Foundation Degree Courses 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. Bill Rammell The available information is shown in the table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |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.