Data set from Higher Level Learners in England

Higher level learners by Type of higher level learning - 2015/16 to 2020/21 academic years

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Published 23 June 2022

Last updated 23 June 2022

English domiciled higher-level learners in England by type of higher level learning, academic years 2015/16 to 2020/21.

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Data set details

• Theme: Higher education
• Publication: Higher Level Learners in England
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • All enrolments
  • Number of entrants
  • Percentage of all enrolments
• Filters:
  • Qualification level
  • Type of higher level learning
• 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_name	country_code	level	he_type	number_of_entrants	number_of_enrolments_total	percentage_entrants_by_characteristic	percentage_all_enrolments_by_characteristic
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Apprenticeship	9390	17135	14.3	18.1
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Institutional credit in Higher Education Providers	12660	15595	19.3	16.5
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	OfS Recognised HE	22735	33340	34.6	35.2
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Other Higher Level (Advanced Learner Loan [ALL] and ESFA funded higher level)	9935	14185	15.1	15
201516	Academic year	National	England	E92000001	Level 4	Other Higher Level (Unfunded higher level)	10935	14470	16.7	15.3

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
he_type	Type of higher level learning
level	Qualification level
number_of_enrolments_total	All enrolments
number_of_entrants	Number of entrants
percentage_all_enrolments_by_characteristic	Percentage of all enrolments

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Footnotes

1. See the About this release section for explanation of differences from other official statistics on apprenticeships and higher education.
2. The “Other Higher Level (Unfunded higher level)” 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 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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