“The referendum on National Union of Students affiliation at Queen’s University, Belfast Students’ Union has been declared invalid ‘due to an oversight in the process’ …” (more)
[Ben Finch, Belfast Studenty.me, 18 May]
“A petition has been set up for Queen’s University to fly the rainbow flag from the Lanyon Building during the Belfast Pride parade on 4 August 2012. The petition, which currently has 76 signatures, states …” (more)
[Ben Finch, Studenty_Belfast, 16 May]
“Northern Ireland’s education minister has defended his ‘hands-on’ relationship with the region’s two universities after setting them a detailed list of targets for improvement, including altering course provision to meet the economy’s needs …” (more)
[David Matthews, Times Higher Education, 3 May]
“The cost of policing the Holyland area of Belfast over the St Patrick’s Day weekend this year exceeded £100,000. The total cost of policing the area on 15, 16 and 17 March came to £109,244. It does not include costs incurred by the council or the universities …” (more)
[BBC News, 26 April]
“The Northern Ireland government has issued the region’s two universities with a checklist of targets as part of its higher education strategy.The Department for Employment and Learning wants Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster to offer more courses in science and technology subjects and hit specific levels of income from consultancy work …” (more)
[David Matthews, Times Higher Education, 25 April]
“Lord Morrow (DUP) asked the Minister for Employment and Learning for an update on the proposed merger between Stranmillis University College and Queen’s University Belfast …” (more)
[Northern Ireland Assembly Debates, 23 April]
“A students’ union in Belfast has joined forces with a letting agency to provide a new accommodation service in the city’s university area. The novel partnership between Queen’s University Students’ Union and Morton Pinpoint has been heralded as the first of its kind in the UK and Ireland …” (more)
[Independent, 19 April]
“Queen’s University Belfast has become the first in Northern Ireland to establish a college in China, it has been revealed. Around 1,000 Chinese students will study for degrees in pharmaceutical science at the new campus in the north east of the country …” (more)
[Michael McHugh, Independent, 13 April]
“Queen’s University in Belfast is to establish a college in China in partnership with the China Medical University. The announcement comes as leading Chinese politician Liu Yandong continues her three day visit to Northern Ireland …” (more)
[BBC News, 13 April]
“… Queen’s University’s £20m investment in world-class sports facilities isn’t simply a success story for the university and its students — it is reason for the wider Northern Ireland community to crack open the bubbly …” (more)
[Graham Luney, Belfast Telegraph, 31 March]
“First year university students in Northern Ireland could be forced to reside in university accommodation, under radical new plans to tackle the issue of student housing …” (more)
[Lindsay Fergus, Belfast Telegraph, 28 March]
“An independent report into Belfast’s Holyland area is expected to recommend that more student housing is provided elsewhere in the city. The study was commissioned by Belfast City Council in 2010 and is due to be published on Tuesday …” (more)
[BBC News, 23 March]
“The PSNI has said they were ‘content’ with events in south Belfast’s Holyland area on St Patrick’s Day. Police officers, alongside officials from the city Council, the University of Ulster and Queen’s had been patrolling the area since Thursday …” (more)
[BBC News, 18 March]
“Eight people were arrested overnight in the Holyland area of Belfast for a range of anti-social behaviour. Police officers and representatives of the University of Ulster and Queen’s were in the area from Thursday evening …” (more)
[BBC News, 16 March]
“Queen’s University in Belfast has said it is ‘working closely’ with statutory agencies to ensure St Patrick’s Day revelries pass off peacefully this year. Recent years have seen large-scale disturbances and anti-social behaviour on March 17th …” (more)
[Una Bradley, Irish Times, 14 March]
“… FEE is a grassroots student movement which campaigns in opposition to fees and in support of a genuinely open and public university. At QUB, we were at the forefront in the campaign against a fees hike in the North, as well as in opposition to the scrapping of EMA …” (more, video)
[YouTube, 5 March]
“NI universities and teacher-training colleges could be controlled by two separate departments if the ministry they currently fall under is dissolved, a Stormont committee has heard. The first and deputy first ministers have proposed that the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) should be closed …” (more)
[BBC News, 29 February]
“A row has erupted between Northern Ireland’s two main universities over how to stop student riots engulfing the Holylands area of Belfast on St Patrick’s Day. The University of Ulster has accused Queen’s University of encouraging a ‘four-day party’ by giving its students two extra days off to mark March 17 this year …” (more)
[Lesley-Ann McKeown, Belfast Telegraph, 29 February]
“The University of Ulster has warned students who get involved in trouble on St Patrick’s Day they will be expelled. The university has recorded a video message which will be sent to all students ahead of St Patrick’s Day …” (more)
[BBC News, 23 February]
“If you want to make a career in finance, Irish universities are not the place to do it, according to a new report. The latest QS Top Universities ranking for careers in accounting and finance shows no Irish university in the top 50, with Trinity the highest ranked at 55 …” (more)
[Peter Flanagan, Independent, 18 February]
