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1999-00
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the reclassification of the former polytechnics as universities on (a) academic standards and (b) vocational training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the reclassification of the former polytechnics as universities on (a) academic standards and (b) vocational training.
Asked by
Julian Lewis
(Conservative)
Answered by
Malcolm Wicks
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 October 2000
For answer on
7 November 2000
Answered on
7 November 2000
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment his Department has made of the effect
of the reclassification of the former polytechnics as universities on (a) academic standards and (b) vocational training. [136260]
Mr. Wicks: The Department has made no assessment relating to the reclassification of the former polytechnics. The Department is not
aware of any adverse effect on the academic standards or vocational courses and training available.
The Secretary of State called for diversity across the whole spectrum of higher education at his landmark speech at Greenwich
earlier this year. The introduction of foundation degrees is an indication of the importance of vocational qualifications.
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) carries out reviews of the effectiveness of institutional arrangements for
the management of the quality and standards of academic provision in all higher education institutions that receive public funding
from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Individual reports are published by the QAA for the assessments it
carries out.
Subjects
Polytechnics; Standards; Universities; Training
Date
7 November 2000
Reference
356 c195W;356 c194-5W; 136260
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many home-domiciled applicants aged under 21 there were to (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduate courses in each of the last three years; and how many acceptances there were onto such courses, indicating (i) the proportion of the age...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many home-domiciled applicants aged under 21 there were to (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduate courses in each of the last three years; and how many acceptances there were onto such courses, indicating (i) the proportion of the age...
Asked by
Lynne Jones
(Labour)
Answered by
Malcolm Wicks
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 June 2000
For answer on
11 July 2000
Answered on
11 July 2000
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many home-domiciled applicants aged under 21 there
were to (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduate courses in each of the last three years; and how many acceptances there were
onto such courses, indicating (i) the proportion of the age group in each socio-economic group this represents and (ii) the
proportion of acceptances that were (A) to former polytechnics and (B) accepted in an institution in the locality of the applicant's
home address. [127724]
Mr. Wicks: The available information is shown in the following table.
Applicants and acceptances to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses in the UK via the Universities and Colleges Admissions
Service (UCAS)
Home domiciled students aged under 21
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
1997 1998 1999
Applicants 300,926 303,729 306,809
Acceptances 237,519 239,663 245,626
Percentage of acceptances to 35.2 35.5 35.1
former polytechnics
Percentage of acceptances to 42.2 42.3 43.5
institutions in the applicant's
home region{1}
Participation rates by social
class{ 2}
Non-manual household head{4} 48 45 {3}45-46
Manual household head{5} 18 17 {3}17-18
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Based on Standard Statistical Regions in 1997 and Government office Regions in 1998 and 1999. Data at a more disaggregated
geographical level are not available centrally. {2} Derived from the number of initial entrants to full-time undergraduate courses
and population data from the 1991 census. {3} Provisional estimates. {4} Social Classes, I, II, IIIN (Professional, Intermediate,
Skilled non-manual). {5} Classes IIIM, IV, V (Skilled manual, Partly skilled, Unskilled).
The social class mix of the underlying population is taken directly from the 1991 Census. Over time this approach becomes less
reliable, particularly at a disagreggated level and the social class groupings have therefore been aggregated.
Over the period shown, participation rates of young people by social class have fluctuated in line with overall participation. These
overall trends in part reflect a large increase in the size of the age-group and the decision by some students to pull forward their
year of entry to higher education from 1998 to 1997 in advance of the introduction of fees. Over the same period the proportion of
young students who come from the lower social classes (IIIM, IV, V) has remained constant at around 27 per cent. and the proportion
who come from the higher social classes (I, II, IIIN) has remained at around 73 per cent.
Subjects
Admissions; Higher education; Polytechnics; Universities; Student numbers; Social class; Sandwich courses
Date
11 July 2000
Reference
127724; 353 c465W;353 c463W
House
House of Commons
Lords debate on motion to call attention to the state of British universities. Motion withdrawn.
Lords debate on motion to call attention to the state of British universities. Motion withdrawn.
Lead member
Lord Jenkins of Hillhead
Answering member
Baroness Blackstone
Department
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Parliamentary proceedings
Subjects
Degrees; Admissions; Administration; Finance; Fees and charges; Higher education; Qualifications; Pay; Polytechnics; Standards; Universities; Teachers; Research; Students; Student numbers
Date
8 December 1999
Reference
607 c1284-360
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords