§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage change there has been in the student to staff ratios in colleges other than polytechnics over the period 1975 to 1984.
§ Sir Keith JosephBased on a sample of colleges, the percentage change in student: staff ratios for advanced level work between 1974–75 and 1983–84 was as follows:
1974–75 1983–84 Percentage change SSR SSR 7.7 9.0 16.9 The ratios are calculated as full-time equivalent student load divided by the full-time equivalent number of lecturers who are involved in teaching.
Similar information in respect of non-advanced level work was not collected prior to 1979–80, and it is therefore not possible to calculate an overall percentage change in student: staff ratios for the period in question.