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Magee College

Magee numbers expected to hit record 6,750 – a 27% hike since 2024: Archibald

Magee College

McLaughlin asks how redundancy proposals can be reconciled with Magee expansion

Lilian Seenoi-Barr

Letter to UU and Economy Minister around Magee expansion

Shaun Harkin

Harkin claims Archibald 'snubbed' council over Magee and UU redundancies

Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald in Derry.

Building a stronger North West through investment, partnership and opportunity

Pictured from left to right: Invest NI CEO Kieran Donoghue; deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly; Kainos CEO Brendan Mooney; First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald.

Kainos to create 32 high‑paid tech jobs in Derry

Ulster University's Derry campus.

Council invites over UU job cuts

FSB chair Alan Lowry.

Firms are navigating a complex and challenging landscape

Councillor Shaun Harkin.

Redundancy plans ‘don’t make sense’ for expansion

Pictured are (L-R) Magee Taskforce Chair, Stephen Kelly and Vice Chair, Nicola Skelly, Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald and Vice-Chancellor of Ulster University, Professor Paul Bartholomew.

Archibald says Magee expansion is a top priority as student numbers rise by 22%

Caoimhe Archibald to set up working group on student accommodation to drive expansion of Ulster University Magee campus in Derry to 10,000 students

Archibald to set up working group on student digs to drive Magee expansion

Dr. Caoimhe Archibald

Archibald hails 60% hike in Magee students numbers as enrolment hits 6,505

Padráig Delargy MLA pictured previously with colleagues and airport staff.

Airport an ‘essential economic driver’

Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald.

Electrical switchgear academy with 16 training places in electrical installation

Andrew Fleming President Derry Chamber, Andrea Haughian Invest NI Head of Americas, John McLaughlin CEO Donegal County Council; Sigle Fitzgerald, Irish Consel Boston; John Kelpie CEO Derry and Strabane District Counci, lCharlie McConalogue TD, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, and Cllr Dónal Kelly Leas, Chathaoirleach, Donegal Council.

US interest in NW 'significant'

Minister Caoimhe Archibald with representatives from the Derry & Strabane-Donegal and US delegations at the Golden Bridges conference.

'The growth potential of Derry and the north west region is huge'
Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald has spoken of the incredible potential Derry and the wider north west region holds for inward investors as she prioritised the region during a series of business engagements in the US.
Brendan McDaid

Caoimhe Archibald during a visit to Derry this week.

Archibald committed to working with Invest NI to improve regional balance

John Healy OBE (Chair, FinTrU Board / Invest NI), Katrien Roppe (Chief of Staff, FinTrU), Kathleen McDermott (Executive Director, FinTrU), Greg McCann (Executive Director – North West Site Lead, FinTrU), Mayor Cllr Ruairí McHugh (Derry City and Strabane District Council), Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald MLA, Darragh McCarthy (Founder & CEO, FinTrU), Richard McGuinness (Chief Operating Officer, FinTrU), Kathryn Harkin (Executive Director – Head of AI, FinTrU)

Economy Minister cuts ribbon at FinTrU’s offices at Carlisle House

Philip O'Doherty, Vertiv Managing Director.

Archibald announces fourth Electrical Switchgear Academy with Vertiv and NWRC

The Minister visiting a social enterprise. Brian Thompson

Social enterprise sector contributes c £933m to economy

Magee College

Programme business case for Magee expansion to be complete in September

City of Derry Airport

Dublin’s Department of Transport to lead meeting about re-opening Derry flight

The BT offices in Derry

Derry political representatives lament BT closure as ‘huge blow’

Darren Guy

Guy describes potential BT closure as ‘huge blow’ for workers and Derry

Passengers disembarking at the rail terminus in Derry. (File picture)

'Derry’s infrastructure unfit for 10,000 students'

Conor Murphy making his Maiden Speech in the Seanad.

