Further and Higher Education (Hansard, 31 March 1994)

§ Sir John Stanley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of school leavers went on to further or higher education in 1979; and what is the percentage now.

§ Mr. Boswell
The percentage of school leavers in England intending to go on to further or higher education in 1978–79 was 21 per cent. The percentage for 1991–92, the latest academic year for which the information is available, is 52 per cent.

§ Sir John Stanley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students were in(a) higher and (b) further education in 1979; and how many there are in each sector currently.

§ Mr. Boswell
The number of students on higher and further education courses in England in 1979 and 1992, the latest year for which statistics were available, are shown in the following table:

The number of students as of 1 November of the appropriate year on higher and further education courses in England

Academic year Number of HE¹ students (thousands) Number of FE² students (thousands)

1979–80 585 1,439

1992–93 1,070 1,761

¹ The HE figures do not include students of the Open University.

² The FE student numbers do not include students on further education courses in LEA maintained adult education centres or run by the Workers' Educational Association. Figures for 1979 and 1992 do not exist on a comparable basis for such students. Nor do they include students in sixth form colleges. From 1 April 1993 sixth form colleges transferred to the new FE sector. In 1992–93 there were 94,000 students in sixth form colleges in England.

§ Mr. Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 28 March,Official Report, column 517, if he will list the courses and private institutions of higher education listed under the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations.

§ Mr. Boswell
No list is maintained by the Department of the courses in private institutions that are subject to automatic designation by class under the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations. The following courses at private institutions have been designated individually by my right hon. Friend under regulations 10(1)(b)(iii) and 10(1)(e)(ii) of the Education (Mandatory Awards) RegulationsAnglo-European College of Chiropractic
BSc (Hons) in Human Sciences (Chiropractic)
Architectural Association School of Architecture
Diploma of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
British College of Naturopathy & Osteopathy
BSc (Hons) in Osteopathic Medicine
British School of Osteopathy
BSc in Osteopathy
Buckland University College
LLB
City of London College
BSc in Economics
932W Elim Bible College
BA/BA (Hons) in Theology and Christian Ministry
European Business School

BA (Hons) in European Adinistration

BA (Hons) in International Business Administration

BA (Hons) in International Business Studies

BA (Hons) in Business Administration and Language Studies

Evangelical Theological College of Wales
BA/BA (Hons) in Theological Studies
Glasgow Bible College
BA/BA (Hons) in Theology
Greenwich College
BSc (Hons) in Business Management
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
BA in Acting
Diploma of Associate of the Guildhall School of Music

Bachelor of Music

BA (Hons) in Stage Management and Technical Theatre
Gyosei International College in the UK

BA (Hons) in Business Studies

BA (Hons) in Business with Culture Studies

BA (Hons) in Business with Language Studies
Holborn College
LLB (Hons)
Jew's College London
BA in Jewish Studies
Leo Baeck College
BA (Hons) in Jewish Studies
London Bible College

BA in Theology
Nazarena Theological College
BA in Theology

BA (Hons) in Theology
Newbold College
BA/BA (Hons in Biblical and Pastoral Studies
Oak Hill College
BA in Theological and Pastoral Studies
Ripon College
Bachelor of Theology (Hons)
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester

BSc in Crop Production Ecology and Management

BSc in Agriculture and Land Management

BSc in Rural Land Management

BSc in International Agribusiness Management

BSc Agriculture and Equine Business Management
Spurgeon's College
Bachelor of Divinity
St. Stephen's House
Bachelor of Theology (Hons)
Trinity College, Bristol
BA in Theological Studies
Wycliffe Hall
Bachelor of Theology
933W

The number of students as of 1 November of the appropriate year on higher and further education courses in England
Academic year	Number of HE¹ students (thousands)	Number of FE² students (thousands)
1979–80	585	1,439
1992–93	1,070	1,761
¹ The HE figures do not include students of the Open University.
² The FE student numbers do not include students on further education courses in LEA maintained adult education centres or run by the Workers' Educational Association. Figures for 1979 and 1992 do not exist on a comparable basis for such students. Nor do they include students in sixth form colleges. From 1 April 1993 sixth form colleges transferred to the new FE sector. In 1992–93 there were 94,000 students in sixth form colleges in England.