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Results of the longitudinal survey of 2008/09 graduate destinations released today.

A sample of graduates who left higher education in 2008/09 were asked what they were doing on 26 November 2012. The full report of the survey results is available on the HESA website. Summary results and charts can be found in the introduction.

HESA publication 'Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Institutions 2011/12' released.

The publication, released on Tuesday 30 July 2013, provides extensive coverage of the 2011/12 DLHE survey. The online introduction includes a variety of graphs and tables displaying the survey results.

Indicators for employment of leavers are published today on the HESA website.

The full tables show the indicators for every HE institution in the UK alongside their benchmark. Summary tables showing statistics for the whole UK can be found here.

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 UK and other European Union domiciled leavers from higher education (HE) who obtained qualifications in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK), during the academic year 2011/12. The data presented draws on the new version of the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey introduced in 2011/12. 

HE Business and Community Interaction Survey 2011/12, published today, show that UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) made £1.1 billion through research contracts with businesses and non-commercial organisations. A further £1.4 billion of income was derived from consultancy contracts, facilities and equipment, CPD courses, intellectual property (IP), and regeneration and development programmes.

Finances of Higher Education Institutions 2011/12 shows that the surplus of net income over expenditure for UK higher education institutions (HEIs) fell by 6.4% to £1.1 billion in 2011/12 from a high of £1.2 billion in 2010/11.

Indicators for Widening Participation and Non-continuation are published today on the HESA website.

The full tables show the indicators for every HE institution in the UK alongside their benchmark. Summary tables showing statistics for the whole UK can be found here.

HE Finance Plus 2011/12 shows that the total income of higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2011/12 was £27.9 billion. Funding bodies provided £8.3 billion of this income, while tuition fees and education contracts contributed £9.7 billion.

Staff in Higher Education Institutions 2011/12 shows that there were 181,385 academic staff employed at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on 1 December 2011. 65.0% of academic staff were employed full-time, and 63.8% were employed on permanent or open-ended contracts.

Students in Higher Education Institutions 2011/12 shows that 787,205 higher education qualifications were awarded by UK higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2011/12. Approximately half of these qualifications were first degrees, one third were postgraduate qualifications and one sixth were other undergraduate qualifications (such as foundation degrees, credits and diplomas of higher education).