Universities UK Facts & Figures 2012

HIGHER EDUCATION IN

FACTS AND FIGURESHigher education: a core strategic asset to the UK Summer 2012

This publication covers the majority of higher education provision in the UK. The data is derived from a variety of sources; please see the Annexe.

For further information:Universities UKTel +44 (0)20 7419 4111Web www.universitiesuk.ac.ukEmail [email protected]/ highereducationinfocus

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)Tel +44 (0)1242 255 577Web www.hesa.ac.ukEmail [email protected]

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)Tel +44 (0)1242 222 444Web www.ucas.ac.ukEmail [email protected]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Tel +33 1 45 24 82 00Web www.oecd.orgEmail [email protected]

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)Tel +44 (0)20 7215 5000Web www.bis.gov.ukEmail [email protected]

Scottish Funding Council (SFC)Tel +44(0) 131 313 6500Web www.sfc.ac.ukEmail [email protected]

Department for Employment and Learning (DELNI)Tel +44 (0)28 9025 7777Web www.delni.gov.ukEmail [email protected]

Contents

Students

Acceptances to UK higher education institutions, 2009-2011 5

Higher education participation rates, 1998-2011 6

Students by subject area at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11 7

Full-time and part-time higher education students by level of study at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11 8

Higher education students by domicile and level of study at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11 9

Higher education qualifications awarded at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11 10

Higher education students in the UK by country of institution, 2010-11 11

Non-UK domiciled students at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11 12

Trends in higher education student enrolments at UK higher education institutions, 1994-95 to 2010-11 13

Staff

Academic staff at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11 14

Salary of academic staff at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11 15

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Finance

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

Institutional income from non-EU domiciled students 1994-95 to 2010-11 and non-EU domiciled student numbers 17

Income of UK higher education institutions, 2010-11 18

Expenditure by UK higher education, 2010-11 19

Public expenditure on higher education as a percentage of GDP, 2008 20

Annexe

Sources 21

Caveats 22

Abbreviations 23

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Acceptances to UK higher education institutions, 2009-2011

(Full-time undergraduate only)

Acceptances as Acceptances a proportion of applicants 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011Men 218,185 220,085 221,876 76.6% 71.7% 72.3%

Women 263,669 267,244 270,154 74.3% 68.4% 68.7%

% women 54.8% 54.8% 54.9%

UK applicants 425,063 424,634 431,235 78.1% 72.4% 73.2%

EU applicants 23,807 25,607 26,701 60.3% 54.1% 54.2%

Non-EU applicants 32,984 37,088 34,094 58.8% 58.7% 55.4%

% non-UK domiciled 11.8% 12.9% 12.4%

Source: UCAS (2009-2011) 5

Students

Higher education participation rates, 1998-2011

Sources: DIUS, BIS, Scottish Executive, DELNI (2012)

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2007

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2008

-09

2009

-10

2010

-11

HEIPR: English domiciled17-30-year-old students

API Scottish domiciled studentsaged under 21 - Discontinued

Higher Education Age Participation Index (NI)students aged under 21

Scottish HEIPR: Scottish domiciled16-30-year-old students

* Due to a change in underlying data for England,a discontinuity has been introduced from 2006-07 onwards.

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Students by subject area at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11

Source: HESA (2012) Students

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Students

Full-time and part-time higher education students by level of study at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11


823,950

1,677,345

545,245

235,23529,080

249,625

74,780

1,367,330

UG PG research PG taught Total 1,912,575 103,860 484,860 2,501,295

Full-time

Part-time

Mode of study

76.5% 100%4.2%Shown at 5%for clairty

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Higher education students by domicile and level of study at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11


19,550

36,265

134,66069,770

114,670

130,115

First Other Postgraduate Postgraduate Total degree undergraduate research taught 2,501,290

1,464,080 448,495 103,860 484,855

2,073,065

298,110

1,279,640

418,395

10,550

313,930

61,100

13,530

29,230

UK

EU

Domicile

Non-EU

4.2%(5%)

19.4%17.9%

58.5%

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Students

Higher education qualifications awarded at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11


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Full-time 330,715 46,335 17,600 122,405 19,620 14,575 16,375

