Methods for Assessing Demand for Integrated Education

A team from ARK has been successful in a tender from the Integrated Education Fund for the project Methods for Assessing Demand for Integrated Education. Led by Erin Early, the team also comprises Paula Devine, Minchen Liu and Dirk Schubotz.

This project will identify, collate and analyse existing literature and evidence on the methods currently used to assess demand for integrated education in Northern Ireland. The study will also identify and evaluate alternative and additional measures that could be utilised by stakeholders in Northern Ireland to ascertain demand for integrated education within the context of the Integrated Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.

The final report of this project - Demand for Integrated Education in Northern Ireland - was published on 4 May 2023.

A Policy Brief - Assessing Demand for Integrated Education -  was published on 9 June 2023.

An article - Assessing Demand for Integrated Education was published on the QPol blog on 14 June 2023.

A journal article - A review of existing methods used to assess demand for integrated education in Northern Ireland - was published in the Review of Education.