University of Ulster at Coleraine
| Irish: Ollscoil Uladh i gCúil Raithin | |
 
Top: Ulster University's coat of arms
Bottom: The Coleraine Campus in 2007 |
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Former names
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University of Ulster at Coleraine, New University of Ulster at Coleraine |
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| Motto | No motto |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 1968 - Coleraine Campus established; New University of Ulster established 1969 - Magee College merge 1982 - Ulster Polytechnic merge; University of Ulster established 2014 - Ulster University rebrand |
| Endowment | £6.483 million (2014) |
| Budget | £185m |
| Chancellor | James Nesbitt |
| Provost | Professor Karise Hutchinson |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Paddy Nixon |
| Students | 5,344 (2014/15) |
| Address |
Ulster University, Coleraine campus, Cromore Road, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1SA,, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK 55°8′52″N 6°40′20″W / 55.14778°N 6.67222°WCoordinates: 55°8′52″N 6°40′20″W / 55.14778°N 6.67222°W |
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Logo:Navy blue & Bronze Seal:Red & Gold Formerly:Navy blue, Blue & Green |
| Affiliations | Ulster University |
| Website |
www Coleraine campus |
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Ulster University at Coleraine (Irish: Ollscoil Uladh i gCúil Raithin) is the Coleraine campus of Ulster University. It houses the administrative headquarters of the university and is the most traditional in outlook, with a focus on science and the humanities. It was founded in 1968 as the New University of Ulster and was later known as the University of Ulster at Coleraine until October 2014 when it was rebranded with the rest of the university to be known as Ulster University at Coleraine. The Coleraine campus is situated on the banks of the River Bann in Coleraine, County Londonderry with views to the Causeway Coast and the hills of County Donegal to the West.
Originally, the concept of a new university was well received by many nationalists in Northern Ireland. This was due to a feeling of bias that unionist communities, or towns, received better facilities and investment. As a result, the initial desire of nationalists was to form a new university institution at the already well established Magee College in Derry, County Londonderry, a predominantly nationalist community. Some thought at the time that the reasoning for establishing the university in Coleraine over Derry was a desire to pull population towards the East of Northern Ireland as the university would strengthen the 'Belfast-Coleraine-Portadown' economic triangle, which happened to form the edge of the nationalist/unionist communities.
It was suggested that this was part of a unionist agenda by Terence O'Neill, the then Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, to draw nationalist communities from the West into the East and to help break them up. There was no substantial evidence to back up this claim, however it was the idea that led to a number of protests and rallying in opposition. As violent protests continued, the result was that the Lockwood Report was accepted by vote, and O'Neill left the office of Prime Minister, allegedly after being forced to resign.
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