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Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 12 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list by (a) course and (b) institution the number of students who obtained foundation degrees in 2003; how many students who obtained foundation degrees in 2003 undertook the majority of their studies at (a) further education colleges, (b) institutes of higher education and (c) universities; how many students who obtained a foundation degree in 2003 studied (a) locally, (b) at an institution that required residential accommodation and (c) in the workplace; how many students who completed their foundation degree in 2003 enrolled for an honours degree course. - Inc figures for students on foundation degree courses in England 2002/03.
Answer

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will list by (a) course and (b) institution the number of students who obtained foundation degrees in 2003; [139081] (2) how many students who obtained foundation degrees in 2003 undertook the majority of their studies at (a) further education colleges, (b) institutes of higher education and (c) universities; [139082] (3) how many students who obtained a foundation degree in 2003 studied (a) locally, (b) at an institution that required residential accommodation and (c) in the workplace; [139083] (4) how many students who completed their foundation degree in 2003 enrolled for an honours degree course. [139080] Alan Johnson: The information requested is not yet available. Information on the number of students who completed foundation degree (FD) courses in 2002/03 will not be available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) until January 2004. The latest available figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), showing the distribution of all FD students by the type of institution in which they are studying, is given in the following table; the HEFCE figures do not identify whether the course has been studied locally, or in the workplace. Information on the destinations of students who obtained FDs in 2002/03, including those who proceeded to further study, will not be available from HESA until July 2004. Students on foundation degree courses1 in England 2002/03 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Type of institution Students University 8,085 FE college 1,162 HE institution 3,170 Total 12,417 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Covers both full and part-time courses. Source: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
413 c1476W;413 c1472W; 139081;139082;139083;139080
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Degrees Curriculum Graduates Further education Higher education Location Universities Vocational education Student numbers Foundation degrees
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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