Data set from Higher Level Learners in England

Funding

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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.

Data set details

Theme
Higher education
Publication
Higher Level Learners in England
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

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namelevelbroad_type_of_higher_educationtype_of_higher_educationprimary_funding_sourcenumber_of_entrantsnumber_of_enrolmentsnumber_of_qualifierspercentage_of_entrants_by_characteristicpercentage_of_all_enrolments_by_characteristicpercentage_of_qualifiers_by_characteristic
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotalTotalTotal6236851513780473880100100100
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 7TotalTotalTotal140865267400115230100100100
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 8TotalTotalTotal119154435010110100100100
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 4TotalTotalTotal227903339528895100100100
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 5TotalTotalTotal5817010617543280100100100

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables
Variable nameVariable description
broad_type_of_higher_educationBroad type of higher learning
levelLevel of study
number_of_enrolmentsTotal number of enrolments
number_of_entrantsNumber of entrants
number_of_qualifiersNumber of qualifiers

Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Those receiving a Master's Loan (https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan (opens in a 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 a 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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