Conor Murphy flags difficulties of partition in maiden speech in Seanad

Conor Murphy and Caoimhe Archibald

Archibald replaces Murphy at Economy, O’Dowd to Finance
Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald is to replace Conor Murphy as Economy Minister at Stormont.
Kevin Mullan

Conor Murphy

Conor Murphy leaving economy brief to take up seat on 27th Seanad

A public appointment competition has been launched to recruit a new Chair of the North West Regional College (NWRC).

North West Regional College seeking new permanent Chair

Economy Minister Conor Murphy is pictured with Brendan McGuigan, Director of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering at Invest NI, and Caoimhe Keogan, Chief People Officer, AVEVA.

New jobs as AVEVA to expand operations in Derry

Magee College

Magee cross-departmental group being finalised with £152m committed to expansion

City of Derry Airport.

Editorial: Airport funding switch a welcome move

Economy Minister Conor Murphy with, from left, Magee Taskforce Chair, Stephen Kelly Magee Taskforce Vice Chair Nicola Skelly and Ulster University Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Bartholomew.

MLAs welcome Magee Taskforce interim report

Conor Murphy has said tourist organisations in Derry are generally of a view that the British Government’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is ‘not good news’ for the industry.

Conor Murphy says Derry tourism sector of view ETAs ‘not good news’

Conor Murphy

Conor Murphy steps down on health grounds; Deirdre Hargey interim minister

Magee College

More capital funding provided to UU for Coleraine than Magee in ten years

Magee College

£385m cost of expanding Magee to 7,500 includes funding already committed

Economy Minister Conor Murphy and Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd with Steve Frazer, Managing Director, City of Derry Airport, at the announcement of funding to protect the continuation of flights from the airport to London Heathrow. Credit Lorcan Doherty

Economy Minister Conor Murphy announces £1.018m for Derry to Heathrow flight

Sinéad McLaughlin

Sinéad McLaughlin laments being unable to raise Radio Foyle and job disparity

Ulster University - Magee campus. (Photo: Nigel McDowell/Ulster University)

999 days later: Derry university expansion plans

Lyons announces independent review of Invest NI

Derry MLA Pádraig Delargy calls for extension of £100 ‘spend local’ card deadlin...

Sinéad McLaughlin raising the high unemployment rate in Derry this week.

Sinéad McLaughlin and Gordon Lyons clash over Derry jobs

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons with the Mayor of Derry and Strabane, Alderman Graham Warke. Registration for the High Street Scheme Spend Local card will be open from September 27 until October 25.

High Street Voucher Scheme to open on Monday - how to apply

SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan

Concerns over £100 High Street Voucher access raised by Derry MLA

SDLP Councillor Rory Farrell. DER1319GS-031

‘Patience wearing thin’ over Magee expansion

2019: Ricardo Butler and Shane Colgan, Fabrication & Welding, at the North West Regional College Inter Campus Skillbuild competition.

£180m for new NI Traineeship in carpentry, car mechanics and retail etc at furth...

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'Patience is wearing thin' over Magee expansion, councillors told

£4.5m air fund to help support Derry-GB links with talks ongoing over Dublin rou...

2019: Councillor Sandra Duffy with Mr McMonagle, Miss McCauley and pupils from St Brigids College delivering free period products.

Period Poverty universities pilot welcomed

Photo by Aaron McCracken

Economy Minister: I remain committed to the North West

‘It is not possible to design and fund schemes for every sector of business or e...

Handout photo issued by Press Eye of Economy Minister Diane Dodds during the daily media broadcast on coronavirus (Covid-19) in the Long Gallery at Parliament Buildings in Stormont, Belfast.

NI Economy Minister Diane Dodds criticised over Coleraine remarks after Derry’s ...

September 2015: Local people queue for a Jobs Fair in Derry. Politicians said the historic issue of lack of jobs in the locally needs to be addressed.

Invest NI responds to ‘abysmal failure’ claims

Magee College

Magee won’t expand unless number of uni students in NI is increased, says SDLP's...

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