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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students obtained a first degree at (a) universities established before 1992, (b) universities established under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, (c) colleges of higher education, (d) further education colleges and (e) otherwise, in the last three years. [134216] Mr. Wicks: The latest available data are shown in the following table. Figures for 1999-2000 will be available in February 2001. UK domiciled students obtaining first degrees in English institutions _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Pre 1992 Universities 75,181 73,839 76,818 Universities established under 81,656 82,719 83,246 the 1992 FHE Act Colleges of HE 24,742 24,335 24,430 FE colleges{1} 1,048 4,454 4,234 Other{2} 9,217 8,610 8,574 Total 191,844 193,957 197,302 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Because of under-reporting by institutions, the figures for 1996-97 are not comparable with later years. {2} Covers the Open University; excludes the University of Buckingham, and other private and independent HE institutions.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

355 c191-2W; 134216

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Degrees Further education Higher education Qualifications Universities

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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