§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the total cost to Open University students of summer school fees together with the number of students embarking on a summer school course, by subject, for each of the last five years for which information is available.
§ Mr. WaldenThe information requested is:
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Fee levels1 £77 £82 £84 £94 £99 Number of students by faculty Arts 7,770 8,355 6,767 6,355 6,030 Social sciences 6,669 6,347 6,230 5,562 5,707 Mathematics 5,622 6,324 6,162 5,472 5,261 Education 106 96 73 94 63
Year 19711 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1.Undergraduate: New students 19,581 15,716 12,680 11,336 14,830 12,231 15,146 15,622 14,854 14,022 14,410 17,772 17,627 15,446 13,870 14,482 Total students 19,581 31,902 38,424 42,636 49,358 50,994 55,397 58,778 60,579 61,007 59,968 63,119 66,403 66,763 67,433 66,191 2.Degrees awarded: BA ordinary — 895 3,635 5,177 5,468 6,025 5,971 5,591 5,842 6,281 6,524 6,447 5,567 5,934 6,678 5n.a. BA honours — — 14 223 423 803 949 1,033 1,064 1,235 1,244 1.243 1,143 1,274 1,407 5n.a. 3.Postgraduates (part time and full time)2 New students 13 68 92 80 102 107 116 124 160 139 133 174 190 138 131 5n.a. Tolal students 34 108 195 258 338 414 507 582 664 733 711 749 786 857 943 5n.a. 4.Associate students3 — — 1,885 1,350 4,188 4,578 5,576 6,923 8,778 7,889 7.078 7,150 7,367 8.675 8,999 11,504 5.Specialised short courses and packs4 — — — 1,584 1,768 118 6,096 13,713 10,311 25,317 18,507 30.178 40,795 44,216 56,766 667,300 1 Although the University received its Royal Charter in 1969 it did not admit its first undergraduate students until 1971. 2 The University has awarded some 380 higher degrees since 1971. 3 Associate students take single undergraduate level courses but do not follow a degree course. 4 These short courses and packs, introduced in 1974 under the University's Continuing Education programme, are mainly in vocationally relevant subjects. 5 No final figure available. 6 Estimate.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on the geographical distribution of student enrolments in the Open University in the last year for which information is available.
§ Mr. WaldenIn 1985 the distribution of student enrolments was as follows:
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Region New undergraduate students Associate students1 London 1,668 1,496 South 1,196 828 South West 944 544 West Midlands 1,195 820 East Midlands 904 487 East Anglia 1 315 955 Yorkshire 1,071 452 North West 1,455 956 North 707 488 Wales 550 310 Scotland 1,438 725 Northern Ireland 401 228
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Science 6,641 7,799 7,720 6,951 7,258 Technology 6,472 7,094 7,509 7,745 7,510 'U' courses2 860 1,408 1,367 1,295 1,491 Total under-graduate summer school numbers 34,140 37,423 35,828 33,474 33,320 1 In addition to fees students also have to meet the cost of travel to summer schools. It is not possible to estimate these. 2 'U' courses are interdisciplinary courses.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the number of students who have enrolled with the Open University in each year since it was established in 1969, the global student population of the Open University in each year, and the number of students graduating in each year.
§ Mr. WaldenThe information requested is as follows:
Region New undergraduate students Associate students1 South East 1,026 710 Total 13,870 8,999 1 Associate students take single undergraduate level courses but do not follow a degree course.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of Open University students have applied to pay their fees in instalments in each year from 1983.
§ Mr. WaldenThe Open University no longer collects this information. All its students are offered the facility of paying their tution fees by instalments; they do not have to apply to do so.