Bespoke data service - destinations data
Destinations data
Destinations data provides information on the activites of students after gaining a qualification from a higher education institution (HEI). The data is collected through a survey carried out approximately six months after students leave a HEI.
Destinations data is collected in addition to the student data outlined here. As a result, we can link destinations data to student data.
From 2002/03 the survey is known as Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE). This replaces the former First Destinations Supplement (FDS) which is available for the academic years 1994/95 to 2001/02. More information about the FDS can be found here.
Commonly requested fields
ActivityQualification required for job
Location of employment
Employer size
Institution of further study
Type of qualification of further study
Mode of further study
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
DLHE Population
The new survey has been expanded to cover more postgraduate courses and those leavers who studied part-time. The DLHE survey is also designed to collect richer information from leavers than the FDS. Unlike the FDS, leavers are able to tell us more detailed information regarding work and further study. This results in a matrix of circumstances allowing more comprehensive analysis.
Please note that destinations data is not collected for all students leaving HEIs. Those included in the DLHE survey are:- United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) domiciled students.
- Students who obtained doctorates, masters, postgraduate bachelors degrees, PGCE’s, postgraduate diplomas and certificates, first degrees (excluding intercalated degrees), Diploma of Higher Education, Certificate of Higher Education, HND or HNC.
- Those who study at least part of the programme of study within the UK.
Activity
This field describes the activity of a leaver from the DLHE survey:
- Full-time paid work only (including self-employed), Part-time paid work only, Voluntary/unpaid work only, Work and further study, Further study only, Assumed to be unemployed, Not available for employment, Other
Qualification required for job
This field describes whether the leaver’s qualification was a necessary criteria in gaining the job they are doing:- Formal Requirement, Expected, Advantage, No, Don’t know
Location of employment
Location of employment data is supplied to HESA in the form of postcodes or country codes. Postcodes are mapped to counties and unitary authorities and UK nations. Non-UK country codes are also supplied to HESA. As a result, location of employment data can be supplied at the following levels of detail:UK location of employment :
- By country in the UK.
- By region: North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East, London, South East, South West, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, .
- By county/unitary authority.
Non-UK location of employment:
- By continent.
- By country.
Employer size
This field describes the size of the leavers' employer by the number of people that it employs- 1 to 49, 50 to 249, 250 or more, Not known
Institution of further study
For leavers who are in further study we can provide details of the HEI that the leaver is attending. If the leaver is not attending a UK HEI then the following additional detail is available:- Other UK institution, Other non-UK institution, Other public body in the UK, Other private body in the UK, UK FE College.
Type of qualification of further study
Where a leaver has gone on to further study we can provide details of the type of qualification that they are studying for:- Higher degree by research, Higher degree by taught course, Postgraduate diploma or certificate, First degree, Other diploma or certificate, Professional qualification, Other qualification, Not aiming for a qualification.
Mode of further study
Where a leaver has gone on to further study we can indicate whether they are studying full-time or part-time.Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
The Standard Industrial Classification of economic activities (SIC) provides a framework for the collection, tabulation, presentation and analysis of data about economic activities. From 2007/08 the aggregations reflect the Standard Industrial Classification economic activity sections as summarised in the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (SIC 2007) (which replaced SIC(92)).
Standard industry codes for economic activity are used to describe the relationship between the inputs and outputs of such activity. In cases where multiple activities take place, classification usually relates to the single most important activity. In the case of DLHE statistics, this will usually be the most important activity undertaken by an employer (or self-employed person). Economic activities are measured by enquiring into the nature of an employer's (or self-employed person's) business.
Listing of Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC 2007).Listing of Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC 92).
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
To identify the occupations entered by students, HESA uses the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) which was developed as an interdepartmental standard for coding occupational information in official survey and census sources, and to facilitate the job matching/placing activities of the Employment Service.
In 2003 HESA adopted the new SOC2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (which replaced SOC90), for comparability of sector data
with other areas of the economy. A variant of the
SOC2000 was created for the coding of occupational information
collected in the DLHE survey. The classification is termed SOC (DLHE)
Listing of Standard Occupational Classifications (SOC 2000) used by HESA.
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