University enrolment: latest figures show fall in number of part-time students

By George Arnett. Despite a rise in the number of new full-time students, the drop in part-time enrolments continues to gather pace. The number of new students studying part time in 2011/12 dropped by 7.6 percent from the previous year, according to the latest data from the Higher education statistics agency (HESA). There were 278,545 first year part time students enroling in 2011/2012, a drop of 23,000 from the year previous and a fall of 65,900 from 2008/9. More...