ARK Research Updates
Below is a listing of all the ARK Research Updates dating from 1999, all of which are available in PDF format. Many of the Research Updates have been presented as seminars and where possible these seminars have been recorded onto video and can be viewed within your web browser 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:
Robinson, Gillian and Devine, Paula, 2017, Bonfires, flags, identity and cultural traditions, ARK Research Update 119, Belfast: ARK <http://www.ark.ac.uk/publications/updates/update119.pdf >
There are over 100 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 - 161
19th Jun 2007
Who Cares Now? Changes in Informal Caring 1994 to 2006
Eileen Evason
ARK Seminar Series 2007
In order to launch the release of the results of the 2006 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, Eileen Evason will explore changes in experiences and attitudes to informal caring from 1994 to 2006.
This Seminar was presented at Queens UNiversity Belfast on the 19th June 2007.
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21st Feb 2007
Attitudes to and experience of complementary medicine in Northern Ireland
Professor Suzanne McDonough
ARK Seminar Series 2007
Professor Suzanne McDonough of the University of Ulster says 29% of people interviewed had received some form of CAM over the previous 12 months, with a very wide range of therapies being used.
The survey reported that the most-used therapies, in order, were aromatherapy, reflexology, massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicine and relaxation.
This Seminar was presented on the 21st Feb 2007 at NICVA.
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01st Feb 2007
The environment: am I bovvered?
Paula Devine
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01st Dec 2006
School Bullying in Northern Ireland - It hasn?t gone away you know
Stephanie Burns
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29th Nov 2006
A 'green and pleasant land'? Attitudes to the countryside in Northern Ireland
Dr Sally Shortall (Queens University Belfast)
ARK Seminar Series 2006
Dr Sally Shortall (Queens University Belfast) will present findings from the 2004 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, exploring public attitudes towards the countryside in Northern Ireland.
This Seminar was presented on the 29th November 2006 at NICVA
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07th Nov 2006
Should Northern Ireland have a Truth Commission
Dr Patricia Lundy (University of Ulster) and Mark McGovern (Edgehill College)
ARK Seminar Series 2006
Unfortunately the recording for this Seminar has been corrupted and therefore unavailable. Please accept our apologies ofr this inconvenience. However the Research update and the presenter's slides are available below.
This Seminar was presented at NICVA on the 7th November 2006
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01st Aug 2006
To stay or not to stay: that is the question
Katrina Lloyd and Paula Devine
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21st Jun 2006
Racial Prejudice in Northern Ireland.
Dr Chris Gilligan (INCORE and Academy of Irish Cultural Heritages, UU)
ARK Seminar Series 2006
Video is not available, please download the presenter's Seminar slides below for an overview of the Seminar.
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26th Apr 2006
Cross-community integration and mixing: does it make a difference?
Professor Gillian Robinson (University of Ulster) and Dr Dirk Schubotz (Queens University Belfast)
ARK Seminar Series 2006
Video is not available, please download the presenter's Seminar slides below for an overview of the Seminar.
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15th Mar 2006
The impact of integrated education on political attitudes in Northern Ireland
Professor Bernie Hayes (University of Aberdeen)
ARK Seminar Series 2006
Video is not available, please download the presenter's Seminar slides below for an overview of the Seminar.
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