Article Writing Homework Help
You will prepare and submit a term paper on Educational Policies in Britain. Your paper should be a minimum of 1750 words in length.
You will prepare and submit a term paper on Educational Policies in Britain. Your paper should be a minimum of 1750 words in length. Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd. 2005
From HESA, accessed 2006-04-26
Data for figure 6.5
Students’ expenditure by type, 2002/03
England &. Wales
Percentages
Living costs
68
Housing costs
19
Participation costs
14
Source: Student Income and Expenditure Survey, South Bank University
1997
1998
1999
2000
Current expenditure
/98
/99
/00
/01
Universities
..
..
..
..
Other Higher, Further and adult education
..
..
..
..
Higher Education Funding Council
5,693
4,726
5,166
5,813
Further Education Funding Council
3,718
5,064
5,216
5,167
2001
Continuing Education
1,960
..
..
..
/02
Other education expenditure
1,355
4,611
4,278
3,861
..
..
..
5,813
5,628
5,167
6,810
..
..
3,861
3,989
From HESA, accessed 2006-04-26
The government expenditure on education in terms of higher education funding has remained stable since 1997 receiving up to 5628millions in 2001-2002. Comparatively further education funding council received funding of 6810 million and other education expenditure of the government was at 3,989 million (HESA, 2006). Percentage of students opting for loans seems to have risen considerably and the data show that students seeking funding have risen from 41% in 1992-93 to 64% in 1997-1998. The table below shows the percentage of students who depend on funding for external or state sources, loans or grants
1992-93
41
1993-94
47
1994-95
55
1995-96
59
1996-97
62
1997-98
64
From HESA, accessed 2006-04-26
The tables that we have considered could be analyzed comparatively for government expenditure against student requirements.
