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Universities Ireland

The Centre acts as the secretariat for UNIVERSITIES IRELAND, set up to promote co-operation and collaboration between the nine universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and to enhance their reputations internationally. The current chairman is Dr Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh, President of National University of Ireland, Galway.

The organisation was launched by the university presidents in July 2003 and will undertake work in a number of designated areas. These include:

  • Research projects to improve North/South inter-university co-operation, e.g. on the harmonisation of regulations
  • Conferences on matters of common interest to universities on the island, e.g. e-learning
  • Work on 'branding' the Irish universities abroad, and improving the island of Ireland's profile in the international student recruitment market
  • Development of university-industry links, technology and research transfer on an 'island of Ireland' basis
  • Staff development and training issues

Universities Ireland is funded by an annual levy paid by the nine universities, and by grants from the Department of Education and Science in Dublin, the Department for Employment and Learning in Belfast and InterTradeIreland in Newry.

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