HC Deb 20 February 1978 vol 944 cc492-4W
Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of graduates in business studies from each university and business school in each of the last five years.

Mr. Oakes

The numbers of degrees obtained in business management studies in Great Britain were as follows:

Year*
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
University First Higher First Higher First Higher First Higher First Higher First Higher†
Aston 92 24 21 34 53 33 34 30 35 45
Bath 9 12 20 39 39
Birmingham 26 19 23 10 26 4 22 3 38 6 30
Bradford 38 32 28 41 36 43 41 49 33 52 43
Brunel 16 1 1
Cambridge 1 3 2 1
City 81 77 9 82 68
Durham 28 38 27 30 34
Hull 31 18 22 1
Kent 5
Lancaster 59 102 60 60 61 6
Leeds 12 38 9 22 10 11 1 14 8
Liverpool 17 33 16 31 7 29 16 36 23 46
London Graduate School of Business Studies 44 90 83 83 70
London University 144 68 123 156 136
Loughborough 26 28 35 23 2 28 30
Manchester Business School 32 49 48 49 52
Manchester 1
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 70 10 76 19 97 27 97 20 113 16 125
Oxford 3 2 4 4 2
Reading 151 7 115 11 108 4 129 8 142 15 133
Salford 13 3 11 15 17 11 9 18 12
Sheffield 3 4 1 1
Southampton 2 2 5 11
Warwick 51 24 89 17 70 25 76 46 70 57
University of Wales 7 2 7 1 5 7 8 3 13 20 10
Edinburgh 23 4 36 2 30 2 31 3 41 6 41
Glasgow 5 3 3 3
Heriot-Watt 72 2 46 1 31 25 3 35 3 34
Stirling 2
Strathclyde 57 56 7 24 14 16 25 33 18 26 15
Total Great Britain Universities 549 655 460 760 466 685 476 796 557 814 480
CNAA Degrees in business studies‡ 408 571 816 893 967 3 1,108 3
* Calendar years except 1971 which is the academic year 1970–71 for universities.
† Not yet available for universities
‡ Includes estates management, management studies, and marketing, as for university numbers.