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Since its foundation as Queen's College in 1845, Queen's University has
combined a liberal education with professional, vocational and applied
subjects. Around 300 degree courses, offering combinations from almost
100 subjects, are open to undergraduate students, while, for postgraduate
students, almost 120 programmes can be studied at Master's or Diploma level.
Today, Queen's University has about 24,000 full and part-time students on
degree programmes, and another 8,000 students in the Institute of Lifelong
Learning. It has almost 3,500 staff, including around 1,400 academic staff
spread over 31 schools and nine institutes.
It is a top 20 UK university for both teaching and research and the leading
research university in Ireland. It is also one of the most socially
inclusive universities in the UK.
The effective management and development of its human resources is central
to the University's ongoing development. In the knowledge that higher
education is a "people" business, the University recognises that the
achievement of its corporate objectives is directly linked to ongoing
investment in this area and to the creation and maintenance of a workforce
that is well-motivated and both appropriately trained and rewarded.
The overall institutional strategy supported by individual strategies for
learning and teaching, research, Higher Education Reach-Out to Business and
the Community (HEROBC) and widening participation, acknowledge the importance
of an effective human resource strategy which is dynamic and responsive to
the University's developing needs.
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