Statistics - Students and qualifiers at UK HE institutions

Headline and summary statistics

Widening participation

Performance Indicators - Widening participation of under-represented groups

Non-continuation rates

Performance Indicators - Non-continuation rates

Graphic from Press Release 172 - large version here (1672x907)

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Students & qualifiers

Latest 2010/11 student and qualifier statistics

Performance Indicators - Widening Participation - Non-continuation rates - Summary - Press release 175

Press Release 172 - Non-UK domicile students 2010/11 - top 10 Non-EU and EU countries

Free online data tables - Downloadable Excel tables - student numbers for 1996/97 to 2010/11 including:

   2010/11 students by Institution
   2010/11 students by Subject
   2010/11 students by Ethnicity
   2010/11 students by Disability
   2010/11 Qualifications obtained
   2010/11 Qualifications by subject
   Student publication introduction (16 more tables)
   More free online data tables

Statistical First Release 169 - Latest overview of student data 2006/07 to 2010/11 including Excel tables:

   Table 1 All students by level, mode and domicile.
   Table 1a England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
   Table 2 First year students by level, mode and domicile.
   Table 2a England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
   Table 3 Students by mode, level and subject area.
   Table 3a England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
   Table 4 UK domicile first years by domicile and location of HEI.
   Table 5 Qualifications obtained by level, mode and domicile.
   Table 5a England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
   Table 6 Class of first degree by gender and mode of study.
   Table 6a England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
   Table 7 Qualifications obtained by level, gender and subject area.
   Table 7a England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
   Table 8 Students studying wholly overseas.
   Download all tables in Excel format
   Older Statistical First Releases

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External sources

• UNISTATS - downloadable tables by HEI/subject combination
• BIS - Participation Rates in Higher Education
  
• PQ answer - young entrants by local authority (rtf doc)
• Briefing Paper - Education: Historical Statistics 1920-2004
• HEFCE - PhD completion rates
• The Scottish Government - Education statistics for Scotland
• Welsh Assembly Government - Education statistics for Wales
• Eurostat - Education statistics for Europe
• OECD - International HE statistics
• The Data Service - Further Education statistics

Mobile app

iPhone app - UK HE Stats - free from the app store. Contains three years' student, staff and finance data for all institutions.

m.hesa.ac.uk - mobile web version of the app

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Publications

Students in Higher Education Institutions 2010/11 - comprehensive data on students and qualifications obtained. See the full contents - includes links to 5 free downloadable Excel tables. Read the introduction online - includes 16 free Excel tables to download and 11 charts summarising all aspects of the HESA Student Record and the HESA Aggregate Offshore Record.	Students in Higher Education Institutions
Higher Education Statistics for the UK 2009/10 - summary of HE data from HESA, UCAS, SLC, OECD, Labour Force Survey and more. See the full contents Read the introduction online - includes 11 free Excel tables to download and 8 charts summarising all aspects of higher education, including five year trends.	Higher Education Statistics for the UK
To view all HESA publications and special offers see the publications home page or the 2012 product catalogue. Older publications for 1994/95 to 2005/06 can be downloaded for free from the Publications Archive.

Reports

What is a course? Course is one of the most widely used words in Higher Education. This report, published in December 2011, considers the variety of interpretations and models that exist across the sector. Download report
International Benchmarking in UK Higher Education Higher education is a global enterprise and UK universities need to address international competition. This report, published in October 2011, was commissioned as part of a HESA project Realising Business Benefits through the use of Benchmarking. Download report [pdf 1 MB]