Data set from Higher Level Learners in England

Region of permanent address

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English-domiciled higher-level learners in England by region of permanent address, academic years 2015/16 to 2023/24.

Data set details

Theme
Higher education
Publication
Higher Level Learners in England
Release type
Number of rows
5,978
Geographic levels
National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number of entrants
  • Number of qualifiers
  • Percentage of all enrolments by characteristic
Filters
  • Broad type of higher learning
  • Level of study
  • Type of higher learning
Time period
2015/16 to 2023/24

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namelevelbroad_type_of_higher_educationtype_of_higher_educationregion_nameregion_codenumber_of_entrantsnumber_of_enrolmentsnumber_of_qualifierspercentage_of_entrants_by_characteristicpercentage_of_all_enrolments_by_characteristicpercentage_of_qualifiers_by_characteristic
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandTotalTotalTotal7281401657835502655100100100
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 7TotalTotal158145288385115470100100100
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 8TotalTotal119304438510110100100100
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 4TotalTotal656559472544485100100100
201516Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandLevel 5TotalTotal8716015041055245100100100

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 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. See the publication Methodology for explanation of differences from other official statistics on apprenticeships and higher education.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. The “Other higher level” category is lower bound estimate, combining “Other higher level - Unfunded” and "Other higher level - ESFA / Adv. Learner Loan". 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 ESFA-funded learners. There may also be higher level learning in the private sector that is not recorded in administrative data held by government.
  5. Over the last two academic years, 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.
  6. Geographies are taken from the National Statistics Postcode Lookup based on boundaries as of February 2024.

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