Statistics - Students and qualifiers at UK HE institutions

Headline and summary statistics

Graphic from Press Release 184 - large version here (253x1141)

Widening participation

Performance Indicators - Widening participation of under-represented groups

Non-continuation rates

Performance Indicators - Non-continuation rates

Graphic from Press Release 186

* Definitions

Students & qualifiers

Latest 2011/12 student and qualifier statistics

Performance Indicators - Press release 189 - PIs Summary - PIs Home

   Widening Participation
   Table T1a - Young entrants 2011/12

   Non-continuation rates
   Table T3a - Non-continuation into second year
   Table T5 - Projected outcomes

Non-UK domicile students - Press Release 184

HE Qualifications obtained in 2011/12 - Press Release 186

Free online data tables - student numbers for 1996/97 to 2011/12 including:

   2011/12 students by Institution
   2011/12 students by Subject
   2011/12 first year students by Ethnicity
   2011/12 first year students by Disability
   2011/12 Qualifications obtained
   2011/12 Qualifications by subject
   More free online data tables

Statistical First Release 183 - Overview of student data 2007/08 to 2011/12. Tables below cover the whole UK. Breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found in further tables.

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

Student publication introduction - Sector level tables and charts

Course information

Unistats website - the official source for information on HE courses
(not hosted by HESA)
Unistats/KIS data - raw data underlying the Unistats website
available for developers to download in XML and CSV format

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External sources

• BIS - Summary of all HE Official Statistics
• BIS - The HE student timeline
• BIS - Participation Rates in Higher Education
  
• HEFCE - National Student Survey (NSS) results
• HEFCE - Data and statistics
• HEFCE - Publications and reports
• Welsh Assembly Government - Education statistics for Wales
• HEFCW - HE statistics for Wales
• Scottish Governement - Lifelong Learning Statistics
  
• SFC - HE statistics for Scotland
  
• DEL - HE statistics for Northern Ireland
• UCAS - Applications and acceptances statistics
• The Data Service - Further Education statistics
• Parliament - Education: Historical Statistics 1920-2004
• Eurostat - Education statistics for Europe
• OECD - International HE statistics

Mobile app

iPhone app - UK HE Stats - free from the app store. Contains four years' data for all institutions.

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

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Publications

Students in Higher Education Institutions 2011/12 - 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 2010/11 - 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]