Updates from Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The latest updates from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Parents from across Northern Ireland with children in primary, post-primary and special schools overwhelmingly found supporting their children’s learning from home and well-being challenging and difficult during lockdown.
9 July 2020
Human Rights and Administrative Justice
Ulster Law School research highlighted in Administrative Justice Council seminar.
8 July 2020
Faculty Supervisor of the Year
Eilish Rooney has been named the Faculty Supervisor of the Year in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
6 July 2020
Research report finds life on Universal Credit is `still a struggle
The UK government has been urged redesign the social security system so that it "treats everyone with dignity and respect". Research carried out by the University of York in partnership with the Ulster University, found that radical changes to
2 July 2020
Online Seminar Series on Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Deepening the Debate
A seminar series exploring the Stormont House Agreement and dealing with the past in Northern Ireland.
2 July 2020
New JRF Report on Universal Credit in Northern Ireland
Dr Mark Simpson co-authors report on Universal Credit.
30 June 2020
We are pleased to share that Dr Thomas Hansen has been promoted to Senior Lecturer in the most recent promotions round at Ulster University.
30 June 2020
Universal credit should be designed with the people who use it, new report says
Radical changes to Universal Credit are needed now more than ever to help families facing further hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report says.
30 June 2020
Are young people the forgotten victims of the Covid pandemic?
Ciara Fitzpatrick participated in the main discussion of the morning which focused on the fate of young people as the catastrophic economic repercussions of the pandemic begin to unfold.
23 June 2020
Memory of Nations: Democratic Transition Guide
In June 2020 Prof Cath Collins published bilingual (English and Spanish) chapters on Lustration and on Investigation and Prosecution of Regime Crimes.
23 June 2020
Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict Under International Law: A Focus on WPS-CEDAW Synergies
This event took place on Monday 15 June 2020 as part of the 'Gender Peace and Security Seminar Series'.
23 June 2020
Green light for project investigating cross-border museum activity in Ireland
The Irish Museums Association (IMA) and Ulster University have today, 17 June 2020, announced Ms Catherine McCullough as the recipient of the Northern Bridge Consortium Collaborative Doctoral Award ‘The EU and the museum: an investigation of
17 June 2020
Jurisprudential and legislative milestones in human rights prosecutions: Chile 1990-2020
New working document from Professor Cath Collins
16 June 2020
The reemergence of the disappeared, the role of remains and the forensic gaze
Professor Cath Collins has recently published this essay
16 June 2020
Instagram Researchers in Residence
10 June 2020
WPS@20: Reflecting on Twenty Years of Women, Peace and Security at the UN Security Council
A series of events to mark the twentieth anniversary of landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
8 June 2020