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 higher education provision in the UK. The data is derived from a variety of sources.

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 education institutions, 2011-12 12

Percentage of young entrants to full-time first degree courses from low participation neighbourhoods by subject, 2011-12 13

Domicile of non-EU students at UK higher education institutions, 2011-12 14

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Finance

Institutional income from non-EU domiciled students 2002-03 to 2011-12 and non-EU domiciled student numbers 15

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

Income of and expenditure by UK higher education institutions, 2011-12 17

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

Public expenditure on higher education as a percentage of GDP, 2010 19

Staff

Academic staff at UK higher education institutions, 2011-12 20

Salary of academic and non-academic staff at UK 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

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130 HEIs

(Thousands)

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Students

Acceptances to UK higher education institutions, 2010-2012

(Full-time undergraduates only) Acceptances Acceptances as a proportion of applicants 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012Men 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)

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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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Students

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

Source: HESA (2013) Students

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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Stud

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

Source: HESA (2013) Students

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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Students

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

Source: HESA (2013) Students

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

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

Source: HESA (2013) Students

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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

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Students

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

Source: HESA (2013) Students

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Source: HESA Performance Indicators (2013)

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Students

Total non-EU domiciled students

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

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Finance

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

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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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Fin

ance

Source: HESA (2012) Finance

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

Staff costs55.5%

Interest and other finance costs

1.4%Depreciation

5.8%

Otheroperating 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 HE fees 11.6%

Total income £27.9 billion

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Finance

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

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

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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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Finance

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%

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Source: HESA (2013) Staff

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

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32%

20% 21%

27%

Male academic

Female academic

Male non-academic

Female non-academicPercentage of

employees from total

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Staff

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) Staff HESA (2013) Staff in Higher Education

Institutions 2011-12

HESA (2013) Students HESA (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

SFCScottish 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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Sou

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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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Abbreviations

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