Jennifer Dwyer Head of Admissions and Access Service

2013 INTAKE  University NI & EU (MaSN) plus GB intake in quota controlled subjects of 3641 against a target of 3615 (0.7% overshoot)  Year on year increase of 150 NI and EU students following additional 190 in 2012 (340 or 10.5% over two years)  81.5% of MaSN A-level entrants met or exceeded the conditions of their offers. Small decrease from 2012 accounted for by increase in asking grades, the additional MaSN places available and the reduction in the top grades awarded at A-level  Total intake to undergraduate degrees – 4630 including Nursing & Midwifery, Theology, GB and International  Nursing and Midwifery  First intake through UCAS  Applicants admitted to highest preference for which they were eligible  Non A-level entrants exceed A-level entrants  Average tariff score increased by 36 points

NATIONALLY  Total applicants up by +3.8%  Total applications up by +4.2%  NI applicants down by -0.2%  NI applicants to NI institutions up by +0.3%  Total applicants to NI institutions up by +2.9% POSITION AT UCAS ADVISORY CLOSING DATE QUEEN’S  Total applicants up by +1.3%  Total applications down by -0.14%  NI applicants to Queen’s down by -2.2%  NI applications to Queen’s down by -2.3%

UCAS APPLICANT STATISTICS Context: Demographic change Decreases in applicants/applicants to Nursing expected Decrease in applications from NI applicants to higher tariff institutions of -8% but increase to lower tariff institutions of +4% Domicile% Change % Change excluding Nursing & Midiwfery % Change including Nursing & Midwifery NI Great Britain EU Overseas Total QUEEN’S POSITION AT CLOSING DATE

2014 INTAKE TO QUEEN’S  Target intake MaSN NI & EU plus GB quota controlled3585(3641) ie -1.5% Nursing (all fields) 401 Midwifery 35  Limited Changes to Entrance Requirements  Law AAA to AAB  Accounting AAA to AAB  Business Management AAB to ABB  Nursing BCC/CCC to BBC/BCC  Chemical Engineering - differential offers  Drama – interview post offer  Name change – Product Design & Development becomes Product Design Engineering  Foundation Degree in Product Design & Development discontinued Progression to Aeronautical, Mechanical and Product Design Engineering possible from Engineering Foundation Degree Figures in brackets = actual intake in 2013

DECISIONS TO DATE  Paperlight Processing  77.2% of decisions made  Increase in applications processed against same date last year  Social Work and Nursing & Midwifery account for 60.6% of those outstanding  English with Creative Writing  GCSE/AS-level threshold for offers (some examples) (to date) Medicine37 points37 points + 4 A grades at AS in Year 13. Dentistry28 points Actuarial29 points30 points (29 holding) AccountingAverage to 7B at GCSE1A + 5B or AAB at AS LawAverage to 6B at GCSEAverage to 6B at GCSE or BBB at AS-level MEngGCSE – 6BGCSE - 6B MidwiferyGCSE – 5B including Maths and Science * Points for Medicine & Dentistry include UKCAT score

APPLICATIONS TO INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT AREAS  Trend towards vocational subjects not as prevalent this year  Significant variations in applications to different Schools  Highest increases in applications (NI & EU) to: Business Information Technology+34.2% Business Management+28.5% Criminology+16.4% Law+15.1% Accounting+8.7% Electrical & Electronic Engineering+7.1%  Some flexibility likely in August for number of reasons but position will not be uniform – all qualifications will be taken into account

NURSING & MIDWIFERY ENTRY  4838 applications from 2707 applicants (average 1.8 choices)  2427 applications for Nursing (all fields) – (-7.9% after increase for 2012)  604 applications for Midwifery (-31.3% after +34.0% increase for 2012)  Small overlap between N&M and other degree programmes (202 applicants)  Shortlisting for interview (increased to for Nursing all fields)  Interviews and decisions  Future plans

MEDICINE & DENTISTRY – NI, EU & GB APPLICANTS  Dentistry – 111 interviewed  77 offers made  Medicine – 648 interviewed  372 offers made (375 in 2013)  Second time MMI performance  Pilot Scheme  NI applicants – higher success rates. Account for 49.7% of applicants but 62.9% of offers made  Medicine – further breakdown (NI, EU & GB applicants) NIOverall Applicants Interviewed356 (80.9%)648 (73.1%) Offers234 (65.7%)372 (57.4%) % Applicants made offers53.2%41.9%

ADMISSIONS POLICY  A-level Environmental Technology  Double Award Science – changes to grading  New UCAS tariff  Qualification size x grade bands  AS-level change  Changes to GCSE and A-level qualifications  Differences between England and Northern Ireland  Portability

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