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Foundation Degree Courses

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 13 December 2006

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Mr. Boris Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the proportion is of those who have received a foundation degree since its inception who have gone on to enrol on an honours degree course, broken down by (a) year and (b) type of honours institution; and what proportion of such enrolment was into a (i) pre-1992 and (ii) post-1992 university. (105523)

Bill Rammell

The available information is shown in the table.

Of those students who gained a foundation degree in the previous academic year, the number and proportion who are enrolled on a first degree course in a UK higher education institution

Of which, first degree enrolments

Of which:

Number foundation degree qualifiers in previous academic year

Number

Proportion (%)

Pre-1992 (%)

Post-1992 (%)

2002-03

150

105

68

1

66

2003-04

1,110

655

59

7

52

2004-05

3,130

1,700

54

8

46

Note:

Numbers are rounded to the nearest five, and percentages are shown to the nearest integer.

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Foundation degrees were introduced in 2001-02 and usually take two years to complete. As such, the number of students recorded to have completed a foundation degree in 2001-02 is fairly small and the figures for the 2001-02 to 2002-03 transition may not be as representative as those for the later years.