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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nurses: Training (24 May 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students who completed access courses secured places on nursing degrees in each of the last three years.

Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)

Answer

The number of students who entered nursing degrees at English Higher Education Institutions having previously completed Access Courses is recorded by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and has been provided in the table.

Full-time Undergraduate Entrants to Nursing by Highest Qualification on Entry

English Higher Education Institutions

Academic Years 2012/13 to 2014/15

Academic Year

Entrants who had completed Access Courses

Total entrants

2012/13

4,275

21,510

2013/14

4,925

22,920

2014/15

5,515

23,310

Source: BIS Analysis of HESA Student Record
Notes:
(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5
(2) Nursing students were determined to be those in courses falling under JACS3 code B7-"Nursing" https://www.hesa.ac.uk/jacs3 (3) Counts refer to the total Full-Person Equivalents (FPE). These are derived by splitting student instances between the different subjects that make up their course aim (4) Access Courses were determined to be those with a highest entry qualification (QUALENT3) code of X00 or X01 - higher education access course


Answered by:
Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative)
1 June 2016

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