§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list for each university the numbers of students studying part-time, other than at first-degree level; and what proportion they form of the entire student body.
§ Mr. Oakes:The attached table shows, for each university in Great Britain including the Open University, numbers of part-time sudents— other than those following first degree courses— in the academic year 1977–78. These figures exclude students on short, post-experience courses.
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University or college Student numbers Students as a percentage of total full-time and part-time students Salford … … … 184 4.2 Sheffield … … … 184 2.3 Southampton … … … 275 4.4 Surrey … … … 282 8.2 Sussex … … … 164 3.6 Warwick … … … 302 6.2 York … … … 125 3.9 University of Wales … … … 767 3.9 Aberdeen … … … 120 2.2 Dundee … … … 185 6.1 Edinburgh … … … 853 8.0 Glasgow … … … 794 7.5 Heriot-Watt … … … 194 6.1 St. Andrews … … … 215 6.3 Stirling … … … 146 5.6 Strathclyde … … … 559 8.1 Total Great Britain. … … … 24,947 8.1 of which part-time postgraduates … … … 23,441 7.6 Open University part-time postgraduates (estimate for 1978) … … … 465 0.8