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74-654: The Ulster University Derry~Londonderry campus , better known as Magee College , is one of the four campuses of Ulster University . It is located in Derry , Northern Ireland , and was opened in 1865 as a Presbyterian Christian arts and theological college . Since 1953, it has had no religious affiliation and provides a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate academic degree programmes in disciplines ranging from business, law, social work, creative arts & technologies, cinematic arts, design , computer science and computer games to psychology and nursing . It offers

148-621: A student grants scheme. The Lockwood committee was expected to recommend a second university in Northern Ireland, after Queen's University Belfast . In Derry , groups led by the University for Derry Committee hoped that Magee University College would become the new university. Founded as a Presbyterian training college in 1865, Magee was associated with the Royal University of Ireland which existed between 1880 and 1908, and then with

222-565: A 1978 merger that formed Union Theological College . Also in 1953, Magee College broke its links with Dublin and became Magee University College . It was hoped by groups led by the University for Derry Committee that this university college would become Northern Ireland's second university after Queen's University of Belfast . However, in the 1960s, following the recommendations in the Lockwood Report by Sir John Lockwood , Master of Birkbeck College , London, and former Vice-Chancellor of

296-411: A campus, was a site of the university and consisted of on-campus accommodation, classrooms and testing labs. Courses offered were in agriculture, the wildlife of Lough Neagh, water testing and other aquatic courses. The site is now owned by Magherafelt District Council . By 2010, the area had become popular with the locals for camping, fishing and sailing. In autumn 2011 Vice-Chancellor Barnett announced

370-513: A college degree, usually a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Philosophy , and terminating in a higher degree, such as a Master of Arts in Theology or a Master of Divinity . The pastoral dimension helps to develop pastoral familiarity with situations such as bedside manner , marriage, and life in the parish. For Catholic seminarians, seminary formation can be divided into four distinct stages of formation. The Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS)

444-658: A grass and floodlit synthetic 3G pitch with a pavilion and changing facilities. The university has a partnership with QA Higher Education, which operates two branch campuses in England: London and Birmingham. The London campus is in Holborn , and the Birmingham campus is in the Centre City Tower . The campuses offer courses in business, finance and computing. In 2019, CUC became an Affiliative College of Ulster University,

518-607: A joint venture between the United Nations University and Ulster University. Established in 1993, it aims to address issues of the conflict in Northern Ireland and seek to promote conflict resolution internationally. The Transitional Justice Institute is based at both the Magee and Belfast campuses. The principal academic post at the campus is the provost . Professor Thomas G Fraser was provost from 2002 to 2006, succeeded by Professor Jim Allen. In 2011, Professor Deirdre Heenan

592-702: A large number of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through Ulster University's four faculties: Within each faculty there are a number of schools offering programmes for their relative disciplines. The schools based on the Derry~Londonderry campus are: Programmes taught include business studies , drama, law, social work, education, cinematic arts , computer science , computer games , creative technologies , design , robotics , electronics , modern languages , music, nursing , psychology , and social sciences . Research activities include several research institutes and centres. Derry~Londonderry Campus

666-521: A new £5.1   million teaching block was completed at the Coleraine Campus. Later in 2015, a new Faculty of Arts building was opened following a £6.75   million investment. It is now home to a digital media archive, updated media facilities, including radio and television studios, and a postgraduate research centre as well as office and administration accommodation. Ulster University's Jordanstown campus, often informally referred to as UUJ,

740-611: A partnership which enabled it to offer and deliver Ulster undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes within Qatar. The partnership was officially signed in June 2019, with an official launch in February 2020. The first BSc (Hons) in Business Studies degree was approved to run in 2020 and the first cohort of students, who completed their HND at CUC that year, enrolled in the final year (top-up) of

814-447: A programme of financial restructuring with the aim of reducing the number of staff employed by the university from 3,150 to 3,000. Staff at the university expressed concern about the proposed means and impact of the restructuring, citing "the use of the threat of compulsory redundancy to bully and intimidate staff" and the belief that the university was "abdicating its responsibilities to the wider community that funds it". In April 2012,

