HL Deb 11 March 1985 vol 461 cc110-1WA
Lord Orr-Ewing

asked Her Majesty's Government:

To what extent the funds of each university, polytechnic and college of higher education have been enhanced by closer connection with industry.

The Earl of Swinton

The information published yearly by the Universities' Statistical Record now shows for each university direct income from industrial and commercial research grants and contracts. In the academic year 1982–83 this was as follows:—

University Income £ thousands
Aston 414
Bath 371
Birmingham 715
Bradford 212
Bristol 559
Brunel 263
Cambridge 1,382
City 282
Durham 258
East Anglia 146
Essex 41
Exeter 98
Hull 128
Keele 12
Kent 174
Lancaster 37
Leeds 777
Leicester 390
Liverpool 358
London Business School 382
London University 6,854
Loughborough 771
Manchester Business School
Manchester University 506

University Income £ thousands
Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 824
Newcastle 879
Nottingham 1,329
Oxford 1,126
Reading 448
Salford 215
Sheffield 445
Southampton 532
Surrey 605
Sussex 475
Warwick 181
York 19
Total England 22,207
Aberystwyth University College 125
Bangor University College 129
Cardiff University College 600
St. David's, Lampeter
Swansea University College 210
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 223
Welsh National School of Medicine 225
University of Wales Central Registry
Total Wales 1,512
Total England and Wales 23,719
Aberdeen 305
Dundee 222
Edinburgh 846
Glasgow 476
Heriot-Watt 178
St. Andrews 53
Stirling 77
Strathclyde 910
Total Scotland 3,067
Total Great Britain 26,786

These figures do not include income to companies wholly or jointly owned by universities. Comparable information for polytechnics and other colleges is not available centrally.