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[Collapse]GenderFrom 2007/08 total persons includes those of indeterminate and unknown gender.[Filter]
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[Collapse]LevelHigher education (HE) students are those students on programmes of study for which the level of instruction is above that of level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework, i.e. courses leading to the Advanced Level of the General Certificate of Education (GCE A-levels), the Advanced Level of the Vocational Certificate of Education (VCE A-levels) or the Advanced Higher Grade and Higher Grade of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Advanced Highers/Highers). <br /><br />Postgraduate programmes of study are those leading to higher degrees, diplomas and certificates (including Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) and professional qualifications) and usually require that entrants are already qualified to degree level (i.e. already qualified at level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework). Higher degrees include doctorates, masters degrees and higher bachelors degrees.<br /><br />Undergraduate programmes of study are first degrees with or without eligibility to register to practice with a Health or Social Care or Veterinary statutory regulatory body, first degrees with qualified teacher status (QTS)/registration with the General Teaching Council (GTC), enhanced first degrees, first degrees obtained concurrently with a diploma and intercalated first degrees, Foundation Degrees, diplomas in HE with eligibility to register to practice with a Health or Social Care regulatory body, Higher National Diploma (HND), Higher National Certificate (HNC), Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE), Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE), foundation courses at HE level, NVQ/SVQ levels 4 and 5, post-degree diplomas and certificates at undergraduate level, professional qualifications at undergraduate level and other undergraduate diplomas and certificates including post-registration health and social care courses. Entrants to these programmes of study do not usually require an HE qualification. <br /><br />Further education (FE) students are those students on programmes of study for which the level of instruction is equal to or below that of level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework, i.e. courses leading to the Advanced Level of the General Certificate of Education (GCE A-levels), the Advanced Level of the Vocational Certificate of Education (VCE A-levels) or the Advanced Higher Grade and Higher Grade of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA Advanced Highers/Highers).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />[Filter]
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[Collapse]ModeFull-time students are those normally required to attend an institution for periods amounting to at least 24 weeks within the year of programme of study, on thick or thin sandwich courses, and those on a study-related year out of their institution. During that time students are normally expected to undertake periods of study, tuition or work experience which amount to an average of at least 21 hours per week. <br />Part-time students are those recorded as studying part-time, or studying full-time on courses lasting less than 24 weeks, on block release, studying during the evenings only, or on FE continuous delivery. <br /><br />[Filter]
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[Collapse]Year of StudyFirst year students are based on the HESA standard registration population who commenced their programme of study in the reporting period relevant to the data collection year.<br />[Filter]
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Click here to sort2000/01Figures for this year have been amended to allow for comparison with previously published data for 2007/08 where students who were classified as \'on sabbatical\' or students who were classified as \'writing-up\' have been removed from the standard registration population. Therefore, figures published here will not match previously published data for this year.Click here to sort2001/02Figures for this year have been amended to allow for comparison with previously published data for 2007/08 where students who were classified as \'on sabbatical\' or students who were classified as \'writing-up\' have been removed from the standard registration population. Therefore, figures published here will not match previously published data for this year.Click here to sort2002/03Figures for this year have been amended to allow for comparison with previously published data for 2007/08 where students who were classified as \'on sabbatical\' or students who were classified as \'writing-up\' have been removed from the standard registration population. Therefore, figures published here will not match previously published data for this year.Click here to sort2003/04Figures for this year have been amended to allow for comparison with previously published data for 2007/08 where students who were classified as \'on sabbatical\' or students who were classified as \'writing-up\' have been removed from the standard registration population. Therefore, figures published here will not match previously published data for this year.Click here to sort2004/05Figures for this year have been amended to allow for comparison with previously published data for 2007/08 where students who were classified as \'on sabbatical\' or students who were classified as \'writing-up\' have been removed from the standard registration population. Therefore, figures published here will not match previously published data for this year.Click here to sort2005/06Figures for this year have been amended to allow for comparison with previously published data for 2007/08 where students who were classified as \'on sabbatical\' or students who were classified as \'writing-up\' have been removed from the standard registration population. Therefore, figures published here will not match previously published data for this year.Click here to sort2006/07Click here to sort2007/08Click here to sort2008/09
[Collapse]University of Wales College of Medicine[Expand]University of Wales College of Medicine3,6503,6353,6254,170.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
[Collapse]Total (Welsh HEIs and the OU)117,370124,235130,405133,630137,775140,435147,175153,570157,025
Total (Welsh HEIs and the OU)[Collapse]All Welsh HEIs (Excludes the OU)111,470117,645123,965127,065131,300134,245140,610146,465148,930
All Welsh HEIs (Excludes the OU)The University of Wales, Newport8,6908,9509,3009,3409,3009,6309,7809,3659,300
Glyndwr UniversityThe North East Wales Institute for Higher Education (NEWI) became Glyndwr University in 2008.5,4506,1105,9605,7506,2607,4107,4007,2657,730
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff8,5358,7909,3509,1609,2509,77510,36010,01511,170
University of GlamorganMerthyr Tydfil College became part of the University of Glamorgan during 2006/07.The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama merged with the University of Glamorgan in 2007.17,62018,93519,88020,65021,40021,45525,46527,34525,770
Swansea Metropolitan UniversitySwansea Insitute for Higher Education became Swansea Metropolitan University in 2007.4,8705,2955,5705,6805,7155,7205,7555,7656,030
Trinity College, Carmarthen2,6102,7752,7652,0252,2152,5152,4452,2252,345
The University of Wales, Lampeter4,2405,2506,7307,3058,4858,4758,1707,8856,160
Aberystwyth University10,74011,89011,68011,47511,75511,92511,62513,26013,735
Bangor University10,14010,77510,92512,11012,02512,67014,02016,60517,745
Cardiff UniversityFrom 2004/05 data include student enrolments that were previously classified under University of Wales College of Medicine due to a merger between the institutions in 200421,73522,06023,77524,05529,30029,81530,04528,29030,010
Swansea University12,60512,59513,80514,76514,99014,21514,89518,44518,935
Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaThe Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama merged with the University of Glamorgan in 2007.590585590585615630650.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
[Expand]The Open UniversityBefore 2008/09 Open University students were counted as Welsh domicile students studying at the Open University. From 2008/09 Open University students are counted as those students who are funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW).5,9006,5906,4406,5656,4756,1906,5707,1058,095

