Integrated Education, Intergroup Relations, and Political Identities in Northern Ireland

Higher Education Participation in Northern Ireland

This paper seeks to provide an overview of higher education participation in Northern Ireland. The aims are to set out quantitatively, the main dimensions of participation located within a comparative United Kingdom (UK) context, to identify the main social characteristics of participation, to draw upon qualitative research evidence to contextualise the patterns identified and to briefly discus...

Postgraduate Medical Education Centres in Northern Ireland.

PROFESSIONAL training, with its ever-spreading ripples from undergraduate to postgraduate to continuing education of family doctors and consultants, has come to be recognised as the essential core of good medicine. Sir George Godber, who retired at the end of November 1973 from his appointment as Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health and Social Security, has stated that the postgrad...

Human Rights and Political Resolution in Northern Ireland

Public Support for Political Violence and Paramilitarism in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

Most of the research on paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland has concentrated on either the historical origins of paramilitary organizations or the background characteristics of individuals who engage in this activity. Less attention has been given to analyzing public attitudes in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland toward the use of paramilitary violence as a political tool ...

Northern Ireland Council for Postgraduate Education

IN the last issue of the Journal it was stated that during 1972 the Council had three main objectives: the implementation of plans for the postgraduate training of married women doctors; the setting up of a career advisory and information service; and the approval or recognition of hospital posts as suitable for postgraduate training by the various colleges and faculties. Good progress has been...