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The higher education sector recorded a surplus this year of £64,338,000 after recording a deficit last year for the first time since HESA records began. Latest data shows that income for UK higher education institutions has increased again this year to £14,490,875,000 from £13,498,558,000 in 2000/01. Of this £5,692,090,000 has been sourced from funding council grants compared to £5,341,317,000 last year.

Analysis by the Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that when combining first class and upper second class degrees together women gain more first degrees than men. A markedly greater proportion of women obtained upper seconds than men according to the publication Students in Higher Education Institutions 2001/02 released today. This reference volume contains detailed statistical information and analysis about the student body of the UK higher education sector.

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 provisional details of qualifications obtained by and examination results of higher education (HE) students at HE institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2001/02.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in conjunction with the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and National Statistics, today releases the publication Higher Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 2000/01.

Figures for 2000/01 show that in this academic year there were a total of 2,231,860 enrolments on courses leading to HE qualifications and credits, 241,235 of which were at further education (FE) institutions. There were just under a million full-time students studying first degrees in HE and FE institutions.

HESA today publishes the Reference Volume: First Destinations of Students Leaving Higher Education Institutions 2000/01. Comprehensive analysis undertaken by the Agency shows that 68% (163,965) of leavers reported their first destination as employment in 2001, which was the same as in 2000.

There was no change from the previous three years in the proportion of those assumed to be unemployed, which stands at 5%. The highest unemployment rates were among UK domiciled first degree graduates, particularly males (8%). The lowest unemployment rates (for UK domiciled students) were for females with other undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications which both stood at 2%.

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 first destinations of students obtaining higher education (HE) qualifications in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK), during the academic year 2000/01. In addition, summary data for previous academic years from 1995/96 onwards are included for comparative purposes.

HESA today publishes the Reference Volume: Resources of Higher Education Institutions 2000/01.

The volume contains detailed statistical information about the academic staff and institutional finances of the UK HE sector.

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 provisional estimates of the numbers of student enrolments on higher education (HE) courses at higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK), for the academic year 2001/02. Also included are provisional estimates of the numbers of HE enrolments in further education colleges (FECs) in the UK for 2000/01, the latest available year.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency today releases the CD-ROM HE Finance Plus 2000/01. The CD contains comprehensive and detailed data on financial aspects of the publicly funded higher education sector in the UK.

HE Finance Plus is based on full finance statistics returns provided to HESA from UK higher education institutions and includes detailed income and expenditure analyses and balance sheet information for the 2000/01 academic financial year.