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 & EUUF – 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

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: NI & EU Including GB intake to controlled subjects Intake in Nursing (all fields)401 Midwifery35 GB206

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

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 4 th AS-level  Changed Course offers  Performance in relevant subjects NBIn a significant number of areas, the flexibility exercised was only possible as a result of an increase in the numbers admitted.

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

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

INTAKE QUALITY (continued)  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  Psychology  Dentistry  Pharmacy  Music Technology  Social Work  Business Management  Theology One A-level grade drop More than one A-level grade drop  Environmental Planning  Accounting  Law NB Very small numbers admitted with minimum grades

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) NBAccurate information essential eg: qualifications being taken, AS equivalent grades, etc

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