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Seminar – Education As A Humanitarian Response

1 May 2012, 2:50pm
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UNESCO Centre Research For NICCY on the Impact of Welfare Reform in Northern Ireland

27 April 2012, 2:24pm
Marina Monteith, Policy Analyst with the Children and Youth Programme at the UNESCO Centre, writes on her research for the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People on Welfare Reform and the consequences for children in Northern Ireland.(read more)

UNESCO Centre Researchers to Present at Major International Education Conference

23 April 2012, 12:19pm
Senior researchers from the UNESCO Centre at the University of Ulster have travelled to Puerto Rico this week to present papers at the 56th Annual Conference of the Comparitive and International Education Society (CIES).(read more)

The Children and Youth Programme – An Introduction from Professor Alan Smith and Professor Pat Dolan

23 March 2012, 2:23pm
An introduction to the Children and Youth Programme from UNESCO Chairs from Professor Alan Smith and Professor Pat Dolan.(read more)

UNESCO Chairs Call for Stronger Childrens Rights Culture in Ireland

21 March 2012, 12:43pm
Ireland’s two UNESCO Chair holders have come together to launch a joint Commentary on the proposed referendum on the rights of the child in Ireland. The Commentary, ‘Children’s Rights and the Family’, forms a major part of the work of the Children and Youth Programme, and we hope that it will provide an independent academic research basis for the forthcoming debate.(read more)