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20/08/2013
Additional Funding For Masters Courses Announced
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has announced additional funding for Masters Courses at the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast.
The Minister said: "This investment in economically relevant Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) postgraduate courses will help improve the skills of our graduates to meet the needs of local employers and support economic growth.
"I am committed to the continuing expansion of higher education to give Northern Ireland the skills profile required to compete globally. This commitment is reflected in my Department's Skills Strategy, 'Success Through Skills - Transforming Futures'. One of the strategic goals of the Strategy is to increase the proportion of those leaving from our Higher Education Institutions with graduate and post graduate level qualifications in STEM subjects."
The University of Ulster has received 70 additional places, up to 40 of which, the University has indicated, will be allocated to a new MSc in Computational Intelligence at its Magee campus. The remaining places will enhance existing provision in MSc Advanced Composites and Polymers and MSc Biomedical Engineering.
Queen's University is to increase recruitment by some 30 students on economically relevant MSc courses, including Biological Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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The Minister said: "This investment in economically relevant Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) postgraduate courses will help improve the skills of our graduates to meet the needs of local employers and support economic growth.
"I am committed to the continuing expansion of higher education to give Northern Ireland the skills profile required to compete globally. This commitment is reflected in my Department's Skills Strategy, 'Success Through Skills - Transforming Futures'. One of the strategic goals of the Strategy is to increase the proportion of those leaving from our Higher Education Institutions with graduate and post graduate level qualifications in STEM subjects."
The University of Ulster has received 70 additional places, up to 40 of which, the University has indicated, will be allocated to a new MSc in Computational Intelligence at its Magee campus. The remaining places will enhance existing provision in MSc Advanced Composites and Polymers and MSc Biomedical Engineering.
Queen's University is to increase recruitment by some 30 students on economically relevant MSc courses, including Biological Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
(CD/JP)
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