Royal Free Hospital Medical School (Hansard, 2 May 1969)

§ Dame Joan Vickers
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will arrange for the Medical School of the Royal Free Hospital to be 279W rebuilt in Hampstead when the hospital is moved to this area, instead of remaining in Hunter Street, in view of the difficulties which would occur for the students having to travel between the medical school and the hospital.

§ Mrs. Shirley Williams
New accommodation for the clinical departments of the Royal Free Hospital Medical School is being built in association with the new hospital at Hampstead. The Royal Commission on Medical Education recommended that pre-clinical teaching should be located with other university science departments. It also proposed that the Royal Free Hospital Medical School should be combined with University College Hospital Medical School, and that the pre-clinical departments for both schools should be associated with University College. These proposals are

1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69

From Commonwealth Countries … 8,638 8,610 8,956 7,979 Not yet available

From Foreign Countries … … 7,063 7,477 8,161 7,518 Not yet available

Total … … … … 15,701 16,087 17,117 15,497 15,544

Notes:

(1) Figures for the former Colleges of Advanced Technology are included for all years. Figures for the former Heriot-Watt College and the former Scottish College of Commerce are included from 1965–66 onwards.

(2) Figures for 1964–65 were collected at the end of the academic year and are not directly comparable with those for 1965–66 to 1967–68 which were collected at the end of the autumn term. The figure for 1968–69 is provisional.

(3) Because the definition of an overseas student was altered in 1967, figures for 1967–68 and 1968–69 are not directly comparable with those for previous years.

§ Mr. Hooley
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will request the Universities Central Council on Admissions to make an analysis, by subject and country of origin, of the fall by one-fifth of applications for admission by overseas students to United Kingdom universities in October 1968, as compared with the previous year.

§ Mrs. Shirley Williams
Table 2 of the Fifth and Sixth Reports of the Universities Central Council on Admissions gives the subjects of first preference of overseas candidates applying through the Council for undergraduate-level courses in 1967 and 1968 respectively. I should not feel justified in asking the Council whether it would be prepared to take on the extra work of analysing the countries of origin of the candidates. According to the Reports, the number of280W being currently explored by the University Grants Committee and London University in consultation with the colleges concerned.

					1964–65	1965–66	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69
From Commonwealth Countries	…	8,638	8,610	8,956	7,979	Not yet available
From Foreign Countries	…	…	7,063	7,477	8,161	7,518	Not yet available
Total	…	…	…	…	15,701	16,087	17,117	15,497	15,544
Notes:
(1) Figures for the former Colleges of Advanced Technology are included for all years. Figures for the former Heriot-Watt College and the former Scottish College of Commerce are included from 1965–66 onwards.
(2) Figures for 1964–65 were collected at the end of the academic year and are not directly comparable with those for 1965–66 to 1967–68 which were collected at the end of the autumn term. The figure for 1968–69 is provisional.
(3) Because the definition of an overseas student was altered in 1967, figures for 1967–68 and 1968–69 are not directly comparable with those for previous years.