Publications

The department monitors recently published relevant research reports and, each quarter, produces a summary in the Research Digests for wider dissemination.

In 2023 the Department for the Economy commissioned DMH Associates to conduct research comparing the careers support services of other small advanced economies (SAE).

The following document is the partnership agreement between the Department for the Economy and the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland.

Professor David Phinnemore and Dr Lisa Claire Whitten, of Queen's University Belfast, have carried out research for the Department for the Economy (DfE) on post EU-Exit regulatory divergence in Northern Ireland.

The Department for the Economy has undertaken analysis to understand the post EU Exit regulatory environment within individual sectors of the economy.

In March 2024 Economy Minister Conor Murphy launched a taskforce to develop and oversee an action plan to expand Ulster University’s Derry~Londonderry campus to 10,000 students. These are its terms of reference.

Equality screening around the policy: Developing biomethane production in Northern Ireland.

This circular provides new guidance on the source of funding coding values for Skills Focus enrolments from the 2024/25 financial year onwards.

Under the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, specified public service bodies of the Department for the Economy have a statutory duty to provide period products free of charge on their premises from 12 May 2024.

The tables presents a range of analysis regarding enrolments and students in the Northern Ireland further education sector covering academic years 2018/19 to 2022/23.

Equality screening around Onshore Petroleum Licensing Policy.

Privacy notice around the Multiply project, which has been financed by the UK government's Shared Prosperity fund from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Equality screening for the The Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) (Amendment etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Minutes from the meeting of the Northern Ireland Skills Council (NISC).

Skills for Life and Work ad hoc tables are produced in response to user request and contain combinations of data that are not available in standard publications.

The Higher Level Apprenticeship (HLA) report covers provision at further education (FE) colleges in Northern Ireland and the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) across the academic years 2017/18 to 2022/23.

This is the twenty sixth edition of the Energy Strategy ebulletin, which aims to keep stakeholders informed about progress on the new Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland.

The introduction of a renewable electricity support scheme will enable Northern Ireland to be a truly competitive and attractive option for investment.

The partnership agreement template was approved by NICS Board to provide departments and arm’s length bodies with a new model ‘relationship document’.

As a signatory to the Concordat for the Support of Career Development of Researchers Development, DfE reviews its compliance with the principles of the Concordat and submits a short annual report on how we as a funding organisation, endeavour to support positive and inclusive