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Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will review his policy to increase fees for overseas students in view of figures published by UCCA which show a 5 per cent. drop in applications in the current year over 1978.
Dr. Boyson
My right hon. and learned Friend will keep a close watch
| Academic Year | |||||||
| Subject Groups | 1965–66 | 1969–70 | 1977–78 | ||||
| 1. Education | … | … | … | … | 49 | 2,374* | 11,500* |
| 2. Medicine, dentistry and health | … | … | … | … | 2,650 | 3,768 | 5,396 |
| 3. Engineering and technology | … | … | … | … | 6,445 | 9,232 | 11,879 |
| 4. Agriculture, forestry and veterinary science | … | … | 616 | 763 | 1,031 | ||
| 5. Science | … | … | … | … | 9,733 | 13,903 | 16,658 |
| 6. Social, administrative and business studies | … | … | 7,116 | 13,703 | 22,783 | ||
| 7. Architecture and other professions | … | … | … | … | 219 | 637 | 2,228 |
| 8. Language, literature and area studies | … | … | … | 5,597 | 7,781 | 8,619 | |
| 9. Arts other than languages | … | … | … | … | 2,781 | 3,747 | 9,593† |
| Total | … | … | … | … | 35,206 | 55,908 | 89,687 |
| * Estimate, including B.Ed. graduates. | |||||||
| † Including students on CNAA courses which prior to 1975 led to the award of Dip. A.D. | |||||||
Dr. Hampson
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many postgraduate degrees were awarded in the last year for which figures are available compared with the numbers
| Academic Year | |||||||
| Subject Groups | 1965–66 | 1969–70 | 1977–78 | ||||
| 1. Education | … | … | … | … | 179 | 476 | 1,574 |
| 2. Medicine, dentistry and health | … | … | … | … | 595 | 773 | 1,094 |
| 3. Engineering and technology | … | … | … | … | 1,300 | 2,547 | 3,538 |
| 4. Agriculture, forestry and veterinary science | … | … | 175 | 311 | 581 | ||
| 5. Science | … | … | … | … | 2,668 | 4,078 | 5,053 |
| 6. Social, administrative and business studies | … | … | 745 | 1,856 | 4,127 | ||
| 7. Architecture and other professions | … | … | … | … | 32 | 413 | 680 |
| 8. Languages, literature and area studies | … | … | … | 327 | 746 | 1,332 | |
| 9. Arts other than languages | … | … | … | … | 377 | 743 | 1,034 |
| Total | … | … | … | … | 6,398* | 11,943* | 19,013 |
| * Excluding 17 CNAA graduates in 1965–66 and 136 in 1969–70 for whom a subject breakdown is not available. | |||||||