News and insight
Filter
HE Provider Data: Business and Community Interaction – Open data release
The Higher Education - Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey gathers data on UK universities' engagement in the economy and the wider application of their work.
HE Provider Data: Finance – Open data release
New finance data released today includes the accounts of both publicly and privately funded HE providers for the first time.
The ultimate guide to Graduate Outcomes - HESA publishes survey methodology statement
Head of Research and InsightToday HESA has released a two-part methodology statement on Graduate Outcomes which provides a comprehensive overview of the survey’s history and operations.
BlogProducing UK HE Finance data – new top lines, same bottom line
Deputy Director, Data & InnovationDan Cook explains the changes behind the forthcoming release of Finance record Open Data.
Blog"The true method of knowledge is experiment" - why Graduate Outcomes statistics are experimental
Head of Official StatisticsAs HESA is preparing the first set of Graduate Outcomes data for publication from late April, we are sharing some key points about the nature of the statistics being released.
BlogResearch shows decline in ‘graduate premium’ less pronounced for 1st and 2:1 degrees
Joint research from HESA and the Department of Economics at Warwick University finds graduates with a first or upper second class degree earn more, relative to non-graduates, than their peers with lower class degrees.
Higher Education Staff Data – open data release
Open data tables of staff demographic and contract characteristics show 31% of academic staff were of non-UK nationality in 2018/19.
UK Performance Indicators: Non-continuation, 2018/19
Statistics showing the proportion of undergraduate entrants at each HE provider who did not continue into their second year of study.
Data Futures Programme update
The Data Futures Programme aims to transform the data collection infrastructure for the UK HE sector. The Programme announced previously that it was undertaking a further design phase to support the move from continuous to discrete collections.
As with any large-scale transformation project, Data Futures has had to address a range of factors, not least statutory, financial, technical, operational and commercial considerations.
UK Performance Indicators: Widening Participation, 2018/19
Statistics showing the proportion of students at each HE provider from low participation neighbourhoods, from state schools, and in receipt of Disabled Students' Allowances.