News and insight

January marks not only the start of a new calendar year but also the start of the next phase of the HESA review of the Higher Education Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) data collection.

The first release of HESA staff data for the 2020/21 academic year reveals the demographic make-up of staff in UK higher education, and the details of their employment contracts.

First release of staff data for 2020/21 covering demographic and contract characteristics of staff at UK higher education providers.

  Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0

Second blogpost in the series aimed at those joining the Beta phase, and to assist colleagues preparing for the 2022/23 collection on the HESA Data Platform.

Annual first release of student enrolment and qualifications data for 2020/21.

  Open data licence: CC-BY-4.0

The 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.

The first release of HESA student data for the 2020/21 academic year shows a 9% increase in overall student numbers. This includes an 11% increase in part-time student numbers.

We want you to come away from our training feeling more confident and informed about the HESA record you are working on. So, if you’re attending one of our webinars this year, here’s the ultimate guide of how to get the most out of it.

Our Director of Statutory Operations, Alison Berry, has written a blogpost about the countdown towards the 2022/23 collection.

HESA  will be closed from 15:00 on 24 December to 3 January 2022. We will be back at work on Tuesday 4 January.