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Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Data

Population Size

2,844,000

People

Years

2012 - 2020

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Wales

Lead time

2-6 months

Summary

The Higher Education Statistics Agency Student Data covers information on students, staff, graduates, finances, estates, and other populations from all aspects of the UK higher education sector.

Documentation

The HESA Student record is collected from subscribing Higher Education Providers (HEPs) throughout the devolved administrations of the United Kingdom. The data collected as part of the Student record is used extensively by various stakeholders and is fundamental in the formulation of: Funding, Performance Indicators, Publications (including UNISTATS), League tables.

The Student record collects individualised data about students active during the reporting period. A wide range of data items are collected, including: the student's entry profile and personal characteristics, module and course level data, funding information and qualifications awarded.

All HESA records are collected on the basis of the HESA reporting period that determines the time period that the data being returned relates to. This ensures consistency across the data streams collected. The reporting period is from 01 August year 1 to 31 July year 2, for example, the 2016/2017 Student record was collected in respect of the activity which took place between 01 August 2016 and 31 July 2017.

Further information on the HESA Student record can be found on the HESA website: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/archive

Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Dataset population size
2844000
Associated media
https://saildatabank.com/https://saildatabank.com/about-us/https://popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/centres-of-excellence/sail/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/studentshttps://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/archive

Keywords

Higher Education, Graduates, Students, SAIL, core-res, Health & Wellbeing, Children & Young People, Housing & Communities, World of Work, Welsh Government

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Persons

2844000

Count

01 Jan 2018

Provenance

Collection source setting
Community, Other
Patient pathway description
All higher education data pertaining to students
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency
Weekly
Version
6.0.0
Modified

08/10/2024

Distribution release date

01/01/2019

Citation Requirements
["Higher Education Statistics Agency"]

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2012

End date

24/08/2020

Time lag
2-6 months
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Wales
Maximum age range
150
Follow-up
Other

Accessibility

Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
SQL database table

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Access rights
https://saildatabank.com/data/apply-to-work-with-the-data/
Time to dataset access
2-6 months
Access request cost
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes, analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case technological requirements.
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP). Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Jurisdiction
GB
Data use limitation
Research-specific restrictions
Data use requirements
Project-specific restrictions
Data Controller
Higher Education Statistics Agency
Data Processor
Higher Education Statistics Agency

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Community, Other