§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give details of the University Grants Committee's additional allocation of funds for Birkbeck college for 1986–87 and the likely reduction in grant for the years up to 1990.
§ Mr. WaldenThe University Grants Committee has allocated an additional £600,000 to the University of London for 1986–87 in respect of students of Birkbeck college. Provisional decisions about grants to all universities for 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90 will be determined in the autumn.
§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many representations from Birkbeck college he has received over the last four weeks; and if he has any meetings planned to discuss the future of the college.
§ Mr. WaldenMy right hon. Friend has received over 500 representations about the funding of Birkbeck college. Neither he nor I have any meetings about the college planned at present.
Academic year 1984–85 Scottish universities Full-time and sandwich students Part-time students Full-time equivalent student load Full-time staff paid wholly from university funds Student/staff ratio* (provisional) (provisional) (provisional) Aberdeen 5,496 353 5,611 583 9.6 Dundee 3,185 128 3,211 333 9.6 Edinburgh 9,798 946 10,406 1,040 10.0 Glasgow 10,084 2,279 10,724 1,017 10.5 Heriot-Watt 3,166 431 2,902 263 11.0 St. Andrews 3,473 135 3,525 333 10.6 Stirling 2,569 340 2,698 241 11.2 Strathclyde 7,502 821 7,631 671 11.4 Total Scottish universities 45,273 5,433 46,708 4,481 10.4 * The staff-student ratio for universities is defined as the full-time equivalent of undergraduate and postgraduate students divided by full-time academic staff funded wholly from university funds.