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888-876: A range of subject areas within the Faculty of Arts, including Creative Technologies, Music, Drama, Dance, Irish Language & Literature, English and History. The AHRI promotes a broad research culture and environment within which research activity in individual disciplines flourishes. It is also the location for the Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC) dedicated to the creation of intelligent computational systems through research in neural networks , fuzzy systems , artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics . Other research areas include ambient intelligence , wireless sensor networks , robot vision , brain computer interfacing and serious games . It also houses International Conflict Research (INCORE),

962-581: A revised visual identity, though its legal name remained unchanged. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities , the European University Association , Universities Ireland and Universities UK . In 1963, the Government of Northern Ireland appointed a committee to review facilities for university and higher technical education in Northern Ireland, modeled on

1036-399: A seminary to become a priest must be sponsored by either a diocese or by a religious order. Often a diocese might be attached to or affiliated with a larger Catholic college or university so that the larger college and its faculty provides more general education in history or theology while the seminary focuses on topics specific to the needs of future priests, such as training in canon law ,

1110-579: A seminary will train both that particular order's or diocese's priests and the priests of other orders or dioceses that select that particular seminary for its priests. For instance, Saint John's Seminary in Boston, Massachusetts trains priests for many of the other dioceses in New England which are suffragan dioceses of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston . Either way, a man who seeks to enter

1184-471: A strong profile in business, engineering, construction, social sciences (including law ), communication and academic disciplines relating to the science and coaching of sport. Sport plays a significant part in the life of the campus. It is home to the Sports Institute of Northern Ireland, a partnership between the university and Sport Northern Ireland, and most of Northern Ireland's elite athletes train in

1258-601: A student residential village offering en-suite accommodation, a library, the Intelligent Systems Research Centre, the Foyle Arts Building and a Centre for Engineering and Renewable Energy offering a wide range of Engineering courses. In addition to the university's teaching and learning facilities, the campus has on-site residential, catering and sports facilities. Sports facilities include a multi-purpose sports hall, fitness suite and studio as well as

1332-595: A variety of subjects. It was a college of the Royal University of Ireland from 1880 and later became associated with the Trinity College, Dublin when the Royal University was dissolved in 1909 and replaced by the National University of Ireland . The Irish Roman Catholic bishops had in 1871 implemented a general ban on Catholics entering Trinity College, with few exceptions. This ban remained in place until it

1406-427: A while, the low fees in Northern Ireland were hailed as a triumph for devolution and seemed a tool to facilitate access for less advantaged students. Universities in Northern Ireland fared reasonably well financially. However, as Pritchard and Slowey point out, if the government does not make up the shortfall, low fees left Northern Ireland universities at a disadvantage compared to their English counterparts. In 2015,

1480-584: Is an evangelical theological seminary in Dallas, Texas . It is known for popularizing the theological system of dispensationalism . DTS has campuses in Dallas, Houston , and Washington, D.C. , as well as extension sites in Atlanta , Austin , San Antonio , Nashville , Northwest Arkansas , Europe, and Guatemala , and a multilingual online education program. DTS is the largest non-denominational seminary accredited by

1554-731: Is home to the Arts & Humanities Research Institute (AHRI) with membership drawn from former research groupings in the Humanities Research Institute, the Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages (AICH) and the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies. The AHRI provides an institutional focus for research activity and collaboration across four research clusters in Creative Arts and Technologies, Irish Language & Literature, English and History embracing

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1628-574: Is taken from Latin : seminarium , translated as 'seed-bed', an image taken from the Council of Trent document Cum adolescentium aetas , 'Since the age of adolescence' which called for the first modern seminaries. In the United States, the term is currently used for graduate-level theological institutions, but historically it was used for high schools . The establishment of seminaries in modern times resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of

1702-501: Is the largest in Northern Ireland, covering arts, business, engineering, information technology, life and health sciences, management, and social sciences. Courses have a strong vocational element and the majority include a period of industrial or professional placement. The university is ranked annually by the Complete University Guide , The Guardian , and jointly by The Times and The Sunday Times ; this makes up

