HC Deb 26 November 1987 vol 123 cc273-5W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give the numbers of full-time academic posts of each university in Scotland in each year since 1977–78, differentiating between those posts wholly funded by the university, those externally funded research posts, and those externally funded non-research posts;

Full-time academic staff in each university 1986–87
Full-time staff
Teaching and research Research only
Wholly university financed Others Wholly university financed Others
1 Aston 264 9 4 72
2 Bath 358 5 12 125
3 Birmingham 903 142 34 441
4 Bradford 384 31 6 86
5 Bristol 715 56 32 393
6 Brunel 246 10 6 120
7 Cambridge 1,133 20 21 664
8 City 276 31 3 76
9 Durham 413 33 29 133
10 East Anglia 378 42 4 89
11 Essex 260 12 6 93
12 Exeter 460 9 13 71
13 Hull 416 12 2 86
14 Keele 236 28 10 37
15 Kent 344 22 3 103
16 Lancaster 469 3 10 124
17 Leeds 952 146 78 312
18 Leicester 445 71 4 197
19 Liverpool 830 62 18 227
20 London Business School 41 8 0 29
21 London University 4,510 971 180 2,788
22 Loughborough 470 44 2 213
23 Manchester Business School 33 1 3 13
24 Manchester University 1,254 103 18 403
25 Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 430 6 7 267
26 Newcastle 809 61 16 319
27 Nottingham 679 74 28 333
28 Oxford 1,194 134 86 623
29 Reading 520 50 13 192
30 Salford 347 29 7 75
31 Sheffield 800 17 25 222
32 Southampton 644 49 23 352
33 Surrey 322 24 12 227
34 Sussex 408 11 12 186
35 Warwick 524 27 10 207
36 York 303 11 9 158
37 Total England 22,770 2,364 746 10,056
38 Aberystwyth University College 197 96 20 59
39 Bangor University College 273 11 20 73
40 Cardiff University College 503 8 12 127
41 St. David's Lampeter 67 1 0 2
42 Swansea University College 380 14 3 85
43 University of Wales College of Medicine 135 60 11 131
44 University of Wales Institute of Science and
Technology 258 3 16 73
45 Total Wales 1,813 193 82 550
46 Total England and Wales 24,583 2,557 828 10,606

(2) if he will give the numbers of full-time academic posts of each university in England and Wales in each year since 1977–78, differentiating between those posts wholly funded by the university, those externally funded research posts, and those externally funded non-research posts.

Mr. Jackson

The information for 1986–87 is given in the following table. Figures for earlier years from 1980–81 have been published in volume 1, "University Statistics" published by the University Statistical Record. Figures for 1977–78 and 1978–79 are contained in "Statistics of Education: Universities" published by the University Grants Committee. Copies of these documents are in the Library.

Teaching and research Research only
Wholly university financed Others Wholly university financed Others
47 Aberdeen 536 68 20 171
48 Dundee 318 30 6 159
49 Edinburgh 1,098 125 38 467
50 Glasgow 990 59 33 384
51 Heriot Watt 289 6 10 110
52 St. Andrews 323 13 2 82
53 Stirling 256 15 5 80
54 Strathclyde 643 28 27 278
55 Total Scotland 4,453 344 141 1,731
56 Total Great Britain 29,036 2,901 965 12,337
57 Queen's University Belfast 581 162 77 142
58 University of Ulster 764 12 5 52
59 Total Northern Ireland 1,345 174 82 194
60 Total United Kingdom 30,381 3,075 1,051 12,531