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English-domiciled higher-level learners in England by primary funding source of tuition fees, academic years 2015/16 to 2022/23. OfS recognised HE only.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Higher education
- Publication
- Higher Level Learners in England
- Release
- Academic year 2023/24
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 1,152
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of entrants
- Number of qualifiers
- Percentage of all enrolments by characteristic
- Filters
- Broad primary funding source
- Broad type of higher learning
- Level of study
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | level | broad_type_of_higher_education | type_of_higher_education | primary_funding_source | number_of_entrants | number_of_enrolments | number_of_qualifiers | percentage_of_entrants_by_characteristic | percentage_of_all_enrolments_by_characteristic | percentage_of_qualifiers_by_characteristic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | 623685 | 1513780 | 473880 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Level 7 | Total | Total | Total | 140865 | 267400 | 115230 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Level 8 | Total | Total | Total | 11915 | 44350 | 10110 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Level 4 | Total | Total | Total | 22790 | 33395 | 28895 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Level 5 | Total | Total | Total | 58170 | 106175 | 43280 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| broad_type_of_higher_education | Broad type of higher learning |
| level | Level of study |
| number_of_enrolments | Total number of enrolments |
| number_of_entrants | Number of entrants |
| number_of_qualifiers | Number of qualifiers |
Footnotes
- From 2022/23, HESA's definition of a first year or entrant differs from that used previously with a small impact on overall student numbers. Prior to 2022/23, first year students at HEPs were those with a start date between 1 August and 31 July. For 2022/23 and onwards, entrants are defined as those students with a start date between 18 July and 17 July, the following calendar year. When used in conjunction with the Standard Registration Population, this has a small impact on overall student numbers, but the revision brings it in line with the concept used in the derivation of the Standard Registration Population.
- From 2022/23, students in HEPs who are writing-up at the end of the year are now able to be included in HESA's figures if certain conditions are met. In previous years, students in HEPs who are writing-up were excluded entirely.
- Those receiving a Master's Loan (https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan (opens in new tab)) are not reported as having a student loan as their primary source of tuition fee funding in this data. Unlike for undergraduate loans, money is paid directly to individual learners themselves and providers do not receive the student loans funding directly.
- In 2022/23, Jisc's Data Futures collection model did not allow providers to flag instances where no fees were charged for a learner's course and providers were asked to return 'Other’ for these instances. The categories 'No fees' and ‘Other’ have therefore been combined to create the category ‘Unspecified other funding source or no fees required for course’. This applies to all academic years and both the HESA and ILR data.
- Due to data quality concerns around the field used to record a student’s majority source of tuition fee funding in the HESA Student Record (opens in new tab), 2023/24 data has not been published in this section. A large number of students were incorrectly listed as studying on a course with no required fees. The DfE will continue working with Jisc to improve the quality of funding source data from HE providers and will look to publish breakdowns by funding source in future iterations of the release should data quality improve.
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