Politics
Shroud education: sharing and the future
20 Aug 2015Ryan Miller Equality, Social Policy, Education, Community Relations, Peace Process, Politics
Shared Education is the big new thing for helping society come together and improving schooling. But what are we supposed to expect?
Will the BBC get blown away by the gathering storm?
19 Aug 2015Nick Garbutt Media, Politics
Just how serious is the threat to the BBC posed by the Westminster government and should we be worried about it?
Whatever happened to Heenan Anderson?
14 Aug 2015Nick Garbutt Politics, Social Policy, Welfare Reform
Whatever happened to the Heenan-Anderson Commission?
Why we need to know the truth about Kincora
12 Aug 2015Nick Garbutt Social Policy, Politics
Why is Secretary of State Theresa Villiers so determined to ensure that allegations about child abuse at Kincora Boys Home in Belfast does not form part of the UK investigation?
Shifting sands: NI's political landscape on marriage equality is changing
6 Aug 2015Ryan Miller Social Policy, Politics, Equality
Last week Scope highlighted the view that marriage equality in Northern Ireland is "inevitable" - are changes in the past week a sign of this inevitability in action?
Spooky action at an unknown distance - GCHQ and Amnesty International
27 Jul 2015Ryan Miller Politics, Social Policy
The security services exist to protect us as citizens and allow us to live in freedom. Scope speaks with spying victims Amnesty International about whether spying on human rights organisations can fulfil that purpose.
The other Villiers in Ireland: famine, internment, rebellion
21 Jul 2015Nick Garbutt Community Relations, Politics
Theresa Villiers is not the first of her family to hold high office in Ireland.
It's just a ride - the economic impact of perception
17 Jul 2015Ryan Miller Community Relations, Peace Process, Politics
Another 12th of July, more phantasmagorical news footage of screaming, hatred and violence – what now for Brand Northern Ireland?
Sexism, racism and periscopes: Upper Bann on twitter
27 May 2015Nick Garbutt Politics, Social Media
Upper Bann is just getting back to normal again after an election campaign that ended in acrimony with allegations of racist abuse.
Twitter: the MLAs of South Antrim
26 May 2015Ryan Miller Politics, Social Media
South Antrim - the Jewel of the Six Mile – joins Scope’s list of constituencies to receive a sober and sombre social media probe.
