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The Scottish Education Department: Fact Card 1998 Edition |
| Table 2 |
| Students in Higher Education (HE)(1)(4) | 1986-87 |
1991-92 |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
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| Total | Total | 120.8 |
151.1 |
215.2 |
239.3 |
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| Full-time | 81.6 |
108.1 |
145.6 |
157.0 |
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| Part-time | 39.2 |
43.0 |
69.6 |
82.3 |
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| Further Education Colleges(5)(7)(8) (incl. LA Centres) | Total | 30.1 |
37.4 |
60.8 |
67.3 |
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| Full-time | 7.4 |
12.4 |
25.4 |
28.0 |
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| Part-time | 22.6 |
25.0 |
35.4 |
39.3 |
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| Higher Education Institutions | Total | 90.7 |
113.7 |
154.4 |
172.0 |
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| Full-time | 74.2 |
95.7 |
120.3 |
129.0 |
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| Part-time | 16.5 |
18.0 |
34.1 |
43.0 |
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| Students in Further and Higher Education (FE + HE)(1)(4) | |||||||||
| Total(6) | Total | 338.2 |
407.3 |
507.7 |
588.2 |
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| Full-time | 106.3 |
133.7 |
176.6 |
190.9 |
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| Part-time | 231.9 |
273.6 |
33.1 |
397.4 |
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| Further Education Colleges(5)(7)(8) (incl. LA Centres) | Total | 230.1 |
267.4 |
286.2 |
355.2 |
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| Full-time | 31.8 |
37.6 |
56.3 |
61.8 |
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| Part-time | 198.4 |
229.9 |
230.0 |
293.4 |
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| Higher Education Institutions(6) | Total | 108.1 |
139.9 |
221.5 |
233.0 |
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| Full-time | 74.6 |
96.1 |
120.4 |
129.1 |
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| Part-time | 33.5 |
43.8 |
101.1 |
104.0 |
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| Degrees awarded incl. Graduates in Teacher Training | |||||||||
| Total | Total | 17.8 |
23.2 |
34.4 |
.. |
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| First degree | 13.2 |
15.8 |
26.8 |
.. |
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| Higher degree | 4.5 |
7.3 |
7.7 |
.. |
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| Further Education Colleges(5)(7)(8) | Total | 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.. |
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| First degree | 0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.. |
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| Higher degree | 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
.. |
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| Higher Education Institutions | Total | 17.6 |
23.1 |
34.2 |
.. |
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| First degree | 13.2 |
15.8 |
26.6 |
.. |
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| Higher degree | 4.4 |
7.3 |
7.6 |
.. |
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| Teacher Training(9) | |||||||||
| Teacher Education Institutions (number) | 7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
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| Total Teachers in Training | 3.2 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
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| Primary Teachers | Entrants | 0.9 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
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| In training | 2.2 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
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| Completing | 0.5 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
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| Secondary Teachers | Entrants | 0.7 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
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| In training | 1.0 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
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| Completing | 0.7 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
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| Open University (Calendar Years) | Students registered | 8.0 |
11.11 |
12.2 |
12.0 |
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| Students Awards | Students allowances scheme | 58.2 |
80.7 |
107.4 |
110.5 |
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| Education Finance (£ million) (revised October 1998) | |||||||||
| Total Expenditure(10) | 2,015.0 |
3,054.2 |
3,774.0 |
3,803.0 |
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| By sector | Schools | Nursery | 27.3 |
51.9 |
68.7 |
79.8 |
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| Primary | 464.5 |
746.8 |
862.7 |
962.1 |
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| Secondary | 639.2 |
890.2 |
1,030.8 |
1,026.7 |
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| Special | 70.9 |
129.6 |
166.5 |
169.7 |
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| Further Education incl. Adult Education | 244.3 |
392.2 |
301.7 |
333.1 |
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| Higher Education incl. Teacher Training | 279.6 |
368.4 |
640.6 |
643.9 |
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| Other education expenditure | 61.3 |
113.2 |
201.1 |
217.4 |
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| Related expenditure: | |||||||||
| Meals and milk | 45.9 |
60.1 |
58.3 |
61.7 |
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| Maintenance grants incl. student loans | 100.5 |
180.9 |
284.0 |
250.2 |
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| Other incl. Youth Service and pupil transport | 81.4 |
120.9 |
159.6 |
158.4 |
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| By type | Current expenditure | Central government | 434.3 |
641.1 |
1,165.6 |
1,208.7 |
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| Local authorities | 1,491.0 |
2,275.1 |
2,411.7 |
2,398.5 |
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| Capital expenditure | Central government | 39.5 |
56.7 |
69.5 |
69.4 |
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| Local authorities | 50.4 |
81.3 |
127.2 |
126.4 |
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| Local authority education expenditure per pupil/student (£ thousands) | Schools | Nursery | 0.7 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
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| Primary | 1.1 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
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| Secondary | 1.9 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
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| Special | 7.5 |
15.6 |
19.0 |
20.9 |
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| (1) All figures in thousands (‘000) except where stated otherwise. |
| (2) Voluntary staying-on rates exclude pupils leaving on reaching school leaving age at the end of the first term of S5. |
| (3) Age at 31 December. |
| (4) Figures for FE students in FE colleges in 1986-87 and 1991-92 have been revised to be consistent with data for 1995-96 and 1996-97. |
| (5) Comprises 43 SOEID-funded FE colleges and Local Authority (LA) colleges. |
| (6) Excludes FE students in the 8 traditional universities prior to 1994-95 |
| (7) Excludes LA evening centres, from 1996-97 data for students in LA evening centres are collected under Community Education Statistics. |
| (8) Excludes students in other centres, for whom detailed information was not available. There were around 10,000 students in other centres in 1996-97. |
| (9) Information on teacher training students at Stirling University is included in this section for 1995-96 and 1996-97. |
| (10) All financial figures for 1996-97 are provisional. |
| Rounding of figures: |
| Where figures have been rounded, there may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and the totals as shown. |
| The following symbol is used in the Fact Card: .. = not available |
| Additional copies of the Fact Card may be obtained from: |
| The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department |
| Education Statistics Division |
| Area 1A West |
| Victoria Quay |
| Edinburgh EH6 6QQ |
| Telephone (0131) 244 0313 |
| Fax (0131) 244 0354 |
| Statistical bulletins on specific topics may be purchased from: |
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