HC Deb 12 December 1989 vol 163 cc556-7W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the numbers of(a) university first-degree full-time students, (b) polytechnic and other higher education first-degree full-time students, (c) part-time university students, (d) part-time polytechnic and other higher education students, and (e) full-time postgraduate students, with (c) and (d) expressed in actual numbers and full-time equivalents, in each year since 1979.

Mr. Jackson

The information requested is shown in the following table.

1—Including sub-degree.
2—Including Open University.
3—Full-time equivalent (FTE): Conversion factors vary in the different sectors and for different levels of course. An illustrative average of 35 per cent. has been used for all part-time students.

Source: Statistical Bulletin 4/89 "Student Numbers in higher education in Great Britain" published March 1989.