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Academic year 2019/20
Participation measures in higher education
Data guidance
Published
Description
This guidance describes the data included in the Participation Measures in Higher Education: 2019/20 National Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in a new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data. (opens in a new tab)
The methodology pages attached to this release should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.
Coverage
The release covers the latest Higher Education Initial Participation (HEIP) measure.
The measure is the sum of the age specific participation rates for the 17 to 30 year-old population in England in each academic year (HEIP30), and can be thought of as a projection of the likelihood of a 17-year-old today participating in higher education by age 30 if the latest year's entry rates persisted in the future.
It also includes tables specific to postgraduate entry (PGIP30), as well as some age tables up to ages 20 and 60 (HEIP20, HEIP60).
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.
Headline Summary Statistics
Filename
heip_headline_summary_211119.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2019/20
Content
Initial Participation (HEIP30) headline data
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
initial_entry_percentage
Estimated HE Initial Entry Percentage (Overall)
initial_entry_percentage_18yrolds
Estimated HE Initial Entry Percentage (18 year olds)
Impact of additional providers on Initial Participation
Filename
heip_impact_211115.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2006/07 to 2019/20
Content
Initial Participation (HEIP30) with and without additional providers*.
*Those who submitted data to HESA’s Alternative Provider student record in 2014/15 onwards.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
initial_entrants
Initial entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
percentage
Initial entry percentage
sex
Sex - Filter by sex
Footnotes
Additional providers who returned data to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Alternative record have been included from 2014/15. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.
Impact of additional providers on Postgraduate Initial Participation
Filename
pgip_impact_211115.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2006/07 to 2019/20
Content
Postgraduate Initial Participation (PGIP30) with and without additional providers**.
**Those who submitted postgraduate data to HESA’s Alternative Provider student record in 2017/18 onwards.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
initial_entrants
Initial entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
percentage
Initial entry percentage
sex
Sex - Filter by sex
Footnotes
Additional providers who returned postgraduate data to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Alternative record have been included from 2017/18. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
age
Academic age - Filter by academic age
initial_entrants
Initial entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
percentage
Initial entry percentage
population
Population
sex
Sex - Filter by sex
Footnotes
Additional providers who returned data to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Alternative record have been included from 2014/15. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.
Initial Participation (HEIP30, HEIP20, HEIP60) by mode of study.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
entry_age
Entry age - Filter by entry age (by age 20, 30 or 60)
initial_entrants
Initial entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
mode_study
Mode of study - Filter by mode of study
percentage
Initial entry percentage
Footnotes
Additional providers who returned data to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Alternative record have been included from 2014/15. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.
Experimental statistics: Initial Participation (HEIP30) by qualification aim.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
initial_entrants
Initial entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
percentage
Initial entry percentage
qualification_aim
Qualification aim - Filter by qualification aim
sex
Sex - Filter by sex
Footnotes
Apprenticeships at level 4 and above are included in the HEIP measure but are reported as the component qualifications which make up the overarching Apprenticeship framework or standard.
A very small proportion of Higher Education Initial Participants enter postgraduate courses. This can occur in cases where providers admit students based on prior work experience.
Initial Participation (HEIP30, HEIP20, HEIP60) by sex.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
entry_age
Entry age - Filter by entry age
initial_entrants
Initial entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
percentage
Initial entry percentage
sex
Sex - Filter by sex
Footnotes
Additional providers who returned data to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Alternative record have been included from 2014/15. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.
Postgraduate Initial Participation by mode of study
Filename
pgip_mode_211115.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2006/07 to 2019/20
Content
Postgraduate Initial Participation (PGIP30) by mode of study.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
initial_entrants
Initial entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
mode_study
Mode of study - Filter by mode of study
percentage
Initial entry percentage
Footnotes
Additional providers who returned postgraduate data to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Alternative record have been included from 2017/18. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.
Postgraduate Initial Participation (PGIP30) by sex.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
initial_entrants
Initial entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
percentage
Initial entry percentage
sex
Sex - Filter by sex
Footnotes
Additional providers who returned postgraduate data to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Alternative record have been included from 2017/18. Figures are therefore not directly comparable with earlier years.