§ Mr. Albuasked the Minister of Education how many of the present first year students in each subject for the Diploma in Technology qualified for entry by the General Certificate of Education, and how many by possessing an Ordinary National Certificate.
§ Sir D. Eccles:Of the 1,769 first year students, 1,253 qualified by the General Certificate of Education and 451 by the Ordinary National Certificate. The remaining 65 students had other equivalent qualifications.
The details are shown in the following table:
Diploma in Technology, distinguishing the subjects of their courses.
§ Sir D. Eccles:The National Council for Technological Awards has given me the following information:
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THE NUMBER OF COURSES LEADING TO THE DIPLOMA IN TECHNOLOGY, WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED UNDER SUBJECTS (JANUARY, 1961) Number of courses Number of students enrolled Subject Full time Sandwich 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year 5th year Total Aeronautical Engineering 9 83 90 84 12 — 269 Applied Biology 1 2 38 23 17 11 — 89 *Applied Biochemistry 1 — 2 — *Applied Pharmacology 1 — 13 6 5 — — 26 Applied Chemistry 1 Chemical Technology 2 12 219 150 94 49 — 512 Industrial Chemistry Building — 1 12 12 9 — — 33 Chemical Engineering 2 3 54 56 40 10 2 162 Civil Engineering 3 4 86 79 11 — — 176 Electrical Engineering 2 15 467 403 333 207 4 1,414 Instrument and Control Engineering 1 14 9 9 8 — 40 Mathematics 1 6 74 53 30 12 — 169 Mechanical and Production Engineering 1 18 493 459 333 185 4 1,474 Metallurgy 1 3 36 40 32 20 6 134 Physics 1 10 178 127 97 62 — 464 Naval Architecture 1 2 5 — — 7 Totals 16 85 1,769 1,512 1,096 576 16 4,969 * The first two years of these courses are common.