§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many undergraduate courses in the arts and science subjects were taught wholly or partly through the medium of Welsh in the University of Wales; and if he will list the subjects, with the colleges at which they were taught and the number of students registered under each subject in each college for the following years(a) 1970–71, (b) 1975–76 and (c) 1980–81.
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Mr. JacksonThe following information has been provided by the University of Wales registry. The following figures include only those who registered to study in departments where the full range of teaching provision (lectures, tutorials and seminars) was formally available through the medium of Welsh. Figures are not available on the number of students for whom informal arrangements were made in other subjects, for example tutorials conducted in Welsh in science subjects.
It is not possible to indentify the number of students in each department who were pursuing courses through the medium of Welsh in 1970–71 (other than those in the departments of Welsh), because the available figures do not distinguish between English-medium and Welsh-medium students.
University College of North Wales, Bangor
1970–71
Courses through the medium of Welsh were available in the following departments:
Biblical studies, history, music, social theory and institutions, Welsh, Welsh history.
1975–76
Courses through the medium of Welsh were available in the following departments:
Biblical studies, drama, history, music, social theory arid institutions, Welsh, Welsh history.
The total number of individual students registered to take some or all of their courses through the medium of Welsh was 145. The numbers enrolled on undergraduate courses in these departments were as follows (NB some students were enrolled on courses in more than one department):
Number Biblical studies 36 Drama 12 History 12 Music 9 Social theory and institutions 35 Welsh 115 Welsh history 28 1980–81
Courses through the medium of Welsh were available in the following departments:
Biblical studies, Drama, Education, History, Music, Social theory and institutions, theology, Welsh, Welsh history.
The total number of individual students registered to take some all of their courses through the medium of Welsh was 176. The numbers enrolled on undergraduate courses in these departments were as follows (NB some students were enrolled on courses in more than one department):
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Number Biblical studies 28 Drama 14 Education 15 History 15 Music 17 Social theory and institutions 36 Theology 13 Welsh 123 Welsh history 6 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
1970–71
Courses through the medium of Welsh were available in the following departments: education, philosophy, French, Welsh, Welsh history.
Figures are available only for the department of Welsh, where the numbers enrolled were:
Number Welsh 74 Irish 5 1975–76
Courses through the medium of Welsh were available in the following departments: education, philosophy, religious studies, geography, drama, French, history, Welsh, Welsh history.
The numbers enrolled on undergraduate courses in these departments were as follows (NB some students were enrolled on courses in more than one department):
Number Education 28 Philosophy 11 Religious studies 7 Geography 15 Drama 5 French 8 History 8 Welsh-Welsh 151 Irish 23 Breton 8 Welsh history 36 1980–81
Courses through the medium of Welsh were available in the following departments: education, philosophy, religious studies, geography, drama, French, history, Welsh, Welsh history, music.
The numbers enrolled on undergraduate courses in these departments were as follows (NB some students were enrolled on courses in more than one department):
Number Education 29 Philosophy 11 Religious studies 15 Geography 17 Drama 51 French 8 History 26 Welsh-Welsh 150 Irish 10 Breton 7 Welsh history 30 Music 8 Welsh-medium undergraduate courses at colleges other than Aberystwyth and Bangor were concentrated in/associated with the departments of Welsh at those colleges.
The figures for the three departments of Welsh are:
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University College, Cardiff Number 1970–71 28 1975–76 41 1980–81 46
Number University College of Swansea 1970–71 33 1975–76 32 1980–81 47 Saint David's University College, Lampeter 1970–71 2 1975–76 49 1980–81 58