§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of students attending each Scottish university in the academic years 1983–84 and 1984–85; what were the numbers of full-time academic staff at each university in both years; and what were the staff-student ratios in each case in each year.
§ Mr. BrookeStatistics for 1984–85 are not yet available. The information for 1983–84 is:
University Full-time equivalent student load Full-time departmental academic staff wholly university financed Staff-students ratios (1) (2) (1):(2) Aberdeen 5,535 583 9.5 Dundee 3,211 346 9.3 Edinburgh 10,438 1,087 9.6 Glasgow 10,901 1,025 10.6 Heriot-Watt 2,991 271 11.0 St. Andrews 3,532 318 11.1 Stirling 2,606 247 10.6 Strathclyde 7,298 668 10.9