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Another fudge for Integrated Education

Lagan College opened in 1981 with 28 pupils and no government funding (image courtesy lagancollege.com)

10 Mar 2017

Integration is an oversubscribed aspect of our education system but continually faces barriers to growth. The burial of a new, independent and departmentally-commissioned report is just the latest example.

Stormont: why quieter voices need to be heard

9 Mar 2017

It is time that quieter voices were heard in the current political debate. 

The art of understanding trauma

3 Mar 2017

Shannon Yee suffered acquired brain injury nearly a decade ago, before composing a show that puts the audience through her experience. She tells Scope about recovery and some of the direct benefits of artistic expression.

How NI cities are missing out on hundreds of millions of investment

28 Feb 2017

Northern Ireland is missing out on hundreds of millions of pounds of regeneration money, partly as a result of the refusal by Stormont to devolve power to councils. 

Art imitating near death – a learning experience

24 Feb 2017

Shannon Yee’s Reassembled, Slightly Askew is a sensory experience that aims to replicate significant brain injury. Scope looks at a groundbreaking piece of art that has come again to Belfast’s Metropolitan Art Centre.

Troubles with bubbles

Joe Kenny and his children

23 Feb 2017

Joe Kenny - @j0ekenny - writes about his experience of being blind and going through Northern Ireland’s education system, and then onto college, in the 80s and 90s.

Donald Trump's mastery of the media

21 Feb 2017

Are media commentators under-estimating Donald Trump? Nick Garbutt asks if there is method to the apparent madness. 

Sight loss and schooling - an afterthought

17 Feb 2017

In the latest article in our series on education, we look at how the system helps - or, rather, does not really help - people with sight loss.

Suicide Prevention – another casualty in the Stormont stalemate

17 Feb 2017

In this powerful and important piece guest writer Pat McGreevy questions whether the political will to tackle suicide exists 

Sex education in schools – it’s not about sex

Mark Breslin, Director of the FPA in Northern Ireland

10 Feb 2017

Scope speaks with the Family Planning Association about how and why they think local sex education – or, rather, relationship and sexuality education – is inadequate.

Irish: how can an endangered language be a threat?

10 Feb 2017

It is time we had a mature debate about the Irish language.  To do so we need to get a much broader context for our discussions. 

Four years and two months can be too young for school

3 Feb 2017

Scope takes a look at the school starting age and asks if it is too inflexible, and whether it should be the starting point for a revision of some of our methods in early-years development.

Paul McGill RIP

3 Feb 2017

Journalist and trade unionist Paul McGill touched and inspired many with the great courage he displayed as he faced up to the illness that was to end his life. 

What the Supreme Court judgment really says about protests

2 Feb 2017

We’ve moved on a lot since the 1714 Riot Act. 

The benefits of learning Irish

27 Jan 2017

Scope continues its focus on education in Northern Ireland with a look at the Irish language – discussing lifelong learning, bilingualism, immersion and increasing access.
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