This is great news, but are you some sort of troll account OP?
It’s hard to take someone with that name seriously
Ulster University is doing a lot to increase student numbers at Derry but it is going to be very difficult to achieve unless the NIE increases the number of undergraduate places they fund. Unfortunately more undergraduates at Derry means fewer at Belfast and while that might not bother Derry campaigners too much, both cities are in need of investment.
University isn’t the golden ticket to success. Everyone has a degree. They’ve been devalued so badly.
They’d be better off expanding HLAs, work and learn type degrees. Work experience is really the only way to stand out from the crowd now. Employers gloss over qualifications.
10,000 more students won’t be the magic bullet to kickstart Derry/Londonderry’s economy for all, if they don’t have Jobs to go to. Small businesses, Landlords and university VCs might do well out of it, that’s about it.
It’s the same situation with QUB and Belfast despite all the fancy hype around it’s “research prestige”. A small number of people do well off QUB, but certainly not the wider city.
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This is great news, but are you some sort of troll account OP?
It’s hard to take someone with that name seriously
Ulster University is doing a lot to increase student numbers at Derry but it is going to be very difficult to achieve unless the NIE increases the number of undergraduate places they fund. Unfortunately more undergraduates at Derry means fewer at Belfast and while that might not bother Derry campaigners too much, both cities are in need of investment.
University isn’t the golden ticket to success. Everyone has a degree. They’ve been devalued so badly.
They’d be better off expanding HLAs, work and learn type degrees. Work experience is really the only way to stand out from the crowd now. Employers gloss over qualifications.
10,000 more students won’t be the magic bullet to kickstart Derry/Londonderry’s economy for all, if they don’t have Jobs to go to. Small businesses, Landlords and university VCs might do well out of it, that’s about it.
It’s the same situation with QUB and Belfast despite all the fancy hype around it’s “research prestige”. A small number of people do well off QUB, but certainly not the wider city.
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