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Written Question · S4W-06843 · Session 4

What percentage of undergraduates domiciled in Scotland and on their first (a) full- and (b) part-time higher education course at college h…

Answered Asked by Liam McArthur LD Lodged 20 Apr 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of undergraduates domiciled in Scotland and on their first (a) full- and (b) part-time higher education course at college has been from deprived areas in each of the last three years, broken down by institution.

The answer

Answered by Michael Russell on 2 May 2012 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested is provided in the following tables.
Table 1(a): Percentage of Scottish domiciled first year full-time HE students from deprived areas, 2008-09 to 2010-11:
College
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
Total
Deprived
%
Total
Deprived%
Total
Deprived%
Aberdeen College
1,550
8.74%
1,515
11.22%
1,625
8.33%
Adam Smith College
1,105
21.72%
1,215
23.33%
1,270
23.02%
Angus College
235
10.64%
305
18.33%
300
13.33%
Anniesland College
380
36.00%
410
34.15%
490
36.73%
Ayr College
535
25.23%
600
30.25%
550
31.82%
Banff and Buchan College of Further Education
150
10.00%
210
7.89%
195
10.81%
Barony College
50
10.00%
70
7.14%
75
7.14%
Borders College
100
10.00%
90
10.53%
125
8.00%
Cardonald College
605
35.83%
700
32.35%
790
33.55%
Carnegie College
260
18.37%
355
17.39%
425
20.99%
Central College Glasgow
870
31.61%
990
29.80%
1,000
34.50%
Clydebank College
465
42.39%
590
40.68%
570
43.36%
Coatbridge College
300
43.33%
330
48.44%
370
43.24%
Cumbernauld College
300
16.67%
290
18.97%
315
14.52%
Dumfries and Galloway College
230
10.87%
205
16.67%
280
16.07%
Dundee College
980
29.23%
1,040
29.95%
1,115
31.08%
Edinburgh’s Telford College
835
11.95%
980
12.82%
1,045
13.88%
Elmwood College
220
6.82%
250
8.16%
270
10.20%
Forth Valley College
710
15.00%
760
16.45%
825
15.76%
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
625
26.61%
560
30.36%
715
25.35%
Glasgow Metropolitan
1,355
22.47%
1,395
24.36%
1,435
24.13%
James Watt College of Further & Higher Education
1,270
35.04%
1,410
35.23%
1,440
35.31%
Jewel and Esk College
535
13.08%
625
11.20%
665
12.12%
John Wheatley College
70
66.67%
75
53.33%
95
68.42%
Kilmarnock College
480
32.63%
590
37.29%
575
33.04%
Langside College
665
25.56%
735
27.89%
790
30.57%
Motherwell College
680
31.97%
800
33.33%
840
32.10%
North Glasgow College
380
32.43%
410
37.80%
520
38.46%
Oatridge College
95
5.56%
130
11.54%
135
11.11%
Reid Kerr College
810
38.27%
895
32.40%
895
38.51%
South Lanarkshire College
290
13.79%
460
16.48%
560
13.39%
Stevenson College Edinburgh
715
14.89%
850
14.20%
970
13.02%
Stow College
750
34.23%
820
32.21%
980
33.68%
West Lothian College
345
21.74%
400
21.52%
500
22.00%
Total
18,945
24.53%
21,060
25.29%
22,750
25.44%
Source: Scottish Funding Council.
Note: The table includes enrolments for students in their first year of study on an HE course, as it is not possible to identify which students are on an HE course for the first time.
Table 1(b): Percentage of Scottish domiciled first year part-time HE students from deprived areas, 2008-09 to 2010-11:
College
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
Total
Deprived
%
Total
Deprived
%
Total
Deprived
%
Aberdeen College
1,275
6.47%
1,290
9.30%
1,295
10.04%
Adam Smith College
2,200
14.81%
2,020
16.58%
1,335
16.10%
Angus College
420
10.84%
455
7.69%
460
9.78%
Anniesland College
340
28.36%
275
30.91%
315
31.75%
Ayr College
380
22.58%
290
18.97%
300
28.33%
Banff and Buchan College of Further Education
665
3.76%
470
4.30%
470
3.26%
Barony College
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
0.00%
Borders College
135
3.57%
140
10.71%
160
6.25%
Cardonald College
530
34.29%
665
27.59%
760
32.65%
Carnegie College
750
13.45%
720
13.73%
625
10.48%
Central College Glasgow
1,195
25.74%
1,070
28.04%
1,005
29.50%
Clydebank College
305
27.87%
295
29.31%
365
30.14%
Coatbridge College
50
20.00%
45
33.33%
55
45.45%
Cumbernauld College
220
15.91%
205
9.76%
180
11.11%
Dumfries and Galloway College
245
14.29%
325
13.85%
230
15.22%
Dundee College
950
16.58%
1,065
19.34%
840
16.27%
Edinburgh’s Telford College
645
13.39%
580
15.65%
680
14.07%
Elmwood College
105
9.52%
65
15.38%
85
13.33%
Forth Valley College
775
10.53%
565
9.73%

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