FIVE Northern Ireland students will have their tuition fees paid for the duration of their undergraduate degree thanks to Queen’s University, Belfast.
This is the third year of the Queen’s Scholar scheme in which each school or college across Northern Ireland was asked to nominate pupils who could demonstrate exceptional achievements outside academic life, whether in sport, music and the arts, business and enterprise or through community work, with a particular focus on leadership, enterprise and social responsibility.
As a Queen’s Scholar, each of the students who are from Ballymena, Limavady, Maghera, Newtownards and Belfast, will have their annual tuition fees paid for the duration of their undergraduate degree. The awards are worth almost £75,000 to the winning students, who were selected from 139 students nominated by 78 schools and colleges.
The top 50 applicants were invited to a selection day where they undertook a series of mini interviews and unseen presentations before the eventual winners were selected.
This recipients of this year’s scholarship programme are; Carrie Coulter, Jordan Ferris, Callum Mullan Young, Stephanie Hill and Niamh Lundy. The students are studying a range of undergraduate degrees including Medicine, History and English.
Commenting on this year’s entrants Queen’s domestic student recruitment manager, Anthony McGrath said: “The standard was exceptionally high this year and everyone who was nominated and progressed to our selection day can be very proud of their achievements. We are delighted with our five winners who will now become ambassadors for the university and I know they will represent us with pride.
“Each scholar comes from a different background with differing outlooks on their future but they all know that Queen’s is the gateway to their long term success. We look forward to seeing their progression and know that their recent successes can be a springboard to their longer term goals.”