The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). HESA does not collect information on whether students come specifically from a working-class background, nor does it have a definition of the term working-class.<\/p>
Information on the ethnicity and socio-economic classification of young entrants (those aged less than 21 years old) to medicine subjects at English and Welsh Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 is provided in the table. Information on older entrants by socioeconomic background is not available.<\/p>
Full-Person Equivalent (FPE)(1) young entrants(2) studying Medicine(3) by Sex, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Classification (SEC)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> English and Welsh Higher Education Institutions<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Academic Year 2013/14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Male<\/p><\/td> Female<\/p><\/td> Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr> White<\/p><\/td> Other<\/p><\/td> Unknown<\/p><\/td> White<\/p><\/td> Other<\/p><\/td> Unknown<\/p><\/td> White<\/p><\/td> Other<\/p><\/td> Unknown<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Higher managerial & professional occupations<\/p><\/td> 550<\/p><\/td> 330<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 650<\/p><\/td> 335<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 1200<\/p><\/td> 665<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lower managerial & professional occupations<\/p><\/td> 290<\/p><\/td> 130<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 390<\/p><\/td> 155<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 680<\/p><\/td> 285<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Intermediate occupations<\/p><\/td> 120<\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 125<\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 245<\/p><\/td> 140<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Small employers & own account workers<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td> 50<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 55<\/p><\/td> 50<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 90<\/p><\/td> 100<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lower supervisory & technical occupations<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Semi-routine occupations<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td> 50<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td> 80<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 105<\/p><\/td> 130<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Routine occupations<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 40<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Never worked & long-term unemployed<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Not classified<\/p><\/td> 180<\/p><\/td> 130<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 195<\/p><\/td> 135<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 375<\/p><\/td> 265<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/p><\/td> 1255<\/p><\/td> 800<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 1545<\/p><\/td> 865<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 2800<\/p><\/td> 1665<\/p><\/td> 50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Notes: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded up or down to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (1) Counts in the table refer to Full Person Equivalents (FPEs). FPEs are derived by splitting student instances between the different subjects that make up their course aim.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (2) Young entrants are defined as those younger than 21 years old at August 31st of their first academic year<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (3) Subject information is defined using the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS2). Medical Subjects were defined as those in JACS Codes A0, A1, A3 and A9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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