Numbers Students
Appendix I
Present higher education policies and practice
1. The term "higher education" in this document covers full- and part-time advanced courses provided in universities (including the Open University), polytechnics and other maintained, grant-aided or assisted further education institutions (including the former colleges of education). "Advanced" courses are broadly those which lead directly to qualifications of a higher standard than GCE Advanced level or its equivalents.
2. The growth in higher education student numbers since 1966 is shown in Tables 2 and 3 (covering respectively full-time and sandwich students and part-time students). In 1976/77 there were about 516,000 full-time and sandwich students; and about 230,000 part-time students, of whom 40,000 were taking courses in the evenings only. The last public expenditure White Paper* assumes increases by 1981/82 to 560,000 full-time and sandwich students and a total of about 250,000 part-time students. As explained in Cmnd 7049 (11), the growth allows for known demographic changes together with an increase in the participation rate of young post-school entrants (see Appendix II) from about 131⁄2 per cent currently to 14 per cent in 1981. Overall university numbers are planned to increase by 14 per cent over 1976/77 levels, while in the non-university sector the planned reduction in teacher training will be fully compensated by provision of other advanced level
courses.
All students ('000s)
Table 2: Total GB higher education full time and sandwich student numbers 1966/67 to 1981/82
Overseas students ('000s) University postgraduates ('000s)
Academic
year
GB
E&W1 E&W E&W Universities Teacher Other Public training AFE sector
Scotland GB
Public
sector
GB
Public HE
sector
GB
GB GB Univer- Public HE
sities sector
Home
Overseas
Total
1966/67 1967/68 200.1
184.8
85.8
97.6
1968/69 211.5
106.1
1969/70 219.5
109.2
1970/71
228.1
112.2
1971/72
235.0
114.7
1972/73 239.4
116.0
54.0 139.8 14.7
64.9 162.5 16.4 74.7 180.8 18.0
81.0 190.2 20.2
84.8 197.0 21.2 90.7 205.5 23.3 93.1 209.0 24.9
154.4 339.2
178.9 379.0
16.9
7.6
24.5
22.9
9.1
32.0
15.2
6.6
21.8
26.2
8.8
35.0
198.9 410.4 15.7
5.7
21.4
28.7
9.1
37.8
210.4 429.9 16.5 218.2 446.3 18.0
5.9
22.4
29.4
9.7
39.1
6.0
24.0
31.3
10.8
42.1
228.2 463.8 19.7
7.1
26.8
32.7
11.8
44.5
234.0 473.4 21,8
7.6
29.4
33.0
13.1
46.1
1973/74 244.1
114.3
96.8 211.1 25.8
236.8 480.9 24.7
9.6
34.3
32.2
14.6
46.8
1974/75 250.6
108.2
1975/76
261.3
100.8
1976/772 271.8
86.5
102.0 210,2 26.2
115.2 216.0 27.4
130,3 216.8 27.4
236.4 487.0 27.8
12.1
39.9
31.8
16.0
47.9
243.4 504.7 31.2
16.7
47.9
32.6
17.2
49.8
244.2 516.0 33.7 21.1
54.8
32.3
18.0
50.3
1977/783 277
(1977/78) (279)
241 (238)
518
52
(517)
1981/823 310
38
181 219
31
250
560
44
Notes:
1 Excluding university departments of education, which are included with universities.
2Provisional
3Figures for the years 1977/78 and 1981/82 are as given in The Government's Expenditure Plans 1978/79 to 1981/82. Cmnd 7049, Volume II, Page 78. Bracketed figures are the latest estimates for 1977/78.
*Cinnd 7049, The Government's Expenditure Plans, 1978–79 to 1981–82.
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