Ulster University apologises to two academics who claimed Northern Ireland's separate schooling system cost an extra £226m a year
The research was the latest in a series of Ulster University papers on Northern Ireland's education systemUlster University has publicly apologised to two academics behind research on the cost of Northern Ireland's divided education system.The university is also retracting a previous statement which asked for its logo to be removed from the report.
It examined the cost of things such as additional school transport due to segregation and academic selection, separate schools in an area, and the money spent on programmes to bring children educated separately together. But UU's vice-chancellor Prof Bartholomew has now retracted that previous statement and made a public apology to the two academics.In a statement to BBC News NI, Prof Bartholomew said that: "As vice-chancellor of Ulster University, I am retracting this university statement as it is not compatible with my views as chief academic officer of the institution.
"I understand that the position taken in this publication may be controversial, or uncomfortable for some, but that is an entirely legitimate part of academic discourse, and it is certainly not for the university to take a particular view on the merits of individual papers.
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