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Environments to support e-Learning In UK Further and Higher Education
Table: Course enrolment methods
Current situation
Total FE HE - Pre ‘92
HE - Post
‘92 HE college HE all
2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003
N = 231 343 165 246 31 41 21 38 14 18 66 97
Enrolment through paper forms
only 59% 73% 64% 78% 45% 59% 33% 58% 64% 83% 45% 63%
Enrolment for some courses can
be done on-line 26% 18% 27% 14% 23% 34% 29% 24% 29% 17% 26% 27%
On-line enrolment available for
majority of courses 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 0% 10% 13% 0% 0% 6% 5%
Students primarily enrol on-line 9% 3% 3% 2% 26% 7% 29% 5% 7% 0% 23% 5%
Future / aim
N = 209 312 149 223 29 39 20 33 13 17 60 89
Enrolment through paper forms
only 4% 3% 5% 4% 3% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 2%
Enrolment for some courses can
be done on-line 22% 27% 30% 31% 3% 18% 0% 3% 15% 35% 3% 16%
On-line enrolment available for
majority of courses 37% 44% 41% 47% 24% 36% 25% 42% 38% 35% 27% 38%
Students primarily enrol on-line 36% 26% 23% 18% 69% 41% 75% 55% 46% 29% 68% 44%
• The number of institutions offering paper-only course enrolment has decreased from
73% in 2003 to 59% in 2003.
• In HE, primarily on-line enrolment has increased from 5% in 2003 to 23% in
September 2005.
• The responses suggest that online enrolment will continue to grow.
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