Debate contribution: Ulster University: Job Losses
Debate contribution by Dr Caoimhe Archibald on .
- MLA
- Dr Caoimhe Archibald
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 14 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Ulster University: Job Losses
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5685505
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Ulster University has announced the commencement of a process inviting applications under a voluntary redundancy scheme. Ulster University is an autonomous institution, and decisions relating to staffing are a matter for it. My Department continues to engage with the university on the issue. I encourage the university to continue its constructive engagement with trade unions, and I hope that any compulsory redundancies will be avoided. It is still too early in the process to fully assess or quantify the impact on any individual campus, including the north Belfast campus. I recognise that this will be a worrying and uncertain time for staff. I remain committed to securing a sustainable future for our higher education sector. That is why, along with my Executive colleagues, I have consistently highlighted the unsustainable nature of our current funding arrangements and continue to press the British Government for a fair and sustainable funding settlement that protects public services and supports economic development, including investment in higher education.
162 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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