Education and Skills written question – answered at on 17 March 2005.
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.
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.
Of which, percentage(29) from | |||
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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
Of which, percentage(31) who were | ||||||
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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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