§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his current estimate of the number of students in(a) further education and (b) higher education in Wales broken down for (i) North Wales and (ii) South Wales and by individual institution; and if he will make a statement.[45005]
§ Mr. HainThe numbers of student enrolments for the 1997–98 academic year are shown by individual institution in the table.
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Institution Number Further Education Enrolments1 Aberdare College 2,395 Afan College 2,756 Barry College 6,900 Bridgend College 8,201 Carmarthenshire College of Technology & Art 12,104 Coleg Ceredigion 2,178 Deeside College 7,996 Coleg Glan Hafren 10,162 Groseinon College 3,607 Gwent Tertiary College 28,312 Coleg Harlech 266 Coleg Llandrillo 13,018 Coleg Llysfasi 1,997 Coleg Meirion Dwyfor 2,424 Coleg Menai 9,937 Merthyr Tydfil College 3,496 Neath College 10,370 Pembrokeshire College 7,166 Pencoed College 849 Pontypridd College 8,123 Coleg Powys 5,043 St. Davids Sixth Form College 940 Swansea College 15,119 Welsh College of Horticulture 1,680 Workers Educational Association (North) 1,670 Workers Educational Association (South) 4,272 Yale College 9,798 YMCA 569 Ystrad Mynach College 5,575 University of Wales, Aberystwyth 906 University of Wales Institute Cardiff 512 University of Wales College, Newport 648 Swansea Institute of Higher Education 143
Institution Number University of Wales, Bangor Welsh for Adults 1,127 University of Wales, Cardiff Welsh for Adults 608 University of Glamorgan Welsh for Adults 245 North East Wales Institute 49 University of Wales, Swansea Welsh for Adults 424 Trinity College Carmarthen Welsh for Adults 22 Sponsored Institutions 395 Higher Education Enrolments2 University of Glamorgan 15,179 University of Wales, Aberystwyth 6,968 University of Wales, Bangor 7,726 University of Wales, Cardiff 14,555 University of Wales, Lampeter 2,398 University of Wales, Swansea 9,635 University College of Medicine 2,777 University of Wales Institute, Cardiff 7,209 University of Wales College, Newport 7,057 North East Wales Institute of Higher Education 4,520 Swansea Institute of Higher Education 3,888 Trinity College 1,730 Welsh College of Music & Drama 549 Carmarthenshire College of Technology & Art 359 Llandrillo College 155 1 All FE enrolments in Wales at November 1997 Source:
Further Education Funding Council Wales
2 All HE enrolments in Wales at November 1997
Source:
Higher Education Funding Council Wales