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Data Provider: Welsh Government Higher Education teaching staff in Wales by ability to teach through the medium of Welsh and whether contracted to teach through the medium of Welsh
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Contract TypeContract type is based on terms of employment (atypical or non-atypical) and the employment function of the contract (academic or non-academic)[Filtered]
[Collapse]Cost centreThe area staff work in, grouped by HESA Cost Centre.[Filtered]
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Cost centre 1[Filter]
MeasureFull-time equivalent (FTE) or full person equivalent (FPE)<br /> [Filtered]
[Collapse]Sex[Filtered]
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Sex 1[Filter]
[Collapse]Mode[Filtered]
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Mode 1[Filter]
[Collapse]Institution[Filtered]
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Institution 1[Filter]
Measure2
Academic YearAcademic years run from 1 August of the initial year to 31 July of the following year.<br /> [Filtered]
[Collapse]Ability to teach in WelshAbility to teach through the medium of Welsh<br /> [Filter]
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Ability to teach in Welsh 1
[Collapse]Teaching in WelshWhether contract includes teaching through the medium of Welsh[Filter]
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Teaching in Welsh 1
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[Collapse]All8,0357,9558,2108,6959,455
AllAble to teach in Welsh[Collapse]All1,0851,0251,0351,015845
AllTeaching in Welsh580570540(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.550(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.540
Not teaching in Welsh345300360(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.385(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.245
Information not sought15516013080(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.60
Unable to teach in Welsh[Collapse]All6,8106,7406,7457,2207,750
AllTeaching in Welsh00000
Not teaching in Welsh5,1704,8954,9556,295(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.6,790
Information not sought1,6401,8451,790925(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.955
Information not sought[Collapse]All140185430460860
AllTeaching in Welsh1510151525
Not teaching in Welsh4050170205(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.460
Information not sought85125245240(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.375

Metadata

Title

Higher Education teaching staff in Wales by ability to teach through the medium of Welsh and whether contracted to teach through the medium of Welsh

Last update

26 March 2025 26 March 2025

Next update

January 2026 (Provisional)

Publishing organisation

Medr

Source 1

Higher Education Staff Record, Higher Education Statistics Agency

Contact email

HEstats@medr.cymru

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

Last update: 26 March 2025
Next update: January 2026 (Provisional)
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Staff Record.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collect data on students, staff and resources of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK. Further information about HESA and their data collections, including some online tables, can be found on their website www.hesa.ac.uk

Data collection and calculation

Figures are based on the HESA Staff Record. Data is required for all academic staff, and for non-academic staff if the contract is not atypical. Data also need not be returned for agency staff, self-employed staff, honorary contracts where the contract is not deemed to be a contract of employment and staff not employed by the HEI, but by a company consolidated into the HEI's accounts.

Atypical staff are those members of staff whose contracts involve working arrangements that are not permanent, involve complex employment relationships and/or involve work away from the supervision of the normal work provider.

Non-atypical staff full-person equivalent (FPE) counts are calculated on the basis of contract activities that were active on 1 December of the reporting period. Atypical staff FPE counts are calculated on the basis of those individuals who have only atypical contracts that were active during the reporting period.

Full-time equivalent (FTE) indicates the proportion of a full-time year being undertaken over the course of the reporting period 1 August to 31 July. The FTE is therefore counted using a population of staff who were active during the reporting period, not just on a given snapshot date.

More information related to definitions used can be found at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/staff

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

The HESA staff contract population is an indicator of those contracts that were active on 1 December within the reporting period. This is used in analyses of non-atypical staff contract attributes by full-person equivalents (FPE).

The HESA staff atypical population is an indicator of those individuals who have only atypical contracts within the reporting period (31 July to 1 August). This is used in analyses of atypical staff person attributes by full-person equivalents (FPE).

The HESA staff contract session population is an indicator of those contracts that were active during the reporting period (31 July to 1 August). This is used in analyses of full-time equivalents (FTE) of atypical and non-atypical staff.

Rounding applied

The presentation of figures in this table follows the principals of the HESA rounding strategy. The strategy is intended to prevent the disclosure of personal information about any individual. This strategy involves rounding all numbers to the nearest 5.

Statistical quality

Between 2014/15 and 2015/16, the University of South Wales reported a significant drop in staff numbers. This was due to a combination of normal contractual changes and turnover of employees, limited institutional restructuring, a combination of HR and payroll systems, and a data cleansing exercise.

The 2022/23 data for Cardiff University has been revised to correct an error that meant all staff had been returned as not teaching through the medium of Welsh.

The 2023/24 data for Bangor University has been revised to correct data that had been submitted incorrectly due to error when transferring data into a new system.

In 2023/24, University of Wales Trinity Saint David changed how they collect the data on staff’s ability to teach in Welsh.