HC Deb 30 March 1983 vol 40 c185W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what, for the latest available date, were the student-staff ratios for each university college in Wales, with comparable figures for the years 1978 and 1979.

Mr. Waldegrave

Student-staff ratios for each of the constituent institutions of the University of Wales are given in the following table; 1980–81 is the latest year for which figures are available.

1978–79 1979–80 1980–81
Aberystwyth university college 8.6 8.4 8.9
Bangor university college 9.8 9.3 9.4
Cardiff university college 9.3 10.0 10.3
St. David's, Lampeter 9.8 10.7 11.0
Swansea university college 10.0 10.4 10.7
University of Wales institute of science and technology 9.6 9.9 10.6
Welsh national school of medicine 5.0 5.1 4.8

The ratios reflect the different mixture of subjects provided by these institutions.