Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series

KESS provides a forum to present and disseminate research findings in a straightforward format. Watch the seminars here.

Formal and informal translation and interpretation for immigrants and asylum seekers

Dr Caroline Linse (QUB) As of 2011 there were over 50,000 migrants, who speak a language other than English or Irish at home, residing in Northern Ireland. Many of these individuals do not possess adequate levels of English language proficiency in order to access services. Research funded by the Northern Ireland Inclusion and Diversity Service… Continue Reading Formal and informal translation and interpretation for immigrants and asylum seekers

Translating Values: Insights from Multilingual and Multiethnic Focus Groups in Northern Ireland 

Dr Piotr Blumczyński (QUB) and Prof John Gillespie (Ulster) Culture revolves around values: they hold the cultural community together and underpin the mutual interests. A cultural group whose members hold opposite or otherwise incompatible values is hardly conceivable, which demonstrates that the concept of culture is predicated on shared values. However, values are often “invisible”… Continue Reading Translating Values: Insights from Multilingual and Multiethnic Focus Groups in Northern Ireland 

Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID): Transitioning into Older Years

Dr Lisa Hanna-Trainor and Dr Laurence Taggart (Ulster) – Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID): Transitioning into Older Years  People with intellectual disabilities are living longer and many are living with ageing family carers: this presents challenges surrounding how services respond to the needs of both cohorts. This is a fundamental issue for policy makers, commissioners and… Continue Reading Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID): Transitioning into Older Years

Supporting General Practitioners in Northern Ireland in the care of dementia patients as they near the end of life

Dr Gillian Carter (QUB) – Supporting General Practitioners in Northern Ireland in the care of dementia patients as they near the end of life The general practitioner (GP) is in a pivotal position to initiate and adapt end of life care for their patients living with dementia. A postal survey was conducted to gauge GPs’ perceptions… Continue Reading Supporting General Practitioners in Northern Ireland in the care of dementia patients as they near the end of life

Waste management and disposal

Dr Alastair Ruffell (QUB) – Waste management and disposal: locating illegal buried waste using remote sensing (satellites, aircraft, drones and geophysics) Buried illegal waste and uncontrolled legal waste dumps are a major problem in Northern Ireland, as well as in Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Canada. The mention of the words ‘Moubouy Road’ are enough to demonstrate… Continue Reading Waste management and disposal

Maximising Production and Biodiversity in NI Agriculture

Prof Ian Montgomery (QUB) – Maximising Production and Biodiversity in NI Agriculture Agriculture in Northern Ireland (NI) has changed little from 1970 with its emphasis on grass production and livestock sectors. It is dependent on a narrow range of enterprises and subsidies, and beset by production, waste, financial and social issues.  NI agriculture lacks a… Continue Reading Maximising Production and Biodiversity in NI Agriculture

The access to justice barriers for tribunal users

Dr Orla Drummond (Ulster) – The access to justice barriers for tribunal users: a comparative case study on Special Educational Needs Tribunals The Access to Justice Review (2) identified the difficulties faced by tribunal users in securing access to justice, and poses questions about how tribunal users might be best supported. Recent research from Ulster… Continue Reading The access to justice barriers for tribunal users