In 2023 nearly a third of students across Northern Ireland achieved first-class degrees.
Top degree grades are awarded to about three in every 10 students at Northern Ireland's universities, new figures show.
Universities are their own degree-awarding bodies, so decide grades based on things such as exams, coursework, theses or practical work from students.Anna Jonak from Portadown in County Armagh recently graduated from Queen's University Belfast with a first-class degree in psychology. "When I found out I got a first I was so shocked, I was walking around for ages thinking 'did that really happen'."I don't think firsts are just handed out.
There was a significant rise in top degree grades in the two academic years most affected by the coronavirus pandemic - 2020 and 2021.In 2023 by contrast, according to HESA, 29% of students in Northern Ireland were awarded first-class degrees - 2,455 students in all.
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