06/11/2016
Guide to US Election Night: https://ultoniacomms.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/guide-to-us-election/
Guide to US Election
Americans go to the polls on Tuesday to elect their House of Representatives (lower legislative house, from 435 districts electing one each), a third of their Senate (one from two thirds of states)…
03/09/2016
COURSE:
Commemoration, Parades and Symbolism
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02/09/2016
COURSE:
Understanding Linguistic Identity
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01/09/2016
COURSE:
Understanding Devolution: Successful Advocacy Skills
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31/08/2016
COURSE:
Ulster-Scots Literature: An Introduction
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30/08/2016
COURSE:
Social Media: Making it work for you
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25/05/2016
List of Ministers in Devolved Governments across the UK (Scotland, Wales & NI): https://ultoniacomms.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/uk-devolved-governments/
UK Devolved Governments
SCOTLAND SNP minority government (63/129 seats) Cabinet Secretaries: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP (SNP) Education (& Deputy First Minister) John Swinney MSP (SNP) Communities Angela Const…
19/05/2016
Update analysis on "opposition" in the Northern Ireland Assembly: https://ultoniacomms.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/stormont-opposition/
Stormont Opposition
A full official opposition, under the terms of the Assembly and Executive Reform Act 2016, will now be formed in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the current five-year term. It will be the first o…
12/05/2016
Brief note on "opposition" at Stormont: https://ultoniacomms.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/what-does-opposition-mean-at-stormont/
What does “Opposition” mean at Stormont?
The Ulster Unionists have announced they will not take their seats in the Executive Committee of the fifth Northern Ireland Assembly (effectively Northern Ireland’s devolved Cabinet), and wil…
01/05/2016
Our brief guide to this week's elections across the UK: https://ultoniacomms.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/uk-elections-2016/
UK Elections 2016
The UK goes to the polls on 5 May for a set of elections which are closest to ‘mid-term elections’ in scale, even though (with the exception of London) they now always fall just one yea…
19/01/2016
Our brief on Welfare Reform mitigation recommendations in Northern Ireland: https://ultoniacomms.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/where-now-for-welfare-reform-mitigation/
Where now for Welfare Reform "mitigation"
The "Fresh Start" Agreement put in place funding for "mitigation of welfare reform", to be allocated on the basis of a report by Dr Eileen Evason, Emeritus Professor in Social Administration. The o...