§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many graduates have chosen to continue in higher education for a masters' year in each of the past ten years. [152630]
§ Alan JohnsonThe latest available information, showing newly qualified graduates who went on to postgraduate study, is shown in the table. Comparable figures for earlier years are not held centrally. Figures for 2002–03 will be available in August 2004.
Full-time UK Domiciled First Degree Graduates who went on to Study a Higher Degree1
Number 1994–95 15,550 1995–96 15,585 1996–97 15,095 1997–98 15,525 1998–99 16,285 1999–2000 15,670 2000–01 16,005 2001–02 16,400 Source: Higher Education Statistics Agenct's First Destinations Record. 1 Covers taught and research higher degrees.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many research graduates have been recruited by universities in(a) science, (b) engineering, (c) technology and (d) mathematics in each of the past 10 years. [152631]
§ Alan JohnsonThe latest available information is shown in the table. Figures for earlier years are not available centrally.
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Entrants to PhD courses in UK HEIs UK and EU domiciled students
Total Entrants of which, % on science courses1 1994–95 10,167 66 1995–96 10,078 63 1996–97 9,466 65 1997–98 9,586 65 1998–99 11,478 64 1999–2000 11,707 63
Entrants to PhD courses in UK HEIs UK and EU domiciled students
Total Entrants of which, % on science courses1 2000–01 11,945 643 1995–96 11,864 64 1996–97 12,056 66 Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record. 1 Covers Medicine and Dentistry, subjects allied to Medicine, Biological Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Computer Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Architecture, Building and Planning. 2 Provisional.