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Education and Skills written question – answered at on 17 March 2005.

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Photo of Kelvin Hopkins Kelvin Hopkins Labour, Luton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students attended (a) Russell Group universities and (b) other universities in each of the last three years, broken down by (i) socio-economic class and (ii) ethnic group.

Photo of Kim Howells Kim Howells Minister of State (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education), Department for Education and Skills

The latest available information on socio-economic group was published in September by the Higher Education Statistics Agency and is given in the first table. The latest information on ethnicity is shown in the second table.

Young full-time first degree entrants to UK HE institutions
Of which, percentage(29) from
Young entrants(number) Social classes IIIM-V(30) Socio-economic classes 4–7(30)
Russell group
2000–01 54,135 16
2001–02 56,885 16
2002–03 60,695 19
Other HE institutions
2000–01 167,285 28
2001–02 172,860 29
2002–03 178,485 32

(29) Based on those students who provided details of their social background.

(30) A new socio-economic classification was introduced in 200203, which replaced social class. The two classifications are not directly comparable. Social classes IIIM-V cover students from skilled manual, semi-skilled and unskilled backgrounds; socio-economic classes 4–7 covers those from small employers and own account workers, lower supervisory and technical occupations, semi-routine occupations, and routine occupations.

Source:

"Performance Indicators in Higher Education" published by HEFCE/HESA

All undergraduates in UK HE institutions
Of which, percentage(31) who were
Total students White Black Asian Mixed Other
Russell Group
2001–02 259,130 88.2 1.6 8.2 0.7 1.3
2002–03 265,540 87.2 1.8 8.7 1.3 1.1
2003–04 271,530 86.5 1.9 8.9 1.8 0.8
Other HE institutions
2001–02 1,143,82 0 85.2 4.5 8.4 0.6 1.3
2002–03 1,196,89 0 84.8 4.7 8.4 1.1 1.0
2003–04 1,252,21 0 84.6 4.9 8.2 1.4 0.9

(31) Based on those students who provided details of their ethnicity.

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Numbers have been rounded to the nearest five.

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