§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many qualified students during each of the last three years have applied for grants from the Social Science Research Council, or the Science Research Council, and been refused.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsStudentships are awarded only to nominees of university departments. The numbers of qualified students (excluding withdrawals) so nominated, and of those not offered awards were as follows:
1964 1965 1966 Social Science Research Council Nominations received in respect of qualified students — — 429 Number of nominees not offered awards — — 43 Science Research Council Nominations received in respect of qualified students 2,567 2,928 3,096 Number of nominees not offered awards 60 143 321 The total number of applications received by university departments is not known.
§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many overseas students have in each of the last three years received awards from the Social Science Research Council and Science Research Council for postgraduate research.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsNo awards were made to students coming directly from overseas. To be eligible for the Councils' studentships a candidate must ordinarily be a British subject who is and whose parents are normally resident in Great Britain.
§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students with 2nd Class Honours Division Two received grants during each of the last three years from the Social Science Research Council and Science Research Council.
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§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsThe information is as follows:
1964 1965 1966 Social Science Research Council — — 23 Science Research Council 381 470 414