1776-415: The Association of Theological Schools . DTS was founded as "Evangelical Theological College" in 1924 by Rollin T. Chafer and his brother, Lewis Sperry Chafer , who taught the first class of thirteen students, and William Henry Griffith Thomas , who was to have been the school's first theology professor but died before the first classes began. Their vision was a school where expository Bible preaching

1850-549: The Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent . These Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on spiritual formation and personal discipline as well as the study, first of philosophy as a base, and, then, as the final crown, theology. The oldest Catholic seminary in the United States is St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore founded in 1791. In the United States, Protestant institutions also widely adopted

1924-512: The Government of Ireland announced that it was providing approximately €45   million in funding to Ulster University. An online distance learning provision offers Ulster University courses globally. The university was among the first Universities to offer degree level programs through its previous "Campus One" program and was a pioneer in the introduction of online degree level courses in Biomedical Sciences. The university

1998-938: The Royal Irish Academy while based at Ulster include Bertie Ussher (Classics), Norman Gibson (Economics), Amyan Macfadyen (Biology), Bill Watts (Chemistry), Gerry McKenna (Biomedical Sciences, Genetics), Sean Strain (Biomedical Sciences, Nutrition), Marshall McCabe (Geology), Peter Flatt (Biomedical Sciences, Diabetes), Séamus MacMathúna (Celtic Studies), Robert Anthony Welch (Literature), Vani Borooah (Economics), Máréaid Nic Craith (Celtic Studies), Graham Gargett (French), Helene McNulty (Biomedical Sciences, Nutrition), Pól Ó Dochartaigh (German), Robert McBride (French), Ullrich Kockel (ethnography), John McCloskey (Geosciences), Rosalind Pritchard (Education), Derek Jackson (Environmental Sciences), Raffaella Folli (Linguistics), Andrew Cooper (Geosciences), Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez (Environmental Engineering). Recipients of honorary degrees include

2072-537: The University of Dublin and Queen's Belfast. However, the Lockwood Report criticised Magee's cramped site, complacent culture, and "eccentric" and "barely workable" administration; it found its claim to be based on historical entitlement rather than planning for future. Instead, the report recommended a greenfield university in Coleraine and closing Magee. This was controversial, with many nationalists suggesting

2146-643: The University of Sheffield , Gareth Roberts , mathematician Ralph Henstock , head of the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering John Anderson (inventor) , solar energy technologist and President of Dublin Institute of Technology , Brian Norton , law professors Brice Dickson and Denis Moloney , Professor of Nursing Research Brendan George McCormack . Turner Prize -nominated video artist Willie Doherty , Official War Artist Paul Seawright and live artist Anne Seagrave , and professor of ophthalmology Jennifer Craig . Academics who were elected to membership of

2220-462: The University of Ulster , is a multi-campus public research university located in Northern Ireland . It is often referred to informally and unofficially as Ulster, or by the abbreviation UU. It is the largest university in Northern Ireland and the second-largest university on the island of Ireland , after the federal National University of Ireland . Established in 1865 as Magee College,

2294-669: The sacraments , and preaching , or specific to the particular order or diocese. For instance the Theological College in Washington, D.C. , is part of The Catholic University of America . Further, in Rome there are several seminaries which educate seminarians or already ordained priests and bishops and which are maintained by orders or dioceses from outside of Italy. Many countries have their own pontifical seminary in Italy, usually very close to

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2368-547: The unionist O'Neill ministry favoured a unionist-majority area rather than nationalist-majority Derry. Disgruntlement fed the Northern Ireland civil rights movement which helped spark the Troubles . The "New University of Ulster" (NUU) enrolled its first students at Coleraine in 1968. Magee was not closed but incorporated in the NUU, which obtained a charter in 1970. Following a review of higher education in Northern Ireland under

2442-683: The 2018 National Student Survey unveiling 87% satisfaction rates—ranking 23rd out of 154 UK universities. In 2019 Ulster ranked 2nd in the UK for the UK University Acceptance rates on a university review platform StudentCrowd. The university embarked upon a policy of research selectivity in 1993 funded partially by Northern Ireland Development Funds (NIDevR) administered via the Northern Ireland Higher Education Council. The policy resulted in greatly improved performance by

