§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many students are studying for computer science degrees in Northern Ireland colleges; and how many of these are studying(a) business information systems and (b) programming; and how many computer science degrees have been awarded in the past five years. [71560]
§ Mr. McFallStudents enrolled on first degree and postgraduate courses in Computer Science at Northern Ireland institutions 1997–98:
Full-time Part-time Total First degree 1,006 90 1,096 Postgraduate 274 355 629 Total 1,280 445 1,725 Information on the number of these students studying (a) business information systems and (b) programming is not readily available.
Students gaining higher education qualifications in Computer Science at the Northern Ireland universities:
1993–941 1994–952 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Postgraduate n/a 207 3144 333 445 First Degrees 208 220 220 250 238 1 From returns made directly by the universities which relate only to the awarding of first degrees. 2 Information from 1994–95 onwards is taken from the Individualised Student Record collected by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). 3 In 1995–96, it appears that students receiving interim awards on linked Postgraduate Certificate, postgraduate Diploma and Masters courses were not recorded by the University of Ulster.