Data set from Higher Level Learners in England

Higher level learners by Primary funding source and Mode of study

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Published 25 May 2023

Last updated 25 May 2023

English domiciled higher-level learners in England by primary funding source of tuition fees and mode of study, academic years 2018/19 to 2021/22

Data set details

Theme: Higher education
Publication: Higher Level Learners in England
Release: Academic year 2021/22
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: All enrolments
Number of entrants
Percentage of all enrolments by characteristic
Filters: Funding
Mode of study
Qualification level
Time period: 2018/19 to 2021/22

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_name	country_code	level	he_type_broad	primary_funding_source	mode_of_study	number_of_entrants	number_of_enrolments_total	percentage_entrants_by_characteristic	percentage_all_enrolments_by_characteristic
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Other Higher Level	Advanced Learner Loan (ALL)	Full-time	2585	3360	30.2	25.5
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Other Higher Level	Advanced Learner Loan (ALL)	Part-time	2145	4375	25.1	33.2
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Institutional credit in Higher Education Providers	Alternative funding source	Full-time	30	30	0.3	0.3
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Institutional credit in Higher Education Providers	Alternative funding source	Part-time	3770	3965	42.3	41.6
201819	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	OfS Recognised HE	Alternative funding source	Full-time	420	430	2.7	1.9

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables
Variable name	Variable description
he_type_broad	Type of higher level learning
level	Qualification level
mode_of_study	Mode of study
number_of_enrolments_total	All enrolments
number_of_entrants	Number of entrants

See the About this release section for explanation of differences from other official statistics on apprenticeships and higher education.
Those receiving a Master's Loan (https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan) 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.
The “Other Higher Level” category is lower bound estimate, combining “Other Higher Level (Unfunded higher level)” and "Other Higher Level (Advanced Learner Loan [ALL] and ESFA funded higher level)". 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.

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