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Tag: Queens University Belfast

  • Announced cuts to advanced nursing training will have drastic long-term impact

    Training places for health visitor district nursing and advanced practitioners will be halved Cuts will impact school nurse numbers leaving vulnerable children at risk June 22nd: Kevin McAdam, Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for the Health sector in Northern Ireland responded to confirmation that funding would be removed from a range of advanced nursing courses…

  • No justification for QUB management proposal to increase fees

    NI Executive must take control of funding provided for higher education to ensure working-class children are not excluded Proposals to increase fees further indefensible at a time when senior management draw six figure salaries and students are leaving with five figure debts July 26th: Sean Smyth, Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for the union’s membership…

  • Minister Farry must intervene on University proposals which threaten compulsory redundancies

    University of Ulster has told Unite that unless they can secure sufficient voluntary redundancies, they too will require compulsory redundancies Announcement of forced job losses at Queen’s makes nonsense of NI Executive promises that public sector Exit Scheme would be voluntary September 17th: Unite Regional Officer, Sean Smyth, called upon Minister Farry to take action…