5 July 2007 : Column 1154W—continued
Higher Education: Admissions
Mr. Boris Johnson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils from (a) low-participation neighbourhoods and (b) socioeconomic classes 4-7 (i) applied and (ii) were accepted to (A) Oxbridge, (B) Russell Group and (C) other universities for (1) physics, (2) chemistry, (3) biochemistry, (4) psychology, (5) sports science, (6) biological sciences excluding biochemistry and (7) all other science subjects in each of the last five years to which figures are available. [146408]
Bill Rammell:
The available information is shown in the tables. The figures are taken from data collected by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) which are limited to students who apply to full-time undergraduate courses via the UCAS application system. The figures do not therefore cover part-time students, nor those full-time students who apply directly to higher education institutions.
Figures for Oxford and Cambridge Universities are not available because, for confidentiality reasons, UCAS do not release combinations of variables through which the data of individual institutions, or small groups of institutions, might be identifiable, beyond those already in the public domain.
UCAS do not hold information on students from low-participation neighbourhoods.
| Applications( 1) from UK domiciled pupils known to be in socio-economic classes 4-7 to Russell Group and Non-Russell Group( 2) Institutions in the UK by subject of study: year of entry 2002 - 06 |
| | Year of entry |
| Subject of study | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|
Physics
| | | | | |
|
Number
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
1,753
|
1,732
|
1,535
|
1,661
|
1,670
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
1,567
|
1,558
|
1,318
|
1,513
|
1,336
|
|
Total
|
3,320
|
3,290
|
2,853
|
3,174
|
3,006
|
|
Percentage
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
52.8
|
52.6
|
53.8
|
52.3
|
55.6
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
47.2
|
47.4
|
46.2
|
47.7
|
44.4
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
| | | | | | |
|
Chemistry
| | | | | |
|
Number
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
1,501
|
1,584
|
1,573
|
1,866
|
1,926
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
2,425
|
2,309
|
2,277
|
2,143
|
2,130
|
|
Total
|
3,926
|
3,893
|
3,850
|
4,009
|
4,056
|
|
Percentage
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
38.2
|
40.7
|
40.9
|
46.5
|
47.5
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
61.8
|
59.3
|
59.1
|
53.5
|
52.5
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
| | | | | | |
|
Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry( 3)
| | | | | |
|
Number
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
1,380
|
1,279
|
1,169
|
1,230
|
1,092
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
1,255
|
1,142
|
1,375
|
1,331
|
1,210
|
|
Total
|
2,635
|
2,421
|
2,544
|
2,561
|
2,302
|
|
Percentage
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
52.4
|
52.8
|
46.0
|
48.0
|
47.4
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
47.6
|
47.2
|
54.0
|
52.0
|
52.6
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
5 July 2007 : Column 1155W
|
Psychology
| | | | | |
|
Number
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
4,073
|
4,387
|
4,204
|
4,151
|
3,927
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
13,229
|
14,825
|
13,928
|
15,587
|
14,907
|
|
Total
|
77,302
|
19,272
|
18,132
|
19,738
|
78,834
|
|
Percentage
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
23.5
|
22.8
|
23.2
|
21.0
|
20.9
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
76.5
|
77.2
|
76.8
|
79.0
|
79.1
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
| | | | | | |
|
Sports Science
| | | | | |
|
Number
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
283
|
479
|
418
|
465
|
387
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
10,178
|
11,351
|
11,413
|
12,519
|
12,790
|
|
Total
|
10,461
|
11,830
|
11,831
|
12,984
|
13,177
|
|
Percentage
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
2.7
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
3.6
|
2.9
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
97.3
|
96.0
|
96.5
|
96.4
|
97.1
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
| | | | | | |
|
Biological Sciences Excluding Biochemistry
| | | | | |
|
Number
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
3,735
|
3,511
|
3,252
|
3,280
|
2,854
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
6,723
|
6,387
|
5,925
|
5,808
|
5,327
|
|
Total
|
10,458
|
9,898
|
9,177
|
9,088
|
8,181
|
|
Percentage
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
35.7
|
35.5
|
35.4
|
36.1
|
34.9
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
64.3
|
64.5
|
64.6
|
63.9
|
65.1
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
| | | | | | |
|
All Other Science Subjects
| | | | | |
|
Number
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
31,993
|
32,935
|
34,631
|
37,847
|
37,830
|
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
99,763
|
98,512
|
96,196
|
101,335
|
97,439
|
|
Total
|
131,756
|
131,447
|
130,827
|
139,182
|
135,269
|
|
Percentage
| | | | | |
|
at Russell Group Institutions
|
24.3
|
25.1
|
26.5
|
27.2
|
28.0
|
5 July 2007 : Column 1156W
|
Non-Russell Group Institutions(2)
|
75.7
|
74.9
|
73.5
|
72.8
|
72.0
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
(1) Applicants to UCAS can submit up to six applications, in this table students have been counted once for each application they submit.
(2 )Includes all other HE and FE institutions covered by the UCAS application system, other than Russell-Group institutions.
(3 )Subject figures for Biochemistry can only be displayed as the overall group Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry.
Source:
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
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