Universities warn of plans to cut 1,100 student places

BBC News 07 November 2014

Northern Ireland's universities have warned that they will have to cut 1,100 student places in the fall-out from last week's executive draft budget, reports the BBC News.

The Department for Employment and Learning is to lose almost £81 million (US$130 million). As a result, Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster said student places would be cut from next September.

The vice-chancellors of the universities said their talented people were "one of NI's greatest resources". In a joint statement, they said those lost to Northern Ireland universities would probably go to England or Scotland and pay £9,000 fees.
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