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HIGHER EDUCATION IN

FACTS AND FIGURESHigher education: a core strategic asset to the UK Summer 2013



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Higher education in facts and figures covers the majority of highereducation provision in the UK. The data is derived from a variety of sources.

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Contents

Students

Students at higher education institutions in the

UK by country of institution, 2011-12 5

Acceptances to UK higher education institutions,

2010-2012 6

Higher education participation rates,

1999-2012 7

Full-time and part-time higher education

students by level of study at UK higher

education institutions, 2011-12 8

Higher education students by domicile and level

of study at UK higher education institutions,2011-12 9

Trends in higher education student enrolments at

UK higher education institutions,

1994-95 to 2011-12 10

Higher education qualifications awarded at UK

higher education institutions, 2011-12 11

Students by subject area at UK higher


Percentage of young entrants to full-time

first degree courses from low participationneighbourhoods by subject, 2011-12 13

Domicile of non-EU students at UK higher


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Finance

Institutional income from non-EU domiciledstudents 2002-03 to 2011-12 and non-EUdomiciled student numbers 15

Income and size of UK higher educationinstitutions, 2010-11 and 2011-12 16

Income of and expenditure by UK higher


HEFCE capital funding, 1999-2015, in realterms (2012-13 prices) 18

Public expenditure on higher education as apercentage of GDP, 2010 19

Staff

Academic staff at UK higher educationinstitutions, 2011-12 20

Salary of academic and non-academic staff atUK higher education institutions, 2011-12 21

Annexe

Sources 22

Abbreviations 23

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Students at higher education institutions in the UK by country of institution, 2011-12

Source: HESA (2013) Students

0

500

1,000

0Scotland

England

N. Ireland

0

100

50

150

Wales

100

50

150

0

100

50

150

UG full-time

PG full-time

UG part-time

PG part-time

Increase from 2010-11

Decrease from 2010-11

18 HEIs

4 HEIs

10 HEIs

130 HEIs

(Thousands)

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Acceptances to UK higher education institutions, 2010-2012

(Full-time undergraduates only)

Acceptances Acceptances as a proportion

of applicants 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012

Men 220,085 221,876 208,287 71.7% 72.3% 73.1%

Women 267,244 270,154 256,623 68.4% 68.7% 69.6%

% women 54.8% 54.9% 55.2%

UK applicants 424,634 431,235 407,391 72.4% 73.2% 74.8%

EU applicants 25,607 26,701 23,233 54.1% 54.2% 53.8%

Non-EU applicants 37,088 34,094 34,286 58.7% 55.4% 52.2%

% non-UK

domiciled 12.9% 12.4% 12.4%

Total 487,329 492,030 464,910 69.9% 70.3% 71.1%

Source: UCAS (2010-2012)

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Higher education participation rates, 1999-2012

Source: BIS, Scottish Government, DELNI (2013)

60

55

50

45

40

35

30

P a r t i c i p a t i o n r a t e ( %

)

1 9 9 9 - 0 0

2 0 0 0 - 0 1

2 0 0 1 - 0 2

2 0 0 2 - 0 3

2 0 0 3 - 0 4

2 0 0 4 - 0 5

2 0 0 5 - 0 6

2 0 0 6 - 0 7

2 0 0 7 - 0 8

2 0 0 8 - 0 9

2 0 0 9 - 1 0

2 0 1 0 - 1 1

2 0 1 1 - 1 2

HEIPR - English domiciled17-30-year-old students

Scottish HEIPR: Scottish domiciled16-30-year-old students

Higher Education Age Participation Index (Northern Ireland)students aged under 21

* Due to a change in underlying data for England, a discontinuity has been introduced from 2006-07 onwards

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Full-time and part-time higher education students by level of study at UKhigher education institutions, 2011-12


775,245

1,721,400

516,165

230,45030,090

228,990

78,975

1,411,975

UG PG research PG taught Total 1,928,140 109,065 459,440 2,496,645

Full-time

Part-time

Mode of study

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Higher education students by domicile and level of study at UK highereducation institutions, 2011-12


17,730

35,405

129,74073,965

124,710

132,550

First degree Other UG PG research PG taught Total 1,541,365 386,770 109,065 459,440 2,496,640