2516-737: The Catholic Church are divided into minor seminaries for teenagers and major seminaries for adults, including both college seminaries, sometimes also known as minor seminaries, for undergraduate students and post-graduate seminaries for those who already have a bachelor's degree . There are also seminaries for older adults who are well out of school, such as the Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Massachusetts, and for other more specialized purposes. All seminaries are run either by religious orders or by dioceses or other similar structures. Often

2590-654: The Holy See. Only some Catholic universities may bestow these degrees; these are called ecclesiastical or pontifical universities . The only pontifical seminary outside of Italy is the Pontifical College Josephinum , in Columbus, Ohio . As outlined by the Ratio , Catholic seminary formation is composed of four major components, or dimensions: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral. The human dimension focuses on

2664-749: The Tip O'Neill Chair in Peace Studies was established in commemoration of the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Thomas "Tip" O'Neill Jr. a well-known supporter of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The chair was inaugurated by the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton in 1995. Currently funded by The Ireland Funds the chair was held by the Nobel Peace Laureate, John Hume from 2002 to 2009. Under

2738-487: The UK Government reduced the funding allocation for Higher Education Institutions by 8.2%. Both Northern Ireland universities had to make cuts. Queen's University announced immediate job cuts of 236 and student number reductions of ca. 290 (1,010 over the next three years). Ulster also announced its intention of cutting over 200 jobs and 250 student places in 2015–16 (1,200 over the following three years). On 20 June 2023,

2812-729: The UK University League Table rankings. It was shortlisted for Sunday Times University of the Year in 2001. The institution is a leading modern university ranked in the top 150 global institutions under 50 years of age in The Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 World University rankings. Ulster is in the top 20% in international outlook in 2016, registering as 401 - 500 in the THE World University Rankings. Ulster scores highly for student satisfaction with

2886-417: The UK for research in law, biomedical sciences, nursing and art and design. Under some metrics, it ranked the university top in Northern Ireland for research into biomedical sciences, law, business and management, architecture and built environment, art and design, social policy, sport, media studies and nursing. The Research Excellence Framework 2014 identified that 72% of the university's research activity

2960-554: The Ulster University branch of the University and College Union (UCU) declared a formal dispute with university management over its implementation of the restructuring, stating that the recourse to "premature deadlines and unwarranted threats of compulsory redundancy" was "unreasonable as well as contrary to University policy and corporate goals". The reasons for cuts are not, however, unique to Ulster University. First of all, there

3034-651: The University of London , the Stormont Parliament made a controversial decision to pass it over in favour of a new university in Coleraine. Instead it was incorporated into the two-campus New University of Ulster in 1969. The next fourteen years saw the college halve in size, while development focused on the main Coleraine campus. In 1984, the New University merged with the Ulster Polytechnic, and Magee became

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3108-439: The University of Ulster was rebranded as Ulster University. The central feature of the campus is the original 1865 building. This is surrounded by Victorian red brick houses, and several modern buildings in red brick and glass, constructed since the formation of the University of Ulster. The campus is used for education, but also as a convention centre. For example, Magee hosted the 2006 Tomo-Dachi convention. Based at Magee,

3182-821: The Vatican. For instance, the Pontifical North American College , which trains priests from the United States and elsewhere, is supported by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops . These colleges usually award degrees to seminarians and priests pursuing further education and specializing in specific fields such as Scripture , hagiography , moral theology , or Canon Law , among countless others. In addition to civil degrees, these pontifical seminaries confer ecclesiastical degrees ( Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology , Licentiate of Sacred Theology , and Doctorate of Sacred Theology ), which are backed by

3256-515: The campus has a range of subjects including architecture, hospitality, event management, photography and digital animation. The award-winning Law Clinic is based at the Belfast campus, offering free legal advice on social security and employment law. Ulster University has been expanding and developing the Belfast campus since 2009 as part of one of Northern Ireland's largest-ever urban developments, and nearly 15,000 students and staff will soon be based in

3330-575: The chairmanship of Sir Henry Chilver in 1982, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) decided to merge NUU with another Lockwood Report foundation, the Ulster Polytechnic in Jordanstown . The NUU charter was surrendered and the merged University of Ulster (dropping "New" from the name) got its charter on 1 October 1984. Later the Belfast School of Art and Design (founded in 1849) became part of

