Data releases
We publish a range of data releases each year, covering all aspects of higher education.
Below you can find all our releases to date. You can use the filters on the right to find the data you are most interested in.
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Widening participation summary: UK Performance Indicators 2016/17
In 2016/17 90% of UK domicile young entrants to full-time first degree courses came from state schools. Figures for individual HE providers ranged from 44.1% to 100%.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0Higher Education Staff Statistics: UK, 2016/17
The first release of HESA’s official staff data for 2016/17 shows an increase in total staff numbers in higher education and an increase in the proportions of female professors and senior academics.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2016/17 - Summary
The first release of HESA’s official student enrolment data for 2016/17 shows an increase in the number of students in higher education, a decline in part-time students, and over a quarter of first degree graduates gaining a first.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0Getting rich quick: Is studying economics the key to a high salary?
Tej Nathwani, Senior Statistical Analyst at HESA, considers the story behind the financial benefits of a first degree in economics from the responses to the latest Longitudinal Destination of Leavers survey. The breadth of data available enables a more detailed investigation to be made into the link between subject of study and earnings.
Recent UK Graduates Now Working in 173 Countries
Following the release of the DLHE survey, Information Analyst Joe Macari looks at the destinations of UK-domiciled graduates – which reveals that 2015/16 graduates from UK higher education providers are working in 173 of the world’s 195 countries.
Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal survey
The Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal survey captures information about the activities and perspectives of graduates three and a half years after they completed their studies. Our report analyses the 107,340 responses we received to the winter 2016/17 survey which contacted 2012/13 leavers.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education 2015/16
Provides information on the activities of students after they have left a higher education provider.
Data is collected through a survey carried out approximately six months after students leave. The publication includes information about what the leaver is doing - whether studying, working or both. Where a leaver is in employment, it records the type of industry, sector, occupation type and location.
FreeDestinations of undergraduate leavers from higher education at alternative providers in England 2015/16
The first publication of graduate destinations data from alternative providers shows: 75% of first degree leavers from alternative providers (APs) were in work; 72% of foundation degree leavers were in further study; 11% of HND/HNC leavers were unemployed.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0Employment of leavers summary: UK Performance Indicators 2015/16
The UK Performance Indicators show the proportion of undergraduate leavers from each HE provider who were working or studying six months after graduation, based on the Destinations of Leavers from HE survey.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0