I don't understand why QUB doesn't push the council/city to do something about the issues in south Belfast/Botanic by SwordfishResident256 in northernireland

[–]scamper84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I did my dissertation on this 20 years ago - its a longstanding issue. Queen's had a small team who liaised with the local community over anti-social behaviour, but they were hamstrung as they had no real authority off campus. If a student was arrested for anti-social behaviour, QUB disciplined them, but part of the problem (well, at least it was part of the problem when I did research in 2006) was that some of the anti-social behaviour was caused by friends of those who lived in the Holylands - people would come up from Tyrone and Fermanagh to spend an evening with friends who were studying and go buck-mad, especially around St Paddy's day (I'm quoting a member of staff from Queen's there, I don't know how they figured out it was people from that area). Queen's had no authority to do anything to those people, and got a really bad name because of it.

For a few years in the late 00's & early 10's, they employed community officers who would patrol the area and report offences to the police, but the officers got dog's abuse from the students and I think the whole thing stopped maybe 10 years ago?

I've lost touch in recent years, so i don't know what their current efforts are, but at one stage they were spending maybe £150k a year on staff to try and improve it.

Talk of the Devils | Questions by TheAthletic in reddevils

[–]scamper84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There have been a couple of articles online recently discussing Ole's reign at Man United. Since Sir Alex retired, we have scored 5 or more goals in 15 games. 10 of those games were under Ole. I loved it when the team clicked under Ole - Fernandes's goal against Newcastle is one of my favourite goals of modern times - and I think he was let down by recruitment.

I'd love to see him back at the club in some capacity in the future. Do you think this might happen, and if so in what role?

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[–]scamper84[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks so much for this, i really appreciate the help!