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Notes to tables - Resources 2008/09

  1. Staff whose ethnicity is not known includes those who have been coded 'information refused'.
  2. Total academic staff includes staff whose nationality has been coded 'not known'.
  3. Staff whose gender is 'not known' have been included in totals but are not shown separately. Staff whose gender is 'not known' includes staff whose gender has been coded 'unknown' plus those coded 'indeterminate'.
  4. Average age is calculated on actual age (as opposed to age groups) for staff with known age.
  5. Where comparisons are made between the latest financial year 2008/09 and the previous year 2007/08 HESA FSR figures, the previous year's figures are those reported in the re-stated financial statements.
  6. Where comparisons are made between the latest financial year 2008/09 and the previous year 2007/08 HESA HE-BCI survey figures, the previous year's figures are those reported in the 2008/09 HE-BCI return.
  7. The list of institutions in the HESA products for 2008/09 has changed:
    • Dartington College of Arts merged with University College Falmouth in 2007/08 but continued to make separate returns for that collection year. A single return has been made in 2008/09.
  8. The following institutions have changed their names in the HESA products for 2008/09:
    • Trinity College, Carmarthen changed to Trinity University College
    • Napier University changed to Edinburgh Napier University
    • The Arts Institute at Bournemouth changed to The Arts University College at Bournemouth
    • Trinity Laban changed to Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
    • Leeds Trinity and All Saints changed to Leeds Trinity University College.
  9. University of London is a confederal organisation. The colleges of the university, shown separately in the HESA reference volumes, are:
    • Birkbeck College
    • The Institute of Cancer Research
    • Central School of Speech and Drama
    • Courtauld Institute of Art
    • Goldsmiths College
    • Heythrop College
    • Institute of Education
    • King’s College London
    • London Business School
    • London School of Economics and Political Science
    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    • Queen Mary and Westfield College
    • Royal Academy of Music
    • Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
    • The Royal Veterinary College
    • St. George’s Hospital Medical School
    • The School of Oriental and African Studies
    • The School of Pharmacy
    • University College London.

    In addition, the institutes within the umbrella of University of London (Institutes and activities) are:

    • University of London Institute in Paris
    • University Marine Biological Station, Millport
    • School of Advanced Study comprises:
      • Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
      • Institute of Classical Studies
      • Institute of Commonwealth Studies
      • Institute of English Studies
      • Institute of Germanic Studies and Romance Studies
      • Institute of Historical Research
      • Institute of Musical Research
      • Institute of Philosophy
      • Institute for the Study of the Americas
      • Warburg Institute.
  10. Due to the particular nature of the structure of the UHI Millennium Institute, teaching and research activities are carried out by constituent partners and these staff have been returned as atypical. Non-academic staff at these partner organisations have not been returned.
  11. In 2008/09 The University of Plymouth misreported 2,435 staff with 'No known disability' as 'Other type of disability'.
  12. In 2008/09 The University of Portsmouth misreported the HEI's total atypical staff contract FTE as 175.8. This should have been reported as 7.0 FTE.
  13. In 2008/09 The University of Portsmouth misreported the HEI's total non-atypical, non-academic staff contract FTE as 1,528.5. This should have been reported as 1,359.4 FTE.
  14. In 2008/09 The University of Manchester misreported the HEI's total academic services (cost centre 51) atypical staff contract FTE as 1,466.4. This should have been reported as 244.0 FTE. The HEI's central administration and services (cost centre 54) atypical staff contract FTE was misreported as 947.1. This should have been reported as 133.0 FTE. Additionally, residencies and catering (cost centre 57) atypical staff contract FTE was misreported as 720.9 FTE. This should have been reported as 143.4 FTE.
  15. The 2008/09 HESA FSR submission is based on the following institutions' draft consolidated financial statements: University of Cumbria, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Glamorgan, University of Gloucestershire, London Metropolitan University, The University of Wales (central functions).
  16. The University of Buckingham publishes audited accounts to 31 December each year. Consequently, the income and expenditure in these finance data are prepared from management accounts spanning two financial years, which can be reconciled to the published accounts for 2008 and 2009.
  17. The FSR submissions for The University of East Anglia and The University of Essex include figures for income, net return, net assets and deferred capital grants for the University Campus Suffolk, which is a 50:50 joint venture between these two universities.
  18. The 2008/09 HESA FSR submission for the University of Chester is based on a one-off 16 month financial statement ending 31 July 2009 (restated figures 12 months to 31 March 2008). This is to allow convergence to the 1 August to 31 July reporting period.
  19. The 2009 and re-stated 2008 endowments expendable and endowments permanent were transposed in error within Cardiff University's 2008/09 HESA Finance Statistics Return. The correct figures for Cardiff University are as follows: 2009: endowments expendable: £4,133,000; endowments permanent: £17,959,000; 2008: endowments expendable: £4,487,000; endowments permanent: £19,850,000. There is no change to the total endowments figure.
  20. In 2008/09 Loughborough University completed both the FSR Table 6a sections 'institutions in England and Northern Ireland only' and head 1d 'EU domicile students' for 'institutions in Wales only' in error. Values from these sections have been suppressed from introduction Table F, and main Tables 1 and 1b, retaining only the HEI's 'home & EU domicile, HE course fees' total figure of £33,602,000, which has been included into the 'total tuition fees & education contracts' figure.
  21. In 2008/09 the HE-BCI survey total Scotland figures exclude data from HEIs that submitted an optional nil return to HESA. These are: Edinburgh Napier University; Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh; The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama; Scottish Agricultural College; The University of the West of Scotland.
  22. The 2008/09 RDA programme values were reported in error within The University of St Andrews HE-BCI Survey Part B return for Table 3. The correct figures for The University of St Andrews are as follows: 2008/09 RDA programmes income: £309,000. 2007/08 RDA programmes income: £159,000.
  23. Two institutions submitted HE-BCI data for the first time in 2008/09 - these are University Campus Suffolk and University of Buckingham. Coverage of the survey should be borne in mind when comparing data in this volume with data published for previous years by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
  24. Staffordshire University reported a significant number of graduate start-ups as formal spin offs in error and therefore their figures for HE-BCI Survey Part B, Table 4 have been excluded.