Part-time 38,295 67,730 9,705 40,125 1,595 33,755 3,705

Totals 369,010 114,065 27,305 162,530 21,215 48,330 20,080

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

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Higher education students in the UK by country of institution, 2010-11


*Full-time and sandwich course studentsand those on a study-related year out

0

500

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50

150

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England

N. Ireland

Wales

100

50

150

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100

50

150

UG Full-time*

PG Full-time*

UG Part-time

PG Part-time

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Students

Non-UK domiciled students at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11


Up to 1%1-5%5-10%30-40%40-50%UK

Middle East6.1%Africa

8.6%

European Union countriesexcluding UK

30.4%

Australasia0.6%

SouthAmerica

0.9%

NorthAmerica

6.1%

Middle East6.1%Africa

8.6%

Asia43.4%

European Union countriesexcluding UK

30.4%

Other Europe4.0%

Other EEA1%

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Trends in higher education student enrolments at UK higher education institutions, 1994-95 to 2010-11


Percentage change 1994-95 2009-10 to to 2010-11 2010-11

55.2% -0.1%

44.4% 2.5%

91.3% -6.1%

75.6% 1.7%

139.0% 3.9%

35.5% -0.6%

59.6% 0.3%

1994-95 2009-10 2010-11

Undergraduate 1,231,988 1,914,710 1,912,580

Postgraduate 335,325 578,705 588,720

All students 1,567,313 2,493,415 2,501,300

Full-time

Part-time

Full-time

Part-time

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Students

Source: HESA (2012) Staff

Academic staff at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11

The percentages reflect the proportion of academic staff in the relevant column.

Full-time Part-time Total

Total academic staff 118,120 63,065 181,185

Female 39% 55% 44%

Disabled 3% 3% 3%

Non UK nationality 27% 18% 24%

BME (Black and minority ethnic groups) 13% 10% 12%

Wholly institutionally financed 72% 89% 78%

Research only 29% 11% 22%

Aged 35 or under 29% 27% 28%

Aged 55 or over 15% 24% 18%

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Source: HESA (2012) Staff

Salary of academic staff at UK higher education institutions, 2010-11

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Staff

Source: HESA (2012) Finance

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

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

5,000-10,000

1,000-5,000

Less than 1,000

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Total income 2010-2011

Total income 2009-2010

Number of students 2010-2011

Number of students 2009-2010

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Non-EU student numbers

HEI income from fees

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2005

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Source: HESA Finance (multiple years)

Institutional income from non-EU domiciled students 1994-95 to 2010-11 and non-EU domiciled student numbers

*From 2007-08 writing up and sabbatical students are no longer included in standard counts of students. 17

Finance


Income of UK higher education institutions, 2010-11

Funding councilgrants32%

Full-time UKand EU fees

17%

Part-time UK and EU fees 2%

Endowment &investment income

1%

Other income18%

Research grants& contracts

16%

Other fees andsupport grants*

2%

* including non credit bearing course fees

Non-EUdomicile fees

11%

Total income £27.6 billion

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Expenditure by UK higher education institutions, 2010-11

Staff costs56%

Interest and other finance costs

1%Depreciation6%

Otheroperating expenses

37%

Total expenditure £27.2 billion

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Finance

Source: OECD (2011)

Public expenditure on higher education as a percentage of GDP, 2008

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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DELNIDepartment for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland

DIUS/BISDepartment for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) now the Department for Business, Innovation Skills (BIS)

HESA (2012) Finance HESA (2012) Finance Plus 2010-11

HESA (2012) Staff HESA (2012) Staff in Higher Education Institutions 2010-11

HESA (2012) Students HESA (2012) Students in Higher Education Institutions 2010-11

OECD (2011)Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2011) Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators Table B2.4

Scottish ExecutiveScottish Executive

SFCScottish Funding Council

UCASUniversities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS), 2009-2011 data

All data and further information on sources can be found on our website www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducationinfocus

Sources

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Annexe

Page 11 Full-time and sandwich course students and those on a study-related year out

Page 12 European Union excluding UK Other European Union including Non-European Union unknown

Page 13 Writing up and sabbatical students are not included in standard counts of students from 2007-08 onwards

Page 14 BME calculated from known ethnicity only (unknown is 8.5%)

Page 15 Salary bands are rounded

Caveats

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Ann

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API Age Participation Index

BME Black and minority ethnic group

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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