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For 2018/19 Edge Hill University incorrectly returned £84k in UK domicile students, Full-time undergraduate, Other source of fee and £100k in UK domicile students, Part-time undergraduate, Other source of fee instead of in Non-credit bearing course fees (Table 6 Tuition fees and education contracts).

For 2018/19, The National Film and Television School incorrectly returned £110k in Education and Skills Funding Agency funding (Table 7 Income analysed by source) instead of in Non-credit bearing course fees (Table 6 Tuition fees and education contracts).

For 2019/20, Bath Spa University incorrectly returned £1,998k of SLC fees and £1,471k of Other fees as Other EU domiciled instead of UK domiciled for full-time undergraduates in ‘Tuition fees and education contracts’.

For 2019/20, Edge Hill University incorrectly returned £213k in UK domicile students, Full-time undergraduate, Other source of fee and £39k in UK domicile students, Part-time undergraduate, Other source of fee instead of in Non-credit bearing course fees (Table 6 Tuition fees and education contracts).

For 2019/20, The National Film and Television School incorrectly returned £90k in Education and Skills Funding Agency funding (Table 7 Income analysed by source) instead of in Non-credit bearing course fees (Table 6 Tuition fees and education contracts).

In 2015/16, Kingston University incorrectly reported some figures within the Finance record Table 6, sections 1 and 2. The correct figures are as follows:

• 1 HE Course fees
  • 1a Home and EU domiciled students
    • 1ai Full-time undergraduate - Source of fees DH/LETB/Scottish Health Directorate = £8,190K
    • 1ai Full-time undergraduate - Source of fees Other = £8,689K
    • 1av Part-time postgraduate taught - Source of fees Other = £3,796K
• 2 Non-credit bearing course fees - Total £2,985K

Heriot-Watt University misreported £409K FE course fees in Finance Statisitcs return Table 6a. This figure should read 0.

In 2012/13 the University of the West of England, Bristol incorrectly returned 'Total HE Course fees from Full-time postgraduate research income' (Table 6a, Head 1aiii) as £708,000, this should have been -£2,769. The figure for 2013/14 is correct.

In 2012/13 St George's Hospital Medical School incorrectly returned 'Total FE Course fees' (Table 6a, Head 3) as £8,864,000, this should have been £0. The difference, £8,864,000, should have been reported under HE Course fees (Full-time undergraduate) DH/LETB/Scottish Health Directorate. The figures for 2013/14 are correct.

In 2013/14, Heriot-Watt University misreported £872K FE course fees in Finance Statistics Return Table 6a.  This figure should read 0.

Birmingham City University reviewed the classification of the Type code for their Aggregate Offshore Record students in 2016/17. This increased the numbers of their Type 2 students (Registered at reporting provider - studying overseas for UK HEP award other than at an overseas campus of reporting provider) from 0 in 2015/16 to 3,000 in 2016/17 and decreased their Type 4 students (Registered at overseas partner organisation - studying overseas for an award of the reporting provider) from 2,380 in 2015/16 to 415 in 2016/17.

Birmingham City University have reviewed their coding of their Aggregate offshore record students for 2012/13. As a result they have adjusted their type 2 students (Registered at reporting institution - studying overseas for UK HEI award other than at an overseas campus of reporting institution) to type 4 (Registered at overseas partner organisation - studying overseas for an award of the reporting institution). They have confirmed that data for previous years was incorrectly coded.

The Open University has had significant reductions in their undergraduate student numbers in England due to the impact of the new funding regime for part time undergraduate students introduced in 2012/13. This affects all categories of undergraduate students.

The Open University has had a drop in other undergraduate qualifications awarded. This reflects a restructuring of the undergraduate curriculum and changes to the qualification registration process in 2012/13, along with an overall drop in student numbers in 2012/13, in particular in England, following funding regime changes for part-time undergraduate students.

In particular there is a drop in the number of OU certificates awarded on completion of 60 credit points which students registered on old framework (pre 2012/13) qualifications could claim en route to a degree. This is not permitted for students registered on the new framework qualifications introduced in 2012/13.

Heythrop College has announced that they are currently unable to offer full undergraduate programmes for full or part-time study as announced on 26th June 2015. This has resulted in a significant drop in their student numbers for 2015/16.

