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	2001				2002
	Degree		HND		Degree		HND
Ethnic Group	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Asian Bangladeshi	2,148	0.8	295	1.3	2,239	0.8	217	1.2
Asian Chinese	2,935	1.1	250	1.1	3,002	1.1	192	1.1
Asian Indian	13,030	4.7	1,417	6.2	12,812	4.5	1,000	5.6
Asian Pakistani	7,424	2.7	1,057	4.6	7,259	2.5	798	4.4
Other Asian	3,283	1.2	235	1.0	3,462	1.2	159	0.9
Black African	5,494	2.0	518	2.3	5,940	2.1	465	2.6
Black Caribbean	3,058	1.1	433	1.9	3,141	1.1	350	1.9
Other Black	686	0.2	84	0.4	735	0.3	68	0.4
White	231,370	83.6	18,052	78.9	238,351	83.7	14,312	79.6
Other ethnic backgrounds(1)	7,182	2.6	533	2.3	7,793	2.7	422	2.3
Total with known ethnic backgrounds	276,610	100.0	22,874	100.0	284,734	100.0	17,983	100.0
Unknown	21,447	—	4,541	—	24,726	—	4,282	—
Total including unknown	298,057	—	27,415	—	309,460	—	22,265	—

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	2003				2004
	Degree		HND		Degree		HND
Ethnic Group	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Asian Bangladeshi	2,381	0.8	167	1.1	2,681	0.9	124	1.1
Asian Chinese	3,067	1.0	132	0.9	3,311	1.1	106	0.9
Asian Indian	13,178	4.5	785	5.4	13,147	4.4	555	4.8
Asian Pakistani	7,618	2.6	713	4.9	7,999	2.7	513	4.5
Other Asian	3,491	1.2	151	1.0	3,427	1.1	105	0.9
Black African	7,305	2.5	467	3.2	8,076	2.7	355	3.1
Black Caribbean	3,379	1.1	285	1.9	3,584	1.2	208	1.8
Other Black	883	0.3	53	0.4	843	0.3	54	0.5
White	244,302	83.1	11,452	78.3	247,992	82.4	9,147	79.6
Other ethnic backgrounds(1)	8,509	2.9	426	2.9	9,878	3.3	320	2.8
Total with known ethnic backgrounds	294,113	100.0	14,631	100.0	300,938	100.0	11,487	100.0
Unknown	22,129	—	3,069	—	19,599	—	2,271	—
Total including unknown	316,242	—	17,700	—	320,537	—	13,758	—

	2005				2006
	Degree		HND		Degree		HND
Ethnic Group	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Asian Bangladeshi	2,774	0.8	117	1.2	3,058	1.0	89	1.2
Asian Chinese	3,311	1.0	78	0.8	3,257	1.0	54	0.7
Asian Indian	13,781	4.2	492	4.9	13,688	4.3	378	5.2
Asian Pakistani	8,458	2.6	455	4.6	8,635	2.7	377	5.2
Other Asian	3,995	1.2	87	0.9	3,929	1.2	86	1.2
Black African	10,114	3.1	382	3.8	10,673	3.4	300	4.2
Black Caribbean	4,233	1.3	220	2.2	4,571	1.4	154	2.1
Other Black	1,064	0.3	52	0.5	1,071	0.3	39	0.5
White	271,394	81.8	7,724	77.4	257,059	80.7	5,448	75.6
Other ethnic backgrounds(1)	12,476	3.8	371	3.7	12,546	3.9	280	3.9
Total with known ethnic backgrounds	331,600	100.0	9,978	100.0	318,487	100.0	7,205	100.0
Unknown	17,248	—	1,418	—	18,451	—	1,421	—
Total including unknown	348,848	—	11,396	—	336,938	—	8,626	—
(1) Other ethnic backgrounds includes mixed white/Asian, white/black African, white/black Carribean and other mixed backgrounds. Note: Percentages are in terms of the number of students with known ethnic backgrounds.

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