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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Enrolments at Welsh HEIs by level and year (2000/01 to 2008/09 - all data amended to reflect standard registration population change in 2007/08)

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[Collapse]GenderFrom 2007/08 total persons includes those of indeterminate and unknown gender.[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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[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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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]All levelsFrom 2007/08, the way in which data on Welsh for Adults (FE) learners and enrolments were collected changed. This means that several thousand FE learners in Wales who would have been reported elsewhere previously are now reported to HESA by the five Welsh HEIs who act as regional centres for Welsh for Adults provision. For this reason pre 2007/08 data are not strictly comparable with that from 2007/08 onwards.111,470117,645123,965127,065131,300134,245140,610146,465148,930
All levelsFrom 2007/08, the way in which data on Welsh for Adults (FE) learners and enrolments were collected changed. This means that several thousand FE learners in Wales who would have been reported elsewhere previously are now reported to HESA by the five Welsh HEIs who act as regional centres for Welsh for Adults provision. For this reason pre 2007/08 data are not strictly comparable with that from 2007/08 onwards.[Collapse]Higher EducationHigher Education Students  are those students on programmes of study for which the level of instruction is above level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework.104,745110,295116,465118,610123,645125,715128,230125,540126,475
Higher EducationHigher Education Students  are those students on programmes of study for which the level of instruction is above level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework.[Collapse]PostgraduatePostgraduate programmes of study are those leading to higher degrees, diplomas and certificates and usually require that entrants are already qualified to degree level.17,22518,51520,41020,58020,68021,78524,17023,26025,565
PostgraduatePostgraduate programmes of study are those leading to higher degrees, diplomas and certificates and usually require that entrants are already qualified to degree level.Postgraduate ResearchPostgraduate Research includes those doctorate, masters and postgraduate degrees studied mainly by research.3,6153,2403,3353,5353,6503,6954,0004,1004,245
Postgraduate TaughtPostgraduate Research includes those doctorate, masters and postgraduate degrees not taught mainly by research including PGCE and professional qualifications.13,61015,27517,07517,04017,03018,09020,17019,16021,315
[Collapse]UndergraduateUndergraduate programmes of study include first degrees, Foundation Degrees, diplomas in HE, Higher National Diploma(HND), Higher National Certificate(HNC), etc. Entrants to these programmes of study do not usually require an HE qualification.87,52091,78096,05598,030102,965103,930104,060102,285100,910
UndergraduateUndergraduate programmes of study include first degrees, Foundation Degrees, diplomas in HE, Higher National Diploma(HND), Higher National Certificate(HNC), etc. Entrants to these programmes of study do not usually require an HE qualification.First DegreeFirst Degree includes first degrees, first degrees with qualified teacher status (QTS), enhanced first degrees, first degrees obtained concurrently with diploma and intercalated first degrees.55,22055,98559,03060,75563,94065,24566,20566,64568,540
Other UndergraduateOther Undergraduates includes Diploma of Higer Education (DIPHE), Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE), foundation courses at HE level, HND, HNC, NVQ/SVQ levels 5 and 4, post-degree diplomas and certificate at undergraduate level, professional qualifications at undergraduate level, other undergraduate diplomas  and certificates, other formal HE qualifications of less than degree standard, institutional undergraduate credit and no formal undergraduate qualifications.32,30035,79537,02537,27539,02538,68537,85535,63532,370
[Expand]Further EducationFurther Education students are those students on programmes of study for which the level of instruction is equal or below that of level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework, ie courses leading to GCE A-levels, VCE A-levels or SQA Advanced Highers/Highers.<br />From 2007/08, the way in which data on Welsh for Adults (FE) learners and enrolments were collected changed. This means that several thousand FE learners in Wales who would have been reported elsewhere previously are now reported to HESA by the five Welsh HEIs who act as regional centres for Welsh for Adults provision. For this reason pre 2007/08 data are not strictly comparable with that from 2007/08 onwards.6,7257,3507,5008,4557,6608,53012,37520,92022,455

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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