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Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Data

Population Size

2,844,000

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2012 - 2020

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Wales

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

Lead time statistic card

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

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

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