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Latest Student Data (2008/09):

Statistical First Release 142 - All students, first years and qualifiers. Arranged by location of institution, Subject, Level of study (undergraduate/postgraduate), Mode of study (full-time/part-time), Domicile (UK/EU/Non-EU), Qualifications obtained. Plus cross border flows between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2007/08 Student Data:

Press Release 141 - Science and Medicine studies see five year growth

Performance Indicators - for data on:

Free online data tables - Students (1996/97 to 2007/08) by:

Subject of study
Institution (includes Level of study and Domicile)
Qualifications (including class of first degree)
Disability
Ethnicity

Press Release 133 - Offshore students studying overseas for UK HE qualifications, and Non-UK domiciled students in UK HE institutions.

Statistical First Release 130 - All students, first years and qualifiers. Arranged by location of institution, Subject, Level of study (undergraduate/postgraduate), Mode of study (full-time/part-time), Domicile (UK/EU/Non-EU), Qualifications obtained. Plus cross border flows between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Participation Rates in Higher Education are published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The latest Participation Rates information can be found here: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000839/index.shtml (external website)

Latest Destinations Data:

Press Release 140 - Career progression of 2004/05 graduates

Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal Survey - Full report of activities of 2004/05 graduates 3.5 years after graduating

Press Release 139 - Female graduates more likely to enter employment.

Performance Indicators - Employment of Graduates - Percentage of graduates from each institution who entered employment or further study.

Statistical First Release 137 - Destinations of leavers 6 months after graduating. Arranged by Level of study, Subject and Occupation.

Free online data tables - destinations of leavers by Mode of study, Level of qualification, domicile and gender (2002/03 to 2007/08)

Latest Staff Data (2008/09):

Statistical First Release 143 - Summary of all staff by mode of employment and gender. Summary of academic staff by gender, source of salary, academic employment function, professorial status and terms of employment.

2007/08 Staff Data:

Press Release 131 - Academic staff by grade and gender

Press Release 135 - Academic staff age profile and employment circumstances

Free online data tables - Summary of academic staff

2007/08 Finance data:

Press Release 134 - Income and Expenditure of UK HE sector 2007/08

Free online data tables - Income and Expenditure data 1993/94 to 2007/08

Financial Statements are published by all HE institutions. Most institutions' published accounts are linked to from the British Universities Finance Directors Group website here: http://www.bufdg.ac.uk/resources/statements/?a=cm (external website)

Older data:

Detailed information for all data streams is available through the Publications Archive . This section contains free versions of all HESA publications from 1994/95 to 2002/03

Some HE data for the years 1972/73 to 1993/94 is available form the UK Data Archive . This is not HESA data.