2,061,410

302,680

1,342,690

359,920

9,120

294,295

64,505

14,060

30,500

UK

EU

Domicile

Non-EU

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Trends in higher education student enrolments at UK higher educationinstitutions, 1994-95 to 2011-12


Percentage change 1994-95 2010-11 to to

2011-12 2011-12

56.5% 0.8%

49.1% 3.3%

81.1% -5.3%

69.5% -3.4%

138.5% -0.2%

26.0% -7.0%

59.3% -0.2%

1994-95 2010-11 2011-12

Undergraduate 1,231,988 1,912,580 1,928,140

Postgraduate 335,325 588,720 568,505

All students 1,567,313 2,501,300 2,496,645

Full-time

Part-time

Full-time

Part-time

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Higher education qualifications awarded at UK higher educationinstitutions, 2011-12


F i r s t

d e g r e e

O t h e r

U G q

u a l i f i c a t i o n

F o u n d a t i o n

d e g r e e

O t h e r h i g h

e r

d e g r e e

P G C E

O t h e r

P G q

u a l i f i c

a t i o n

D o c t o r a t e

Mode of

study

Full-time 350,800 47,430 16,500 133,305 18,980 14,890 16,645

Part-time 40,185 57,555 10,645 40,535 1,300 34,645 3,790

Totals 390,985 104,985 27,145 173,840 20,280 49,535 20,435

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

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Students by subject area at UK higher education institutions, 2011-12


0

100,000

200,000

300,000

B u s i n e s s

H e a l t h a l l i e d

s u b

j e c t s

S o c i a l s t u d i e s

E d u c

a t i o n

B i o l o g i c a l s c i e

n c e s

A r t s a n d d e s i g n

E n g i n e e r i n g

L a n g u

a g e s

H i s t o r y

C o m p

u t i n g

P h y s i c a l s c i e

n c e s

C o m b i n e d

s u b

j e c t s

L a w

M e d i c i n e &

d e n

t i s t r y

A r c h i t e c t u r e

M a s s

c o m m u n i c

a t i o n

M a t h e m

a t i c s

A g r i c u

l t u r e

V e t e r

i n a r y

s c i e n c e

Postgraduate female

Postgraduate male

Undergraduate female

Undergraduate male

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Source: HESA Performance Indicators (2013)

Percentage of young entrants to full-time first degree courses fromlow participation neighbourhoods by subject, 2011-12

0%

30%

40%

50%

20%

10%

60%

70%

80%

90%00%

C o m p u t i n g

E d u c a t i o n

M a

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c o m m u n i c a t i o n

L

a w

A r t s a

n d

d e s i g n

H e a

l t h

a l l i e d s u b j e c t s

B i o l o g i c a l

s t u d

i e s

A l l s u b j e

c t s

B u s i n e

s s

A g r i c u l t u

r e

S o c i a l s t u d

i e s

M a t h e m a t

i c s

E n g i n e e r i n g

P h y s i c a l s t u d

i e s

L a n g u a g

e s

A r c h i t e c t u

r e

C o m b i n

e d

s u b j e c t s

H i s t o r y

M e d i c i n e ,

d e n t i s t r y &

v e t

Other neighbourhoods

Low participation neighbourhood

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Total non-EU domiciled students

Real terms income

2,500

3,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

R e a l t e r m s i n c o m

e i n £ m i l l i o n

N o n -

E U s t u d e

n t n u m b e r s

300,000

250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,000

0

2 0 0 2 - 0 3

2 0 0 3 - 0 4

2 0 0 4 - 0 5

2 0 0 5 - 0 6

2 0 0 6 - 0 7

2 0 0 7 - 0 8

2 0 0 8 - 0 9

2 0 0 9 - 1 0

2 0 1 0 - 1 1

2 0 1 1 - 1 2

Source: HESA Finance (multiple years)

Institutional income from non-EU domiciled students 2002-03 to 2011-12 andnon-EU domiciled student numbers

