Prejudice-based bullying in education is a persistent problem for certain equality groups. Alan Meban visited Lina Zeimiene at the South Tyrone Empowerment Programme. Lina works with minority ethnic young people, including Travellers, who exper

Addressing Bullying – prejudice-based bullying of equality groups

Nov 23rd, 2022 9m 37s

We know that prejudice-based bullying in education is a persistent problem for certain equality groups. Discussing the type of bullying seen among young people, its effects, and what needs done to address it, broadcaster Maggie Taggart is joine

Addressing Bullying – The Addressing Bullying in Schools Act

Nov 17th, 2022 19m 23s

How will the 2021 Addressing Bullying in Schools Act help address prejudice-based bullying and challenge stereotypes in schools? Dr Noel Purdy, Director of Research and Scholarship & Head of Education Studies at Stranmillis University College –

Addressing Bullying – The NI Anti-Bullying Forum

Nov 14th, 2022 21m 21s

How can we address prejudice-based bullying and challenge stereotypes in education? Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum co-ordinator Aoife Nic Colaim tells broadcaster Maggie Taggart about the work of the Forum in tackling this problem. She ou

Equality Legislation – could a Single Equality Act replace the patchwork of legislation?

Jul 25th, 2022 16m 40s

Would a Single Equality Act be the answer to Northern Ireland’s sagging patchwork of equality laws? Barrister Catherine Casserley of Cloisters, London tells broadcaster Maggie Taggart about the opportunities for Northern Ireland to lead the wor

Equality Legislation – gender pay gap reporting: how could a change in the law help?

Jul 18th, 2022 18m 45s

Reporting on pay gaps between men and women in organisations or sectors to identify the problem is the first step to eradicating the gender pay gap. In this episode, Maggie Taggart talks to Alex Shepherd of the Fawcett Society in London and Kat

Equality Legislation – racial harassment at work by third parties: how could a change in the law help?

May 31st, 2022 21m 31s

Equality Legislation – racial harassment at work by third parties: how could a change in the law help?Broadcaster Maggie Taggart talks to Coumilah Manjoo and Wai Fun Wong from the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, as well as Beverly Simpson,

Equality Legislation – disability discrimination in education: how does the law need to change?

May 24th, 2022 15m 49s

Broadcaster Maggie Taggart talks to Karen Wilson (education advocate at Angel Eyes NI) about her work to help children with visual impairments achieve their full potential in school, and the role of auxiliary aids and services and the differenc

Equality Legislation – age discrimination law: what needs to change?

May 17th, 2022 15m 5s

London based barrister Dee Masters joins former BBC NI education correspondent Maggie Taggart for the first in a series of Equality Commission for Northern Ireland podcasts exploring equality legislation in Northern Ireland.Northern Ireland has

Education Inequalities – Malone Integrated College

Mar 17th, 2022 18m 49s

Ali Goddard (a teacher at Malone Integrated College) along with pupils Sidra Alsaidi (Year 11) and Omar Ghannam (Year 13) join our host Maggie Taggart, former BBC NI Education Correspondent, as part of the Equality Commission for Northern Irela

Education Inequalities – Betty Carlisle and Joan Mercer

Mar 10th, 2022 16m 19s

Betty Carlisle (manager) and Joan Mercer (education manager) at Shankill Women’s Centre join our host Maggie Taggart, former BBC NI Education Correspondent, as part of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland’s series of podcasts to explore

Education Inequalities – Ann Pendleton and Sharon Nelson

Mar 3rd, 2022 16m 42s

Ann Pendleton is project manager at the Full Service Community Network, and Sharon Nelson is the family learning manager at Whiterock Children’s Centre. Ann and Sharon join our host Maggie Taggart, former BBC NI Education Correspondent, as part

Education Inequalities – Jackie Redpath

Feb 17th, 2022 18m 16s

Jackie Redpath, Chief Executive of the Greater Shankill Partnership talks about his experience of the designation of the Shankill area as a Children and Young People Zone, and its long-term approach to bringing together home, community and scho

Education Inequalities – Michele Janes

Feb 10th, 2022 17m 56s

Michele Janes, Chief Executive of Barnardo’s NI talks about Barnardo’s work with refugee and Traveller families. Drawing on her wide-ranging experience, Michele highlights the importance of community engagement, and getting the right supports i

Education Inequalities – Rachel Hogan

Feb 3rd, 2022 15m 46s

Rachel Hogan from the Children’s Law Centre joins our host, former BBC NI Education Correspondent Maggie Taggart, as part of a series of podcasts to explore tackling inequalities in education.Maggie and Rachel talk about how families in Norther

Education Inequalities – Dale Heaney and Noel Purdy

Jan 27th, 2022 19m 16s

Noel Purdy (Director of the Centre for Research on Educational Underachievement at Stranmillis University College and lead author of the Fair Start report) and Dale Heaney (Head of Tackling Educational Disadvantage at the Department of Educatio

Education Inequalities – Chris Donnelly and Mary Montgomery

Jan 20th, 2022 25m 32s

School principals Mary Montgomery (Belfast Boys’ Model School) and Chris Donnelly (St John the Baptist Primary School) join former BBC NI education correspondent Maggie Taggart to discuss how their schools have engaged with their local communit

Education Inequalities – Susan Morgan and Andy Hamilton

Jan 13th, 2022 14m 23s

Ulster University’s Susan Morgan and Andy Hamilton join former BBC NI education correspondent Maggie Taggart for the first in a series of Equality Commission for Northern Ireland podcasts exploring how to tackle inequalities in education in Nor

Talking About Equality Rights

Oct 26th, 2021 29m 55s

Are you a member of the LGBTQI community in Northern Ireland? Do you know how the Equality Commission can support you if you believe you have been discriminated against because of your sexual orientation or gender? As part of this summer’s Prid

Making It Work – Michael Holden MBE

Oct 19th, 2021 15m 28s

Michael Holden MBE, entrepreneur, business man, wheelchair user and disability activist joins us for the first of our Making it Work podcast episodes. Talking about disability and employment, Michael provides some personal and valuable insights

Women in STEM – Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (astrophysicist)

Oct 18th, 2021 14m 19s

A very special episode of the Women in STEM podcast with Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the astrophysicist who was responsible for the discovery of pulsars while a radio astronomy postgraduate student at Cambridge. She talks to Alan Meban

Women in STEM – Susan McCambridge (marine biology)

Oct 11th, 2021 9m 41s

Fancy a career that allows you to scour beaches at dawn? Susan McCambridge is an intertidal ecologist with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. She tells our Women in STEM podcast Rebecca McKinney about the best bits of

Women in STEM – Alison McCoubrey (surgeon)

Oct 4th, 2021 18m 24s

Alison McCoubrey is a consultant general and colorectal surgeon with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. Women make up more than half of medical graduates, yet the proportion of female consultant surgeons is just 13%. Alison talks to pod

Women in STEM – Louise & Maisy (IT at PWC)

Sep 27th, 2021 11m 34s

Women make up a tiny proportion of programmers and software developers in the UK. In this episode of the podcast, Louise Black (PWC’s Women in Tech lead) and Maisy Sinclair (a student sponsored by PWC) talk to Rebecca McKinney about what their

Women in STEM – Lynda Kennedy (statistician)

Sep 20th, 2021 12m 55s

Statistician Lynda Kennedy tells Rebecca McKinney about her work at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency in this episode of The Equality Commission’s Women in STEM podcast. Good statistics are absolutely essential if we want to h