Queen's opens up new dialogue with local schools

Queen's University aims to forge even stronger links with schools in Northern Ireland as it implements its ambitious Vision for the Future, Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Gregson has said.

Addressing the University's first dinner for head teachers on Wednesday evening, the Vice-Chancellor said Queen’s connections with schools - from which it recruits around 90% of its students - were strong and deep.

"I hope that this event will help us to build on this special relationship,” Professor Gregson said. “The aim of this dinner is to open up a new dialogue with you at a very exciting time in the University's history. The Vision for Queen's will ensure our position as an international centre of academic excellence serving the whole of Northern Ireland."

The Vice-Chancellor said the University's track record of achievement was reflected in a range of new initiatives which see the development of world-class centres of research excellence across the full range of disciplines. It is also underlined by its teaching quality, as measured by independent assessments.

"Our academic performance is proof, if proof were needed, that students from Northern Ireland who want a first-class university education do not have to leave these shores to get it,” he concluded.

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