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Article

6 Dec 2022

Author:
Harry McCathie, BBC News NI (UK)

Qatar: Ulster University plan to open campus criticised by LGBT+ students and rights group

"Qatar: 'Heartbreak' at Ulster University's campus plan", 2 Dec 2022

...[Ulster University] is due to open [a] campus in Lusail in Doha in January 2023 ... [following the establishment of] a partnership [in February 2020] in Qatar with City University College to offer a range of UU business degree courses to students in Doha and elsewhere.

... the chair of the LGBT Society at the Coleraine campus, has said she is worried the university is putting "financial gain over a community within their community" and will damage their international reputation ...

... Patrick Corrigan from Amnesty International said ... he would expect the university to publish "comprehensive human rights impact assessments to ensure that it won't be contributing to human rights violations".

"Ulster University is a registered charity with a public benefit purpose and is in receipt of millions in public funds. People have a right to expect that it's not profiting from or contributing to human rights violations."