Since 1998, the Northern Ireland Life & Times (NILT) survey has recorded the attitudes of people across Northern Ireland to key social issues affecting their lives. The 2020 survey provides an important record of public opinion and behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The data and tables of results from the 2020 NILT survey will be made available on the NILT website on 10 June. Topics included coercive control, Brexit, COVID-19, criminal justice system, and attitudes to different groups living in Northern Ireland.

An event to launch the 2020 findings will focus on coercive control - see below.

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A webinar on 10 June will mark the release of data from the 2020 Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey. Dr Susan Lagdon (Ulster University) and Dr Julie-Ann Jordan (Northern Health and Social Care Trust) will highlight new NILT data on public awareness and understanding of coercive control in intimate relationships. An expert panel will give their comments, followed by a general discussion.

The event will take place on 10 June 2021, from 11-12.30 on Zoom. Please register using the link below.

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John Hume: Speeches, Statements, and Articles is a new section on CAIN, which contains a selection of John Hume's speeches, statements and published articles during his political career (1969-2004).

The idea for the John Hume resource on CAIN began with a donation of paper documents by Professsor Sean Farren. CAIN is also grateful to the SDLP and Pat Hume for permission to make the materials available on CAIN.

The work on this project was supported by an award from the Reconciliation Fund, Department of Foreign Affairs.

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This event on 15 June focuses on policy and practice relating to social care in prisons on the island of Ireland.

In the first presentation 'Ageing in Prisons in Northern Ireland: A policy update of social care provision for older adults in prison in Northern Ireland', Sarah Lawrence will discuss findings from her PhD research in Queen's University Belfast, which focused on ageing in prisons.

The second presentation 'Making the invisible, visible: Social care considerations for female prisoners in Ireland through mental health law, policy, and practice insights' will be given by mental health social workers, Ali Duggan and Aidan Cooney.

The webinar takes place on Tuesday 15th June at 3pm via Zoom. Please use the link below to register

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We are delighted to welcome a third PhD student to the ARK Ageing Programme. Murchana Kaushik commenced her PhD Intergenerational communication for social change in sectarian societies in April 2021, under the Tezpur University-Queen's University Belfast programme.

Murchana's research will explore intergenerational communication and its role in the development and transmission of political views. The study field will focus on the ethno nationality based issues of Assam, India, with comparisons from Northern Ireland.

Murchana is supervised by Dr Gemma Carney (ARK) and co-supervised by Dr. Nirmali Goswami, Tezpur University, Assam, India.

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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

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