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  • Higher education student enrolments and qualifications obtained at higher education institutions in the United Kingdom for the academic year 2013/14

    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 providers (HEPs) in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2013/14.

  • Staff at higher education providers in the United Kingdom 2013/14

    This is the first release of data from the 2013/14 HESA Staff record. The release provides details of staff employment at UK Higher Education providers (HEPs) on 1 December 2013. It has been produced in partnership with the UK administrations and is released in accordance with the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

  • Contextual data for the Research Excellence Framework 2014

    Press Officer

    The link below provides contextual data for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. The results of the REF 2014 itself are published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

  • HE staff data: Summary of 2013/14 contract data

    Press Officer

    There were 396,000 staff employed at UK HE providers in 2013/14, of whom 194,000 (49%) were academic staff.

    The graphic below attempts to display some of the key characteristics of staff contracts across the sector, as well as displaying the gender split among different types of contracts. The table below the graphic provides the numbers for each breakdown.

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  • International students: Non-UK domiciled students studying in the UK

    Press Officer

    In 2012/13 there were 425,265 non-UK domiciled students studying at UK HE providers. This was a fall in numbers from 435,235 the year before following a continuous year-on-year rise since HESA started collecting data in 1995. Unsurprisingly the highest numbers of students came from the world's two most populous countries, China and India.

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  • Plans for future transformation of HESA data collection

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    HESA is excited to confirm its commitment to respond to the 'New Information Landscape' that is emerging from the work of the Higher Education Data and Information Improvement Programme (HEDIIP). Our aim is to deliver an updated and improved approach for HESA's collection and dissemination of UK-wide, comprehensive data and information resources about higher education.

  • Sandwich day: Students on sandwich courses

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    10% of full-time first degree students studied on sandwich courses in 2012/13. However sandwich courses were less popular with female students. 7% of female students studied on sandwich courses compared with 12% of male students.

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  • Mole day: Students starting Chemistry courses in 2012/13

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    In 2012/13 7,275 students started HE level chemistry courses at UK HE providers. 42% of those students were female and 20% were from outside the UK.

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  • World food day: Where in the world are Agriculture graduates employed?

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    In the last five years at least 780 qualifiers from Agriculture and related subjects were in employment overseas six months after graduating.

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  • Foreword - Higher Education Statistics 2012/13

    HESA is pleased to present the annual official statistical overview of higher education in the United Kingdom (UK) for the year 2012/13. This is the latest edition in a series that was initiated by the then Department for Education in 1993. It is a National Statistics publication.

    The publication aims to present a comprehensive set of statistical information about a range of aspects of the UK higher education sector.

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