Fact file

There were 1,720,094 higher education enrolments in 1995/96 with 126,582 academic staff and a sector income of Pounds 10.7 billion.

* In 1995/96 31 per cent of students were under 21, with 50 per cent of all students studying full-time at degree level

* Of eligible students in 1995/96, 59 per cent took out a student loan, borrowing Pounds 700.8 million in total.