HC Deb 06 March 1995 vol 256 cc20-3W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (1) if she will publish a table showing(a) the number and (b) the proportion of overseas students studying for a first degree in every university in the United Kingdom (i) in 1994–95 and (ii) in 1984–85;

(2) if she will publish a table showing (a) the number and (b) the proportion of overseas students studying for a first degree in every university in the United Kingdom (i) in 1994–95 and (ii) in 1984–85.

Mr. Boswell

The available information, covering both questions on universities in England is shown in the table. My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales

Numbers of full-time overseas domiciled students1 studying at English Universities
1984–85 1993–94
Undergraduates Postgraduates Undergraduates Postgraduates
Overseas students As Percentage of all U/Gs Overseas students1 As Percentage of all P/Gs Overseas students As Percentage of all U/Gs Overseas students As Percentage of all P/Gs
Former UFC Institutions
Aston 150 5 156 27 257 6 103 26
Bath 139 5 171 26 559 12 173 23
Birmingham 357 5 451 32 882 8 1,085 36
Bradford 191 5 249 39 594 11 428 53
Bristol 243 4 135 17 997 12 438 27
Brunel 41 2 224 49 397 9 280 33
Cambridge 606 6 652 30 864 8 1,723 43
City 314 14 310 40 585 18 487 34
Durham 112 3 123 19 242 4 229 22
East Anglia 286 8 191 31 533 10 281 26
Essex 403 17 316 54 815 21 530 54
Exeter 144 3 175 27 380 6 462 35
Hull 101 2 220 38 651 10 482 40
Keele 258 11 47 14 497 11 168 19
Kent 582 16 197 43 1,299 24 482 44
Lancaster 121 3 218 38 802 12 439 38
Leeds 563 6 607 35 1,275 9 1,059 40
Leicester 89 2 111 13 635 10 388 22
Liverpool 227 3 219 23 597 6 367 24
London Business School 0 0 51 22 0 0 214 48
London University 3,569 12 3,604 37 7,590 17 6,256 41
Loughborough 227 5 352 45 572 8 330 31
Manchester Business School 0 0 46 21 0 0 174 77
Manchester University 536 6 457 26 1,272 10 995 38
Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 432 15 522 49 965 22 753 54
Newcastle 474 7 370 34 789 8 678 39
Nottingham 270 4 158 16 912 10 529 31
Oxford 553 6 793 32 923 9 1,783 45
Reading 271 6 504 43 860 12 1,014 49
Salford 479 15 275 63 555 10 355 50
Sheffield 239 4 269 26 1,268 12 815 36
Southampton 227 4 297 29 522 7 459 30
Surrey 209 8 214 35 580 14 411 42
Sussex 362 11 300 35 1,100 18 477 34
Warwick 275 6 166 25 1,069 14 810 44
York 85 3 111 19 264 6 276 28
Former PCFC Institutions
Anglia Polytechnic University 83 3 1 3 605 8 21 12
Bournemouth University 30 2 0 0 140 2 111 35
Coventry University 263 9 15 25 1,734 16 270 50
Cranfield University 89 2 4 4 79 59 384 38
De Montfort University 12 11 401 32 480 3 200 32
Hertfordshire University 142 2 31 10 757 8 130 23
Kingston University 152 4 15 12 713 8 43 8
Leeds Metropolitan University 135 3 35 13 509 5 150 20
Liverpool John Moores University 292 6 33 9 550 5 66 15
London Guildhall 269 4 19 6 263 4 22 11
Luton University 63 11 0 0 89 1 11 6
Manchester Metropolitan University 202 2 20 4 951 5 109 8
Middlesex University 927 14 26 14 1,959 16 121 16
Nottingham Trent University 141 2 3 3 709 5 49 9
Oxford Brookes University 136 3 36 10 939 14 136 20
Sheffield Hallam University 65 1 29 9 331 2 84 12
South Bank University 273 6 29 14 639 6 118 14
Staffordshire University 133 3 9 7 422 5 130 34
Thames Valley University 346 12 31 18 409 6 39 28
University of Brighton 231 5 22 10 668 8 41 13

and for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland have responsibility for data on students studying in those countries.

Numbers of full-time overseas domiciled students' studying at English Universities
1984–85 1993–94
Undergraduates Postgraduates Undergraduates Postgraduates
Overseas students As percentage of all U/Gs Overseas students1 As percentage of all P/Gs Overseas students As percentage of all U/Gs Overseas students As percentage of all P/Gs
University of Central England, Birmingham 120 3 8 3 466 5 75 11
University of Central Lancashire 74 2 1 3 134 1 14 4
University of Derby 111 7 0 0 159 2 30 14
University of East London 1,318 26 46 33 1,179 14 76 23
University of Greenwich 333 9 7 16 601 6 26 4
University of Huddersfield 178 4 1 11 374 5 60 10
University of Humberside 275 10 12 18 457 5 76 32
University of North London 376 8 28 17 374 5 30 11
University of Northumbria at Newcastle 108 2 5 2 708 7 84 17
University of Plymouth 137 3 41 27 402 3 142 26
University of Portsmouth 224 3 18 17 855 8 81 21
University of Sunderland 447 11 6 20 735 8 100 25
University of Teesside 193 6 18 15 298 5 44 19
University of West England, Bristol 110 2 9 4 193 2 35 5
University of Westminster 446 11 40 50 334 5 94 22
University of Wolverhampton 112 3 0 0 810 7 48 8

Source:

USR Volume 1—Students and Staff 1984–85 and 1993–94 and the Department's FESR.

Note:

1 For 1984–85 former UFC institutions, actual postgraduate overseas domiciled student numbers are not available in the required format. Data on students paying Overseas student fees have been used as an approximation.