Professor Emer Smyth:

That is a very interesting question. I have not looked at student geographical mobility within Ireland for a while, so I am relying on older memories. Certainly, there would be much more movement within Ireland than between Ireland and Northern Ireland in terms of undergraduate placements. We find that some groups are more constrained in their choices in that more disadvantaged groups in Ireland will place more emphasis on being able to live at home and have good transport links. In a way, they might not be optimising their choices. I think, possibly-----