The main building of Queens University Belfast, is situated
around 10 minutes by bus south of Belfast city centre. The building
was designed by Sir Charles Lanyon and opened in 1849.
Queen's University of Belfast (abbreviated to "QUB" and widely
known as "Queen's") has its roots in the Belfast Academical
Institution, which was founded in 1810 and remains as the Royal
Belfast Academical Institution.[citation needed] The present
university was first chartered as "Queen's College, Belfast" in
1845, when it was associated with the simultaneously founded
Queen's College, Cork and Queen's College, Galway as part of the
Queen's University of Ireland - founded in 1845 to encourage higher
education for Catholics and Presbyterians, as a counterpart to the
Trinity College, Dublin, then an Anglican institution. The Irish
Universities Act, 1908 dissolved the Royal University of Ireland
and created two separate universities - the current National
University of Ireland and the Queen's University of Belfast. At its
opening in 1849 as a Queen's College, it had 23 professors and 343
students.
In addition to the main campus not far from the centre of
Belfast, the university has two associated university colleges,
these being St Mary's and Stranmillis both also located in Belfast.
Although offering a range of degree courses, these colleges
primarily provide training for those wishing to enter the teaching
profession. The university has formal agreements with other
colleges in Northern Ireland and operates several outreach schemes
to rural areas.
While the university refers to its main site as a campus,[2] the
university's buildings are in fact spread over a number of public
streets in South Belfast, centring around University Road,
University Square and Stranmillis Road, with other departments
located further afield.
Several institutes are also associated with Queen's. Located
close to the main campus is the Institute of Professional Legal
Studies at Queen's which offers training to law graduates to enable
them to practise as solicitors or barristers in Northern Ireland,
England & Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
Cultural life The university hosts the annual Belfast Festival
at Queen's and the Belfast Film Festival, and in 2007 is holding
the Irish Student Drama Association Festival. It runs Northern
Ireland's only arthouse cinema, Queen's Film Theatre, and an art
gallery, the Naughton Gallery at Queen's, which is a registered
museum.
THE CACHE is a micro with a green scew top lid. It
contains only a log book so please bring your own pen/pencil.
Please be VERY discreet retrieving and replacing the cache. It
was placed on St. Patrick's Day when all was quiet but this area is
usually spilling over with muggles.
AS THIS IS SUCH A BUSY AREA IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO USE THE CLUE
FOR A QUICK FIND AND MINIMISE MUGGLE ATTENTION HERE.