Students in Higher Education in Scotland: 1998-99
Statistics on Students in Higher Education in Scotland: 1998-99 are
published today by the Scottish Executive.
These update and expand the provisional summary information published in March
2000, and include students undertaking higher education courses in both Further
and Higher Education Institutions.
The main points are as follows:
- There were over a quarter of a million (255,963) students in higher education
in Scotland in 1998-99, a rise of 8,307 (3.4 per cent) on the previous year.
This growth is mainly accounted for by an increase in part-time students,
who now make up 36 per cent of all students (Table 1). Twenty eight per cent
of HE students attended courses at Further Education Institutions (Table 2).
- In the last ten years, the percentage of females in higher education has
continued to increase. In 1988-89, 42 per cent of higher education students
were female. This has increased to 54 per cent in 1998-99 (Table 3).
- The age distribution of students in higher education in Scotland has shifted
slightly over recent years. Although students aged under 25 still form the
majority, this has fallen from 62 per cent in 1994-95 to 56 per cent in 1998-99.
The proportion of students aged 25 and over has increased from 38 per cent
to 44 per cent over the same period (Table 4).
- There were 135,226 entrants to higher education in Scotland in 1998-99,
a rise of 6,540 (5 per cent) on the previous year. However, the number of
entrants into full-time first degree courses fell by 402 (1.2 per cent) (Table
9).
- Participation in HE among young Scots increased from 46.5 per cent to 47.2
per cent. This is due to a 1.7 per cent rise in female entrants. The percentage
of male entrants has dropped by 0.2 per cent to 42.1 per cent (Table 12).
- The numbers of entrants to primary and secondary teacher training courses
in 1998-99 was virtually unchanged compared to 1997-98 (Tables 15&16).
- Business administration is still the most popular area of study, accounting
for 23.5 per cent of the student population. 1998-99 saw an increase of 13.1
per cent in students on maths and computing courses and an 8.9 per cent rise
in subjects allied to medicine. The only subject to show a significant fall
in student numbers was Architecture & Building (5 per cent) (Table 17).
The following tables are available on the Scottish Executive website: www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/educ.htm
Table 1 Students in higher education in Scotland
by mode of attendance (numbers, FTE, and percentage changes)
Table 2 Students in higher education in Scotland
by year, mode of attendance and sector
Table 3 Students in higher education in Scotland
by year, sex and mode of attendance
Table 4 Students in higher education in Scotland
by year, level of study, year and age
Table 5 Students in higher education in Scotland
by level of study, age, mode of attendance and sex
Table 6 Students in higher education in Scotland
by subject of study, sector and mode of attendance
Table 7 Students in higher education in Scotland
by year, mode of attendance and level of study
Table 8 Students in higher education in Scotland
by year, level of study, mode and domicile
Table 9 Entrants to higher education in Scotland
by year, mode of attendance and level of study
Table 10 Undergraduate entrants to higher education
in Scotland by year, sex, mode of attendance and sector
Table 11 Postgraduate entrants to higher education
in Scotland by year, sex, mode of attendance and sector
Table 12 Young Scots undergraduate first entrants
to full-time higher education in the UK, Age Participation Index
Table 13 Undergraduate entrants to full-time Higher
Education in Scotland by year, level and age
Table 14 Students in Scotland studying at the Open
University by year and level of study
Table 15 Initial primary teacher education, intakes,
numbers on courses and output by year
Table 16 Initial secondary teacher education, intakes,
numbers on courses and output by year
Table 17 Students in higher education in Scotland
by year, level of study and subject group
Table 18 Students in higher education in Scotland
by institution, mode of attendance and level of study
Table 19 Students in Higher Education in HEIs in
Scotland by year, institution and level of study
Table 20 Staff in Higher Education Institutions in
Scotland by department, mode, and primary employment function
Table 21 Students in higher education in HEIs in
Scotland by disability status, by year
NOTES TO NEWS EDITORS
1. These statistics are collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency
from Higher Education Institutions and, for data prior to 1998-99, by the (former)
Scottish Office Education and Industry Department from Further Education Institutions.
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council has the responsibility to collect
data from Further Education Institutions
For further information (non-media), enquiries and comments on this news release,
please contact:
Martin Boyle
Scottish Executive
Further & Higher Education Statistics
1st Floor
Europa Building
450 Argyle St
Glasgow
G2 8LG
Tel. (0141) 242 0270
Fax. (0141) 242 0193
E-mail martin.boyle@scotland.gov.uk
For media enquiries please contact:
Contact: Martin Osler: (0131 244 2663)
News Release: SE 2087/00
27 July 2000
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