Donum est in provocatione: Tá an Bronntanas sa Dúshlán: The gift is in the challenge
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“Our aim, by 2031, is to secure the ongoing engagement of 3.5% of the population on Northern Ireland in creatively and sensitively exploring resistances to peacebuilding as resources of transformation.”
“UISCE volunteers, interns & scholars, working together on campus, create a diverse environment to explore the resistances to peacebuilding”
Volunteers
Volunteers are at the heart of UISCE. The team of full-time volunteers, many being students or people on a career break, come from across the globe. They live on campus and typically stay between 2 months to 1 year.
Scholars & Interns
UISCE Interns are undergraduates who engage in work with UISCE related to their studies.
UISCE Scholars are graduates, educators or others with particular expertise who join the UISCE community to research a specific project related to peace in Ireland.
Leaders
The UISCE Leaders Programme nurtures a new approach to leadership by developing the experience and confidence of emerging leaders to engage across the full political spectrum, to explore resistances to peacebuilding.
The UISCE Campus
In January 2020 UISCE took over Enniskillen’s Clinton Centre, to become a campus for UISCE’s programmes participants. Built-in 1992 on the site of the 1987 Remembrance Day bomb, this former community centre accommodates 40 individuals with dining and recreation facilities. It is purpose-built and well-suited to our organisation’s needs.
The Programme Leader
The Director of UISCE, Keith McNair, draws on over 30 years of experience in delivering cross-border and cross-community programmes, focused mainly on young people and education. His peace studies tours and unique contact base give him a range of political contacts which now collaborate with UISCE.
“The UISCE leadership program focus is to provide challenges within individuals and groups to explore leadership, change and resistance.”
Our Recent Articles
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A History of Resistance.
A brief consideration of Ulster as a place of resistance, The Laughter of The Gods explores Ulster’s history with the rest of Ireland.
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Barriers in Education.
Exploring the resistances to peace in secondary education. Compiled by UISCE Scholar, Neha Middela [Yale University] in consultation with Keith McNair [UISCE’s Director].
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Brexit: A Blueprint for Peace?
Not long ago, the notion of Brexit would have seemed wildly improbable. Today the EU-Brexit process points the way to achieving peace in Europe.
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All staff are volunteers and rely on the generosity of others to continue doing their important work.