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* 26.5 per cent of new entrants to full-time first-degree courses in 1995/96 were 21 years and over

* 44.5 per cent of new overseas entrants to full-time first-degree courses in 1995/96 were 21 years and over

* 63 per cent of new entrants to part-time first-degree courses over the age of 21 were female

Source: HESA, the Higher Education Statistics Agency, 1995/96.