Derry University Group (@derry

Derry University Group

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Derry University Group

@derry_group

Advocating an independent cross-border university for the North West, the return of Magee College to Derry and independent oversight of the North's universities

Derry, Ireland

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Joined October 2018

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Derry University Group
@derry_group
May 18
Ulster University attempting to blame their near-bankruptcy on Magee expansion - to which they contributed ZERO capital - and away from their unnecessary and unsanctioned £400m new campus in North Belfast. Coleraine and Derry must stand together and challenge Belfast greed.
BBC News NI
@BBCNewsNI
May 18
Concerns have been raised about the impact job losses at Ulster University would have on its Coleraine campus and the wider economy on the north coast. bbc.in/4ud44id
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Derry University Group
@derry_group
May 15, 2023
Magic. Just magic. Sister Michael uses her ⁦@BAFTA⁩ speech to demand fair play for Derry. You’re a complete star, ⁦@siobhni⁩.
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Derry University Group
@derry_group
Aug 3, 2020
A visionary and the true advocate for a Derry university: John Hume, 1937-2020.
Derry University Group
@derry_group
May 18, 2020
Magee medical school to open in 2021.
Magee medical school to open in Londonderry in 2021
From bbc.co.uk
Derry University Group
@derry_group
Jan 7, 2020
Breaking news: the Labour peer @Andrew_Adonis has asked the government to develop plans for a new university for Derry.
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Derry University Group
@derry_group
Aug 4, 2020
There could be no more fitting legacy to John Hume than for his home city to establish its own university.
Derry University Group
@derry_group
Sep 14, 2023
UU Belfast has no authority to change the name of a university college in the North West, which is held in trust by the people of Derry and which precedes UU's chequered existence by 100 years. We need a new cross-border commission to run Magee as an autonomous university - NOW!
BBC News NI
@BBCNewsNI
Sep 14, 2023
Staff have been told to no longer use "Magee" in external communications, according to emails seen by BBC News NI. @brendanhughes64 has the story bbc.in/3LpoqQZ
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Derry University Group
@derry_group
Apr 22, 2023
Hate to one-up @naomi_long and all, but we have a letter from UU written in 1984 promising 10000 students in Derry by 1990…
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Derry University Group
@derry_group
Mar 4, 2022
Stormont underspend for 21/22 will be up to £300m - which would build the North West its own university. Will any of our parties make this a redline issue - and if not, why not?
Derry University Group
@derry_group
Jun 28, 2021
Breaking: Cross border John Hume University should be located in Derry - The Irish News
Cross border John Hume University should be located in Derry
From irishnews.com
Derry University Group
@derry_group
Aug 20, 2021
Dublin and London are now on board, the need has been proven again and again, but 60 years on Stormont is still trying to stall. Time to end Derry's wait and build an independent university - free from Belfast. irishnews.com/news/northerni…
Derry University Group
@derry_group
Sep 11, 2020
Derry fought tooth in nail for 20-plus years to get 70 medical students - for which we will pay £45m out of City Deal resources. Belfast has just given itself 80 new medical students at the stroke of a pen. Can you imagine it had been the other way about?
bbc.co.uk
Coronavirus: Queen's to admit 80 more medical students
The number of students studying to become doctors will rise after the executive agreed to fund places.
Derry University Group
@derry_group
Oct 13, 2020
Breaking: Dublin plans to invest €500m in cross-border projects - including Derry university facilities - in today's budget:
Derry University Group
@derry_group
Jun 24, 2020
Council will tomorrow debate a proposal to stop City Deal funding being given to UU. This £85m, coupled with the return of Magee and its running budgets to the city-region, can best be used to allow us develop our own great, independent university. We need to invest in ourselves.