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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Higher Education Statistics for the UK 2016/17
Higher Education Statistics for the UK serves as a quick reference guide to high-level data on all aspects of higher education in the UK. Data is published in a number of releases produced over the year. Information about graduate destinations was added on 19 July 2018.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0Higher Education Student Statistics: Alternative Providers, 2016/17 - Summary
HESA's experimental Official Statistics publication, Higher Education Student Statistics: Alternative Providers, 2016/17 is published as an open data release. It covers students on specified courses at alternative providers - higher education providers who do not receive recurrent public funding and are not included in HESA's other student data releases. For the first time, this release includes data on the totality of HE provision in the UK, including publicly funded HE providers, alternative providers, and HE level study at Further Education Colleges.
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 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-4.0Destinations 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 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-4.0Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education in the United Kingdom for the academic year 2015/16
The first release of data on the destinations of leavers for the academic year 2015/16 shows that 15% of leavers were in further study in 2015/16, an increase from 13% in last year’s figures. Of full-time first degree leavers, 65% were employed in the UK, of whom 71% were in posts classified as professional employment. Of UK domiciled first degree leavers in full-time UK paid work the median salary was higher for males than for females.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0Estates Management 2015/16
Our estates publication includes environmental information for UK higher education providers. The free tables include information on providers' grounds and buildings, water and energy usage, waste management, transport and other environmental measurements.
FreeHE Business and Community Interaction Survey 2015/16
Our Higher Education Business and Community Interaction publication provides a detailed picture of interactions between UK higher education providers and businesses and the wider community. Such interactions include spin offs and start-up companies, intellectual property, consultancy, CPD, public engagement, and more.
Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0