National College Creative Industries: Students

(asked on 20th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the background of student intake is for the National College Creative Industries by (a) region, (b) gender and (c) the number of students from low income backgrounds.


Answered by
Anne Milton Portrait
Anne Milton
This question was answered on 25th March 2019

The number of further education (FE) students and apprentices who have graduated and been recruited from the National College for Creative and Cultural Industries is set out in the table below on FE student and apprenticeship starts and completions. As the apprenticeships last 12 months, some students are still due to complete for this year and next year. The data for this table has been supplied from the college’s own records.

Academic year 2016/17

Academic year 2017/18

Academic year 2018/19

FE student starts

9

20

28

FE student completions

9

14

1

Apprenticeship starts

40

53

38

Apprenticeship completions

27

8

0

The college does not have destination data available for students in 2016/17. However, out of the FE students who completed in academic year 2017/18, 8 are working in the industry and the remainder have gone onto to further education or higher education.

The student intake according to region and gender is in the table below. Detailed information on

the number of students from low income background is currently not available.

Number of students

East of England

63

London

85

North East

1

North West

3

South East

20

South West

4

West Midlands

6

Yorks and Humber

6

It should be noted that the data is supplied by the college’s own records for academic years 2016/17 to 2018/19.

Gender

Number

Female

86

Male

102

It should be noted that the data is supplied by the college’s own records for academic years 2016/17 to 2018/19.

The government has not provided funding to the Backstage Centre. Funding provided to the National College for Creative and Cultural Industries since its incorporation is set out in the table below, where details of the funding covers financial years from April to March.

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

Total

Capital funding

£50,000

£195,449

£174,525

-

£419,974

Revenue support funding

-

-

-

£275,000

£275,000

Working capital loan

-

-

£650,000

£600,000

£1,250,000

Total

£50,000

£195,449

£824,525

£875,000

£1,944,974

The number of total staff per year since the creation of the National College for Creative and Cultural Industries is set out in the table below, which includes temporary placements, apprentices and part time staff.

Calendar Year

Staff number

2017

20

2018

22

2019

16

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