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Higher Education: Part-time Education

Volume 493: debated on Wednesday 3 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many part-time first degree entrants there have been at (a) the Open University and (b) other higher education institutions in each year since 2002-03. (277846)

The latest available information is shown in the table. Figures for the Open University cannot split undergraduate level of study into first degree and other undergraduate until the 2003/04 academic year, therefore figures for the 2002/03 academic year have not been provided. The Open University coded their entrant numbers incorrectly in the 2004/05 academic year, therefore these have not been provided.

Part-time first degree entrants1 by higher education institution—UK higher education institutions academic years 2003/04 to 2007/08

Academic year

Open University

All other UK HEIs

2003/04

25,555

38,905

2004/05

n/a

36,715

2005/06

31,640

37,755

2006/07

32,095

34,185

2007/08

31,630

33,725

1 Covers entrants of all domiciles.

n/a = not available. The OU incorrectly coded entrants in the 2004/05 academic year.

Note:

Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five.

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)