§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average staff student ratio in universities of(a) laboratory workshop-based courses and(b) classroom-based courses in (i) 1979–80 and.(ii) 1980–81.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information is not yet available for 1980–81. The following average staff student ratios have been calculated from universities' returns by aggregating data for departments broadly into the groups requested:426W
Staff/Student Ratios 1978–79 1979–80 (a) Laboratory and Workshop based courses (excluding medicines, veterinary science and dentistry) 8.6 8.7 (b) Classroom based courses 11.0 10.9 Notes:
1. The staff-student ratios include staff engaged on full-time teaching and also on extra-mural activities.
2. In the calculation of student numbers, a full-time student counts as one and a part-time student counts as 0.6. These weightings have been assessed by reference to actual departmental costs.
3. These staff-student ratios are not precisely comparable with those quoted for polytechnics and other major colleges, because of the differing range of courses available.