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Update on Admissions

Update on Admissions. Jennifer Dwyer Head of Admissions Open Days 2013. 2013 POSITION – PRIOR TO CONFIRMATION. Applications up by 2.9% (excluding Nursing & Midwifery) Overall UF, CF and CI choices up by +1.1% (101) NI & EU UF – down by 12 (-4.0%) CF – up by 73 (+1.4%)

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Update on Admissions

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  1. Update on Admissions Jennifer Dwyer Head of Admissions Open Days 2013

  2. 2013 POSITION – PRIOR TO CONFIRMATION • Applications up by 2.9% (excluding Nursing & Midwifery) • Overall UF, CF and CI choices up by +1.1% (101) • NI & EU UF – down by 12 (-4.0%) CF – up by 73 (+1.4%) CI – up by 59 (+2.2%) • Offers held by NI & EU applicants reflected application levels

  3. 2013 INTAKE TO QUEEN’S • Separate quotas for NI & EU, GB and International • Increase in places for NI & EU students • Overall Number Control for Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Midwifery and Social Work • Target intake:

  4. 2013 INTAKE • More decisions made by A-level results day • Current situation less fluid – fewer outstanding replies • Projected NI & EU intake on target including Nursing & Midwifery • GB increase of over 10% (approx 230) • Adjustment – net gain, numbers small • Clearing – higher numbers accepted – accounted for by Nursing & Midwifery (reserve list) • Intake quota adjusted in some areas to reflect demand for courses and academic plans

  5. INTAKE QUALITY Quality good overall – some flexibility • Additional places • Higher asking grades • Reduction in percentage of candidates awarded A and A* grades (-2.6%) Similar situation at many universities Parameters used in borderline cases • Alternative offer – 3 A-levels plus 4th AS-level • Changed Course offers • Performance in relevant subjects NB In a significant number of areas, the flexibility exercised was only possible as a result of an increase in the numbers admitted.

  6. INTAKE QUALITY (continued) Precise grades only accepted • Chemical Engineering • Actuarial Science & Risk Management • Biomedical Sciences • Midwifery • Medicine Averaged out above target • Finance • Nursing Averaged out   • Film Studies • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  7. INTAKE QUALITY (continued) Less than one full A-level grade drop (Mainly 1 AS-level drop) • Business Information Technology • Electrical & Electronic Engineering • Chemistry • Agri-Food & Land Use • Biological Sciences • PPE • Modern Languages • Economics • Music

  8. INTAKE QUALITY (continued) One A-level grade drop • Psychology • Dentistry • Pharmacy • Music Technology • Social Work • Business Management • Theology • BA Degrees except Film Studies & Modern Languages • Computer Science (if Maths/Computing offered) • Architecture and Civil Engineering • Mathematics (A grade required) and Physics (if BB in Mathematics and Physics) • Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology More than one A-level grade drop • Environmental Planning • Accounting • Law NB Very small numbers admitted with minimum grades

  9. 2014 ENTRY • New Degrees • Entrance requirements will be broadly similar for 2014 entry except for changes already notified • Acceptability of Qualifications/Subjects • Changes to Course Requirements and Selection Criteria • Medicine and Dentistry • Situational Judgement Test • Junior Certificate Scoring • Pilot Scheme (Medicine only) NB Accurate information essential eg: qualifications being taken, AS equivalent grades, etc

  10. QUESTIONS

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