Research
HESA’s core mission is to support the advancement of higher education across all nations of the UK through the data it collects, assures and disseminates.
Our Research strategy describes how we undertake research to advance public knowledge and understanding of UK higher education, and to improve our own outputs in the public interest.
Our review of the Impact of research illustrates how we are meeting those aims and aspirations.
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Assessing the quality of further and interim study data collected in the Graduate Outcomes survey
Research comparing the answers provided by survey respondents about further and interim study with data from the HESA Student record.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Graduate Outcomes 2019/20
Lead Policy & Research AnalystThe majority of Graduate Outcomes survey respondents graduated in summer 2020 as restrictions were easing from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. These cohorts were surveyed in Autumn 2021 when case numbers were high and the vaccination programme underway.
Looking beyond access: How do graduate perceptions of their work vary by socioeconomic disadvantage?
Principal Researcher (Economist)HESA researchers explore the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and graduate outcomes.
Time to take SOC: Graduate reflections on the design and nature of their work by occupation
Principal Researcher (Economist)HESA researchers explore the relation between graduates' own assessments of their work and the occupational classification of those jobs.
Reaching out: The added value of HESA’s new measure of socioeconomic disadvantage
Principal Researcher (Economist)HESA researchers look further at the utility of their new measure of disadvantage to the higher education sector.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 2020/21 Student data
Lead Policy & Research AnalystThe COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020, roughly two thirds of the way through the 2019/20 academic year.
Regional variation in the design and nature of graduate work: a first look
Lead Policy & Research AnalystGeographical analysis of HESA's new statistical measure of the design and nature of work.
How have changes in higher education participation and degree class awards impacted graduate earnings?
Principal Researcher (Economist)This insight outlines our findings from an investigation into the trajectory of the average graduate premium at age 26.
Using Census data to generate a UK-wide measure of disadvantage
Principal Statistical AnalystA new UK-wide small-area-based measure of disadvantage is able to pick up deprivation in parts of the country where current area-level measures are less effective.
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Graduate Outcomes 2018/19
Lead Policy & Research AnalystThis year's Graduate Outcomes data reflects the circumstances under which it was collected. Data was collected in a year in which unemployment rates rose across society and most travel was prohibited. This insight brief is part of our range of support to help users contextualise this year’s data.