HC Deb 05 June 1998 vol 313 cc383-4W
Mr. Canavan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many United Kingdom students from outside Scotland are in the final year of four-year honours degree courses at Scottish universities or colleges. [44428]

Mr. Wilson

Statistics on the numbers of students in the final year of an honours course are not held centrally.

The number of United Kingdom honours graduates from outside Scotland who qualified on first degree courses in Scotland in 1997 is given in the table.

1997 Non-Scottish United Kingdom honours graduates from Scottish higher education institutions, by mode of study and years on course
Years on course Full time Part time All students
Three or fewer 508 2 510
Four 2,891 5 2,896
Five or more 635 12 647
Unknown 2 0 2
All graduates 4,036 19 4,055

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