Academic year 2021/22

Foundation year participation, provision and outcomes at HE providers

Data guidance

Published 19 October 2023

Description

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Coverage

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File formats and conventions

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Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Foundation year student timeseries

Filename: foundation_year_student_timeseries_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2011/12 to 2021/22
Content: Foundation year student times series

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
number_of_students	Number of students
student_breakdown	Student Breakdown - Select the student breakdown you are interested in

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Foundation year student year on year growth

Filename: year_on_year_growth_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2012/13 to 2021/22
Content: Year-on-year growth

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
percentage_change_years	Change from (academic year)
student_type	Student type
year_on_year_growth	Percentage change year-on-year

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Number of available foundation year courses and providers

Filename: provider_numbers_courses_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2010/11 to 2021/22
Content: Number of available foundation year courses and providers

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
number_of_courses	Number of Foundation Year Courses
number_of_institutions	Number of Foundation Year Providers

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Foundation year providers by student typology

Filename: provider_numbers_by_typology_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2010/11 to 2021/22
Content: Foundation year providers by OfS typology

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
number_of_providers	Number of Foundation Year providers
student_breakdown	Student Breakdown - Select the student breakdown you are interested in

Footnotes

For detailed information on how provider tariffs are defined please see this link: Provider typologies 2022 - Methodology for grouping OfS-registered providers (officeforstudents.org.uk)

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Number of foundation year providers by region

Filename: provider_numbers_by_region_data.csv
Geographic levels: Regional
Time period: 2010/11 to 2021/22
Content: Number of foundation year providers by region

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
number_of_providers	Number of Foundation Year providers
student_breakdown	Student Breakdown - Select the student breakdown you are interested in

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Foundation years student demographics data

Filename: student_demographics_data_fy_ug.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2021/22
Content: Foundation years student characteristics

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
%_students	Proportion of students
student_breakdown	Student Breakdown - Select the student breakdown you are interested in
student_coverage	Number of students
student_group	Student Type - Select the student type you are interested in

Footnotes

Please note, percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Not in the standard tariff population refers to those with qualifications at level 4 and above.
For detailed information on how provider tariffs are defined please see this link: Provider typologies 2022 - Methodology for grouping OfS-registered providers (officeforstudents.org.uk)
This analysis excludes price group A because there is no price group A provision in foundation years. For more information on OfS Price Groups : Guide to Funding 2021-22 (officeforstudents.org.uk)
The science grouping has been created by HESA using an aggregation of CAH level 1 codes. This grouping includes subjects like medicine, nursing and agriculture that may not be included in other definitions of STEM.

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Completion rates

Filename: completion_rates_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2019/20 to 2021/22
Content: Completion rates

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
completion_rate	Completion rate
student_type	Student type - Select the graduate group you are interested in

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Completion rate by typology and subject

Filename: completion_rate_characteristics_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2019/20 to 2021/22
Content: Completion rates by OfS typology and subject

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Completion characteristic
characteristic_type	Characteristic type
completion_rate	Completion rate
student_type	Student type - Select the graduate group you are interested in

Footnotes

For detailed information on how provider tariffs are defined please see this link: Provider typologies 2022 - Methodology for grouping OfS-registered providers (officeforstudents.org.uk)
Please note that the completion rates stated below reflect the proportion of students who have completed their degree within 6 years (for foundation years) or 5 years (for year 1) of starting in HE. Thus, completion rates for subjects which traditionally take longer than 5 or 6 years to complete may be underestimated here.

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HESA graduate outcomes data

Filename: hesa_graduate_outcomes_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2020/21
Content: HESA graduate outcomes data

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
all_responding_graduates	Number of responding graduates
characteristic_breakdown	Characteristic breakdown
employed_and_or_fs_graduates	Graduates with known employment or in further study
employed_graduates_uk_work_locn_work_most_important_activity	Graduates with known outcomes
employed_graduates_uk_work_locn_work_most_important_activity_in_high_skilled_work	Number of graduates in high skilled work
graduate_characteristic	Graduate characteristic
graduate_group	Graduate Group - Select the graduate group you are interested in
percentage_in_employment_or_fs	Percentage of graduates in employment or further study
percentage_in_high_skilled_work	Percentage of employed graduates in highly skilled employment

Footnotes

Data is collected approximately 15 months after HE course completion
High skilled employment is defined using the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2020. More details about skill level grouping is available here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/graduates#soc

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LEO graduate outcomes

Filename: leo_graduate_outcomes_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2019-20
Content: LEO graduate outcomes data

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
graduate_breakdown	Graduate Breakdown
graduate_group	Graduate Group - Select the graduate group you are interested in
graduates_included_in_earnings_figures	Graduates included in earnings figures
matched_graduates	Matched graduates
median_earnings	Graduate median earnings
sust_emp_fs_or_both_(%)	Proportion of students in sustained employment, further study or both

Footnotes

In the 2019/20 tax year, five years after graduation relates to those who graduated during the 2013/14 academic year, this data relates to those students who started their foundation years before foundation years started growing rapidly.

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Student numbers by subject area

Filename: subject_time_series_data.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22
Content: Subject time series data

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
student_numbers	Student numbers
subject_area	Subject area
subject_classification	Subject classification

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JACS subject area growth

Filename: subject_growth_data_jacs.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2018/19
Content: Subject growth data

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
percentage_change_years	Change from (academic year)
percentage_growth	Growth from 2015/16 to 2018/19
subject_area	JACS subject area
subject_classification	Subject classification

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Headline figure 1 - total entrants

Filename: headline_figure_1.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2021/22
Content: Headline figure 1

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
number_of_students	Number of foundation year entrants in England in 2021/22
student_breakdown	Student Breakdown - Select the student breakdown you are interested in

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Headline figure 2 - price group D proportion

Filename: headline_figure_2.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2021/22
Content: Headline figure 2

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
%_students	Proportion of foundation year entrants studying a classroom-based subject in England in 2021/22
student_breakdown	Student Breakdown - Select the student breakdown you are interested in
student_coverage	Number of students
student_group	Student Type - Select the student type you are interested in

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Headline figure 3 - CAH subject

Filename: headline_figure_3.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2021/22
Content: Headline figure 3

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
%_students	Proportion of foundation year entrants studying Business and management in England in 2021/22
student_breakdown	Student Breakdown - Select the student breakdown you are interested in
student_coverage	Number of students
student_group	Student Type - Select the student type you are interested in

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Headline figure 4 - student typology

Filename: headline_figure_4.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2021/22
Content: Headline figure 4

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
%_students	Proportion of foundation year entrants studying at low or unknown tariff providers in England in 2021/22
student_breakdown	Student Breakdown - Select the student breakdown you are interested in
student_coverage	Number of students
student_group	Student Type - Select the student type you are interested in

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CAH subject growth

Filename: subject_growth_cah_2.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2021/22
Content: CAH subject growth

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
percentage_change_years	Change from (academic year)
percentage_growth	Growth from 2019/20 to 2020/21
subject_area	CAH subject area
subject_classification	Subject classification

Footnotes

Please note, the CAH subject areas creative arts and design, communications and media, humanities and liberal arts, geographical and environmental studies and general and others in sciences have been removed as the number of foundation year entrants for these subject areas were 0 in 2021/22, hence growth rates would show at -100%.

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