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image captionUndergraduate healthcare courses will start at Magee in 2022
NI s economy minister has called on Ulster University (UU) to address concerns that an expansion in Londonderry will negatively impact on its Coleraine campus.
UU announced on Tuesday it is relocating undergraduate healthcare degrees to its Magee campus in Derry.
It will bring student numbers in the city to about 5,000 by 2022.
Diane Dodds said that is a step forward for the north west campus but warned of concerns about Coleraine. Many in the Coleraine area, who had expected these courses to be moved to their local campus, will now be left disappointed, she said.
North-east university courses see increase in applications for nursing and medicine
There has been a rise in applications for medical-related courses such as medicine, nursing and midwifery.
North-east universities have seen increased applications in areas including nursing and medicine.
The coronavirus pandemic has been said to have shone a light on the vital contribution that healthcare staff provide to the country.
Both Robert Gordon University (RGU) and Aberdeen University have reported there has been an increase in applications for medical-related courses.
A rise in applications does not, however, mean that more people will be accepted onto the course – as many degrees have caps on the number of people who can study a subject.