There has been a 16% rise in the number of students from outside the EU beginning undergraduate degrees in NI this year.That is according to new figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas).There has also been a slight rise in the number of EU students.The proportion of Northern Irish young people beginning university is also at a five-year high.Ucas said 35.4% of school leavers here had now been accepted to start university.That is a higher percentage than England, Scotland or Wales.However, the actual number of Northern Irish students beginning university in 2018 has decreased slightly, mainly due to a 5% fall in the number of A-level entrants in Northern Ireland this year.Ucas data shows that 280 students from outside the EU have started university in Northern Ireland this year, up from 240 in 2017.The number of students from the EU – apart from the UK – has also risen, from 370 in 2017 to 390 in September 2018.Some 9,120 students from Northern Ireland are starting undergraduate degrees at local universities, down marginally from 9,170 in 2017.However 3,840 Northern Irish school leavers are starting university in England this year, 950 in Scotland and 150 in Wales.UK studentsThe number of… Read full this story
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