§ Mr.Allan Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, if he will list the current staff-student ratio for each Scottish university.
§ Dr. BoysonThe figures in the following are provisional and are for the academic year 1979–80. Total student load represents the load on teaching staffs expressed as the full-time equivalent of full-time and pan-time students on courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, but not of those on extra-mural and continuing education courses. The staff figures are for full-time academic staff only supported wholly from university general funds. Each university teaches a different mix of subjects; student staff ratios vary greatly between subjects.
Total Student load Total full-time academic staff Student-Staff Ratio Aberdeen 5,501 695 7.9 Dundee 2,910 418 7.0 Edinburgh 10,010 1,188 8.4 Glasgow 10,361 1,203 8.6 Heriot-Watt 2,923 278 10.5 St. Andrews 3,458 337 10.3 Stirling 2,772 254 10.9 Strathclyde 6,776 730 9.3