1. Higher National Qualifications Scottish Qualifications Authority

2. Higher National Qualifications  Entry Patterns  Age and Gender  Subject Focus  Qualitative feedback  Entry Projections 2007

3. HNC Entry Patterns YearTotalScotlandOther UKOverseas 2002/2003 19,45219,20721530 2003/2004 19,09718,76032611 2004/2005 19,49619,0084799 2005/2006 18,52418,04845125

4. HNC Entry Patterns

5. HND Entry Patterns YearTotalScotlandOther UKOverseas 2002/2003 13,84713,62173153 2003/2004 12,91612,68767162 2004/2005 11,50311,16239302 2005/2006 14,10911,3181012690

6. HND Entry Patterns

7. HNC Entries by Gender

8. HND Entries by Gender

9. HN Entries by Age HNC 2002/20032003/20042004/20052005/2006 <20 31.1%31.4%33.9%35.4% 20 - 24 22.0%21.4%21.9%21.4% 25 - 29 11.1%10.5%10.7%10.4% +30 35.8%36.8%33.5%32.8% HND <20 42.8%43.9%45.5%46.8% 20 - 24 29.4%27.5%27.0%28.0% 25 - 29 9.8%10.1%9.4%9.8% +30 18.0%18.5%18.1%15.4%

10. HNC Subject Focus HNC Entries Subjects 2002/20032003/20042004/20052005/2006 Social Care1,4571,5171,6001,831 Computing1,6811,5471,2191,253 Administration and Information* 1,2251,1971,1631,403 Early Education and Childcare** 1,6091,3961,5481,617 Social Sciences746741757759 *Includes both Admin and Info Management and Technology **Includes old ‘Childcare and Education’ HNC Subject Focus

11. Subjects 2002/20032003/20042004/20052005/2006 Engineering124204117100 Engineering: Electrical327315385308 Engineering: Electronics401308227203 Engineering: Fabrication Welding and NDT 1256897104 Engineering: Mechanical348332396312 Engineering: Mechatronics289101110119 Engineering: Manufacturing Systems 64859386 Engineering: Aeronautical97999865 Engineering: Practice871308763 HNC Subject Focus

12. HND Subject Focus Subjects 2002/20032003/20042004/20052005/2006 Engineering: Mechanical294364291599 Beauty Therapy535712580592 Social Sciences564507535523 Computing: Technical Support 310518364506 Accounting607574589416 Administration and Information* 471515497394 *Includes both Admin and Info Management and Technology HND Subject Focus

13. Subjects2005/2006 Sports Coaching with Development of Sport329 Business313 Sound Production252 Music164 Interactive Multimedia Creation130 HND Subject Focus

14. HNC Entry Projections

15. HND Entry Projections

16. Professional Development Awards  Entry Patterns  Subject Focus

17. PDA Entry Patterns YearTotalScotlandOther UKOverseas 2002/2003 2,178 00 2003/2004 2,407 00 2004/2005 2,959 00 2005/2006 3,044 00

18. PDA Entries Subjects 2002/20032003/20042004/20052005/2006 Introduction to Adult Literacies Learning (Stage 1 of National Training Framework or Qualifications in Adult Literacies) -144166507 Carpentry and Joinery 322404309390 Childcare and Education 167270194269 Introduction to Teaching in Further Education 21215285229 Early Education and Childcare (SCQF Level 8) ---171 PDA Subject Focus

19. Higher National Units  HN Unit Patterns  Scottish HN Unit Entry Patterns

20. HN Unit Entry Patterns YearTotalScotlandOther UKOverseas 2002/2003 377,412372,7282,9781,706 2003/2004 408,163400,8385,2292,096 2004/2005 372,283364,4713,3994,413 2005/2006 437,076368,2914,75264,033

21. Scottish HN Unit Entry Patterns Year Scottish Entries Unit Entries linked to HN/PDA Courses* Stand-Alone Unit Entries Stand-Alone Units as % of Total Units 2002/2003 372,728348,75723,9716.4% 2003/2004 400,838375,02225,8166.4% 2004/2005 364,471343,78320,6885.7% 2005/2006 368,291341,86626,4257.2% *Where candidates with HN Unit entries have had an HN or PDA Course entry