Ms Ann Campbell:

We do a lot of school liaison in the Newry and Mourne area and we have good relationships with schools in Armagh, Newry and other towns in that area. However, it is quite difficult to persuade Northern Ireland students to come South. Andy Pollak has done a very good study on that and one of the things that struck me from his study is that there are few role models in Northern Ireland. In the case of a student in Armagh, his or her teacher or parents have not studied in the South. That was one of the unexpected barriers identified by Dr. Pollak in that study as well as unfamiliarity with the systems.