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Sustainability in post-primary schooling in Northern Ireland: How the future schools toolkit supports change

Northern Ireland is a post-conflict society, yet it remains deeply divided. The school system is a complex network with sensitive and contested policy issues, and up to 94 per cent of pupils...

Editorial – Unpacking the complexities and challenges of education in Northern Ireland: stimulating debate with Ulster University’s Transforming Education project

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

The rationale for how education operates is often contentious. There are varying views about academic selection, politicians disparage some degrees while lauding others, private schools’...

Transforming education, one paper at a time

There is a tendency to become habituated to our surroundings – we stop noticing features of the world around us. This has happened in Northern Ireland with regards to our divided social...

Journeys beyond the divide: duplication, sustainability and choice in Northern Ireland’s education system

In an old Irish joke, a ‘city-slicker’ lost in the countryside asking for directions is advised, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.’ This mirrors the complicated tale of the...

Assessment at 11? Questioning the impact of academic selection in Northern Ireland

Imagine undergoing a high stakes education assessment at the age of 11, and that result dictating many of the options available to you for the rest of your life. The detrimental impact of academic...

Reimagining a system for education in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland education has just had an Independent Review . It remarked that: ‘Northern Ireland could significantly benefit if unnecessary fragmentation or duplication, where they exist,...

Unpacking the complexities and challenges of education in Northern Ireland

Stimulating debate with Ulster University’s Transforming Education project

A closer look at the Future Schools Toolkit

The proliferation of schools, management bodies and sectoral support organisations reflects the socio-cultural and political history of division in Northern Irish society. However, as recognised...