The Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey has been recording public attitudes to social and political issues since 1998. Join us on 1 June for a seminar to mark the launch of the findings of the 2022 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey. Katy Hayward and Ben Rosher (Queen's University Belfast) will use 25 years of data to identify key points of continuity and change in political attitudes, identities and expectations. The event will take place on Thursday 1 June, from 2.30-4.00 pm, in the Senate Room, Queen's University Belfast. Registration and refreshments will be available from 2pm. 1 June also marks the launch of an ARK/Conflict Textiles exhibition in the McClay Library, Queen's University. The arpilleras reveal, via textile language, key issues on identity and society in Northern Ireland.

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Conflict Textiles, which is an Associated Site of CAIN, is home to a large collection of international textiles, exhibitions and associated events, all of which focus on elements of conflict and human rights abuses. ARK is delighted to be working with Conflict Textiles and the McClay Library at Queen's University on a new rotating exhibition. Findings from the latest Northern Ireland Life and Times survey (NILT), themed on Political Attitudes in Northern Ireland 25 Years after the Agreement, will be launched on 1 June 2023. A selection of textiles from Conflict Textiles collection will highlight the findings via textile language and mark the beginning of this new collaboration.

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A new report examining methods for assessing demand for integrated education in Northern Ireland has been published. The report was authored by Dr Erin Early, Dr Paula Devine, Dr Minchen Liu and Professor Dirk Schubotz, and was funded by the Integrated Education Fund. The report outlined the complexities of assessing demand, and found the methods currently used to measure parental demand for integrated education in Northern Ireland were inadequate. The authors provided recommendations on how to better capture demand for integrated education and to promote a greater understanding of integrated education. The report can be found here.  

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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