Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S4W-00708 · Session 4

How many Scotland-domiciled entrants there have been to modern languages courses at each Scottish university in each year since 2007, broke…

Answered Asked by Claire Baker Lab Lodged 9 Jun 2011

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scotland-domiciled entrants there have been to modern languages courses at each Scottish university in each year since 2007, broken down by course.

The answer

Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 Jun 2011 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is contained in the following tables.
Table 1: Scottish-Domiciled Entrants Studying for a Qualification in a Modern Language at the Scottish Higher Education Institutions, 2007-08 (1,2)
Table 1
2007-08
Institution / Subject
Research
Post-
Graduate
Taught
Post-
Graduate
First
Degree
Other
Under-Graduate
Total
Aberdeen, University of





European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
-
-
-
French studies
-
-
30
-
35
German studies
-
-
15
-
15
Spanish studies
-
-
25
-
25
Scandinavian studies
-
-
-
-
-
Others in European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
5
-
5
American studies
-
-
-
-
-
Total
5
-
75
-
80
Dundee, University of
-
-
-
-
-
French studies
-
-
15
-
15
German studies
-
-
5
-
5
Spanish studies
-
-
5
15
20
European Studies
-
-
-
-
-
Others in European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
10
90
100
American studies
-
-
15
-
15
Total
-
-
45
110
155
Edinburgh Napier University





French studies
-
-
25
-
25
German studies
-
-
25
-
25
Italian studies
-
-
-
-
-
Spanish studies
-
-
-
-
-
Total
-
-
50
-
50
Edinburgh, University of





French studies
-
5
40
-
45
German studies
-
5
10
-
15
Italian studies
-
-
5
-
5
Spanish studies
-
-
15
-
15
Portuguese studies
-
-
-
-
-
Scandinavian studies
-
-
5
-
5
Russian and East European studies
-
-
5
-
5
Others in European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
5
40
-
45
Chinese studies
-
5
5
-
5
Japanese studies
-
-
15
-
15
South Asian studies
-
-
-
-
-
Other Asian studies
-
-
-
-
-
African studies
-
-
-
-
5
Modern Middle Eastern studies
-
-
5
-
10
American studies
-
-
-
-
-
Total
10
25
140
-
170
Glasgow, University of





European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
10
-
10
French studies
-
-
95
-
95
German studies
-
-
25
-
25
Italian studies
-
-
15
-
15
Spanish studies
-
-
35
-
35
Portuguese studies
-
-
5
-
5
Russian and East European studies
-
20
10
-
30
European Studies
-
-
-
-
-
Others in European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
30
3,465
3,495
American studies
-
-
-
-
-
Total
5
20
225
3,465
3,715
Heriot-Watt University





Others in European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
65
-
65
Open University in Scotland





French studies
-
-
-
40
40
German studies
-
-
-
35
35
Spanish studies
-
-
-
40
40
European Studies
-
-
10
-
10
Others in European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
50
-
50
Total
-
-
55
120
175
St Andrews, University of





French studies
-
-
25
-
25
German studies
-
-
5
-
5
Italian studies
-
-
-
-
-
Spanish studies
-
-
10
-
15
Russian and East European studies
-
-
-
-
-
Others in European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
10
220
230
Modern Middle Eastern studies
-
-
5
-
5
Total
-
5
55
220
280
Stirling, University of





French studies
-
-
30
-
30
German studies
-
-
-
-
-
Spanish studies
-
-
25
-
25
Others in European Languages, Literature
and related subjects
-
-
-
-
-
Total
-
-
55
-
55
Strathclyde, University of





French studies
-
-
50
10
60
German studies
-
-
5
-
5
Italian studies
-
-
5
-
10
Spanish studies
-
-
30
20
55
Russian and East

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