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Question reference: S5W-03069

Date lodged: 21 September 2016
Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 September 2016

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) full- and (b) part-time college students there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by gender.

Answer

The latest available data on students at college in Scotland are Scottish Funding Council data for 2014-15. Table 1 shows the number of full-time and part-time students at college in Scotland in each year since 2006-07, broken down by gender.

Table 1: Number of full-time and part-time students at college in Scotland, by gender, 2006-07 to 2014-15

Mode of study

Gender

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

Full-time

Female	37,064	37,167	39,068	41,603	42,494	42,968	41,807	42,709	42,974
Male	30,920	30,382	31,600	35,094	37,048	37,880	36,480	37,147	36,241

Part-time

Female	177,025	181,947	174,834	155,079	127,603	101,609	91,948	90,105	87,686
Male	132,256	144,610	143,394	128,452	110,222	88,609	82,658	82,935	83,978

Source: InFact Database, Scottish Funding Council

Note: Full-time and part-time headcount figures will not sum to published headcount totals. Students who enrol on both full-time and part-time courses in an academic year will be counted in both categories.

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