§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many applications have been received for places on bachelor of education courses in (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) chemistry and (d) craft and technology; and what percentage change this represents over the same period in 1979;
(2) how many applications were received for places on bachelor of education 101W courses in (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) chemistry and (d) craft and technology in 1979; what percentage were offered places; and what percentage finally started their course;
(3) how many applications were received for places on postgraduate teacher training courses in (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) chemistry and (d) craft and technology in 1979; what percentage were offered places; and what percentage finally started their courses;
(4) how many applications have been received for places on post-graduate teacher training courses in (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) chemistry and (d) craft and technology; and what percentage
TABLE: BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (BEd) AND POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (PGCE) COURSES: APPLICATIONS AND ENROLMENTS 1979a AND APPLICATIONS 1980. 1979 1980 Applications Withdrawals/Unplaced Enrolments Nos % of(2) Applications Increase on (18/7/79) (31/10/79) (16/7/80) (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) BEdb Mathematics … N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 447 N/A Physics … … N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 40 N/A Chemistry … N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 38 N/A Craft, Design and Technology … N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 208/ N/A PGCE Mathematics … 966 1,061 425 636 60% 1,114 15.3% Physics … … 370 412 168 244 59% 490 32.4% Chemistry … 503 582 237 345 59% 679 35.0% Craft, Design and Technology … N/A N/A N/A 45/ N/A N/A N/A N/A=not available Notes: a. No figures are available of students offered places. The PGCE figures given in Col (3) represent the number of applications withdrawn or left unplaced in 1979. The unplaced element is very small; the total number of applications left unplaced for Maths and Science together (including biological and other sciences) was 69. b. 1980 was the first year in which applications for BEd have been analysed by subject specialism. c. In addition to applications for BEd CDT courses (208) there were 115 applications for one year certificate courses in craft, design and technology for holders of specialist qualifications (eg HND). d. Includes students taking PGCE in applied science.