§ 1980. Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students were studying at each university in the United Kingdom at the latest date for which figures are available; and what were the figures in(a) 1960, (b) 1970 and (c)
Numbers of full-time and part-time students in universities in Great Britain in 1960–61, and totals for each comparable institution for 1970–71, 1980–81 and 1991–92 1960–611 1970–712 1980–813 1991–923 Institution full-time part-time full-time part-time full-time part-time full-time part-time Birmingham University 4,457 200 6,782 325 8,884 956 11,437 1,989 Bristol University 3,366 152 6,238 521 7,010 528 9,235 671 Cambridge University 8,950 — 10,720 473 11,479 1,055 13,920 1,217 Durham University 5,184 202 3,374 84 4,770 193 6,046 1,163 Exeter University 1,410 88 3,387 270 5,064 712 6,466 1,186 Hull University 1,660 61 3,943 280 5,498 505 6,669 1,713 Leeds University 4,860 199 9,126 415 10,885 930 13,680 1,281 Leicester University 1,374 190 3,364 605 4,789 651 6,920 1,148 Liverpool University 4,113 396 6,613 495 7,859 530 10,040 1,481 University of London 21,995 8,644 33,131 7,921 40,538 8,704 51,392 13,352 Manchester University 4,944 646 8,271 594 11,327 1,109 13,359 1,976 Manchester College of Science and Technology 1,956 1,965 3,340 145 4,137 460 5,262 307 North Staffordshire University College4 769 — 1,863 184 2,801 441 4,440 1,392 Nottingham University 2,506 185 5,194 622 7,053 685 9,581 1,342 Oxford University 8,975 — 11,073 756 11,802 1,717 14,122 768 Reading University 1,557 27 4,917 484 5,819 360 8,229 1,525 Sheffield University 3,009 438 5,744 162 8,369 428 10,854 1,020 Southampton University 1,654 85 4,381 681 6,168 483 7,897 1,269 Total England 82,739 13,478 131,461 15,017 164,252 20,447 209,549 34,800 University of Wales 6,431 221 6,655 406 20,402 1,265 26,810 2,677 Total Wales 6,431 221 6,655 406 20,402 1,265 26,810 2,677 Aberdeen University 2,016 243 5,660 599 5,590 179 7,180 728 Edinburgh University 5,963 1,328 9,368 539 9,783 884 12,550 1,115 Glasgow University 6,223 230 7,969 972 9,830 1,299 12,798 1,485 Glasgow Royal College of Science and Technology5 1,695 2,251 5,356 788 6,707 472 9,588 1,948 St. Andrews University 2,632 80 2,577 85 3,348 98 4,225 80 Total Scotland 18,529 4,132 30,930 2,983 35,258 2,932 46,341 5,356 Total Great Britain 107,699 17,831 169,046 18,406 219,912 24,644 282,700 42,833 1 Source—University Grants Committee "Returns from Universities and Colleges 1960–61". 2Source—Department for Education "Statistics of Education Volume 6". 3 Source—Universities Statistical Record "Volume 1 Students and Staff". 4 North Staffordshire University College, now Keele University. 5 Glasgow Royal College of Science and Technology, now Strathclyde University.