The 20 nursery nurses, who were represented by the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA), held a half-day strike on 15 January because they had not received an incremental increase in pay for more than 15 years.
They work at two sites in College Gardens and Rugby Road in the city attended by 70 children of staff and students, and are employed by the university and managed by its students' union.
A NIPSA ballot resulted in 100 per cent support for the half-day strike.
Negotiations continued between the public service union and the university, and on 21 January the staff were offered and accepted a 7 per cent pay increase over two years from this April, backdated in part to April 2003, plus cost of living allowance.
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