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  • 2002/03 Employment Performance Indicator published

    Press Officer

    Further to the Performance Indicators released earlier this year (Thursday 30 September 2004) HESA is now able to release the Employment Indicator Table E1. This table has been released later than the other Performance Indicators as the data on which it is based becomes available later in the annual cycle. This indicator looks at the employment outcomes of UK domiciled graduates from full-time first degree courses six months after completing their programme.

  • 72.7% of full-time HE leavers enter employment

    Press Officer

    Of the 248,005 full-time leavers who completed HESA’s Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey, 72.7 per cent had found employment. The number of leavers who were both working and continuing to study was 60,060 or 24.2 per cent (this figure is included within employment). 15,295 (6.2 per cent) were assumed to be unemployed.

  • Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education in the United Kingdom for the academic year 2002/03

    This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), in collaboration with Department for Education and Skills (DfES) statisticians. 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 2002/03.

  • 2002/03 Performance Indicators published

    Press Officer

    The projected non-completion rate for full-time first degree students at UK universities and higher education colleges has been calculated at 14.1% this year. The data comes from the latest set of performance indicators covering the 2002/03 academic year. This is the first year HESA has published the performance indicators. In previous years, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) published them on behalf of the four UK funding bodies. Design of the indicators continues to be managed through the Performance Indicators Steering Group, with broad official and sector representation.

  • Statistical overview of higher education

    Press Officer

    The Higher Education Statistics Agency’s latest publication HE Statistics for the United Kingdom 2002/03 is released today. It provides an official overview of the UK’s higher education sector using HESA data and also information from a wide-range of bodies such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Student Loans Company and the Universities and Colleges Admission Service.

  • Increase in female academics

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    A 5.7 per cent increase in the number of female academics has continued to narrow the gender gap amongst staff at universities and higher education colleges. But women are still in the minority, making up 39 per cent of staff in the 2002/03 academic year. The figures show a consistent rise; in the 2001/02 academic year women made up 38 per cent of academic staff and 37 per cent in 2000/01.

  • Rise in proportion of ethnic minority students

    Press Officer

    A rise in the proportion of students from ethnic minority backgrounds has been recorded at all levels of higher education. The data is revealed in the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s latest publication Students in Higher Education Institutions released today. Figures show that the percentage of first year first degree students1 from non-white backgrounds has increased in the 2002/03 academic year to 17.2 per cent from 16.9 per cent in 2001/02.

  • 24% rise in HE course fees from non-EU students

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    The 2002/03 financial statements of higher education institutions in the UK show a 24% rise in HE course fees from non-EU overseas students. In 2001/02 income from these students was £875 million, this has risen to just over £1 billion in 2002/03. The number of students1 from non-EU countries has increased from 152,625 in 2001/02 to 184,685 in 2002/03, a rise of 21%.

  • Mature students lead the way for foundation degrees

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    Foundation degree courses have proved to be most popular amongst female mature students. The latest data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that in 2002/03, 71 per cent of first year foundation degree students were aged 21 or over and that 72 per cent of these mature students were female. A further breakdown of age categories shows that foundation degrees are most popular with students aged twenty-one to twenty-nine (26 per cent), closely followed by those aged in their thirties (25 per cent)1. The data relates to those studying foundation degrees at publicly funded higher education institutions.

  • £15.5 billion income for the HE sector

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    The higher education sector had a total income of just over £15.5 billion in the 2002/03 academic year. This compares to almost £14.5 billion in 2001/02 and £13.5 billion in 2000/01. Today's figures are released as part of the first analysis of 2002/03 finance data by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

    Higher education institutions (HEIs) reported an expenditure of just under £15.4 billion in 2002/03. In 2001/02 expenditure was £14.4 billion and £13.5 billion in 2000/01.

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