§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many universities and polytechnics have textile departments; how many staff were employed in these departments; and how many undergraduate places in textile technology there were in each of the last five years;
(2) which universities and polytechnics now have textile departments.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe available information relates to courses rather than departments. Of the Great Britain universities, Leeds, UMIST, Bradford and University College Cardiff currently run first degree courses in textile subjects. In England, Leicester, Trent, Huddersfield and Manchester polytechnics offer courses in textile technology—including textile coloration—at degree and sub-degree levels. Textile technology also forms an element of many art and design courses in polytechnics. Information about the numbers of staff employed and undergraduate places is not readily available.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many textile departments there are in local colleges.
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§ Mr. WaldegraveEleven colleges in England run courses in textile technology, including coloration. In addition, textile technology is included as part of many clothing, fashion and design courses.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of those studying textile technology and other related subjects at non-degree level, degree level and postgraduate level.
§ Mr. William SheltonStudent enrolments as at November 1980 on courses in textile technology at maintained, assisted and grant-aided major establishments of further education in England and Wales were as follows:
Full-time and sandwich students Part-time students Postgraduate courses 13 4 First degree courses 69 28 Other advanced courses 323 370 Non-advanced courses 213 1,000 Comparable figures for universities are not readily available.