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More first year students in 2021/22 were from Nigeria than from the European Union. Detailed data from HESA show the changing makeup of the UK student population.

The first release of HESA student data for the 2021/22 academic year shows a 24% rise in the number of students from non-EU countries and a 21% fall in numbers from EU countries.

Annual first release of student enrolment and qualifications data for 2021/22.

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This research insight considers the effects of the pandemic on entry rates, mobility, and qualifications.

First release of staff data for 2021/22 covering demographic and contract characteristics of staff at UK higher education providers.

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233,930 academic staff were employed at UK higher education providers on 1 December 2021.

The HESA office will close at 1pm on Friday 23 December, reopening Tuesday 3 January 2023.

In our latest blog, we’re sharing what we’ve learnt from our latest set of provider training needs surveys - these include Finance, HE-BCI, EMR, Provider Profile and Unistats.

As part of our continued work on the Data Futures project to help providers successfully submit 2022/23 data using the Student – Data Futures 22056 model, in September 2022 we launched the second Data Futures readiness survey to help us understand how ready you are for the new collection process.

In this insight, HESA researchers introduce a new geographical mobility marker and explore the added value it could bring when examining graduate trajectories/outcomes.