Metadata

EDUC0127 - Enrolments (All year] at Welsh HEIs by level and mode of study [2000/01 to 2007/08 - all data amended to reflect standard registration population change in 2007/08]

ETES2: Welsh Assembly Government

Last update: Jan 2010
Was added to StatsWales: Mar 2010
Next Update: No longer updated.
Will be added to StatsWales by: Mar 2011
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record.
Contact: He.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

These data provide information on students enrolled at Higher Education Institutions in Wales and Welsh domiciled students at UK Higher Education Institutions.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collect data on students, staff and resources of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK. The data presented in this bulletin is taken from HESA's Student Record which contains information on all students enrolled on credit bearing courses at UK HEIs. Further information about HESA and their data collections can be found on their website www.hesa.ac.uk

The Student Record contains information about individual enrolments, which, because a student can be enrolled on more than one programme of study, will exceed the number of students. Previous analysis has shown that for Welsh HEIs full-time enrolments are less than 1 per cent higher than full-time student numbers; part-time enrolments are less than 2 per cent higher than part-time student numbers.

This table is based on the HESA standard registration population.

Coverage

The HESA standard registration population is a count of all enrolments within the reporting year 1 August to 31 July. Students who leave within 2 weeks of their start date, or anniversary of their start date, and are on a course of more than two weeks duration, are not included in the standard registration population. Dormant students, students who are writing-up, students on sabbatical, incoming, visiting and exchange students from overseas and students studying for the whole of their programme of study outside of the UK are also excluded from this population. Prior to 2000/01 the standard population was based on enrolments as at 1 December each year.
It should be noted that from 2007/08 writing-up and sabbatical options under the mode of study 'part-time and other' have been excluded for the standard registration population and the December population. For comparison purposes all data from 2000/01 to 2006/07 data has been recalculated on this basis in this table.

Postdoctoral students are not included in the HESA Student Record.

The HESA qualifications obtained population is a count of student enrolments associated with the award of an HE qualification (excluding HE institutional credits) during the reporting year. For the qualifications obtained table awards from dormant status are assigned to their previous mode of study, i.e. full-time or part-time.

Rounding strategy

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. A summary of this strategy is as follows:
· 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0 and represented as '*'.
· All other numbers are rounded to the nearest 5

Total figures are also subject to this rounding methodology; the consequence of which is that the sum of numbers in each row or column may not match the total shown precisely.


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