§ Mr. TREVELYANasked the President of the Board of Education if he, can give any analysis of the academic careers of holders of national scholarships to the universities from 1924 onwards, distinguishing between men and women?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe following table shows the honours degrees obtained by State scholars at universities in the three years 1924, 1925 and 1926:
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HONOURS DEGREES OBTAINED BY STATE SONOLARS IN 1924, 1925 AND 1926 BY UNIVERSITY AND CLASS. University. 1924. 1925. 1926. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1st. 2nd, 3rd. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (1) Oxford … 2 7 1 1 9 2 6 10 5 2 6 2 3 6 1 — 2 1 (2) Cambridge … 18 21 1 3 5 2 12 7 1 2 7 1 5 — — 2 — — (3) Durham … 2 1 — 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — (4) London … 3 1 — 4 17 4 — — — 2 4 — — — — — — — (5) Manchester … 8 1 — 3 6 2 1 — — — — — — — — — — — (5) Birmingham … 1 1 — 1 2 — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — (7) Liverpool … 4 I — 4 3 — 1 — — 2 1 — — — — — — — (8) Leeds … 1 1 — 2 6 2 1 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — (9) Sheffield … 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (10) Bristol … — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — (11) Wales … 2 2 — — 6 — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — (12) Total … 42 36 2 23 55 13 21 18 6 8 20 5 8 6 1 2 2 1 In addition, five boys and two girls obtained pass degrees, and one boy and two girls failed to obtain degrees. Taking the three years together, 48.6 per cent. of the boys and 25 per cent. of the girls obtained First Classes.