Future Screens NI and Phoenix Education Centre Open night

Future Screens NI are delighted to be working alongside the Phoenix Education Centre to bring workshops to women in Belfast.

On Thursday 27th March we are hosting an information evening at the Avoneil leisure centre in East Belfast.

The aim of this open night is to bring women’s community groups together and drive interest for the upcoming workshops available to them.

We have three fabulous speakers coming to the event to showcase their work and illustrate to the guests what workshops will soon be available for them to attend.

Future Screens NI: How compliant are you?

In collaboration with Vrai-Limited, Future Screens NI will be hosting an introductory session on sustainability in business.

Future Screens NI are excitied to announce that Ramona Harron-Harding of Vrai Limited will be hosting our upcoming Future Tuesdays event! Ramona, qualified laywer will be diving into the world of environmental, social and governance issues for SME's and how your business can ensure they are complaint with sustainability laws.

This is a great opportunity to speak with and learn from an expert in this field!

Doors will open at 11.30am and the presentation will begin at 12pm sharp.

Refreshments will follow and if you have any dietary requirements or require assistance please contact us info-futurescreensni@ulster.ac.uk

Tickets are free and can reserved through the following link: Future Tuesdays: How compliant are you? Tickets, Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

We look forward to seeing you there!

Future Screens NI presents a Funding Application Case Study with The Weatherbies

Future Screens NI welcome you to our first event of 2025 alongside awardee The Weatherbies!

The Weatherbies Ltd is a publishing and media production company producing Early Years/Foundation Stage curriculum-aligned climate education content (in English and Irish, with plans for other languages), based on the characters created by founder and author Yvonne Fleming. Having secured Proof of Concept funding to develop an innovative web-based classroom app, the Weatherbies then successfully applied for the Future Screens NI Pre-Commercialisation Fund to bring their app to market.

Their application team will be presenting an overview of how they approached the FSNI application, the detail required for the application, how they framed each question & answer to achieve a positive outcome, this is a case study for those applying for this and similar funding. There will be a short Q&A following the presentation and a short demo of the innovative app.

Make sure you come along to hear all their tips and how they successfully secured our funding!

Where? Ormeau Baths Belfast

When? Tuesday 25th February

What time? Doors will open at 11am and the presentation will promptly start at 12pm

Job opening!

Future Screens NI are excited to announce that there are two new positions available.

  • Role: Research Associate-Outreach, Future Screens NI

  • Department: Future Screens NI- School of Communication and Media, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

  • This is a grade 6/7 post

  • Locations: One post will be based in the Catalyst in Derry/Londonderry and the other in The Workhouse, Enniskillen

  • Fixed term until 31st July 2026, part time 17.5 hours per week

  • Follow the link below for details of the job role and how to apply

  • Closing date 18/12/2024 at 23:30pm

Beyond conference 2024

Future Screens NI are excited to announce that we will be attending the Beyond conference in Manchester!

Beyond 2024 is being hosted by Media City in Manchester and is running from 25-27th November.

Future Screens NI have been asked to host a session on the S.U.R.F project.

This session will explore the use of creative industry skills and practices to challenge issues of systemic class inequality in post-conflict Northern Ireland. The Skills for Urban and Rural Futures (S.U.R.F.) programme will be showcased, with a local activist explaining how this programme offers new frameworks of possibility for those involved.

Be sure to keep an eye on our Instagram for exciting updates, photos and videos of our trip to the conference!