Higher Education: Overseas Students
Business, Innovation and Skills
Written answers and statements, 12 October 2009
Don Touhig (Islwyn, Labour)
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many non-UK domiciled students of each nationality were offered and accepted places on veterinary science degree courses at universities in England in the last five academic years.
David Lammy (Minister of State (Higher Education and Intellectual Property), Department for Business, Innovation & Skills; Tottenham, Labour)
The information is in the following table. A further breakdown of each non-UK student's country of domicile or declared nationality is not available. Figures for academic year 2009-10 are not yet available.
| Offers and acceptances for non-UK domiciled applicants for veterinary science degrees at institutions in England | |||||
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
| Applicants receiving offers | 21 | 37 | 58 | 47 | 66 |
| Accepted applicants | 12 | 14 | 35 | 28 | 35 |
| Notes: 1. 'Offers' covers students who were offered a place which was dependent on obtaining satisfactory exam results or on non-academic conditions. 2. Accepted applicants cover students who obtained specified results and were accepted for study on their chosen course. Source: | |||||