We are very pleased to announce that CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet) will be retained as a live and curated archive, due to support from Initiatives of Change.

The funding will directly support a significant modernisation of the site, including the introduction of cutting-edge archival content management systems not available when the CAIN site was first pioneering online archives over two decades ago. In addition, an investment in technology will enhance user experience.

We are very grateful to Initiatives of Change and to existing funders for their support, and look forward to ensuring that CAIN remains a trusted, influential and current resource.

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Dementia in the minds of characters and readers explores the potential of fiction to improve awareness of and empathy towards people living with dementia. The project team are involved in two exciting events:

Dementia: Feel it through fiction is an interactive talk on 27 March 2021 with Jane Lugea which explores how dementia is represented in fictional language, how readers respond to it, and why. This event is part of the Imagine: The Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics - click here to register.

Somebody I used to know: On 17 February 2021, Jan Carson and Jane Lugea chatted to Wendy Michell about her experience living with and writing about dementia, alongside Anna Wharton, who helped co-author Wendy's memoir. The event was part of the Northern Ireland Science Festival. A video of the event is now available.

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Age as the new class war? Contemporary representations of intergenerational inequity, with Susan Pickard (University of Liverpool) will take place at 2pm on 12 March 2021. This online event will be of interest to anyone working on children's rights, older people or how we work across generations to produce social welfare and public goods.

Professor Pickard will present her paper, which will be followed by a response from Angel Leira Pernas, PhD student on the ARK Ageing programme. The event will be chaired by Dr. Gemma Carney (ARK). The webinar is being held as part of National Intergenerational Week, which runs from 8-14 March 2021 #IntergenerationalWeek

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Where possible, we record our events and make these available on our website, along with slides and other publications. The videos of two recent events are now available on the Seminars page of the ARK website:

• Black Lives Matter? Attitudes to minorities and migrants in Northern Ireland, with Lucy Michael and Raquel McKee, held on 27 January 2021
• Public attitudes to breastfeeding in Northern Ireland, with Marlene Sinclair, Julie McCullough, Rachel Black and Paul Slater, held on 9 December 2020

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Two new Research Updates are now available, both of which draw upon data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey and the Young Life and Times survey

• Public attitudes to breastfeeding in Northern Ireland (Research Update 137) by Marlene Sinclair, Julie McCullough, Rachel Black and Paul Slater
• Black Lives Matter? Attitudes to minorities and migrants in Northern Ireland (Research Update 136) by Lucy Michael

ARK produces a range of publications, including Research Updates and fact sheets. Most of these are available online. For a full list of publications, as well as links, visit our Publications section.

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The National Centre for Research Methods is running a series of Train the Trainer events. These online shared learning/knowledge exchange forums are designed to support teachers/trainers of research methods to adjust to new ways of teaching and learning in the pandemic. There are three courses in this series:

• 10-17 March: Staying student-centred
• 4-11 May: Learning through doing
• 13-20 July: Experiential approach

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ARK is Northern Ireland's social policy hub. Established in 2000 by researchers at Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University, its primary goal is to increase the accessibility and use of academic data and research. Most of our dissemination is via our website at www.ark.ac.uk, which is divided into five main areas:

• Surveys
• Projects
• Resources
• Publications
• Events