AQW 48585/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 08/09/2015
Answered On Date: 22/09/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to detail the total number of (i) student places, and (ii) jobs, that have been lost from Ulster University at (i) Coleraine, and (ii) Magee, since May 2011.

Answer:

My Department does not hold this information on a campus basis. My officials, therefore, obtained the figures directly from Ulster University. The following is the most up to date information available and compares the position in 2010/11 with 2014/15.

At Coleraine campus the total number of student places has reduced from 5,420 in 2010/11 to 5,344 in 2014/15. However it is important to note this is a reduction of 76 student places, mainly due to a reduction in part-time numbers, where demand can fluctuate from year to year. Overall, the number of full-time student places at Coleraine has increased by 80 since 2010/11.

Eighty-one jobs have been lost at Coleraine campus since May 2011.

At Magee campus the total number of student places has increased from 4,148 in 2010/11 to 5,096 in 2014/15. This is a total increase in student places of 948 since May 2011 544 of which are full-time.

Thirty-two jobs have been lost at Magee campus since May 2011.