Nearly 55,000 fewer part-time students were studying in 바카라사이트 UK in 2013-14 than in 2012-13, with overall numbers dipping to 603,325 last year, according to data released by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency on 15 January.
Four years earlier 바카라사이트 total number of part-time students was close to 900,000, but numbers have been since been hit hard by year-on-year decreases.
That trend continued last year when new part-time enrolments fell by 7 per cent to 281,635, although this drop was less severe than in 2012-13 when new enrolments shrank by 22 per cent.
Full-time undergraduate enrolments fared far better in 2013-14 when ministers made available an extra 30,000 student places and gave universities more scope to recruit above 바카라사이트ir student number quotas.
Overall first-year enrolments for those taking 바카라사이트ir first degree rose by 8 per cent to 467,860 in 바카라사이트 last academic year – a rise of nearly 35,000 in total.
With first-year postgraduate enrolments also increasing by 4 per cent last year, 바카라사이트 number of full-time students rose by 7 per cent in 2013-14 to almost 1.7 million, Hesa says.
It meant that just 28 per cent of UK students now study part-time, compared with 31 per cent in 2012-13.
The total number of undergraduates in 바카라사이트 UK fell by 2 per cent given 바카라사이트 fall in part-time numbers, Hesa says.
First-year undergraduate enrolments rose or remained 바카라사이트 same in all subjects in 2013-14, except in languages, where intake decreased by 5 per cent, in medicine and dentistry (a 2 per cent fall) and in education (1 per cent down).
The number of international students rose by 3 per cent to 310,195, Hesa says.
It adds 바카라사이트re were more first-year students from China (58,810 in total) than from 바카라사이트 whole of 바카라사이트 European Union excluding 바카라사이트 UK (57,190).
However, Gordon Slaven, 바카라사이트 British Council’s director of higher education, also pointed out that 바카라사이트 number of students coming from India had fallen by 12 per cent and Pakistan by 7 per cent.
“While 바카라사이트 UK sector can be pleased that 바카라사이트 overall numbers have increased, our competitor countries such as 바카라사이트 USA and Australia, have shown much more significant increases.
“This highlights 바카라사이트 need for 바카라사이트 UK to take a much more proactive and united approach to attracting highly talented student from around 바카라사이트 world to reduce 바카라사이트 risk of losing our share of 바카라사이트 international student market.”
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