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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 Assembly Government (WAG), 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 institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2009/10. Additionally for the first time this year the SFR includes information from the HESA Aggregate Offshore Record. This record captures students studying wholly outside the UK who are either registered with the reporting institution or who are studying for an award of the reporting institution.

The HESA reference volume Higher Education Statistics for the UK 2008/09 is published today. The publication provides the official overview of the UK's higher education sector in 2008/09. The publication contains data from HESA, the Student Loans Company, OECD, UCAS and the Labour Force Survey. It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Comparing today's figures to data from five years ago shows a clear picture of the growth of higher education in the UK. The total number of students at UK HE institutions grew by 7% over the five years from 2.2 to 2.4 million. The number of non-UK domicile students increased by 22% for undergraduate students and by 27% for postgraduates over the same period.

The HESA reference volume Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Institutions 2008/09 is published today. The publication provides detailed results of the Destinations of Leavers from HE survey, which asks graduates what they are doing six months after graduation.

When compared with last year's statistics, the publication shows that fewer graduates entered employment, more went into further study, and a higher proportion were unemployed.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) has made it easier than ever to access information about UK universities and HE colleges. The new mobile applications, aimed at HE professionals, policy makers, the press, and anyone else with an interest in higher education, place key information at users' fingertips.

The second set of Performance Indicators in Higher Education in the UK 2008/09 is published today.

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 Assembly Government (WAG), 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 leavers from higher education (HE) who obtained qualifications in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK), during the academic year 2008/09. The data presented draws on the 2008/09 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) record.

The HESA reference volume Resources of Higher Education Institutions 2008/09 is published today. Comparison with previous years' data reveals that the proportion of academic staff employed on fixed-term contracts has declined between 2004/05 and 2008/09.

The first set of Performance Indicators in Higher Education in the UK 2008/09 is published today.

The newly released HE Finance Plus 2008/09 publication from the Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that the total income of higher education institutions rose by 8.3% between 2007/08 and 2008/09 to £25.4 billion. Funding bodies provided £8.8 billion of this income, while tuition fees and education contracts contributed £7.3 billion.

The newly released Students in Higher Education Institutions 2008/09 publication from the Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that there were 2,396,050 students in higher education in the UK in 2008/09. Of these 2,027,085 (84.6%) were UK domicile students, 117,660 (4.9%) were from other EU member countries and 251,310 (10.5%) were from non-EU countries.