Education Minister at Magee College

Education Minister at Magee College

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Location

Magee College

Year

1965

Date

Production 14/05/1965

Length

18sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

The Minister of Education, William Fitzsimmons, meets with the governors of Magee College in Derry. This meeting took place as the Lockwood Committee took the decision to award the placement of the new Ulster University to Coleraine. 

Notes

Sir John Lockwood was invited to form a committee to look into the location of a second university in Northern Ireland. The report took two years and in the end, somewhat controversially, the decision was taken to place the university in Coleraine, rather than in Derry city. 

In April 1965, William Fitzsimmons, MP for Belfast, Duncairn,  was appointed to a Cabinet position, becoming Minister of Education. He moved to become Minister of Development in 1966, back to Education in 1968 and finally served as Minister of Health and Social Services from 1969 until the Parliament was prorogued in 1972.  

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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