Mills and weaving factories sprung up over Belfast and surrounding towns and many people, Ulster-Scots included, poured into the area from the countryside looking for work. These people who moved ...

If you fancy a career change, have you considered applying for the new post of Ulster Scots commissioner? Don’t worry as the Irish News reports you don’t even need to be able to speak it: The head of ...

Awarded a Distinguished Research Fellowship in 2014, his work on Ulster-Scots writing and book history has been recognised as internationally excellent. As director of the Centre for Irish and ...

A failure by the executive to appoint commissioners for the Irish language and Ulster-Scots has been criticised by a United ...

The new Stormont commissioner for Ulster Scots will not be required to speak the language – unlike their counterpart for Irish. Despite the advert for the £79,000-£89,000 role appearing in ...

The head of the Ulster-Scots Agency has said that the lack of requirement for the new commissioner to speak the language ‘reflects the reality’ of where it’s currently at. Ian Crozier ...

In a world of self-conscious nation states, the cultural connections of people who shared no single national identity brings problems of conceptualisation. Ulster Scots studies expand the boundaries ...

All proposals must be submitted on BBC Pitch. The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Wednesday 28th February 2024, except True North/Our Lives 2024 submissions which must be on BBC Pitch by 5pm on ...