ARK Research Updates
Below is a listing of all the ARK Research Updates, many of which accompany seminars. Where possible, these events have been videoed, and can be viewed here.
However, if you require hard copy versions of these documents, please contact us by phone (+44 (0) 2871 675441) or send email us.
All work that refers to an ARK Research Update should acknowledge it using the appropriate bibliographic citation. For example:
Hayward, Katy and Hanson, Jonny, 2025, Attitudes to climate change in Northern Ireland, ARK Research Update 161, Belfast: ARK < http://www.ark.ac.uk/publications/updates/update161.pdf >
There are over 160 ARK Research Updates available in PDF form for download. You can the search facility below with keywords, a year or month or a name to help find the ARK Research Updates you are interested in.
Total number of items - 169
17th Jun 2015
Is Northern Ireland a good place to grow old?
Paula Devine and Gemma M Carney.
ARK Seminar Series 2015/16
Findings from the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey:
This event marks the launch of the 2014 Northern Ireland Life & Times Survey, and focuses on attitudes to ageing and ageism. During the seminar, Paula Devine and Gemma Carney (ARK Ageing Programme) discuss key findings from the 2014 Life & Times survey.
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20th May 2015
Are children getting the opportunities to realise their right to play?
Laura McQuade, Susan Kehoe and Lesley Emerson
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13th May 2015
Children and Young Peoples awareness knowledge, and attitudes towards Autism in N. Ireland.
Karola Dillenburger, Lynne McKerr & Julie-Ann Jordan
ARK Seminar Series 2015/16
Launch of 2014 Young Life and Times (YLT) and Kids’ Life and Times (KLT).
2014 Young Life and Times (YLT) and Kids’ Life and Times (KLT) surveys were published at an event at Queen’s University Belfast.
This seminar focuses on 'Children and young people’s awareness, knowledge, and attitudes towards autism in Northern Ireland'.
This Seminar was presented on 12 May 2015 at Queens University, Belfast.
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05th Jan 2015
Who can I talk to? Self-harm and seeking help among 16 year olds: Changes between 2008 and 2013
Mark McCann
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30th Sep 2014
Intolerance towards minority ethnic communities: An overview of responses 2005-2013
Philip McDermott
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12th Sep 2014
Are childrens views being sought, listened to and taken seriously?
Lesley Emerson and Katrina Lloyd
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19th Jun 2014
Belonging and Alienation in the new Northern Ireland
Katy Hayward, Lizanne Dowds and Colin Shaw
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12th Jun 2014
Flying the Flag: An update on attitudes to markers of identity in public space
Grainne Kelly (University of Ulster) followed by a response from Peter Osbourne(CRC)
2013 NILT Survey - Preview of Results Seminar
To mark the launch of the 2013 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey, Gráinne Kelly gave a short presentation of some of the survey results on the theme of Flying the Flag: An update on attitudes to markers of identity in public space.
Peter Osborne, chair of the Community Relations Council (CRC), will respond.
This Seminar was presented at Queen's University Belfast on 12th June 2014.
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16th May 2014
Financial wellbeing of young people
Paula Devine
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19th Mar 2014
Shared and Safe? An update on Good Relations policy and public attitudes
Paula Devine
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