§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what percentage of(a) university and (b) polytechnic students undertook work placements as part of their academic courses for each year since 1976;
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Table 2 Full-time and sandwich higher education enrolments in each English polytechnic Academic year beginning 19871 19882 19892 Enrolments Sandwich All FTS HE SW as % of all HE All SW All HE SW as % of all HE All SW All He SW as % of all HE Polytechnics Birmingham 1,564 10,239 15 1,613 10,906 15 1,835 12,480 15 Brighton 1,406 7,089 20 1,388 7,295 19 1,576 7,769 20 Bristol 1,666 10,328 16 1,709 10,397 16 1,977 11,209 18 Central London 482 8,651 6 565 12,882 4 745 13,970 5 City of London 375 7,862 5 380 8,129 5 401 7,938 5 (2) what percentage of students undertook work placements as part of their courses at (a) each university and (b) each polytechnic in the United Kingdom in each year since 1976.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthInformation on universities is contained in the annual publication "University Statistics—Volume One—Students and Staff" published by the universities' statistical record. The numbers of students in each university and the numbers on sandwich courses for the academic years 1980–81 and 1989–90 are given in table 12. The numbers of sandwich course students in earlier years were published in "Statistics of Education—Volume 6—Universities" published by the University Grants Committee.
The above publications are available in the Library.
The numbers of students on sandwich courses in English polytechnics, as expressed as a proportion of total full-time and sandwich course enrolments, for the years 1976–77 to 1989–90 are shown in table 1 below. Data on the numbers and percentages of students on sandwich courses in each polytechnic in England for the years 1987–88 to 1989–90 are shown in table 2.
Table 1 Full-time and sandwich higher education enrolments in English1 polytechnics (1976–89) Academic year Enrolments on: Sandwich courses All FTS courses Sandwich enrolments as a percentage of all FTS enrolments 1916–77 32,885 162,478 20 1977–78 36,004 170,248 21 1978–79 38,136 176,716 22 1979–80 40,284 178,709 23 1980–81 41,506 185,429 22 1981–82 43,061 196,128 22 1982–83 45,320 204,027 22 1983–84 47,918 215,794 22 1984–85 49,135 220,323 22 1985–86 48,604 226,799 21 1986–872 49,089 233,451 21 1987–883 51,654 245,529 21 1988–894 53,293 257,243 21 1989–904 58,248 279,324 21 1Totals for the years 1976–77 to 1980–81 include enrolments from the polytechnics of Wales. 2 Data for the years up to and including 1986–87 are taken from DES Statistics of Education, Further Education Volumes. 3 Coverage is for polytechnics within the PCFC sector as at 1 April 1989. (Totals are slightly higher than those given in Statistics of Education.) 4Coverage is for polytechnics within the PCFC sector as at 1 April 1990. Source: FESR, numbers as at 1 November.
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Academic year beginning 19871 19882 19892 Enrolments Sandwich All FTS HE SW as % of all HE All SW All HE SW as % of all HE All SW All He SW as % of all HE Coventry (Lanchester) 2,671 7,304 37 2,846 8,114 35 2,876 8,381 34 East London 1,212 7,581 16 1,197 7,695 16 1,190 7,948 15 Hatfield 1,947 5,916 33 2,006 6,409 31 2,197 7,195 31 Huddersfield 2,544 7,155 36 2,595 7,355 35 2,862 8,151 35 Kingston 1,744 7,347 24 2,039 7,957 26 2,034 8,566 24 Lancashire 1,206 6,793 18 1,170 7,024 17 1,417 7,981 18 Leeds 1,395 10,268 14 1,822 10,993 17 1,781 11,621 15 Leicester 2,005 8,874 23 2,244 9,248 24 2,386 9,791 24 Liverpool 2,206 10,505 21 1,803 10,582 17 1,995 11,516 17 Manchester 2,203 15,682 14 2,228 15,732 14 2,644 17,397 15 Middlesex 2,682 8,808 30 2,788 8,931 31 3,262 9,738 33 Newcastle 1,989 10,470 19 2,162 10,989 20 2,486 11,406 22 North London 552 7,049 8 458 6,400 7 674 7,011 10 North Staffs 1,948 6,992 28 1,915 7,054 27 1,856 7,677 24 Oxford 1,126 5,992 19 1,192 6,726 18 1,265 7,138 18 Portsmouth 1,534 7,259 21 1,458 7,322 20 1,619 8,179 20 Sheffield 4,352 12,022 36 4,628 12,502 37 5,322 14,083 38 South Bank 2,218 8,986 25 2,042 9,174 22 2,208 9,650 23 South West 1,813 7,360 25 1,860 7,796 24 1,803 8,236 22 Sunderland 852 5,770 15 909 5,559 16 988 6,685 15 Teesside 1,598 5,586 29 1,640 5,578 29 1,811 6,640 27 Thames 1,556 7,783 20 1,577 7,919 20 1,647 8,572 19 Trent 4,142 11,233 37 4,317 11,475 38 4,648 12,401 37 Wolverhampton 666 7,952 8 742 9,100 8 743 10,715 7 Total 51,654 245,529 21 53,293 257,243 21 58,248 279,324 21 1 Coverage is for polytechnics within the PCFC sector as at 1 April 1989. 2 Coverage is for polytechnics within the PCFC sector as at 1 April 1990.