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Exam results – Important information is now online

12 August 2010

For thousands of students across Northern Ireland the waiting is nearly over. Exam results will be published on 19 August (AS Levels/ A-Levels) and 24 August (GCSEs) and important decisions will need to be made.

Deciding what to do after examination results are known can be difficult for many students and their parents or guardians.  In today’s economic climate it is even more important to get good advice on the options available.

The Department for Employment and Learning’s Careers Service Northern Ireland has a team of professionally qualified Careers Advisers who offer impartial careers information, advice and guidance all year round to people of all ages.  Their services are in high demand from young people and their parents or guardians throughout the course of the academic year, and especially at results time when important decisions have to be made.  

Careers Advisers are based throughout Northern Ireland in Jobs and Benefits offices, JobCentres, Careers Offices and in two Careers Resource Centres in Belfast and Londonderry.  More information and details of how to contact your local Careers Adviser are available at www.careersserviceni.com external link and www.nidirect.gov.uk external link  or by calling 028 9044 1781 from 9am to 5pm.  

Alternatively the Careers Service website and nidirect website hold a wide range of useful information on a number of relevant topics, including:

  • exams results dates
  • staying on in school
  • going to college
  • apprenticeships / training options
  • university and higher education
  • student finance
  • gap years
  • course finder
  • finding your first job
  • contact information
  • qualifications explained
  • student accommodation

The Careers Service welcomes parents and guardians to participate in the guidance process by encouraging contact with the Careers Service, and attending careers guidance interviews to discuss the various options available.

The nidirect website also contains extensive information on education, learning and skills, as well as information on a full range of government services.

Notes to editors:

  1. All media queries or requests for interviews with Careers Advisers should be directed to the Department for Employment and Learning Communications Branch on 028 9025 7492 or chris.lennon@delni.gov.uk.  Out of office hours please contact the Duty Press Officer via pager number 07699 715 440 and your call will be returned.