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Issue No: 2 - Mar/2015

Introduction

Welcome to Issue 2 2015. It's a busy time for ARK with our annual surveys being prepared for publication. We've also had a number of exciting events over the past weeks and are very pleased to welcome Nicholas Whyte as Visiting Professor.
 

ARK Ageing Programme Seminar

The ARK Ageing Programme in association with the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at Queen's University hosted this seminar on Thursday 5 Feb 2015. Paul Willis from Swansea University gave a seminar on his research on LGB adults in residential care environments in Wales. The event was well attended and provoked a good debate.

 



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Children and Young People's Research Database

Are you searching for research material on the lives of children and young people in Northern Ireland? Then the Children and Young People's Research Database is for you. This is a searchable bibliography of research published since 2000, including reports, journal articles and briefing papers. For many of the entries in the database, there is a short summary of the research. The database is funded by OFMDFM, and we are very pleased to be working with the Institute of Child Care Research on maintaining this database. If you know of any research that you think should be on the database, please let us know

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Communities for all ages - Discussion paper

Communities for All Ages: A life course approach to strengthening communities in Northern Ireland, by Nancy Henkin (February 2015). This Discussion Paper, describes the Communities for All Ages initiative that was developed in the United States in 2002 and explores ways that an 'all ages' lens could be applied to policies and practices in Northern Ireland.

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How to live to 100...and enjoy it

The ARK Ageing Programme was delighted when the ESRC Centre for Population Change agreed to bring this fascinating exhibition to Belfast. The exhibition was held in W5 and over 1000 people visited.The public launch was held on Monday 23 February when Linda Robinson from AGENI and Tony Gallagher from Queen's warmly welcomed the exhibition.

 



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Nicholas Whyte appointed Visiting Professor at Ulster

We are delighted that Nicholas Whyte, Director of the NI Elections website on ARK, has been appointed Visiting Professor at Ulster University, based at INCORE with links to the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences. Nicholas will speak as part of the #imaginebelfast festival on Who cares about voting and identity on Monday 9th March 2015



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