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Academic year 2021/22
Participation measures in higher education
Data guidance
Published
Description
This guidance describes the data included in the Participation Measures in Higher Education: 2021/22 Official 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 Cohort-based Higher Education Participation (CHEP) measure.
For each cohort of pupils registered at English schools at age 15, we track their participation rates in HE by age 25 (CHEP-25).
Also included are underlying tables containing data on participation by age 20 and by age 30 (CHEP-20, CHEP-30).
File formats and conventions
The release covers the latest Cohort-based Higher Education Participation (CHEP) measure.
For each cohort of pupils registered at English schools at age 15, we track their participation rates in HE by age 25 (CHEP-25).
Also included are underlying tables containing data on participation by age 20 and by age 30 (CHEP-20, CHEP-30).
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.
Age
Filename
chep_age.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2001/02 to 2019/20
Content
HE participation by specific age, including a cumulative rate
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
age_in_he
Age entered HE
cumulative_rate
Cumulative entry percentage
entrants
Entrants
rate
Entry percentage
Footnotes
For the 2005/06 cohort, the rate for 18-year-olds is understated. This is explained in the Limitations section in the Methodology.
"No data" refers to where a cohort has not yet reached the age specified by the 2021/22 academic year.
HE participation (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30) by mode of study
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
entrants
Entrants
methodology
Methodology - Filter by methodology
rate
Entry percentage
Footnotes
For the projections from 2016/17 based on the cohort figures, the earlier projections are less robust due to changes in the matching method in those years.
Additional providers who returned data to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Alternative record have been included from 2014/15 as a separate series.
Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Population Survey (APS) data showing percentages in the aged 25-29 population qualified to Level 4 and above.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below: