HC Deb 11 December 1968 vol 775 c174W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what total number of students were in colleges of education and in universities, respectively, in the years 1964–65 and in 1968–69, with the percentage variations.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The following table gives the information:

NUMBER OF FULL-TME STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN AUTUMN
Colleges of Education* Universities
1964 62,792 126,595†
1968 105,161‡ 178,242‡
Percentage increase 76. 5 40. 8
* Including Colleges of Education (Technical) but not departments of education in technical colleges.
† Includes students at the then Colleges of Advanced Technology.
‡ Provisional.