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  • Staff at higher education institutions in the United Kingdom 2010/11

    This is the first release of data from the 2010/11 HESA Staff record.

    On 1 December 2010 there were 381,790 staff employed in the HE sector, showing a decrease of 1.5% from 1 December 2009. 181,185 (47.5%) were academic professionals compared to 181,595 (46.9%) in 2009.

  • Higher education student enrolments and qualifications obtained at higher education institutions in the United Kingdom for the academic year 2010/11

    This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in collaboration with statisticians from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Welsh Government (WG), the Scottish Government (SG) and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DEL(NI)). It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. It provides details of student enrolments and qualifications obtained by higher education (HE) students at HE institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2010/11.

  • What is a Course?

    Course is one of the most widely used words in Higher Education - by students, higher education providers, policy-makers and funders - and as the funding and structures of Higher Education change, there is an increasing demand for information at the level of individual courses.

  • International Benchmarking in UK Higher Education

    Press Officer

    Higher education is an increasingly global enterprise and UK universities need to address international competition for business, research funding and students according to a report released by HESA today. The report, International Benchmarking in UK Higher Education, was commissioned as part of a HESA project Realising Business Benefits through the use of Benchmarking.

  • Higher Education Statistics for the UK 2009/10

    Press Officer

    The HESA publication Higher Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 2009/10 is released today. The National Statistics publication provides the official overview of the UK’s higher education sector in 2009/10. The publication contains data from HESA, the Student Loans Company, OECD, UCAS and the Labour Force Survey.

  • 2006/07 Graduates - Where are they now?

    Press Officer

    Key findings from the HESA Longitudinal survey of 2006/07 Leavers from Higher Education Institutions are published today. A sample of leavers from 2006/07 who completed the early destinations survey were asked what they were doing three years later on 29 November 2010.

  • More UK first degree graduates entering employment

    Press Officer

    The HESA electronic publication Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Institutions 2009/10 is published today. The publication provides detailed results of the Destinations of Leavers from HE survey, which asks graduates what they are doing six months after graduation.

    When compared with last year’s statistics, the publication shows that a higher proportion of graduates entered employment, fewer went into further study, and a lower proportion were unemployed.

  • Performance Indicators - Employment of Graduates 2009/10

    Press Officer

    The second set of Performance Indicators in Higher Education in the UK 2009/10 is published today.

  • Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education in the United Kingdom for the academic year 2009/10

    This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Welsh Government (WG), the Scottish Government (SG) and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DEL(NI)). It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. It provides details of the destinations of leavers from higher education (HE) who obtained qualifications in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK), during the academic year 2009/10. The data presented draws on the 2009/10 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey and presents five year time series analyses relating to the 2005/06-2009/10 DLHE surveys.

  • Redesigning the information landscape for higher education

    Press Officer

    Alison Allden, Chief Executive of HESA today welcomed the White Paper's call for improvements to the collection and use of information about higher education.

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