The funding is part of the NI Centenary Scholarship and Bursary Awards allocated to Queen’s and Ulster University, and will help provide financial support to students from challenging backgrounds. Welcoming the bursaries, Queen's University Vice-Chan
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Horticulture and veterinary medicine examined for higher level education Dr Konstantinos Xyntaris, Senior Horticultural Technologist at Greenmount assessing how high value winter strawberries might be produced with supplementary lighting in NI. DAERA have announced exciting new plans for higher education in horticulture and apossibly for veterinary medicine. They have commissioned an analysis of option is to deliver a more secure long term supply of vets for Northern Ireland including looking at providing third level veterinary education. Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots commented: “I have been concerned for some time that Northern Ireland may not attract sufficient veterinary surgeons to meet the needs of the local agri-food industry in the future, and I have been keen that my Department continues to explore options for a more secure supply of vets for Northern Ireland on a longer term basis.