Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2020/21

This bulletin is the annual first release of HESA student data. It covers data about higher education students and qualifiers from the following types of providers within the UK:

Higher education (HE) providers in England registered with the Office for Students (OfS) in the Approved (fee cap) or Approved categories;
Publicly funded HE providers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and
Further education (FE) colleges in Wales.

These providers submit data to HESA via either the Student record or the Student alternative record. This is the second year that data from both records have been combined together in the figures within this release to provide a more complete picture of higher education within the UK. Further details on coverage can be seen in the notes section of this release. For users wishing to undertake time-series analysis that make use of data drawn exclusively from the HESA Student record (and therefore comparable with the coverage of tables and charts published in previous issues of this bulletin) an option is provided to 'Download source data 051 record only (csv)' underneath each table and chart. Please note that this is the final year this option will be available. HESA do not intend to continue with the production of 051 record only source data.

This bulletin also includes information from the HESA Aggregate offshore record and can be seen in figure 12. This separate record counts students studying wholly outside the UK who are either registered with the reporting HE provider or who are studying for an award of the reporting HE provider.

本公告为 HESA 学生数据的年度首次发布。涵盖以下类型在英国高等教育提供者中的学生及合格者数据：英格兰注册于学生办公室（OfS）的经批准（学费上限）或经批准类别的高等教育（HE）提供者；威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰的公立高等教育提供者；以及威尔士的继续教育（FE）学院。这些提供者通过学生记录或学生替代记录向 HESA 提交数据。本发布中，这两类记录的数据已合并，以呈现更全面的英国高等教育图景，这是第二次合并数据。关于覆盖范围的更多详细信息，请参阅本发布的注释部分。对于希望进行时间序列分析并使用仅从 HESA 学生记录中抽取的数据（因此与该公告先前版本中发布的表格和图表的覆盖范围可比）的用户，在每个表格和图表下方提供“仅下载源数据 051 记录（csv）”的选项。请注意，本年度将是此选项最后一次提供。HESA 不打算继续生产仅 051 记录的源数据。本公告还包括 HESA 海外汇总记录的信息，可在图 12 中查看。此单独记录统计了在英国境外完全学习的学生，这些学生要么注册于报告的高等教育提供者，要么正在为报告的高等教育提供者的奖项学习。