Student Wastage Mr. Boris Johnson To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the non-completion rates were for students studying (a) foundation degrees, (b) honours degrees and (c) Higher National Diplomas in each of the last 10 years, broken down by subject of degree. Bill Rammell Non-continuation rates by subject of study are available in supplementary tables as part of the “Performance Indicators in Higher Education” publication, published by HESA. Figures are available for the following UK-domiciled entrants to UK higher education institutions: Young entrants to full-time first degree courses; Mature entrants to full-time first degree courses; Entrants to full-time other undergraduate courses (only available from 2002/03). Figures are available up to and including 2003/04. The 2004/05 figures will become available on 19 July when HESA releases the next set of Performance Indicators in Higher Education. The information is shown in the tables. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Percentage | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1999/2000|2000/01|2001/02|2002/03|2003/04| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science |2.0|2|2.4|1 .8|2.0| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Subjects Allied to Medicine |6.3|6|5.9|6.4|7.7| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Biological Sciences1 |16.9|16|16.1|17.1|7.3| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Physical Sciences1 |1—|1—|1—|1—|6.1| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Agriculture And Related Subjects |6.8|7|11.4|7.5|8.3| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mathematical Sciences2 |29.8|28|28.4|29.4|5.5| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Computer Sciences2 |2—|2—|2—|2—|10.3| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Engineering & Technology |10.1|9|8.9|10.0|10.1| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Architecture, Building, Planning |9.6|8|10.2|11.1|10.0| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Social Studies3 |36.9|36|36.4|37.0|7.2| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Law3 |3—|3—|3—|3—|6.2| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Librarianship, Information Sciences4 |46.9|48|48.2|n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Business & Administrative Studies4, 5 |4—|4—|4—|58.8|8.8| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mass Communications & Documentation5 |n/a|n/a|n/a|5—|8.5| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Humanities6 |65.9|65|65.7|n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Languages6, 7 |6—|6—|6—|76.3|6.3| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Historical & Philosophical Studies7 |n/a|n/a|n/a|7—|5.9| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Creative Arts & Design |8.7|8|8.3|8.2|8.4| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Education |8.6|8|8.1|8.0|7.5| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Combined Subjects |8.8|8|8.2|14.3|13.5| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All Subjects |7.8|7|7.3|7.8|7.7| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Figures for 2000/01 are only available to the nearest integer.Source:Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)|||||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1999/2000|2000/01|2001/02|2002/03|2003/04| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science |2 |3 |3.1 |2.9 |2.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Subjects Allied to Medicine |12 |10 |11.2 |11.8 |12.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Biological Sciences1 |117 |115 |118.0 |117.7 |17.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Physical Sciences1 |1— |1— |1— |1— |16.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Agriculture & Related Subjects |16 |13 |18.0 |14.5 |12.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mathematical Sciences2 |220 |218 |218.4 |220.3 |18.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Computer Sciences2 |2— |2— |2— |2— |19.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Engineering & Technology |20 |19 |16.9 |19.7 |21.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Architecture, Building, Planning |17 |17 |16.9 |15.9 |17.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Social Studies3 |315 |315 |314.8 |315.4 |14.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Law3 |3— |3— |3— |3— |17.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Librarianship, Information Sciences4 |417 |416 |416.8 |n/a |n/a | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Business & Administrative Studies4, 5 |4— |4— |4— |518.0 |19.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mass Communications & Documentation5 |n/a |n/a |n/a |5— |16.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Humanities6 |616 |614 |614.8 |n/a |n/a | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Languages6, 7 |6— |6— |6— |715.6 |15.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Historical & Philosophical Studies7 |n/a |n/a |n/a |7— |15.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Creative Arts & Design |13 |12 |13.0 |12.1 |14.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Education |12 |11 |10.2 |10.1 |11.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Combined Subjects |19 |18 |18.2 |23.2 |19.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All Subjects |16 |14 |14.9 |15.4 |15.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Figures for 1999/2000 and 2000/01 are only available to the nearest integer.Source:Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).| | | | | | 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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |2002/03|2003/04| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science |17.9 |8.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Subjects Allied to Medicine |11.2 |10.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Biological Sciences1 |123.5 |24.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Physical Sciences1 |1— |21.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Agriculture & Related Subjects |19.8 |24.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mathematical Sciences2 |224.1 |18.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Computer Sciences2 |2— |23.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Engineering & Technology |21.0 |25.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Architecture, Building, Planning |30.1 |22.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Social Studies3 |316.1 |23.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Law3 |3— |17.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Business & Administrative Studies4,5 |523.4 |27.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mass Communications & Documentation5 |5— |21.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Languages6, 7 |737.9 |39.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Historical & Philosophical Studies7 |7— |49.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Creative Arts & Design |17.7 |18.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Education |24.3 |19.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Combined Subjects |17.2 |27.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |All Subjects |16.8 |17.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 One figure was provided for Biological and Physical Sciences until 2003/04.2 One figure was provided for Mathematical and Computer Sciences until 2003/04.3 One figure was provided for Social Studies and Law until 2003/04.4 One figure was provided for Librarianship, information Sciences and Business & administrative studies until 2002/03.5 One figure was provided for Business & administrative studies and Mass communications & documentation in 2002/03.6 One figure was provided for Languages and Humanities until 2002/03.7 One figure was provided for Languages and Historical & Philosophical Studies in 2002/03.Notes:1. n/a = Not applicable.2. There is a break in the time series between academic years 2001/02 and 2002/03 because the subjects' JACS codings were changed in 2002/03.Source:Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Boris Johnson To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the non-completion rate was of students on (a) prescribed and (b) non-prescribed higher education courses in further education colleges in each of the last five years. Bill Rammell The Learning and Skills Council provides success rates of students studying at English further education colleges. These are the number of qualifications achieved expressed as a percentage of the number started. Success rates for learners studying for level 4, 5 or higher level courses are provided here as a proxy for higher education, and many of these courses are likely to be non-prescribed higher education. The success rates are shown in the table: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Year completed |Success rate (percentage)| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001/02 |38 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002/03 |43 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003/04 |59 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004/05 |59 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005/06 |62 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source:Further Education and Work Based Learning—Learner Outcomes in England: 2005/06(ILR/SFR13)| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These success rates are not available broken down by prescribed/non-prescribed course types.