§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many medical students left their medical courses early in each of the last five years [85460]
§ Margaret HodgeInformation on non-completion rates for higher education students broken down by subject is not held centrally. For full-time first degree students who began their studies in 1999/00, the overall non-completion rate for the UK was estimated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to be 17 per cent. the second lowest rate in the OECD.
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§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the gender balance is in the intake of medical students. [85473]
§ Margaret HodgeThe latest available information is shown in the table.
Accepted applicants via UCAS to full-time courses in pre-clinical medicine Autumn 2001 entry HE Institutions in the UK Numbers Percentage Men 2,559 41 Women 3,681 59 Total 6,240 100