Did you know that ARK has developed a series of teaching resources for a range of students and settings? These are suitable for young people aged 11 years and above at school and in youth settings, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate university students.

Teaching datasets
We have developed 8 teaching datasets based on ARK's suite of attitudinal surveys. These datasets have been designed to be used on courses teaching quantitative statistical analysis in the social sciences. Each dataset has accompanying background notes and instructions.

The datasets and documentation can be freely downloaded from the ARK website. They are also available from the UK Data Archive, which has an extensive range of resources relating to using survey data in teaching.

Tutorials for school and youth organisations
ARK in Schools provides Northern Ireland-specific educational materials for schools and organisations working with young people aged 11 years or over, and for young people themselves. There are 9 tutorials, each focusing on a specific topic. The activities in each module include discussion, debates and small group work. The modules build on information and data that are freely available across the different sections within the ARK site.

National Centre for Research Methods
The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) undertakes methodological research and training in the social science. ARK facilitates many of these courses in Northern Ireland, which are suitable for postgraduate students and researchers. Information on previous and forthcoming courses are available on the ARK website.

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ARK is holding a joint results launch event for the 2016 Kids Life and Times (KLT) and Young Life and Times (YLT) surveys. This is an opportunity for anyone working with, or on behalf of, children and young people to hear about key results before they are being made available to the public.

The event is held on 10 May 2017 13.30-15.30, in the Canada Room, Lanyon Building, Queens University Belfast. To register for the event, please contact Eileen Gray by 3 May 2017. Email e.gray@qub.ac.uk or phone 028 9097 5906  

On 1 March (the eve of Northern Ireland's Assembly Elections), Dr Nicholas Whyte presented the seminar 'Votes, People and Parties - what's next for the Assembly?'. You can now view a video of the seminar online.
Nicholas is a Visiting Professor at Ulster University, and Senior Director, Global Solutions in the Brussels office of APCO Worldwide. He runs the Northern Ireland Elections website on ARK.

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The Health Well is an all-island (Ireland and Northern Ireland) health information website that promotes health and wellbeing by supporting evidence-informed decision making. We are very pleased that ARK is now a partner website of The Health Well, and so our resources will now be shared on the Health Well site.

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The ARK team produce information in a variety of ways, including the ARK website, seminars, Research Updates, Policy Briefs and journal articles. We are very pleased that Gemma Carney (ARK Ageing Programme) has joined the editorial board of Ageing and Society. This is an interdisciplinary and international journal devoted to the understanding of human ageing and the circumstances of older people in their social and cultural contexts.

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