List of Ulster University people

This is a list of notable alumni and staff of Ulster University, and its predecessors, including the University of Ulster, New University of Ulster, Ulster Polytechnic, Belfast School of Art and Design and Magee College (asterisk * indicates deceased).

Academics

Richard Lynn

Notable academics who have had positions at the university include:

• Antony Alcock, historian and Ulster Unionist politician
• Brice Dickson, former Professor of Law; first Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• John Loughlin, Emeritus Fellow, St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge
• Richard Lynn, psychology
• Declan McGonagle, Professor of Art; the only curator, to date, to be nominated for the Turner Prize (1987)
• Gerry McKenna MRIA; Dean of Science, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research), Vice Chancellor and President, University of Ulster; Vice President, Royal Irish Academy^[1][2]
• Monica McWilliams, political sciencehttp://www.gerrymckenna.co.uk/
• Denis Moloney, lawyer
• Fabian Monds, CBE, BBC Governor with responsibility for Northern Ireland
• Brian Norton, president of Dublin Institute of Technology; solar energy technologist
• Kim L. O'Neill, professor of microbiology at Brigham Young University
• Neil Shawcross, artist and portrait painter
• James Simmons, poet
• Andrew Waterman, poet
• Robert (Bob) Welch MRIA, literature, former dean of the faculty of arts*

Alumni

Academics

• Alison Kitson, nurse and academic
• Simon Kitson, historian
• Pat Loughrey, warden of Goldsmiths, University of London
• Steve Nimmons, information technologist and industry commentator
• Terri Scott, first female president of Institute of Technology, Sligo (ITS)
• Ailsa A. Welch, nutritional epidemiologist^[3]

Artists and photographers

Oliver Jeffers

Paul Seawright's Valley, taken in Afghanistan in 2002. Courtesy Imperial War Museum, London

• Arthur Armstrong (1924–1996), painter who worked in a Cubist style*
• Basil Blackshaw, artist, Royal Ulster Academy
• Christine Borland, artist
• Muriel Brandt (1909-1981), painter of mural decorations, portraits and landscapes*
• John Byrne, performance and multimedia artist^[4]
• Duncan Campbell, nominated for the 2014 Turner Prize; 2008 winner of the Bâloise Prize
• William Conor OBE (1881-1968), Belfast-born artist*
• Jack Coulter, artist
• Colin Davidson, artist, Royal Ulster Academy
• Willie Doherty, visual artist, twice nominated for the Turner Prize
• Rita Duffy, artist^[5][6]
• Mary Fitzpatrick, photographer
• Rowel Friers (1920-1998), cartoonist, illustrator, painter and lithographer*
• Maurice Harron, sculptor
• Seán Hillen, artist whose work includes collages and the creative use of photographs
• Oliver Jeffers, artist, designer, illustrator and writer
• John Kindness, artist
• John Long, artist, painter, lecturer, member of the Royal Hibernian Academy.
• John Luke, artist
• Gladys Maccabe MBE, artist
• Mary McIntyre, artist and academic
• Frank McKelvey (1895–1974), painter from Belfast*
• Colin Middleton MBE (1910–1983), artist and surrealist*
• Claire Morgan, sculptor and artist
• Albert Morrow (1863-1927), illustrator, poster designer and cartoonist*
• Martin Parr British Photographer and former President of Magnum Photo Agency*
• Susan Philipsz, Scottish artist, winner of the 2010 Turner Prize^[7]
• Peter Richards, artist, curator and director of the Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast since 2002
• Markey Robinson (1918-1999), painter and sculptor*
• William Scott (1913–1989), artist*
• Paul Seawright, official war artist
• Dermot Seymour, artist; member of Aosdána^[8][9]
• David Sherry, artist^[10]
• Victor Sloan MBE, artist
• George Henry Smyth, artist
• Stephen Snoddy, gallery director
• Andre Stitt, artist, academic
• Cathy Wilkes, artist, 2008 Turner Prize nominee
• Ross Wilson, sculptor

Film and media

Omid Djalili, 2010 Tribeca TFF Shankbone

• Gerry Anderson, radio and television personality*
• Neil Brittain, television presenter and journalist, UTV
• Aidan Browne, television presenter; actor; senior lecturer in Performing Arts at the Belfast Metropolitan College
• Brian Philip Davis, filmmaker
• Omid Djalili, comedian
• Stuart Graham, actor
• Martin O'Hagan (1950–2001), investigative journalist*
• Michael Riley, film producer and CEO of London-based production company Sterling Pictures
• Caroline St John-Brooks (1947-2003), journalist and academic*^[11]

Music

• Michael Alcorn, composer and current Director of the School of Music and Sonic Arts at Queen's University Belfast^[12]
• David Holmes, DJ, musician and composer
• Brian Irvine, composer
• Gary Lightbody, singer, songwriter and frontman of Snow Patrol
• David Lyttle, musician, producer, songwriter, composer and record label owner^[13]
• Ian Wilson, composer

Politicians

• Eileen Bell, former MLA for North Down; Deputy Leader for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
• Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods, Labour Party, MP for City of Durham since 2005.
• Dominic Bradley, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) MLA for Newry and Armagh
• Gregory Campbell, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP for East Londonderry
• John Dallat, SDLP, MLA and Deputy Speaker for the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Mark Durkan, SDLP, MP, former deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive^[14]
• Sean Farren, former SDLP MLA and Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive
• Michelle Gildernew, Sinn Féin, MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone; former MLA and Minister of Agriculture Rural Development 2007-11 in the Northern Ireland Executive
• Paul Givan, DUP MLA for Lagan Valley since 2010
• Kate Hoey, Labour Party, MP for Vauxhall
• Cecilia Keaveney, former Fianna Fáil politician; Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal North-East, 1996-2007; Senator, 2007-2011
• Dolores Kelly, SDLP, MLA for Upper Bann since 2003; Deputy Leader of the SDLP since 2011
• Alban Maginness, SDLP, MP
• Nuala McAllister, Alliance party Councillor and Lord Mayor of Belfast, Belfast City Council
• David McClarty, MLA, Independent Unionist; Deputy Speaker for the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2007*
• Basil McCrea, leader of the Unionist Party NI21; member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Rebecca Ndjoze-Ojo, Namibian politician; SWAPO member of the National Assembly; Deputy Minister of Education since 2005
• Seán Neeson, former leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland; member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Brian Ó Domhnaill, Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann since 2007^[15]
• Sandra Overend, Ulster Unionist Party MLA since 2011 for Mid. Ulster^[16]

Religion

• Reverend Roy Magee OBE (1930–2009), Presbyterian minister*

Sport

• Fionnuala Carr, camogie player
• Jonathan Magee, academic and former footballer
• Brian Robinson, former Irish rugby union international player^[17]

Writers and poets

• Kevin Cahill, FRSA, author and investigative journalist
• Gerald Dawe, poet
• Anne Devlin, writer
• Colin Duriez, writer
• Brendan Hamill, poet and writer
• Brian Keenan, former hostage; writer
• Alastair McIntosh, Scottish writer, academic and activist
• Christina McKenna, author and painter
• Nigel McLoughlin, poet, editor and Professor of Creativity & Poetics at the University of Gloucestershire
• Aodán Mac Póilin, writer

Other

• Peter Coll, barrister and member of the Bar Council of Northern Ireland^[18]
• Seán Gallagher, entrepreneur, businessman
• Seán O'Connor, businessman and political activist
• Stephen Martin (BSc 1988) - former CEO of the Clugston Group, director general of the Institute of Directors^[19]

Honorary alumni

Seamus Heaney in the studio with his portrait by Colin Davidson.

References