Archive Minutes of Evidence

Date Title Action

27/05/2014

Education Committee Hosts ‘World In Your Classroom’ Event

The Assembly’s Education Committee in partnership with the British Council NI will host a special event to showcase the range of international programmes and funding available to local primary and post-primary schools in Northern Ireland.

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27/05/2014

Committee to Hear from Local Playwrights on Inclusion in the Arts

The Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure will receive a briefing from two local playwrights, Martin Lynch and Gary Mitchell, as part of its Inquiry into Inclusion in the Arts of Working Class Communities.

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27/05/2014

Assembly Marks Five Years of Bursary Programme

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr William Hay MLA today hosted a reception in Parliament Buildings to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Assembly’s Bursary programme. Organised in conjunction with Queen’s University, the post-graduate programme leads to a Masters in Legislative Studies and Practice and has provided 33 bursaries since its launch five years ago.

Reference: SO 09/13/14

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27/05/2014

Education Committee to Visit Greenmount Campus Antrim

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education will hold its next meeting at the Greenmount Campus, Antrim on Wednesday 28 May 2014.

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27/05/2014

Education Committee Hosts “World in Your Classroom Event”

A special showcase event to highlight the range of international education programmes and funding available to local primary and post-primary schools was held today in Parliament Buildings.

Reference: EDUC 02/13/14

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27/05/2014

Employment and Learning Committee to Visit Ballymena

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Employment and Learning will hold its next meeting at the Tullyglass House Hotel in Ballymena.

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27/05/2014

Speaker marks death of Sir John Gorman

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr William Hay MLA, has expressed his sadness at the death of Sir John Gorman.

Reference: SO 10/13/14

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28/05/2014

More Must Be Done to Tackle Agricultural Crime, Says Committee

The Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development has today acknowledged the work of the PSNI in tackling agricultural crime and has called for the level of focus on this issue to be sustained. Today’s call follows a briefing to the Committee from the PSNI on farming and rural crime, which included an update on rural crime statistics and the work of the PSNI’s Rural Crime Unit.

Reference: AGR 11/13/14

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28/05/2014

Committee to Examine Proposed New Road Safety Legislation

The Committee for the Environment has begun its scrutiny of legislation that will propose a range of new measures to improve road safety in Northern Ireland.

Reference: ENV 05/13/14

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28/05/2014

Committee Sees How RSPB Connects Young People to Nature

The Education Committee took part in an RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) event which aims to give children a greater connection to wildlife and nature.

Reference: Educ C 03/13/14

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