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Postgraduate Education

Volume 491: debated on Monday 20 April 2009

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Mrs. Ellman

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of students from universities awarded a charter (a) before 1993 and (b) in 1993 or after offer at least one course leading to a post-graduate qualification. (255306)

Mr. Lammy

[holding answer 9 February 2009]: The latest available figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) are shown in the table. Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available in January 2010.

Enrolments1 by level of study and institution type—UK higher education institutions, academic year 2007/08

Old2

New3

Enrolments

1,169,085

961,715

Of which:

Postgraduate

289,290

179,800

Percentage postgraduate

24.7

18.7

1 Covers enrolments of all domiciles to both full-time and part-time courses. 2 Covers pre-1992 universities. 3 Covers post-1992 universities. Note: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Percentages are based on unrounded figures. Figures exclude Higher Education Colleges and the University of Buckingham, which is an independent institution. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).