3404-633: The city centre. The first phase of this development opened in 2015 and completion of the project was due in 2019. In September 2021 the first students were welcomed to the new campus. The fully completed campus began accepting students starting in the 2022/23 academic year. Ulster University's Coleraine campus is on the banks of the River Bann with views to the North Coast and County Donegal hills. Subjects taught at Coleraine include biomedical sciences, environmental science and geography, pharmacy, psychology,

3478-460: The city of Derry comprises a mixture of historic and new buildings in a Victorian residential area. It was named after Martha Magee and opened in 1865 as a Presbyterian Christian arts and theological college . Since 1953, it has had no religious affiliation, and was one of the founding campuses of the university in 1968. Ongoing investment in the Magee campus provides teaching, research and support facilities for students and staff. This comprises

3552-706: The college took its modern form in 1984 after the merger of the New University of Ulster established in 1968, and Ulster Polytechnic , incorporating its four Northern Irish campuses under the University of Ulster banner. The university incorporated its four campuses in 1984; located in Belfast , Coleraine , Derry (Magee College), and Jordanstown . The university has branch campuses in both London and Birmingham , and an extensive distance learning provision. The university rebranded as Ulster University in October 2014, including

3626-513: The committee on higher education in Great Britain chaired by Lionel Robbins which had reported that year. The Northern Ireland committee was chaired by Sir John Lockwood , Master of Birkbeck College , London. The Robbins Report had recommended a substantial expansion of higher education in Great Britain, partly triggered by the Anderson Report of 1960 , which increased demand by instigating

3700-569: The degree programme in September 2020. The college amended its name to City University College in recognition of its change in status. Under the partnership agreement, the Ulster University, Qatar brand was formed. In October 2020, the Ministry of Higher Education issued a directive that the college should be known as City University College in partnership with Ulster University. The four faculties of Ulster University are: The university's course provision

3774-566: The early focus of development of a new four-campus university, the University of Ulster . Student and faculty numbers recovered and grew rapidly over the next ten to fifteen years, accompanied by numerous construction projects. Magee grew from just 273 students in 1984 to over 4000 undergraduates in 2012. In 2012, the University continued to lobby the Northern Ireland Executive for an additional 1000 full-time undergraduate places, leading to 6000 students at Magee in 2017. In October 2014

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3848-462: The facilities. The campus is also the only university in Northern Ireland to offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various Allied Health Professions, such as Cardiac and Respiratory Clinical Physiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiography, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry and Speech and Language Therapy. The campus is also the only campus delivering courses in Biomedical Engineering within Northern Ireland. The Magee campus in

3922-1048: The former President of the United States Bill Clinton , former President of Ireland Mary McAleese , US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi , football managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Brendan Rodgers , poet Seamus Heaney , writers Seamus Deane , Brian Friel , Frank McGuinness and Colm Tóibín , activists May Blood and Aung San Suu Kyi , actors Amanda Burton and Ewan McGregor , racehorse trainer Vincent O'Brien , bishops Seán Brady , Robin Eames , James Mehaffey , Edward Daly and Desmond Tutu , singers Enya , Van Morrison and Tommy Makem , politicians John Hume and Garret FitzGerald , politician, writer and historian Conor Cruise O'Brien , US lawyer John Connorton, US diplomat Jim Lyons , Gaelic footballer Peter Canavan , rugby player David Humphreys , golfers Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell , former governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten and triple jumper Jonathan Edwards . Theological college The English word

3996-424: The governing document as of 2016 is Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis , 1992's Pastores dabo vobis , and the Code of Canon Law . Seminaries are overseen by regional conferences of bishops . In the United States, the governing document is Program of Priestly Formation: in the United States of America (6th Ed.) , published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2022. Seminaries in

4070-544: The humanities, film and journalism, travel and tourism as well as teacher training. A major development at Coleraine was the introduction of the degree programme in biomedical sciences in 1980. This subject area grew and was ranked first in the UK in three successive Research Assessment Exercises (1996, 2001 and 2008). It also spawned the development of related subject areas including human nutrition, radiography, clinical science, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, pharmacology and stratified medicine. In 2002, £14.5   million

