§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is satisfied that universities are being allocated sufficient resources to enable them to produce adequate numbers of trained personnel to meet the future needs of the expanding high technology industries.
§ Sir Keith JosephSubstantial increases in the supply of graduates with high technology related qualifications are projected on present plans. The bulk of these increases will occur in the public sector of higher education. The Government are currently considering whether these increases are sufficient, and I have held discussions with, among others, the chairman of the UGC and the chairman of the Engineering Council. A committee chaired by my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry, South-West (Mr. Butcher) is investigating skill shortages in the information technology area and will report shortly.
To graduate output must be added postgraduate students coming from IT conversion courses provided through my Department's IT in HE initiative — an additional 900 this year and over 1,000 in 1984–85, more than half of whom will come from the universities.
Universities: Academic year 1981–82 Income per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) student (£) i ii iii iv v vi vii viii UGC All local authorities Endowments, donations and Subscriptions Fees Research Councils Other research and consultancy Total i-vi Total income per FTE student Birmingham 3,260 0.27 94 1,037 312 700 5,403.27 5,615 Bristol 3,291 — 11 982 451 637 5,372 5,562 Leeds 2,998 — 12 1,028 210 489 4,737 4,882 Leicester 2,687 0.28 20 964 327 304 4,302.28 4,429 Liverpool 3,776 — 23 1,002 314 385 5,500 5,788 Manchester 3,316 0.11 30 1,027 302 636 5,311.11 5,542 Newcastle 3,117 — 48 1,035 294 508 5,002 5,217 Nottingham 2,994 — 57 987 283 521 4,842 5,039 Oxford 2,619 — 314 1,009 648 634 5,224 5,357 Sheffield 3,344 0.55 47 1,029 265 373 5,058.55 5,128 Note:
These figures are based on universities' returns to the University Grants Committee. Information about income from investments is not collected separately. The data in column vii include income from various other sources.