Derry University Group
@derry-group.bsky.social
Championing an independent cross-border university for the North West - the last-remaining North Ireland Civil Rights campaign.
Garrett Hargan's investigative history of the 60-year fight, A Scandal in Plain Sight, is available from colmcillepress.com.
Garrett Hargan's investigative history of the 60-year fight, A Scandal in Plain Sight, is available from colmcillepress.com.
Well done Mike Kane MP for raising the two
Royal Irish Academy reports on the need for an independent North West university at the Commons Select Committee this morning.
UU clearly very rattled - but their attempts to rubbish the island's top academics and Derry civic society aren't fooling anyone.
Royal Irish Academy reports on the need for an independent North West university at the Commons Select Committee this morning.
UU clearly very rattled - but their attempts to rubbish the island's top academics and Derry civic society aren't fooling anyone.
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Well done Mike Kane MP for raising the two
Royal Irish Academy reports on the need for an independent North West university at the Commons Select Committee this morning.
UU clearly very rattled - but their attempts to rubbish the island's top academics and Derry civic society aren't fooling anyone.
Royal Irish Academy reports on the need for an independent North West university at the Commons Select Committee this morning.
UU clearly very rattled - but their attempts to rubbish the island's top academics and Derry civic society aren't fooling anyone.
This month sees the 60th anniversary of the Lockwood Report, the first of many times Derry was refused its own university.
It was every bit as wrong then - as seen in this archive UTV footage - as it is today.
For the full story, read 'A Scandal in Plain Sight' (2024) by @garretthargan.bsky.social.
It was every bit as wrong then - as seen in this archive UTV footage - as it is today.
For the full story, read 'A Scandal in Plain Sight' (2024) by @garretthargan.bsky.social.
February 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This month sees the 60th anniversary of the Lockwood Report, the first of many times Derry was refused its own university.
It was every bit as wrong then - as seen in this archive UTV footage - as it is today.
For the full story, read 'A Scandal in Plain Sight' (2024) by @garretthargan.bsky.social.
It was every bit as wrong then - as seen in this archive UTV footage - as it is today.
For the full story, read 'A Scandal in Plain Sight' (2024) by @garretthargan.bsky.social.