Professor Malachy Ó Néill:

I would like to respond to the comments on the future role of the university in peace and conflict resolution. That remains an integral part of several aspects of our work at Magee campus and throughout the university. I will speak about the Magee campus specifically. The most prominent example is the endowed chair in peace, named in honour of John Hume and Thomas P. O'Neill. It is hugely significant. It is one of the few endowed chairs in the higher education space. It also provides the foundation to bring together cognate areas of peace education and research. Law and social science are huge parts of that.

In recent times we have worked with groups such as Foyle Women's Aid to establish a social justice hub at our Magee campus. Staff at our law school and across the social science faculties have been integral to that. We have also worked with agencies like the North West Community Network to ensure the impact of this is felt by the community and our students benefit from that kind of community and civic engagement. As an institution, we pride ourselves on our civic engagement ethos. I refer to our track record in peace and conflict resolution research. The work of our researchers, particularly at the International Conflict Research Institute, INCORE, has been used globally. At the moment we are looking at the development of a graduate academy for peace and justice to bring together the work of those various research fields. We also aim to ensure that this research leads teaching in the peace and conflict resolution space. We remain primed to deliver this on our Derry campus.