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Degree Courses

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of    students graduated from (a) skills-based and (b) academic degree courses in each year between 1997 and 2003; and if he will make a statement. [153536]

Alan Johnson: The available information on first degree graduates is taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record and is given in the table. Figures are given on a subject of study basis.
First Degree Graduates⁽⁸⁾ from UK HE institutions by subject

	1997/98		1998/99		1999/2000
Subject group	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Medicine and dentistry	5,900	2	5,842	2	5,966	2
Subjects allied to medicine	16,284	6	17,593	7	17,789	7
Biological sciences	16,885	7	17,359	7	18,449	7
Veterinary science	494	0	528	0	558	0
Agriculture and related subjects	2,266	1	2,329	1	2,342	1
Physical sciences	13,296	5	13,056	5	13,184	5
Mathematical sciences	3,939	2	4,250	2	4,094	2
Computer science/IT	9,991	4	10,380	4	11,211	4
Engineering and technology	22,574	9	22,012	8	20,551	8
Architecture, building and planning	7,273	3	7,223	3	6,587	2
Social, economic and political studies	20,736	8	21,574	8	22,715	9
Law	9,889	4	9,982	4	10,210	4
Business and administrative studies	29,401	11	30,937	12	31,905	12
Librarianship and information science	3,468	1	3,803	1	4,597	2
Languages	16,388	6	15,965		616,619	6
Humanities	10,391	4	10,411	4	10,362	4
Creative arts and design	19,390	7	20,300	8	21,263	8
Education	13,788	5	13,520	5	11,935	4
Combined	36,400	14	36,607	14	34,930	13
Total	258,753	100	263,671	100	265,267	100

 
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	2000/01		2001/02		2002/03 2,3
Subject group	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Medicine and dentistry	5,964	2	6,079	2	6,114	2
Subjects allied to medicine	19,474	7	20,934	8	22,252	8
Biological sciences	18,550	7	18,185	7	23,168	8
Veterinary science	581	0	622	0	561	0
Agriculture and related subjects	2,297	1	2,315	1	2,109	1
Physical sciences	13,021	5	12,187	5	12,096	4
Mathematical sciences	4,220	2	4,066	2	4,993	2
Computer science/IT	12,504	5	13,857	5	17,385	6
Engineering and technology	19,802	7	19,760	7	18,742	7
Architecture, building and planning	6,246	2	6,180	2	6,267	2
Social, economic and political studies	21,982	8	21,757	8	24,435	9
Law	10,034	4	9,866	4	11,405	4
Business and administrative studies	32,635	12	32,628	12	38,677	14
Librarianship and information science	4,547	2	5,245	2	7,146	3
Languages	16,550	6	15,488	6	19,670	7
Humanities	9,855	4	9,816	4	13,071	5
Creative arts and design	22,207	8	23,026	9	26,054	10
Education	11,784	4	12,474	5	9,301	3
Combined	33,093	12	32,569	12	9,343	3
Total	265,346	100	267,054	100	272,788	100

⁽⁸⁾ Figures include both home and overseas students.
⁽⁹⁾ Figures for 2002/03 are provisional.
⁽¹⁰⁾ The Joint Academic Coding of Subjects (JACS) coding frame was introduced in 2002/03 and replaces HESA's HESACODE classification which was used for years up to and including 2001/02. The main effect of this is to reduce the number of students in the Combined course category and increase those who are allocated to specific subject groups.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency.

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for   Education and Skills (1) how many and what proportion of students enrolled on (a) skills-based and (b) academic degree courses in each year between 1997 and 2003; and if he will make a statement; [153538]

(2) how many and what proportion of students he   estimates will enrol on (a) skills-based and (b) academic degree courses in each year between 2004 and 2010; and if he will make a statement. [153537]

 
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Alan Johnson: The available information on first degree enrolments is taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record and is given in the table. Figures are given on a subject of study basis.

Projections of student numbers on a subject basis are not available centrally.
First Degree Enrolments⁽¹¹⁾ at UK HE institutions by subject

	1997/98		1998/99		1999/2000
Subject group	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Medicine and dentistry	28,508	3	29,032	3	29,202	3
Subjects allied to medicine	67,474	7	72,288	7	75,517	8
Biological sciences	65,932	7	66,550	7	67,624	7
Veterinary science	2,547	0	2,689	0	2,846	0
Agriculture and related subjects	7,766	1	8,045	1	7,518	1
Physical sciences	50,723	5	50,222	5	49,113	5
Mathematical sciences	15,990	2	15,677	2	15,633	2
Computer science/IT	47,797	5	52,008	5	55,973	6
Engineering and technology	87,079	9	84,783	8	81,372	8
Architecture, building and planning	28,394	3	27,372	3	26,561	3
Social, economic and political studies	77,561	8	79,856	8	81,601	8
Law	40,528	4	40,535	4	39,457	4
Business and administrative studies	112,727	11	116,658	12	117,408	12
Librarianship and information science	13,789	1	14,584	1	17,121	2
Languages	63,119	6	61,487	6	61,699	6
Humanities	36,186	4	35,127	4	34,589	3
Creative arts and design	73,628	7	76,576	8	78,819	8
Education	51,896	5	49,702	5	47,138	5
Combined	117,466	12	118,576	12	111,020	11
Total	989,110	100	1,001,767	100	1,000,211	100

 
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	2000/01		2001/02		2002/03 2,3
Subject group	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Medicine and dentistry	30,008	3	31,324	3	33,063	3
Subjects allied to medicine	77,795	8	84,131	8	88,535	8
Biological sciences	68,108	7	68,913	7	93,373	9
Veterinary science	3,015	0	3,251	0	3,043	0
Agriculture and related subjects	7,418	1	7,418	1	7,171	1
Physical sciences	46,838	5	44,575	4	48,111	4
Mathematical sciences	15,869	2	15,974	2	19,426	2
Computer science/IT	62,245	6	68,709	7	80,672	8
Engineering and technology	79,665	8	79,777	8	78,774	7
Architecture, building and planning	25,657	3	25,221	2	25,543	2
Social, economic and political studies	81,517	8	82,248	8	96,528	9
Law	39,887	4	41,599	4	49,936	5
Business and administrative studies	118,336	12	121,012	12	144,712	13
Librarianship and information science	18,608	2	21,252	2	29,376	3
Languages	59,575	6	58,275	6	76,804	7
Humanities	34,972	3	36,042	3	50,632	5
Creative arts and design	82,221	8	86,515	8	99,855	9
Education	47,704	5	49,908	5	38,104	4
Combined	104,474	10	106,184	10	9,131	1
Total	1,003,912	100	1,032,328	100	1,072,789	100

⁽¹¹⁾ Figures include both home and overseas students.
⁽¹²⁾ Figures for 2002/03 are provisional.
⁽¹³⁾ The Joint Academic Coding of Subjects (JACS) coding frame was introduced in 2002/03 and replaces HESA's HESACODE classification which was used for years up to and including 2001/02. The main effect of this is to reduce the number of students in the combined course category and increase those who are allocated to specific subject groups.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency.

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