that support of doctoral candidates at Union Theological College would be outsourced to supervisors in need of mentoring at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge, with the offer of limited availability of competitive scholarships to help defray costs. A further collaboration was announced in January 2023 between Union Theological College and the Davenant Institute's Davenant Hall. Students in Davenant Hall’s M.Litt. degree program will now have the opportunity to continue their studies at the Ph.D. level at Union Theological College, while still being supervised by Davenant Hall faculty. To facilitate this, five of Davenant Hall’s leading instructors (Matthew Hoskin, Joseph Minich, Bradford Littlejohn, Michael Lynch, and Alastair Roberts) will join the faculty of Union Theological College to supervise Ph.D. research within their fields of expertise. Consequently, the locus of expertise has apparently shifted, insofar as most supervised research towards any doctoral qualifications accredited by the Presbyterian Theological Faculty Ireland may take place far away from Union Theological College itself. Faculty The faculty currently comprises two professors respectively leading extant academic departments, a “non-academic” Professor of Ministry, a senior lecturer in Biblical Studies, a lecturer in Historical Theology, a lecturer in New Testament and a lecturer in Practical Theology. Prof. W. Gordon Campbell became principal of the college in 2021. Notable faculty Dr Martyn C. Cowan (Lecturer in Historical Theology) Notable former faculty Prof. Henry Cooke (d. 1868) Prof. J. Ernest Davey (d. 1960) Prof. Robert Watts (d. 1895) Very Rev. Prof. Finlay Holmes (d. 2008) Prof. Stephen N. Williams (Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology) Principal J. Stafford Carson (former Principal and Professor of Ministry) Library Founded in 1873 by Mrs Caroline Gamble in memory of her late husband, the Rev. Henry Gamble, the college Library is the largest theological library in Northern Ireland. The Gamble Library stocks over 65,000 books, 20,000 pamphlets and taking over 50 journals and periodicals. The domed library served as the Chamber of the House of Commons for the Northern Ireland Parliament from 1921 to 1932. The foundation of the collection predates the college and was formed in 1845. A significant collection was acquired from the estate of the Presbyterian historian Rev. James Seaton Reid (d. 1851). Much of the Magee College pamphlet collection was added in 1977. See also :Category:Academics of Union Theological College, Belfast References External links Presbyterian College Celebrates 150 Years, 2003 press release describing the college and its history.