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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 22 March 2005, Official Report, columns 690-92W, on medical schools, how many of the undergraduates (a) were aged under 21 years at the time of admission, (b) had three Cs or less at A level and (c) had three Ds at A level. [224231] Dr. Howells: The tables provide information on the numbers of undergraduate entrants to pre-clinical medicine courses within the UK, who were (a) aged under 21 years at the time of admission (a subset of the table provided in my previous answer), (b) had three Cs or less at A level and (c) had three Ds at A level. UK domiciled undergraduate entrants, aged under 21 years to pre-clinical medicine with less than 3 C's (or equivalent 1,2at A level _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Institution 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Imperial College of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Science, Technology and Medicine King's College London -- 5 -- -- -- 5 10 Queen Mary and Westfield -- -- 5 -- -- 5 5 College Queen's University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belfast St. George's Hospital -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- Medical School University College London -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Aberdeen 5 10 10 15 5 5 5 University of Birmingham 5 -- -- 5 5 10 -- University of Bristol -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Brighton -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Cambridge -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Dundee -- 10 5 10 25 5 10 University of Durham -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of East Anglia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Edinburgh 5 -- -- -- -- 5 5 University of Exeter -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Glasgow 15 10 15 10 20 10 10 University of Hull4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Leeds -- -- 5 -- 15 15 10 University of Leicester -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Liverpool -- -- 10 5 -- -- -- University of -- -- 5 -- 5 5 -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Nottingham -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- University of Oxford -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Plymouth -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Sheffield 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 University of Southampton -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- University of St. Andrews -- -- 15 -- 10 10 10 University of Sussex -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Warwick -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Warwick -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of York4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Victoria University of -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- Manchester Total 35 50 75 45 85 95 70 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. `--' signifies 0, 1 or 2. 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 Delivery of the Undergraduate Programme began in autumn 2002. 4 First intake of students accepted in 2003. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and are a snapshot as at the 1 December Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) UK domiciled undergraduate entrants, aged under 21 years. to pre-clinical medicine with less than 3 C's (or equivalent1,2 at A level _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Institution 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Imperial College of 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- Science, Technology and Medicine King's College London -- 10 5 10 10 10 20 Queen Mary and Westfield -- 5 10 -- -- 5 20 College Queen's University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belfast St. George's Hospital -- 5 -- -- -- -- 15 Medical School University College London -- -- -- -- -- 5 5 University of Aberdeen 10 15 10 15 10 10 10 University of Birmingham 5 -- 5 5 5 15 5 University of Bristol -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Brighton -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Cambridge -- -- -- -- 5 -- 0 University of Dundee 5 10 5 15 30 5 15 University of Durham -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 University of East Anglia -- -- -- -- -- 5 25 University of Edinburgh 5 -- -- -- -- 5 5 University of Exeter -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Glasgow 20 10 15 15 20 10 15 University of Hull4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Leeds 5 5 5 5 30 30 30 University of Leicester -- -- -- -- 10 5 30 University of Liverpool 10 5 15 5 -- -- -- University of -- 5 5 5 5 5 -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Nottingham -- 5 -- -- -- 5 15 University of Oxford -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Plymouth -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Sheffield 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 University of Southampton 5 -- -- -- -- 5 -- University of St Andrews 5 5 20 -- 10 10 10 University of Sussex -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Wales, -- 5 5 10 -- -- 0 Cardiff University of Warwick -- -- -- 10 -- -- 35 University of York4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 Victoria University of -- 5 -- 5 15 10 5 Manchester Total 90 85 110 105 155 160 325 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. `--' signifies 0, 1 or 2. 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 Delivery of the Undergraduate Programme began in autumn 2002. 4 First intake of students accepted in 2003 Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and are a snapshot as at the 1 December Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) UK domiciled undergraduate entrants to pre-clinical medicine with 3 D's (or equivalent)1,2 at A level _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Institution 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Imperial College of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Science, Technology and Medicine King's College London -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Queen Mary and Westfield -- -- -- -- -- -- -- College Queen's University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belfast St. George's Hospital -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 Medical School University College London -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Aberdeen -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- University of Birmingham -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Bristol -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Brighton -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Cambridge -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Dundee -- -- -- 5 5 -- -- University of Durham -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of East Anglia -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Edinburgh -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Exeter -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Glasgow -- 5 -- -- 5 -- -- University of Hull4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Leeds -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Leicester -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Liverpool -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Nottingham -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Oxford -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Plymouth -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Sheffield -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Southampton -- -- -- -- -- -- University of St Andrews -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Sussex -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Wales, -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Cardiff University of Warwick -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of York4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Victoria University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Manchester Total 5 5 5 10 10 10 25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. `--' signifies 0, 1 or 2. 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 12 A level points. For 2002-03 onwards, the figures are based upon the students' tariff score from A level qualifications and includes students with 180 tariff points. 3 Delivery of the Undergraduate Programme began in autumn 2002 4 First intake of students accepted in 2003. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and are a snapshot as at 1 December. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1520-4W;432 c1516-20W; 224231

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Higher education Medicine Standards Students GCE A-level

Contains statistics

Yes

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