TNAG-1042-FCO40-1292-Possible-Royal-Commission-on-Hong-Kong-and-its-future-House--1981 — Page 71

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Voluntary/Direct Grant Colleges

These will no longer be treated in the same way as maintained establishments. Minimum fees will be recommended by the Secretary of State, but they will have to charge

The reason for this fees to cover the full cost of provision subject to those minima. is that costs in this group of colleges are in general different from those in the maintained sector as a whole and this arrangement allows some flexibility.

2. Student Numbers

1979-80* 000's

Universities (GB)

All Overseas Students

1980-81* 000's

% Change 1979-80

to 1980-81

Undergraduates

17.3

16.3

Postgraduates

16.6

15.1

- 9

69

Maintained Sector

(England and Wales)

Advanced

19.9

16.6

- 16

Total

53.8

48.0

- 11

*Provisional figures

3. Countries of Origin

Information is not available for 1980-81. In 1979-80 the countries sending over 2,000 students here were as follows:-

Malaysia (13,617), Iran (7,716), Hong Kong (6,130), Nigeria (4,897) USA (3,220) Greece (2,901), Iraq (2,367) and Zimbabwe (2,041).

From the European Community in 1979-80 there were 2,839 (provisional), the largest groups coming from Germany (960), France (464), the Republic of Ireland (454), Italy (332) and Holland (325); the remainder came from Belgium (140), Denmark (128) and Luxembourg (35).

4.

New Overseas Students liable for full cost fees Provisional figures for 1980-81 are as follows:-

Universities (GB)

Undergraduates

Postgraduates

Public Sector (England and Wales)

Advanced

4.

Enrolments (thousands).

6.4

8.4

6.7

21.5

Total

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