§ Mr. Spellerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students from Nigeria are known to have attended British universities or polytechnics on degree courses in the past five years; and what is the anticipated number who will be attending in the academic year 1982–83.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe number of students from Nigeria attending first degree and postgraduate courses in universities in Great Britain and all maintained, assisted and grant-aided establishments of higher and further education in England and Wales, for the last five years are shown as follows. Figures for 1981–82 are not yet available. My Department does not make projections of overseas students by country of origin.
First degree courses* Postgraduate courses 1976–77 881 n/a 1977–78 1088 1144 1978–79 1130 1084 1979–80 1170 1049 1980–81 1316 1318 * These include all undergraduate courses at Universities; there may be a small number of students on courses other than first degree courses. The figures include students at all non-university establishments of higher and further education in England and Wales as separate figures for the polytechnics are not readily available. Not all of the students taking postgraduate courses would have been taking higher degree courses; these figures include some students taking other postgraduate qualifications.