§ Mr. Sternasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to increase the output of graduates in engineering and technology; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Keith Joseph[pursuant to his reply, 19 March 1985, c. 482–84]: Proposals from universities to participate in the engineering and technology programme have been considered by the University Grants Committee, which has in turn consulted members of the 615W Information Technology Skills Agency. I have now received and accepted the committee's advice about the institutions which should participate in the first phase of the programme. The participating institutions, the relevant departments and the proposed student intakes, are as follows:
University Department Intake *UG †PG Aston Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 — Bangor Electronic Engineering Science 25 — Birmingham Engineering Production 10 20 Electronic and Electrical Engineering (with Computer Science) 25 — Mechanical Engineering — 14 Bradford Electrical Engineering 30 20 Cambridge Engineering 30 — East Anglia Information Systems 25 — Essex Computer Science 12 — Electrical Engineering Science — 15 Heriot-Watt Mechanical Engineering 15 — Hull Electronic Engineering 24 — Kent Computing Laboratory 20 — Lancaster Engineering 12 — Imperial Mechanical Engineering 10 — Nottingham Production Engineering and Production Management 20 — Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 10 Salford Electronic and Electrical Engineering 20 — Strathclyde Electronic and Electrical Engineering 25 — Design and Manufacture/Production Management and Manufacturing Technology 10 — Surrey Electronic and Electrical Engineering 20 25 Sussex Electrical, Electronic and Control Engineering and Computer Science 15 — Swansea Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 — Metallurgy and Material Technology 10 — Mechanical Engineering Warwick Engineering 20 — Electrical Engineering 25 — York Computer Science 20 — Totals 475 104 The institutions concerned will be receiving further details from the UGC. Phase 2 of the programme will be announced later in the year * Undergraduates. † Postgraduates.