“Over the past number of days, students at Queens University Belfast have been mobilising to prevent the privatisation of security positions at the Students Union …” (more)
[Seanín Ní Connalláin, Irish Student Left Online, 2 May]
“Four hundred jobs are being created during the construction of a £32m Centre for Experimental Medicine at Queen’s University in Belfast. Work is beginning on the site this week …” (more)
[BBC News, 28 February]
“Professor Sir Peter Gregson, President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast has been appointed Chief Executive and Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield University, the UK’s only all graduate university …” (more)
[Queen's University Belfast, 18 February]
“Universities in Northern Ireland earned more than £100m last year through links with businesses and the community. A report from the department of learning and employment said Queens University and the University of Ulster outperformed other parts of the UK …” (more)
[BBC News, 7 February]
“A professor at Queen’s University in Belfast has been speaking about her role as a historical consultant on the new Lincoln movie …” (more)
[Peter Coulter, BBC News, 2 February]
“A record number of students have applied for places at one of Northern Ireland’s universities this autumn. The Universities Colleges Admission Service (Ucas) revealed that 19,587 people had applied for a place …” (more)
[Lindsay Fergus, Belfast Telegraph, 1 February]
“He has amassed a legion of followers around the world thanks to his award-winning wildlife documentaries, but now it would appear that Sir David Attenborough also has a fanbase among academics at Queen’s University …” (more)
[Lindsay Fergus, Belfast Telegraph, 16 January]
“Extra student places were allocated to Queens University Belfast without any formal request for extra numbers, Derry’s U4D lobby group has revealed. U4D chair Padraig Canavan says it is unbelievable that the Belfast University should be awarded places on the basis of ‘informal conversations’ …” (more)
[Derry Journal, 21 December]
“If you had been studying in the university library on an autumn day a couple of years ago, you might have encountered an elderly gentleman shuffling by, wearing an off-the-peg raincoat, a faded Hawaiian shirt and a cheap plastic watch, and carrying papers in a plastic bag …” (more)
[Megan Liddy, The Gown, 19 December]
“Jim Allister (Traditional Unionist Voice) asked the Minister for Employment and Learning why there has been delay in activating the process to appoint a new chairperson to the governing body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast …” (more)
[Northern Ireland Assembly Debates, 10 December]
“Amendments to the licensing laws to help curb drink promotions and serious anti-social behaviour are to be welcomed. Belfast City Council’s proposal to have an alcohol-free St Patrick’s Day festival (News, November 27) is also to be commended …” (more)
[Belfast Telegraph, 12 December]
“… Figures for 2009/10 show that in Queen’s University, Belfast, there were 8,710 Northern Ireland-domiciled students of a Catholic background compared with 6,740 from the Protestant tradition. In the University of Ulster there were 11,070 Catholics and 7,020 Protestants …” (more)
[Gerry Moriarty, Irish Times, 11 December]
“Cash-strapped university students are turning to the sex-trade to sell themselves for money. Ireland’s biggest online escort agency ‘Escort Ireland’ has set up pages which are solely dedicated to independent escorts in Irish universities on its website …” (more)
[Niamh Horan, Independent, 2 December]
“Fifty-five research teams have been awarded funds of up to €1.5 million in the latest round. A total of €32 million in research funding is to be distributed to researchers across the country working in the field of food, agri-food and forestry …” (more)
[Suzanne Lynch, Irish Times, 26 November]
“Every one of 500 new undergraduate places should go to the University of Ulster’s Magee campus in Londonderry, its pro vice-chancellor has said …” (more)
[Donna Deeney, Belfast Telegraph, 19 November]
“Queen’s University Belfast will be one of the beneficiaries of a £60m investment by the UK Government to help the country’s leading universities commercialise research outputs …” (more)
[Grainne Rothery, Business and Leadership, 16 November]
“Derry’s University of Ulster campus at Magee will not get all 500 extra STEM subject places, SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey has said …” (more)
[Derry Journal, 14 November]
“The union which represents lecturers at Queen’s University has said it is concerned that some of its medical members may be so overworked that it could be affecting patient care …” (more)
[Marie Louise Connolly, BBC News, 13 November]
“Edith Florence Devlin (nee Gaw), who has died aged 85, was for more than 40 years an outstanding teacher of world literature at Queen’s University Belfast, where she introduced mature students to the classics …” (more)
[Irish Times, 10 November]
“Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) has been awarded a grant of £15 million by Atlantic Philanthropies. This is the largest gift the university has ever received. The grant will be used to help establish a ‘world-leading Centre for Experimental Medicine’ in Northern Ireland …” (more)
[UK Fundraising, 6 November]
