§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many students there were in higher education in Wales in the last year for which figures are available and in each of the establishments; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information is given in the following tables:
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Number of students enrolled on higher education courses in Welsh public sector institutions in 1987–88 Number Clwyd North East Wales Institute of Higher Education 2,385 Llandtillo Technical College 142 Dyfed Carmarthenshire College of Technology and Art 326 Pembrokeshire College of Further Education 36 Ceredigion College of further Education 13 College of Librarianship 410 Welsh Agricultural College 81 Trinity College 600 Gwent Newport College of Further Education 108 Gwent College of Higher Education 3,210 Cross Keys Tertiary College 8 Ebbw Vale College of Further Education 51 Gwynedd Gwynedd Technical College 167 Normal College of Higher Education 551 Mid Glamorgan Bridgend College of Technology 134
Number Pontypridd Technical College 38 Polytechnic of Wales 5,761 South Glamorgan Welsh College of Music and Drama 305 South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education 3,387 West Glamorgan West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education 2,431 Neath College 57 Afan College 6 TOTAL, WALES PSHE 20,207
Number of students enrolled on higher education courses in the university of Wales in 1987–88 Number University College, Aberystwyth 3,492 University College of North Wales, Bangor 3,199 University College, Cardiff 6,356 University College, Swansea 5,082 University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 3,016 St. David's University College, Lempeter 769 University of Wales College of Medicine 972 TOTAL, WALES 22,886 The total number of students in higher education in Wales has increased by 28 per cent. between 1979–80 and 1987–88. The increase in the university sector has been 10 per cent. an in the public sector 56 per cent. in that period.