The Stormont Executive contributes around £4,000 to the annual fee for each local undergraduate in Northern Ireland, so an additional £4m would be required to cover the cost of those extra places.A system that used a computer algorithm to standardise results led to around a third of students receiving grades lower than those predicted by their teachers.
"We are so relieved that our pupils have now been given the grades that they were entitled," she said. Queen's says a number of its most popular and competitive courses, such as medicine and computer sciences, are already over-subscribed.The change is not expected to impact students from the Republic of Ireland who have applied for courses at Queen's or Ulster University.But, as it contributes around 50% of the annual fees of students from Northern Ireland attending the two universities, the Stormont Executive controls the number of undergraduate places for local students.
"These issues are particularly complex this year due to the need to preserve social distancing and keep our staff and students safe," the statement.
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