§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many and what percentage of postgraduate students studying in British universities are (a) United Kingdom home students and (b) from outside the United Kingdom; and what these figures have been in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. WaldenInformation on full-time and sandwich postgraduate students studying in British universities is shown in the following table. The total numbers each year of part-time postgraduates, including those in the Open University, are also included.
Numbers in each of the last 10 Years are as follows:
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Number 1985–86 2,409 1984–85 2,495 1983–84 2,496 1982–83 2,498 1981–82 2,589 1980–81 2,750
Number 1979–80 2,992 1978–79 3,158 1977–78 3,655 1976–77 3,530