3,000

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Source: HESA (2013) Finance

Income and size of higher education institutions, 2010-11 and 2011-12

Income

More than £1bn

£500-1000m

£200-500m

£100-200m

£50-100m

£20-50m

£10-20m

Less than £10m

Number of students

More than 200,000

50,000-200,000

30,000-50,000

25,000-30,000

20,000-25,000

15,000-20,000

10,000-15,000

5,000-10,000

1,000-5,000

Less than 1,000

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Total income 2011-2012

Total income 2010-2011

Number of students 2011-2012

Number of students 2010-2011

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Source: HESA (2012) Finance

Income of and expenditure by UK higher education institutions, 2011-12

Staff costs

55.5%

Interest andother finance costs

1.4%

Depreciation

5.8%

Other

operating expenses

37.3%

Total expenditure £26.7 billion

Funding councilgrants29.6%

Full-time UKand EU HE fees

18%

Part-time UK and EU HE fees 2.4%

Endowment &investment income 1%

Other income18.6%

Research grants& contracts

16.2%

Other fees andsupport grants* 2.6%

* including non credit-bearing course fees

Non-EUdomicile HEfees 11.6%

Total income £27.9 billion

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HEFCE capital funding, 1999-2015, in real terms (2012-13 prices)

This chart is for England only.RPIF: Research Partnership Investment FundSource: HEFCE

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

£

m i l l i o n s

1 9 9

9 - 0 0

2 0 0

0 - 0 1

2 0 0

1 - 0 2

2 0 0

2 - 0 3

2 0 0

3 - 0 4

2 0 0

4 - 0 5

2 0 0

5 - 0 6

2 0 0

6 - 0 7

2 0 0

7 - 0 8

2 0 0

8 - 0 9

2 0 0

9 - 1 0

2 0 1

0 - 1 1

2 0 1

1 - 1 2

2 0 1

2 - 1 3

2 0 1

3 - 1 4

2 0 1

4 - 1 5

Real terms minus RPIF

( I n d i c

a t i v e

)

Real terms (2012-13 prices)

F i n a n c e

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Source: OECD (2013)

Public expenditure on higher education institutions as a percentage of GDP, 2010

0.0%-0.49%

0.50%-0.74%

0.75%-0.99%

1.00%-1.24%

1.25%-1.49%

1.50% and above

No data

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Source: HESA (2013) Staff

Academic staff at UK higher education institutions, 2011-12

The percentages reflect the proportion of academic staff in the relevant column.

Full-time Part-time Total

Total academic staff 117,845 63,540 181,385

Female 39% 55% 45%

Disabled 3% 3% 3%

Non UK nationality 28% 18% 24%

BME (Black and minority ethnic groups) 13% 9% 12%Wholly institutionally financed 72% 88% 77%

Research only 29% 11% 23%

Aged 34 or under 26% 24% 25%

Aged 50 or over 30% 39% 33%

Professorial status 14% 4% 10%

Highest qualification held: PhD 60% 23% 47%

20

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Source: HESA (2013) Staff

Salary of academic and non-academic staff at UK higher educationinstitutions, 2011-12

0

60,000

40,000

S t a

f f

Up to £17k £17k-23k £23k-31k £31k-42k £42k-56k Over £56k

20,000

32%

20% 21%

27%

Male academic

Female academic

Male non-academic

Female non-academic

Percentage ofemployees from total

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BISDepartment for Business,

Innovation and Skills (BIS)

DELNIDepartment for Employment and Learning

Northern Ireland

HESA (2013) Finance

HESA (2013) Finance Plus 2011-12

HESA (2013) StaffHESA (2013) Staff in Higher Education

Institutions 2011-12

HESA (2013) StudentsHESA (2013) Students in Higher Education

Institutions 2011-12

OECD (2013)Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development (2013) Education at a Glance 2013:

OECD Indicators Table B2.3

Scottish GovernmentScottish Government

SFC

Scottish Funding Council

UCASUniversities and Colleges Admissions Service

(UCAS), 2010-2012 data

All data and further information on sources can

be found on our website

www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducationinfocus

Sources

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EEA European Economic Area(EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and

Liechtenstein)

HEI

Higher education institution

HEIPR

Higher Education Initial Participation Rate

HESA

Higher Education Statistics Agency

PG

Postgraduate

PGCE

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

UG

Undergraduate

Abbreviations

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A b b r ev i at i on s



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