§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of students enrolled in higher education institutions in(a) Derry and (b) Belfast benefit from Department of Education Northern Ireland awards for taught postgraduate study in computer science/I.T. [97031]
§ Mr. McFallThe Department of Education for Northern Ireland's awards for taught postgraduate study are tenable only at the Queen's University of Belfast and the University of Ulster. The 1999–2000 full-time postgraduate enrolment position in Londonderry and Belfast is as follows:
Number of DENI taught postgraduate awards Higher education institution Number of post graduate students All areas Computer Science/IT Londonderry Magee College, University of Ulster 327 7 2 Belfast Queen's University 1,899 25 9 University of Ulster Jordanstown Campus 595 5 2 University of Ulster Belfast Campus 60 0 0
§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportions of Department of Education Northern Ireland taught postgraduate awards are allocated to each subject area. [97032]
§ Mr. McFallFor the 1999–2000 academic year, the Department of Education for Northern Ireland (DENI) made available to the University of Ulster (UU) and Queen's University of Belfast (QUB), by faculty, the following numbers of taught postgraduate awards: 595W The allocation of awards within each faculty is entirely a matter for each university. I am advised that awards were made for 1999–2000 as follows.
1999–2000 Awards—Queen's University Belfast Facility Number Percentage Science Computer Science and Application 5 17 Palaeoecology 2 7 Applied Environmental Science 1 3.5 Engineering Computation 1 3.5 Manufacturing Systems Engineering 2 7 Materials Science 2 7 Occupational Psychology 1 3.5 Opto Electronics and Optical Information Processing 1 3.5 Polymer Engineering 1 3.5 Social Science Town and Country Planning 1 3.5 Political Theory 1 3.5 Social Anthropology 2 7 Criminal Justice Management 1 3.5 Humanities English 1 3.5 Philosophy 2 7 Irish Studies 1 3.5 Bursaries Diploma in Information Management 4 14 Total 29 100
1999–2000 Awards—University of Ulster Facility Number Percentage Science Engineering 2 10 Toxicology 1 5 Maritime Archaeology 1 5 Geographic Information Systems 1 5 Systems Information 4 20 Food Biotechnology 1 5 Social Science Applied Psychology 1 5 International Business 3 15 Humanities Irish History and Politics 1 5 Peace and Conflict 1 5 Irish Literature in English 1 5 Bursaries Fine Art 3 15 Total 20 100