“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]
“Irish premier Enda Kenny has welcomed the establishment of the Confucius Institute at the University of Ulster, stressing the importance for Ireland as a whole of the development of closer links with China. The Taoiseach was visiting the University’s Belfast campus to deliver the 2012 Chancellor’s Lecture …” (more)
[University of Ulster, 19 April]
“Junior Minister at the Office of First and deputy First Minister, Martina Anderson, visited the University of Ulster’s Magee campus today for a briefing on its development. Minister Anderson, accompanied by party colleague Sinn Fein Councillor Eric McGinley, was welcomed to Magee by Vice Chancellor Professor, who escorted them on a tour of the campus …” (more)
[University of Ulster, 18 April]
“Northern Ireland’s new Confucius Institute is to be officially opened with a week of events celebrating our burgeoning relationship with China …” (more)
[Claire Harrison, Belfast Telegraph, 11 April]
“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]
“Ladies football: University College Cork captured the prestigious O’Connor Cup for the first time since 1990 with a stunning 2-14 to 1-13 victory against University of Ulster, Jordanstown in yesterday’s final …” (more)
[Independent, 26 March]
“Proposed jobs cuts at the University of Ulster amount to the institution ‘abdicating its responsibilities to the wider community that funds it’ and may ‘leave a massive hole in the educational provision for the children of Northern Ireland’ …” (more)
[Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education, 22 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]
“University of Ulster research leader Professor Hugh McKenna has welcomed yesterday’s Budget announcement of a new £100m fund to develop university-business innovation partnerships …” (more)
[University of Ulster News Release, 22 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]
“Ireland’s largest university, the University of Ulster, has unveiled a dramatic blueprint for a £250m new campus in Belfast. The university – which presently has campuses at Magee (Derry), Coleraine, Jordanstown and York Street, Belfast – plans to build a major hub in downtown Belfast, to include a landmark 10-storey glass building …” (more)
[Una Bradley, Irish Times, 14 March]
“The University of Ulster and the University of Ulster Students’ Union have issued a hard-hitting letter to students warning them of the consequences of anti-social behaviour over the St Patrick’s Day period. The letter (copy below) is signed by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Richard Barnett and Overall Student President Claire Flanagan …” (more)
[University of Ulster News Release, 13 March]
“The University of Ulster has called on retail drink outlets not to target cheap drinks promotions at students over the St Patrick’s Day period …” (more)
[Claire McNeilly, Belfast Telegraph, 10 March]
“The University of Ulster is encouraging more young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder to consider higher education. A one-day event hosted at the Jordanstown campus on Wednesday highlighted the wide range of support services available for students with ASD at Ulster and how to access them …” (more)
[University of Ulster, 8 March]
“Discussions involving staff at the University of Ulster over the extent of proposed job cuts are expected to resume later. According to the university, up to 200 posts are expected to go as part of a rolling programme of job losses over four years …” (more)
[Kevin Magee, BBC News, 7 March]
“University of Ulster is the first in the UK to reverse a trend from the late 1960s of locating universities in the suburbs. Its decision to move to the centre of the city will be followed by other universities, claimed the architect leading the project …” (more)
[Lindsay Fergus, Belfast Telegraph, 3 March]
“A new £250m university building will help revitalise part of Belfast, the architect behind the project said …” (more)
[Belfast Telegraph, 1 March]
