Postgraduates
Updated 14 October 2008
Almost a quarter of students in higher education are postgraduates but this covers a broad spectrum of qualifications and experiences: from those doing PGCEs, taught/research masters to those doing PhDs that may not even consider themselves students.
Number of postgraduate students in the UK 2005/06
| Postgraduate | Full time | Part time | Total |
| UK | 117,520 | 256,265 | 373,785 |
| Other European Union | 28,590 | 18,445 | 47,035 |
| Non-European-Union | 88,110 | 18,445 | 47,035 |
| Total | 234,220 | 311,145 | 545,365 |
NUS Information
New NUS parliamentary briefing - allocation of research funding for universities
Education Information - Postgraduate student trends 2000/1-2005/6 - 14 October 2008
NUS/ UCU/ NPC Employment Charter for Postgraduates that teachNUS/ UCU/ NPC Good practice guide for the employment of postgraduate students to teach
Education Information – Postgraduate research experience survey
Education Information – Taught postgraduate student experience
Education Information – Funding research beyond RAE 2008
www.nus.org.uk: The F Word Funding postgraduate study
Useful links
HEA Report, The taught postgraduate experience
HEA Report, Postgraduate Research Experience Survey, 2007
Universities UK research, facts and figures
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