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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the university medical schools which have admitted students for training which will lead to qualifications as a doctor with less than the equivalent of three Cs at A level; how many such students have been admitted in each year since 1997; and which university medical schools plan to admit such students in the future under the auspices of the widening participation scheme. [222596] Dr. Howells: The following table provides information on the numbers of undergraduate entrants to pre-clinical medicine courses within the UK, with less than the equivalent of three Cs at `A' level. The admission and selection of students is a matter for individual institutions. Therefore the decision on whether or not to recruit such students rests with the universities, and they would take such decisions according to the merit and potential of the individual applicants. Although there are currently no Government programmes for widening participation aimed specifically at medicine, Aimhigher, a national outreach programme operating most intensively in disadvantaged areas, enables local partnerships to design and deliver a range of activities to raise the aspiration and attainment levels of young people. Alongside this, Aimhigher runs nine pilot schemes aimed at the health and social care professions to encourage wider participation from a broad range of social and ethnic backgrounds. UK domiciled undergraduate entrants to pre-clinical medicine with less than three Cs (or equivalent) 1,2 at A level _________________________________________________________________________________________________. HESA institution identifier 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 University of Leicester 3-- 3-- 10 3-- 5 5 25 University of Warwick 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 3-- 3-- 25 University of East Anglia 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 25 Queen Mary and Westfield 3-- 5 5 3-- 3-- 5 15 College University of Glasgow 15 10 15 15 20 10 15 University of Nottingham 3-- 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 15 University of Plymouth 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 15 (Peninsular Medical School)4 University of Dundee 5 10 5 10 25 5 10 University of Leeds 5 3-- 5 3-- 20 15 10 King's College London 3-- 10 5 5 5 5 10 University of Aberdeen 5 15 10 15 10 10 10 University of St Andrews 3-- 5 15 3-- 10 10 10 St. George's Hospital 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 10 Medical School University of Exeter 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 (Peninsular Medical School) (3) University of Durham 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 3-- 5 University of Sussex 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 (Brighton and Sussex Medical School) University College London 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 5 University of Edinburgh 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 5 University of Brighton 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 Victoria University of 3-- 5 3-- 5 10 10 5 Manchester University of Birmingham 5 3-- 5 5 5 10 3-- University of Sheffield 3-- 3-- 5 5 5 5 3-- University of York5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- Imperial College of 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- Science, Technology & Medicine University of Cambridge 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- University of Oxford 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- University of Bristol 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- University of Hull5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- Queen's University of 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- Belfast University of Liverpool 5 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- University of 3-- 3-- 5 3-- 5 5 3-- Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Southampton 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 3-- University of Wales, 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 3-- 3-- 3-- Cardiff Total 70 70 90 70 120 120 235 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Based upon students obtaining A level qualifications. 2 For years up to and including 2001/02, figures are based upon students with A level qualifications and a points score of between 1 and 17 A level points. For 2002/03 onwards the figures are based upon the students' tariff score from A level qualifications and includes students with 1 to 239 tariff points. 3 Signifies 0, 1 or 2. 4 Delivery of the Undergraduate Programme began in autumn 2002. 5 First intake of students accepted in 2003. Note: Figures rounded to the nearest 5 and are a snapshot as at 1 December. Source: HESA

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c690-2W; 222596

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Admissions Higher education Qualifications Medicine Universities Students GCE A-level

Contains statistics

Yes

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