Just 1,255 undergraduate students from Northern Ireland attended college in Republic in 2020/21
“An adjustment of the points equivalences would likely make studying in Ireland a more realistic option for those from Northern Ireland,” said Emer Smyth, research professor at the ESRI and, along with Merike Darmody, an author of the report which is to be announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education“Although only one barrier to mobility, a change would have an important symbolic value in being seen as welcoming to students from Northern Ireland,” she said.
“I am committed to working with higher and further education institutions and with partners in the UK government and Northern Ireland to make it as easy as possible for students to choose to study in either jurisdiction,” he said. “This is really important in deepening our connections both north/south and east/west and in ensuring that young people have access to the best possible educational opportunities.
A number of the State’s third-level institutions have recently expressed concern about the low numbers citing the contributions made by continued Leaving Certificate grade inflation – A-level grades have reverted to pre-pandemic levels – and the later timing of Leaving Cert results and, consequently, CAO offers.
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