Professor Willie Donnelly:

The next phase is vital. I would prefer not to give a timeline but to say we have to build the proper foundation. Things fell apart before because the foundation was not in place. The consequent recovery phase was pretty difficult for everybody. We do not want to go there again; we want to get it right and have a university of real quality for the region. That is what we are focusing on. It is best to ensure we get everything right and move forward rather than setting some unrealistic date on which everybody is focused rather than the process and the way we engage with one another.