Open University (Hansard, 20 July 1993)

HC Deb 20 July 1993 vol 229 c105W 105W

§ Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many Open university students have applied for the new post-graduate certificate of education programme beginning in 1994; and how many students with Open university qualifications went on to enter the teaching profession.

§ Mr. Boswell
To date, 586 Open university students have applied for the new PGCE programme beginning in 1994. The number who enter the teaching profession will not be known until after the first entrants complete the course in July 1995.