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...
Improving the consultation process
Good policy-making necessarily involves taking account of the views of those most affected by what is being proposed, the wider community and those with experience and knowledge of the issue. If this is not done then the likely effects are that a policy is not...
Problem gambling in Jersey
This report brings together relevant information on problem gambling in Jersey. It draws on relevant UK and Guernsey statistics and analysis to assess the extent and effect of problem gambling, describes the legislative and regulative framework and initiatives to help...