Skip to main content
About us » Website and accessibility » Terms of use

Terms of use

We publish much of the data and analysis on our website under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. This means you can use and adapt this content for personal and commercial use, but you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence and indicate if you have made changes. Appropriate credit should include our name (HESA) and web address (www.hesa.ac.uk). This content will be clearly marked.

Other content on our site is copyright of the Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd. You may print or download items for personal use, but you cannot copy or reproduce content more widely without prior permission from us.  

We are not responsible for the content of any external internet sites or other online content linked to from this website.

We cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived from the data by third parties.

Company Information

This website represents the two companies below. The registered office for both is: 95 Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 1HZ.

Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England (number 02766993) at the address above. Registered Charity number 01039709. The members are Universities UK and GuildHE.

HESA Services Limited is registered in England (number 03109219) at the address above and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd.

Commenting policy

We allow comments on our blogs via a third-party commenting platform: Disqus.

We encourage open dialogue, and operate a light-touch comment moderation policy.

Comments will be deleted that:

  • Are obviously spam
  • Breach HESA’s data policies (i.e. publish unrounded data)
  • Are libellous or gratuitously abusive
  • Contain swear words or insults directed towards the blogger, other posters or other organisations.

We reserve the right to edit comments to remove inappropriate material. Comments may be edited or deleted to remove inaccurate data if we are concerned it has the potential to mislead.

If you are concerned about a comment you have read, you can flag it or email us.