4144-473: The lawns of the college. From 1941 this bunker, part of Base One Europe , together with similar bunkers in Derby House , Liverpool, and Whitehall was used to control one million Allied personnel and fight the Nazi U-boat threat. On 14 September 2013 Magee hosted the 23rd International Loebner Prize Contest in Artificial Intelligence based on The Turing Test . Julian Peck's (who resided at Prehen House in Derry ) mother, Lady Winifred Peck (née Knox),

4218-413: The location of Northern Ireland's 2nd University being Coleraine (February 1965), from which she was later awarded a Doctor of Science (DSc) Honorary Degree (1972), was stationed at Base One Europe as WRNS Chief Officer and responsible for the welfare of 5,600 Wrens stationed at Londonderry. In 1953, Magee Theological College separated from the remainder of the college, eventually moving to Belfast in

4292-418: The receipt of over £40   million through the Support Programme for University Research (SPUR), funded jointly by Atlantic Philanthropies and the Northern Ireland Department for Employment and Learning (DEL), yielded a further significant enhancement in the university's research performance. The Research Excellence Framework 2014 exercise identified the institution as one of the top five universities in

4366-424: The seminarian's ability to relate to others, show etiquette, and care for himself (in what he eats, frequency of exercise, healthcare, etc.). The spiritual dimension aids the seminarian in becoming more responsive to God and forming a habit of prayer throughout the day. It also emphasizes the importance of the Sacraments and liturgy . The intellectual dimension consists of academic classes, usually beginning with

4440-434: The southern United States. The International Council for Evangelical Theological Education was founded in 1980 by the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance . In 2015, it would have 1,000 member schools in 113 countries. In some countries, the term seminary is also used for secular schools of higher education that train teachers; in the nineteenth century, many female seminaries were established in

4514-412: The tenure of Professor Hume Magee hosted a series of guest lectures involving key national and international policy-makers. Year of matriculation is given, if known. Notable figures have received honorary degrees in graduations hosted by Magee. Ulster University Ulster University ( Irish : Ollscoil Uladh ; Ulster Scots : Ulstèr Universitie or Ulstèr Varsitie ), legally

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4588-493: The term 'seminary' for independent graduate schools (separate from a university) to train their ministers. The oldest such Protestant seminary in the United States was founded in Andover, Massachusetts , in 1807 as the Andover Theological Seminary and was affiliated with the Congregationalist Church . After two mergers and a number of relocations, Andover is now part of the Yale Divinity School , in New Haven, Connecticut . General guidelines for seminary formation are set out in

4662-412: The university in subsequent Research Assessment Exercises (1996, 2001 and 2008; 3 subject areas, biomedical sciences, nursing and Celtic studies were ranked in the top 5 in the UK in the latter exercise) and in improving its publication output, external research funding and knowledge transfer activities. The establishment in 2002–2003 of a number of research institutes in areas of established strength and

4736-475: The university launched a new Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) course at Coleraine. In July 2011, in cooperation with Zhejiang University of Media and Communications (ZUMC) , 'The Confucius Institute at Ulster University' (CIUU) was developed. The Confucius Institute is part of a network of 322 institutes in over 50 countries which promote and teach Chinese language and culture and facilitate cultural exchanges aimed at fostering trade links with China. In spring 2015,

4810-483: The university. Campus One, the Virtual Campus of the university, was launched on 8 October 2001 which successfully facilitated the provision of undergraduate and postgraduate level courses via distance learning. The university now simply refers to this as distance learning. The university formerly had a laboratory named 'The University of Ulster Freshwater Laboratory' at Traad Point on the shore of Lough Neagh in Ballymaguigan . The Freshwater Laboratory, although not

4884-401: Was a sister of Dilly Knox who directed the code breaking at Bletchley Park. Sir Harry Hinsley OBE was Director of Studies at Cambridge University to Professor Robert Gavin, a former Provost of Magee. Dame Alice Rosemary Murray , the first female Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University , who also sat on the Lockwood Committee (1963–65) which recommended the closure of Magee as well as

