)\nProfessor Brendan O’Leary (U. Penn)\nProfessor John Temple-Lang (TCD)\nProfessor Daniel Halberstam (Michigan)\nProfessor Gordon Anthony (QUB)\nProfessor Christopher McCrudden (QUB)\,\nProfessor Dagmar Schiek (QUB).\n\nThese interventions will be followed by an extensive period for Questions and Answers\, and discussion. This event is sponsored by the British Academy\, the QUB School of Law\, the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Tensions at the Fringes of the European Union” and the Human Rights Centre at the School of Law.
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/practical-implications-uk-supreme-courts-brexit-decision-northern-ireland/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, School of Law\, Tower Building\, Belfast\, Antrim \, BT7 1NN\, United Kingdom
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