Data set from Higher Level Learners in England

Technical route

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English-domiciled higher-level learners in England by technical route. Excludes apprenticeships and institutional credit.

Data set details

Theme
Higher education
Publication
Higher Level Learners in England
Release type
Number of rows
25,772
Geographic levels
National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number of entrants
  • Number of qualifiers
  • Percentage of all enrolments by characteristic
Filters
  • Broad type of higher learning
  • Detailed type of higher learning
  • Level of study
Time period
2019/20 to 2024/25

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_namelevelbroad_type_of_learningdetailed_type_of_learningtechnical_routenumber_of_entrantsnumber_of_enrolmentsnumber_of_qualifierspercentage_of_entrants_by_characteristicpercentage_of_all_enrolments_by_characteristicpercentage_of_qualifiers_by_characteristic
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 4Higher educationOfS-recognised HEAgriculture, environmental and animal care2503054101.41.21.7
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 4Higher educationOfS-recognised HEBusiness and administration24202815256513.310.810.5
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 4Higher educationOfS-recognised HECare services1390176513357.76.85.4
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 4Higher educationOfS-recognised HECatering and hospitality2452702001.310.8
201920Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 4Higher educationOfS-recognised HEConstruction and the built environment163530551845911.87.5

Variables in this data set

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

Footnotes

  1. See the publication Methodology for explanation of differences from other official statistics on apprenticeships and higher education.
  2. The “Other higher level - Unfunded” category is a lower bound estimate. There is likely to be some unfunded-learning in FE providers that is not recorded as it is only mandatory for providers to record information in the ILR for their government-funded learners. There may also be higher level learning in the private sector that is not recorded in administrative data held by government.
  3. From 2023/24, the percentage taught across each Learn Direct Classification System (LDCS) subject that a higher education student studies at further education providers has stopped being collected as part of the Individualised Learner Record (ILR). A supplementary survey to collect this information from further education providers that are registered with the Office for Students (OfS) was introduced for 2023/24. For this publication, students at further education providers with unavailable percentage taught information have had their time distributed evenly across each of their subjects. See the publication Methodology for more information.
  4. Since 2022/23, HESA have reported a larger amount of missing permanent address information at a number of providers. Some of the missing data relates to continuing students for whom it was not possible to retrieve the information from the legacy submissions. Other missing data may be attributed to missing entry information.
  5. Geographies are taken from the National Statistics Postcode Lookup based on boundaries as of February 2024.

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HE Participation and Provider Statistics Team

Email: he.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Louis Erritt