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A level results: Northern Ireland students receive grades | A level results: Northern Ireland students receive grades |
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About 32,000 students in Northern Ireland are due to receive their A level exam results on Thursday. | About 32,000 students in Northern Ireland are due to receive their A level exam results on Thursday. |
The vast majority of candidates will be able to find out their grades online. | The vast majority of candidates will be able to find out their grades online. |
About 24,000 of them have been able to log on to the internet from 07:00 BST, wherever they are in the world, to check their performance. | |
Northern Ireland's two universities want to recruit higher-paying students from outside the region, but said local applicants will not be disadvantaged. | |
Tuition fees | Tuition fees |
Both Queen's University, Belfast, (QUB) and the University of Ulster (UU) have been offering perks, such as free flights and en-suite accommodation, to prospective entrants with addresses outside Northern Ireland. | Both Queen's University, Belfast, (QUB) and the University of Ulster (UU) have been offering perks, such as free flights and en-suite accommodation, to prospective entrants with addresses outside Northern Ireland. |
Students from Great Britain who opt to study in Northern Ireland currently have to pay up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees to their chosen university. | Students from Great Britain who opt to study in Northern Ireland currently have to pay up to £9,000 a year in tuition fees to their chosen university. |
In contrast, applicants from Northern Ireland who are offered a place at either QUB or UU will pay a maximum tuition fee of £3,685 during the academic year 2014/15. | In contrast, applicants from Northern Ireland who are offered a place at either QUB or UU will pay a maximum tuition fee of £3,685 during the academic year 2014/15. |
A deal that secured reduced fees for local students was reached in 2011 following negotiations between Northern Ireland Executive ministers and Stormont's Department for Employment and Learning (DEL). | |
However, if the Northern Ireland students apply for a course based elsewhere in the UK, they could face the full £9,000 annual fee, depending on their choice of course and college. | However, if the Northern Ireland students apply for a course based elsewhere in the UK, they could face the full £9,000 annual fee, depending on their choice of course and college. |
Anthony McGrath from QUB said students from Great Britain who paid £9,000 for a place at the Belfast university would have "a number of different incentives to come here". | |
"We've tried to package things together for GB students to try to attract students, try to make things as easy as possible. | |
"We find that there are a number of barriers in the way for students to come to Belfast, to come to Northern Ireland, and we've tried to reduce those barriers." | "We find that there are a number of barriers in the way for students to come to Belfast, to come to Northern Ireland, and we've tried to reduce those barriers." |
Quotas | Quotas |
Mr McGrath, however, said he believed Northern Ireland students were "getting a great deal at the moment, because they're paying much less than GB students" to study at Queen's. | |
Both QUB and UU have assured students from Northern Ireland that they would not lose out on university places as a result of their drive to attract higher-paying applicants. | |
Quotas are in place restricting the number of students the two universities are permitted to accept from outside Northern Ireland. |