HC Deb 28 May 1962 vol 660 cc96-102W
Mr. Skeffington

asked the Minister of Education how many students in each year since their establishment have taken courses of a university standard in each of the colleges of advanced technology.

Sir D. Eccles

The following table shows the number of students who have been enrolled in advanced courses in the colleges of advanced technology in each year since their designation. A proportion of the "other advanced" courses are not of university honours degree standard but all have an entry level corresponding to G.C.E. A level or the equivalent.

ACADEMIC YEARS
1956–57 (a) 1957–58 (a) 1958–59
College and type of course Full time Part time day Full time Part time day Full time Part time day Evening
1. Birmingham College of Advanced Technology
Degree and post-graduate 28 394 48 213 36 146 14
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 241 567 253 675 861 450
Other advanced 282 1,562 189 1,347 214 483 300
Total advanced 551 1,956 804 1,813 925 1,490 764
2. Bradford Institute of Technology
Degree and Post-graduate 100 61 97 33 127 25 35
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 1 1 12
Other advanced 232 390 269 387 244 412 577
Total advanced 333 451 367 420 383 437 612
3. Leicestershire, Loughborough College of Technology
Degree and Post-graduate 3 1 1 17
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 522 652 848
Other advanced 152 182 14
Total advanced 677 1 835 879
4. London, Battersea College of Technology
Degree and post-graduate 514 104 626 142 684 86 361
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 16 64 184
Other advanced 473 191 493 216 392 269 250
Total advanced 1,003 295 1,183 358 1,260 355 611
5. London, Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Degree and post-graduate 288 181 439 189 570 209 403
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 16
Other advanced 159 121 24 108 51 151
Total advanced 447 181 560 213 694 260 554
6. London, Northampton College of Advanced Technology
Degree and post-graduate 269 199 343 161 367 247
Diploma in Technology and certain associateships 79 253 470
Other advanced 171 591 176 693 216 544 320
Total advanced 519 790 772 854 1,053 791 320
7. Salford, Royal Technical College
Degree and post-graduate 75 94 52 214
Diploma in Technology and certain associateships 46 29 496
Other advanced 476 583 146 1,181 796
Total advanced 597 706 694 1,395 796

1956–57 (a) 1957–58 (a) 1958–59
College and type of course Full time Part time day Full time Part time day Full time Part time day Evening
8. Cardiff, Welsh College of Advanced Technology
Degree and post-graduate 65 7 39 6 60 35
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 18 47 57
Other advanced 321 237 318 255 242 304 205
Total advanced 404 244 404 261 359 304 240
9. Bristol College of Science and Technology
Degree and post-graduate
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships
Other advanced
Total advanced . . . . . . .
10. Middlesex, Brunel College of Technology
Degree and post-graduate
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships
Other advanced
Total advanced . . . . . . .

1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 (b)
College and type of course Full time Part time day Evening Full time Part time day Evening Full time Part time day Evening
1. Birmingham College of Advanced Technology
Degree and post-graduate 43 120 20 62 98 27 85 89 32
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 788 836 535 841 1,011 604 880 1,002 801
Other advanced 218 384 89 111 367 270 157 278 226
Total advanced 1,049 1,340 644 1,014 1,476 901 1,122 1,369 1,059
2. Bradford Institute of Technology
Degree and post-graduate 199 6 55 266 6 72 220 17 15
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 74 255 424
Other advanced 219 450 621 81 480 474 203 497 644
Total advanced 492 456 676 602 486 546 847 514 659
3. Leicestershire, Loughborough College of Technology
Degree and post-graduate 10
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 728 688 756
Other advanced 180 179 177
Total advanced 908 867 943

1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 (b)
College and type of course Full time Part time day Evening Full time Part time day Evening Full time Part time day Evening
4. London, Battersea College of Technology
Degree and post-graduate 630 61 200 621 109 131 609 61 80
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 265 375 355
Other advanced 97 197 157 89 88 99 176 69 109
Total advanced 992 258 357 1,085 197 230 1,140 130 189
5. London, Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Degree and post-graduate 654 175 358 703 168 345 716 160 317
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 30 32 43
Other advanced 68 45 155 6 37 150 24 41 140
Total advanced 752 220 513 741 205 495 783 201 457
6. London, Northampton College of Advanced Technology
Degree and post-graduate 389 243 348 235 331 231 31
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 679 826 872
Other advanced 225 426 208 176 342 118 166 344 136
Total advanced 1,293 669 208 1,350 577 118 1,369 575 167
7. Salford, Royal Technical College
Degree and post-graduate 56 170 18 71 153 31 92 148 14
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 367 581 706
Other advanced 374 1,248 680 199 1,377 761 177 1,502 841
Total advanced 797 1,418 698 851 1,530 792 975 1,650 855
8. Cardiff, Welsh College of Advanced Technology
Degree and post-graduate 89 16 50 1 19 104 9 15
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 101 124 23 148
Other advanced 199 277 246 339 346 241 412 424 223
Total advanced 389 277 262 513 347 283 664 433 238
9. Bristol College of Science and Technology
Degree and post-graduate 20 3 12
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 207 275
Other advanced 277 488 396 304 547 534
Total advanced . . . 484 508 399 579 559 534
10. Middlesex, Brunel College of Technology
Degree and post-graduate 15 61
Diploma in Technology and certain college associateships 452
Other advanced 436 409
Total advanced . . . . . . 467 497 409
(a) Numbers of evening students in 1956–57 and 1957–58 are not available.
(b) Enrolments as at November, 1961.
Note: Symbols used: . =not applicable.
…=not available
—=nil.