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Department has not explored University for Derry at Magee campus, says Julian Smith

written by John September 13, 2019
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British Secretary of State Julian Smith on a visit to Derry

NO exploratory work has been carried out by the Department for the Economy on a University for Derry.

And it continues to question whether there is a case for expanding provision at the Magee campus.

Those remarks were made by British Secretary of State Julian Smith in a report on Derry university provision mandated by Labour Peer Andrew Adonis’ unexpected amendment of the NI (Executive Formation) Act in July.

Mr Smith’s update has now been presented to the British House of Commons and published in the library at Westminster.

It states: “The Government is not aware of any live proposals to establish any new University Facility in Derry but it is aware of the proposals of the existing Ulster University to expand and, separately, to establish a new Graduate Medical School in Derry.”

It refers to Ulster University’s and Derry City & Strabane District Council’s joint 2016 proposal for a scaled expansion of Magee to 9,400 students (full-time equivalent) from its 4,062 base.

But the report warns that DfE continues to have concerns about the cost.

“The proposal presented had significant funding consequences from a capital infrastructure perspective (c.£300m) as well as significant [sic] and from a resource funding implication/perspective.

“The proposal would also require HE to be placed on a sustainable footing, comparable with England,” it maintains.

There would also be “resource grant consequences of funding the proposed additional places at UU and North West Regional College and associated student support costs (c.£111m)”.

And DfE wrote to Ulster University in February 2019 and isstill awaiting answers to a series of questions, says the report,

These include “a more accurate assessment of capital need, which was very theoretical in the original proposal and created a significant cost requirement” and the “rationale for locating additional higher education places in the Magee Campus, as opposed to other geographical locations with further and more detailed explanation in relation to sub-regional economic benefits.”

Department has not explored University for Derry at Magee campus, says Julian Smith was last modified: September 13th, 2019 by John

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