§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many students from the Scottish Borders region(a) attended full-time undergraduate education at universities or equivalent bodies, (b) attended full-time education as mature students and (c) were in receipt of further education awards in the last year for which figures are available. [15626]
§ Mr. WilsonIn 1995–96 there were 1,458 full-time undergraduate students in Scottish higher education institutions from the Scottish Borders. The number of mature entrants studying full-time in Scotland from the Scottish Borders is set out in the table following table:
Mature1 entrants studying full-time in Scotland from the Scottish Borders 1995–96 Number HE undergraduate2 entrants in HEIs 111 HE undergraduate2 entrants in FECs 324 FE entrants in FECs 131 1 Mature entrants are aged 21 years and over. 2 Undergraduate includes first degree and other HE qualifications. On the basis of the figures available, around 300 students from the Borders Region received local authority bursaries for further education courses in 1995–96. These local authority bursaries (since replaced by college bursaries) were available only for non-advanced courses.