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22 - Nov/2012
Introduction
Welcome to Issue 22 of the ARK newsletter. As you may will notice, we have had a makeover! Despite the new look, the newsletter will continue to provide an update on ARK's activities. In this issue, we introduce the first of the ARK Policy Unit Fellows, highlight a new resource within CAIN, and outline three forthcoming seminars. Hopefully, there's something for everyone!
ARK Policy Unit welcomes Civil Service Fellow
A key feature of the work of the ARK Policy Unit has been to build connections between academia, government and civil society, and to maximise the use of academic research in strategic social policy making. A recent initiative has been the establishment of a programme of civil service Visiting Research Fellowships. These fellowships, part of a research project funded by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minster (OFMDFM), provide an opportunity for visiting fellows from the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) to work with academics and access high quality research evidence and insights and assess the implications of different courses of action. This month, ARK welcomes the first NICS Research Fellow. Joe Reynolds (Policy Lead on Disability and Poverty at OFMDFM) will explore the nature of the relationships across government departments with a view to increasing the capacity to deliver 'joined up' government. Given the importance of inter-departmental strategies to addressing some of Northern Ireland's most pressing social policy problems this is an important topic. Joe's findings will form the basis of a roundtable discussion and a critical policy brief to be published by ARK later in the year.
National Archives, Ireland and CAIN
Irish Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, recently launched a range of digitised archival Irish government documents relating to the conflict in Northern Ireland on CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet). Staff from CAIN and the National Archives, Ireland have been working together on a small pilot project to provide free access to Irish public records relating to the early years of the Troubles.
The archival documents now available are Irish government records that deal with the early period of the conflict, from 1965 to 1969. They cover a range of issues, including the Lemass-O'Neill meeting in January 1965 and the growing unrest on the streets of Northern Ireland in August 1969. The items selected have been drawn from material which is already in the public domain, having been published under the '30 year rule', the time frame within which official documents are kept hidden from the public gaze.
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Public Attitudes to Peace Walls Seminar
The next ARK seminar takes place on Tuesday 13 November. Jonny Byrne, Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Gillian Robinson (University of Ulster) will present the key findings from a recent survey on attitudes to peace walls.
The seminar will be held at NICVA, 61 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast, from 12:00-13:00. Places are free but must be booked by email info@ark.ac.uk, or by telephone 028 7167 5513
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