QUB chief fires £9k tuition fees warning #BBCNolan

Earlier we were talking about how more than 1,000 student places will be lost at Queen's University over the next three years because of budget cuts. The first of the cuts will be made this September with 290 degree places to go and 236 jobs are to be axed as well as part of a voluntary severance scheme. Queen's University has said it's have been forced to make the move in response to an £8m cut in the subsidy they get from the Department of Employment at Stormont. Joel was joined by DEL Minister Stephen Farry and Queen's University Belfast vice-chancellor Professor Patrick Johnston