27-571: UUC may refer to: The Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster The Ulster Unionist Council, a forerunner of the Ulster Unionist Party A codon for phenylalanine The Unitarian Universalist Church An Unincorporated Urban Community User Uploaded Content Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
54-630: 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
81-692: 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
108-711: 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
135-896: 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),
162-583: A separate subject called West European Studies . A number of other similar arts subjects were intended to commence at Coleraine, such as East European Studies, Irish Studies, Asian Studies and American Studies. These subject areas typically included history, two or more languages, social sciences and geography. However, these subject areas were never fully developed and were offered only as short courses. However, individual subjects in Asian and American Literature and History were developed. In 1984, Coleraine retained
189-687: 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
216-767: 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
243-575: 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
270-653: The River Bann in Coleraine with views to the Causeway Coast and the hills of County Donegal to the West. Originally, the concept of a new university was well received by many nationalists in Northern Ireland. This was due to a feeling of bias that unionist communities, or towns, received better facilities and investment. As a result, the initial desire of nationalists was to form a new university institution at
297-629: The Riverside Theatre, Coleraine , the third-largest professionally built theatre in Northern Ireland . The current Provost is Professor Karise Hutchinson. The campus currently has over 5,050 students (undergraduate and postgraduate, and full-time and part-time) and around 1,300 employees, making it by far the largest economic and institutional entity in the north of the province. Magee College The Ulster University Derry~Londonderry campus , better known as Magee College ,
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#1732772457199324-854: 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
351-682: 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
378-439: 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,
405-463: The administrative headquarters of the university. It is the most traditional in outlook, with a focus on science and the humanities . It was founded in 1968 as the New University of Ulster and was later known as the University of Ulster at Coleraine until October 2014 when it was rebranded with the rest of the university as Ulster University. The Coleraine campus is situated on the banks of
432-532: The already well established Magee College in Derry, a predominantly nationalist community. Some thought at the time that the reasoning for establishing the university in Coleraine over Derry was a desire to pull population towards the East of Northern Ireland as the university would strengthen the 'Belfast-Coleraine-Portadown' economic triangle, which happened to form the edge of the nationalist/unionist communities. It
459-580: 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
486-537: The headquarters role in a merger with the Ulster Polytechnic at Jordanstown . The campus is situated on 300 acres (1.2 km ) of parklands with landscaped grounds that include tranquil garden areas and a well-developed arboretum. Within this most attractive landscape lie up-to-date, custom-built facilities for teaching, learning and research. These core activities are supported by extensive residential, catering, sporting and cultural facilities, including
513-670: 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),
540-413: 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
567-468: The recommendation of the Lockwood Report (named after the chairman of the committee which produced it, Sir John Francis Lockwood , Master of Birkbeck College, London and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of London) was accepted by vote. The Troubles began shortly afterwards, and resulted in O'Neill leaving the office of Prime Minister, allegedly after being forced to resign. The campus
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#1732772457199594-545: The title UUC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UUC&oldid=1041822596 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages University of Ulster at Coleraine Ulster University's campus in Coleraine , County Londonderry, Northern Ireland houses
621-469: 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
648-599: 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
675-567: Was founded as the New University of Ulster in 1968 as Northern Ireland's second university, its establishment being inspired by the 1965 Lockwood Report. In 1969, Magee College was incorporated into the university, making Coleraine the primary campus of a multi-centre university. After the university opened it was decided that students at Magee College studying their degrees would not transfer to Coleraine as they had previously done after two years of study with Trinity College Dublin . To meet demand, subjects like French and German were offered in
702-677: 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
729-401: Was suggested that this was part of a unionist agenda by Terence O'Neill , the then Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, to draw nationalist communities from the West into the East and to help break them up. There was no substantial evidence to back up this claim, however it was the idea that led to a number of protests and rallying in opposition. As violent protests continued, the result was that
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