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English domiciled higher-level learners in England by type of higher level learning, academic years 2015/16 to 2022/23.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Higher education
- Publication
- Higher Level Learners in England
- Release
- Academic year 2022/23
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of entrants
- Number of qualifiers
- Percentage of all enrolments by characteristic
- Filters
- Broad type of higher education
- Detailed type of higher education
- NQF level of study
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | level | broad_type_of_higher_education | type_of_higher_education | number_of_entrants | number_of_enrolments | number_of_qualifiers | percentage_of_entrants_by_characteristic | percentage_of_all_enrolments_by_characteristic | percentage_of_qualifiers_by_characteristic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | 728140 | 1657835 | 502660 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Level 6 | Total | Total | 405250 | 1079925 | 277350 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Level 4 | Total | Total | 65655 | 94730 | 44485 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Level 5 | Total | Total | 87160 | 150410 | 55245 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Level 7 | Total | Total | 158145 | 288385 | 115470 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| broad_type_of_higher_education | Broad type of higher education |
| level | NQF level of study |
| number_of_enrolments | Total number of enrolments |
| number_of_entrants | Number of entrants |
| number_of_qualifiers | Number of qualifiers |
Footnotes
- See the About this release section for explanation of differences from other official statistics on apprenticeships and higher education.
- 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.
- 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, entrants are defined as those students with a start date between 18 July 2022 and 17 July 2023. 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.
- 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.
- Derived fields relating to highest qualification awarded are based solely on qualification information returned in 2022/23 and do not use legacy HESA data to identify qualifications which have been previously returned. Therefore, some double counting of qualifications is possible.
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