Data set from Education and training statistics for the UK

Further education and Higher education institutions

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Published 17 November 2022

Last updated 17 November 2022

Number of Further and Higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.

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Data set details

• Theme: UK education and training statistics
• Publication: Education and training statistics for the UK
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Number of rows: 55
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of institutions
• Filters:
  • Provider type
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	provider_type	t_institutions
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Higher education institutions	265
202021	Academic year	National	N92000002	Northern Ireland	Higher education institutions	4
202021	Academic year	National	S92000003	Scotland	Higher education institutions	18
202021	Academic year	National	W92000004	Wales	Higher education institutions	8
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Further education colleges	231

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Table showing all 2 variables

Variable name	Variable description
provider_type	Provider type
t_institutions	Number of institutions

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Email: InternationalEvidence.STATISTICS@education.gov.uk
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