{"id":3371,"date":"2019-11-21T23:51:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T23:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2022-02-27T23:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T23:10:39","slug":"are-there-40000-third-level-students-in-the-northwest-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/topics\/economy\/are-there-40000-third-level-students-in-the-northwest-of-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Are there 40,000 third-level students in the northwest of Ireland?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Available data shows 9,370 third-level students in northwest Ireland, with approximately 3,300 graduates a year in the region. The Ireland Northwest Trade & Investment mission may have included figures for Ulster University Coleraine, which is outside the geography covered by the partnership. Even so, the claim is a large overestimation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 40,000 third-level students<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n On 12 November 2019, Derry City and Strabane Council published a promotional video<\/a>, in which it claimed that “Ireland Northwest” contained \u201c40,000 third level students\u201d with \u201c7,000 graduates annually ready for employment\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n