In 2015/16, The University of Surrey incorrectly reported approximately 190 Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Medicine undergraduate students as being dormant. They were in fact qualifiers. Due to being marked as dormant, these qualifiers were excluded from the DLHE target population and therefore not surveyed.

The University of Strathclyde has a significant proportion (87%) of their full-time and sandwich students whose term time accommodation is not categorised by type and therefore display’s as unknown.

The Queen’s University of Belfast has a significant proportion (69%) of their full-time and sandwich students with an unknown term time accommodation type.

Stranmillis University College has a significant proportion (66%) of their full-time and sandwich students with an unknown term time accommodation type.

St Mary’s University College have had technical issues in collecting and reporting term time accommodation data and therefore they have a significant proportion (69%) of their full-time and sandwich students with an unknown term time accommodation type.

For the 2022/23 return, coverage has been updated for the RELBLF and SEXORT fields, which became mandatory for providers in England and Wales but remained optional for providers in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Coverage for the GENDERID field has also been updated to exclude providers in Scotland. As this marked the first time some HE providers submitted this specific information, survey completion and the return of information varied among staff, leading to a notable percentage of data being marked as 'Not available.' Due to this, we advise caution when interpreting these data.

As some HE providers submitted information for these fields for the first time, there was variability in survey completion and information return among staff. Consequently, a significant proportion of the data was marked as 'Not available.' Given this, we advise caution when interpreting these data.

The University of Surrey admitted its first small cohort of undergraduates into its new School of Veterinary Medicine in 2014/15. In subsequent years the cohorts will be larger and the degree lasts for 5 years, so it is expected to see noticeable year on year increases in undergraduate numbers in Veterinary Science for The University of Surrey up until 2019/20.

In 2008/09, the London School of Economics and Political Science misreported 305 full-time other undergraduate visiting students as non-exchange students. As a result these students appear in the provider's other undergraduate figures, where they would normally have been excluded from the HESA session and standard registration populations.

Plymouth College of Art submitted incorrect figures for 4 waste fields in the Estates management return in 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 due to their waste provider supplying them grossly incorrect estimated figures based on overall lorry capacity, rather than kg per bin. Revised estimated figures based on average kg per bin have been supplied to replace this data as per the table below.

King's College London have made us aware that following a review of their 2014/15 Waste Mass returns, they have made the following recalculations:

• Non-Residential Waste Mass Recycled (ENRWMREC) should have been 641.999 tonnes
• Non-Residential Waste Mass Incineration (ENRWMINC) should have been 171.6 t
• Non-Residential Waste Mass Anaerobic Digestion (ENRWMADI) should have been 45.546t
• Non-Residential Waste Mass Landfill (ENRWMLAN) should have been 0.321t
• Non-Residential Waste Mass Used to Create Energy (ENRWMENE) should have been 721.978t
• Non-Residential Waste Mass Other (ENRWMOTH) should have been 85.8t
• Residential Waste Mass Recycled (ERWMREC) should have been 72.414t
• Residential Waste Mass Used to Create Energy (ERWMENE) should have been 174.151t
• Other Works Waste Mass Recycled (EOWMREC) should have been 20.470t
• Other Works Waste Mass Landfill (EOWMLAN) should have been 0.000t
• Other Works Waste Mass Used to Create Energy (EOWMENE) should have been 0.65t

In 2021/22, there were significant reductions observed in the values reported by The University of Leeds for measures related to waste mass across various fields. Over the past few years, construction has been the primary contributor to waste mass. However, with the completion of major construction projects and no new projects initiated, there have been genuine reductions in waste levels.

In 2021/22, The University of St. Andrews reported reductions in various waste-related fields which were driven by an increase in energy derived from waste and a decrease in landfill waste.

The Water consumption figure (D38b.C01) for The University of Strathclyde appears blank within their data, this is due to a component part of this total being returned blank rather than zero. The figures should be:

D38b.C13: Water consumption Total Non-Residential (m3) = 242093

D38b.C14: Water consumption Residential (m3) = 0

D38b.C01: Water consumption Total HEI (m3) = 242093