University Environment Classification, 2008-2012

This dataset presents a cluster analysis of UK universities based on four synthetic environments: social, cultural, physical and economic. These were developed based on variables that represented an educational ecosystem of well-being. The cluster analysis was initially linked to the LSYPE-Secure dataset using the UKPRNs (i.e. higher education institutional number) and hence the cluster analysis used data from around 2009-2012 to represent Wave 6 and Wave 7 of the LSYPE-Secure dataset. The cluster analysis was based on using a variety of variables available from HESA and the Office for Students (OfS) to represent these environments, for example: Social: had demographics of students and staff including ethnicity and sex Cultural: had data on research and teaching scores Economic: had data on student: staff ratio and expenditure Physical: had data related to the built and natural environment including residential sites, blue and green spaces.

本数据集基于社会、文化、物理与经济四类合成环境，针对英国高校开展聚类分析。上述四类合成环境均以表征教育生态福祉的变量为基础构建。本次聚类分析最初通过英国高等教育机构编号（UKPRNs）与LSYPE-Secure数据集完成关联，因此聚类分析采用了2009至2012年左右的数据，以对应LSYPE-Secure数据集的第6波与第7波调研数据。聚类分析依托高等教育统计局（Higher Education Statistics Agency, HESA）与学生办公室（Office for Students, OfS）提供的多类变量表征上述四类环境，具体示例如下：社会环境维度涵盖师生人口统计学特征，包括种族与性别信息；文化环境维度包含科研与教学评分数据；经济环境维度涵盖师生比与开支数据；物理环境维度则涉及建成与自然环境相关数据，包括校园住宅区、蓝色空间与绿色空间。