HC Deb 27 March 1981 vol 1 cc437-8W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each English university and polytechnic the numbers of overseas students who attended full-time courses in 1978, 1979 and 1980; what are the estimated numbers for courses during 1981–82; and if he will make a statement.

Dr. Boyson

Reliable information in respect of individual universities and polytechnics for the current academic year is not yet available. Estimates are not made by the Department of the numbers of overseas students in individual institutions for 1981–82. The numbers of overseas students at each English university and polytechnic in the academic years 1978–79 and 1979–80 are given in the following tables. They include postgraduates and are for students on all years of their course.

Overseas Students in Polytechnics
Polytechnics 1978/79 1979/80
City of Birmingham 335 243
Brighton 701 759
Bristol 175 235
Hatfield 313 352
Huddersfield 429 524
Lanchester 306 211
Leeds 609 698
City of Leicester 330 242
Liverpool 378 384
Polytechnic of Central London 1318 695
City of London 561 459
Kingston 422 383
Polytechnic of North London 900 874
North East London 1226 927
South Bank 658 648
Thames 341 343
Middlesex 1169 1147
Manchester 522 608
Newcastle/Tyne 270 271
North Staffordshire 229 151
Oxford 361 364
Plymouth 394 353
Portsmouth 603 582
Preston 149 103
Sheffield 323 240
Sunderland 525 465
Teesside 643 573
Trent 237 189
Wolverhampton 282 283
Overseas Students in Universities
University or College 1978/79 1979/80
Aston 1035 989
Bath 335 324
Birmingham 1253 1260
Bradford 715 703
Bristol 345 287
Brunel 422 329
Cambridge 990 975
City 752 583
Durham 227 233
East Anglia 348 398
Essex 729 708
Exeter 333 310
Hull 346 427
Keele 124 155
Kent 535 456
Lancaster 502 490
Leeds 1460 1396
Leicester 157 218
Liverpool 582 518
London Graduate School of Business Studies 55 66
London University 7588 7331
Loughborough 626 564
Manchester Business School 34 34
Manchester 1354 1253
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 1221 1136
Newcastle 927 939
Nottingham 493 522
Oxford 1449 1261
Reading 779 743
Salford 666 685
Sheffield 894 897
Southampton 601 580
Surrey 519 445
Sussex 741 631
Warwick 358 346
York 183 168