4958-475: Was appointed to the post in 2011, following the retirement of Professor Allen. She was replaced by Dr Malachy O'Neil in 2016 The initial name for the Campus (Magee Campus) originated from Martha Magee , the widow of a Presbyterian minister , who, in 1845, bequeathed £20,000 to the Presbyterian Church of Ireland to found a college for theology and the arts. It opened in 1865 primarily as a theological college , but accepted students from all denominations to study

5032-400: Was awarded under the Support Programme for University Research (SPUR) to establish the Centre for Molecular Biosciences at Coleraine. The Coleraine campus now hosts a number of courses which were previously held at the School of Hotel, Leisure and Tourism in Portrush. This Portrush site closed in 2008, with courses relocated to the Coleraine and the newly developed Belfast campuses. In 2009,

5106-451: Was formerly the site of the Ulster College of Physical Education, one of several Colleges which came together in the formation of the Ulster Polytechnic, and is the largest university campus. The 114-acre (0.46 km ) site is located seven miles north of Belfast city centre situated at the foot of the Antrim Hills overlooking Belfast Lough. The buildings are mostly situated around a central mall with on-site stores and services. The campus has

5180-436: Was rescinded by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland in 1970. By that time, Magee College had severed its links with TCD, as set out below. During the Second World War , the college was taken over by The Admiralty for Royal Navy operational use, becoming with Ebrington Barracks ( HMS  Ferret ), a major facility in the Battle of the Atlantic . A 2013 BBC report describes a secret major control bunker, later buried beneath

5254-411: Was subsequently selected by the European Commission to deliver the world's first Higher Educational Programme in Hydrogen Safety Engineering. Ulster University's Belfast campus is in the city's Cathedral Quarter, its artistic and cultural centre. Although traditionally associated with art and home to the university's School of Art, originally inaugurated as the Belfast School of Art and Design in 1849,

5328-546: Was taught simply, and under Chafers' leadership, DTS pioneered one of the first four-year degrees in theology, the Master of Theology (Th.M.). The present location of the school was purchased in 1926 and Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) program was started in 1927. Chafer remained president until his death in 1952. The seminary had a considerable influence in the fundamentalist movement by training students who established various Bible Colleges and independent fundamentalist churches in

5402-601: Was the Great Recession that began in 2008 and engendered a change in government and a sharp reduction in public spending. Secondly, there were issues pertaining to tuition fees. As a result of political devolution in the United Kingdom (mandated from 1998 onwards), fees differ in the four countries that make up the union. For undergraduate tuition, they are currently £9,250 in England but only £4,030 in Northern Ireland. For

5476-1737: Was world-leading or internationally excellent. Additionally the REF evaluation identified the university as ranked: There are 15 Research Institutes at the university. These are: Ulster has a large body of notable alumni, including MPs Kate Hoey , Gregory Campbell , Michelle Gildernew , Roberta Blackman-Woods and former deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Mark Durkan , MLAs Alban Maginness , Basil McCrea and Seán Neeson , writers and authors including Anne Devlin , Dinah Jefferies , Colin Duriez , Calum Neill and Aodán Mac Póilin , poets including Gerald Dawe , Brendan Hamill , and Vivimarie Vanderpoorten and artists including Jack Coulter , Colin Davidson , Oliver Jeffers , Freddie Freeburn , Victor Sloan , Andre Stitt , John Luke and John Kindness . Other alumni include composer Brian Irvine , musician David Lyttle , comedian Omid Djalili , former hostage and writer Brian Keenan , historian Simon Kitson , biomedical scientist and former Vice-Chancellor Gerry McKenna , visual artist Willie Doherty , photographer Mary Fitzpatrick , film producer Michael Riley , rugby player Brian Robinson , radio and television personality Gerry Anderson , nursing academic Alison Kitson , CEO of Cognizant Brian Humphries and senior police officer Barbara Gray . Notable current and former academics who have worked at Ulster include historian Antony Alcock , political scientist Monica McWilliams , poets Andrew Waterman and James Simmons , literary critic Walter Allen , physicist and subsequently Vice-Chancellor of

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