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NOTES TO NEWS EDITORS

1. These statistics are collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency ( HESA) from Higher Education Institutions ( HEIs) and by the Scottish Funding Council ( SFC) from Further Education Colleges ( FECs).

2. This news release contains information on students from both FECs and HEIs who are attending Higher Education courses in Scotland. Higher Education courses are defined as those at HND/ HNC level and above.

3. This release gives data for a number of years to allow trends to be identified more easily. In doing this, some data have been re-classified, and so may no longer agree with previously published data. Where this is the case, this news release should be assumed to supersede any previous publications.

4. Tables 13 and 14 in this year's release each bring together data for HEIs and FECs, previously reported in separate tables until 2005. Table 15 now includes data on students of HE at colleges and also HE students studying through The Open University in Scotland. Table 11 is a new addition to this year's release and displays data on the type of HEIs attended by students from deprived areas.

Universities in table 11 are split into the following categories: Ancient Universities (University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of St. Andrews); Specialised HEIs (Scottish Agricultural College, RSAMD, Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art); Post-92 Universities (University of Abertay Dundee, Queen Margaret University College, UHI Millenium Institute, Glasgow Caledonian University, Napier University, University of Paisley, Robert Gordon University, Bell College); Newer Universities (University of Dundee, Heriot-Watt University, University of Stirling, University of Strathclyde); and Other Scottish HEIs.

5. This is a National Statistics publication. National Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice. They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet customer needs. They are produced free from any political interference.

This news release, together with associated tables listed above, is published on the Scottish Executive website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/llstatistics

those who do not have access to the Internet, please contact Andrew Walker. See details below.

For media enquiries please contact:

Stuart Lewis
Scottish Executive
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Tel. (0141) 244 2682

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Andrew Walker

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Fax. (0141) 242 5579
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