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Nomination deadline closes for Advancing Race Equality Awards

THE nomination deadline for this year’s Advancing Race Equality Awards has expired following weeks of excitement and activity. The names of almost 40 individuals, schools and organisations will now go forward to an independent panel of judges. Their shortlisting decisions will be revealed next week, starting on Tuesday. It has been an intense couple of

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Asylum seekers urged to know their rights as Home Office moves towards hotel room sharing

ASYLUM seekers are being urged to know their rights as the Home Office begins implementing room sharing in some hotels. ‘Operation Maximisation’ is being introduced in seven hotels across Northern Ireland. It was thought that the move to a shared room model would, initially, only impact male asylum seekers. But the Law Centre has now

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Symposium to explore ‘Critical Heritage, Activism and Social Change’

ULSTER University is to host an international interdisciplinary symposium and subsequent policy-focused roundtable on critical heritage, activism, and social change. The symposium takes place in the Level Three Atrium, Belfast campus, on January 19. The event runs from 9.30am to 5.30pm. Heritage is about the production and construction of knowledge in the present about the

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Application portal for pre-school and primary school places in NI now open

THE application portal for pre-school and primary school places in Northern Ireland for September 2024 to June 2025 opens today. To assist parents the Education Authority (EA) has issued information on the key dates in the schools and admissions procedure. Pre-school and primary one applications for school year beginning September 2024 went live today at

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