Although women’s participation in the workforce has steadily grown in recent decades and their representation in senior leadership positions has risen, much of the research continues to focus on explaining the barriers that prevents their upward advancement. In...
Sark, the Supreme Court and the Status of the Channel Islands: Or Barclay Bites Back
Sark is in the process of a revolution as it tries to make it laws compliant with the European Convention of Human Rights. This began with the Reform (Sark) Law 2008 which was challenged by the Barclay brothers before the English courts culminating in a hearing before...
The influence of geographical marginalities and cultural resurgences on the economic development of island border territories
Despite their obvious differences, comparisons of Jersey and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are pertinent and informative due to their respective institutional statuses and locations. Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, situated close to the Canadian island of Newfoundland, is fully...
Spectacular Fishing: Embodying Sovereignty in the Post-Brexit Channel Islands and the South China Sea
In early May 2021, about 80 French fishing boats blocked the port of St. Helier on Jersey Island, about 20 nautical miles from the Normandy coast, in protest against post-Brexit regulations that led the UK to deny French fishers access to the island’s fishing waters....
Housing and Social Mobility in Jersey
The Policy Centre has commenced a programme of work on social mobility. The objective is to promote an informed debate that will facilitate appropriate policy measures. A steering group has been established to oversee the programme. The terms of reference of the group...
Jersey’s secondary education system
This report comprises evidence to the Children, Education and Home Affairs Panel of the States Assembly for its review of secondary education funding. The report describes and analyses - • The unusual structure of secondary education, in particular the high degree of...