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Two kids, a pandemic and a successfully completed PhD

Dr Medbh Hillyard graduates this summer with a PhD on physical activity in pregnancy

8 July 2021

New prehabilitation programme launched for cancer patients

11 June 2021

Ulster University staff and students celebrated International Nurses’ Day 2021

International Nurses’ Day, on 12th May 2021, was celebrated wholeheartedly by Ulster University staff and students. The sun was shining as colleagues and students took up the challenge of completing a 5k walk/run/cycle to both celebrate the day

28 May 2021

Ulster University Academics win European Research Award

Researchers from Ulster University, Queen’s University Belfast and King’s College London have been awarded the European Social Work Research Association Award for an Outstanding Publication in European Research for their investigation into

18 May 2021

NI universities come together to celebrate nursing as a career for all

This International Nurses Day the three universities have come together to celebrate the diversity of the nursing profession.

12 May 2021

UK wide study highlights specific impacts of the Covid pandemic on the health and social care workforce

The COVID-19 Health and Social Care Workforce Study is a three-phase study led by Ulster University

22 March 2021

Ulster University launches new app for people living with dementia

The InspireD App enables people living with dementia to create a digital memory book to store photographs, videos and sounds

1 March 2021

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge praise nursing students from Ulster University in surprise video call

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke to nursing students from Ulster University via video call to hear more about their experiences of studying during the pandemic, and of undertaking placements on the frontline of the COVID-19 response in

11 February 2021

Health, Equality and the Economy

Report by a cross disciplinary team at Ulster University to support the future of healthcare

9 December 2020

Ulster University launches Northern Ireland’s first BSc Paramedic Science degree

The new three year, BSc Hons Paramedic Science course will be based within the School of Nursing on the Magee campus

14 September 2020

Ulster University’s Professor Owen Barr named a 2020 National Teaching Fellow

Professor of Nursing and Intellectual Disabilities awarded a National Teaching Fellowship

6 August 2020

Ulster University professor receives prestigious Nursing Fellowship

Professor McIlfatrick is the only RCN member from Northern Ireland to receive the Fellowship this year

16 July 2020

Ulster University celebrates 45 years of Nursing on International Nurses Day

12 May 2020

Student nurses join the fight against Covid-19

8 April 2020

Changing the lives of people living with dementia with new memory supporting app

11 March 2020

Ulster University’s Nurses of the future take inspiration from a local heroine of the past

On Sunday 23 February 2020, a parish in Fahan Co. Donegal celebrated the life and work of world-renowned nurse, Agnes Jones and the 45th Anniversary of the foundation of the School of Nursing at Ulster University’s Magee Campus.

3 March 2020

Ulster University’s “singing nurse” graduates

Ulster University student nurse Brittany McArthur made headlines earlier this year as the sensational ‘singing nurse’

16 December 2019

Transformation in Action: Advanced Nursing Practitioners in Northern Ireland

Today marks a significant milestone in Nursing as the first cohort of locally trained Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) successfully complete the programme.

18 September 2019

Better public understanding of palliative care required to improve care for end of life patients

9 September 2019

Ulster University research providing dramatic solutions to health care problems

An Ulster University research study is educating nursing students in applied drama techniques, to help improve the quality of care given to patients.

13 June 2019

Congratulations to the School of Nursing – First Silver Athena SWAN award for Ulster University

The School of Nursing has been awarded a Silver Athena SWAN award, the first time a School in the University has received this honour.

8 May 2019

Ulster University Nursing Competence Test Centre celebrates successful first year

A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Competence Test Centre at Ulster University set up to increase nursing capacity across the United Kingdom (UK), is celebrating a successful first year.

22 February 2019

Crossborder conference shines spotlight on young peoples’ mental health in a changing world

2 November 2018

Ulster University’s expertise in nursing and midwifery used to formulate UK wide standards

Ulster University’s knowledge and expertise in nursing and midwifery has been evidenced in new standards from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) developed to regulate nurses and midwives in the UK.

29 October 2018