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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Student enrolments in Wales by institution and year
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YearAcademic years run from 1 August of the initial year to 31 July of the following year.[Filtered]
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[Collapse]Total (Welsh HEIs, FEIs and the OU).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.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable129,405129,595132,210136,370145,175
Total (Welsh HEIs, FEIs and the OU)[Collapse]All Welsh HEIs, and the OUEnrolments on HE courses at Welsh FEIs funded by HEFCW are reported here from 2016/17 onwards. Previously they were reported through the Lifelong Learning Record for Wales (LLWR)132,645134,565136,885140,090140,450137,510137,145132,975128,685128,005127,925130,510134,790143,870
All Welsh HEIs, and the OUEnrolments on HE courses at Welsh FEIs funded by HEFCW are reported here from 2016/17 onwards. Previously they were reported through the Lifelong Learning Record for Wales (LLWR)[Collapse]All Welsh HEIs (Excludes FEIs and the OU)125,540126,475127,885131,005131,185128,780129,130125,680121,950121,115121,010121,880124,055129,580
All Welsh HEIs (Excludes FEIs and the OU)University of Wales, Newport9,1209,0659,29010,0409,9909,780.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.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Glyndwr UniversityThe North-East Wales Institute for Higher Education (NEWI) became Glyndwr University in 2008.7,2657,7308,0008,9609,5358,5208,4056,7656,6606,4155,7455,8956,0457,485
Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityUniversity of Wales Institute, Cardiff became Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2011.9,90011,04513,08013,48513,00512,44013,39513,67012,58010,99510,43510,67510,92011,435
University of GlamorganMerthyr Tydfil College became part of the University of Glamorgan during 2006/07. From 2007/08 data include student enrolments that were previously classified under Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.22,71020,90021,07020,21021,19020,345.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.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
University of South WalesThe University of South Wales was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport.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.The data item is not applicable29,19527,71025,26523,46522,86022,33023,09023,150
Swansea MetropolitanSwansea Institute for Higher Education became Swansea Metropolitan University in 2007. In April 2013 Swansea Metropolitan University became part of University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.5,5955,8706,1855,9655,855.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.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Trinity College, CarmarthenTrinity College, Carmarthen and University of Wales, Lampeter merged in 2010 to form University of Wales, Trinity Saint David2,2252,3452,765.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.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.The data item is not applicable
University of Wales, Trinity Saint DavidTrinity College, Carmarthen and University of Wales, Lampeter merged in 2010 to form University of Wales, Trinity Saint David7,8856,1603,3406,7056,13511,82511,32010,4259,9359,76010,28511,13512,70014,795
Aberystwyth University9,86510,21010,80511,14011,70511,61511,1709,8358,7558,4558,1857,8457,7208,040
Bangor University10,51511,19511,45011,17511,25511,36010,64510,76510,63011,27011,15510,1959,9459,705
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 200426,58527,94027,55528,84027,74528,54030,18030,48030,67531,59531,93533,19033,26033,510
Swansea University13,87514,01514,34014,48014,77014,36014,82016,02017,44519,16020,41520,62020,37521,465
[Expand]The Open UniversityBetween 2008/09 and 2012/13 counted by the number of students at the Open University funded by the Higher Education Funding Council. Otherwise they are counted as Welsh domiciled students studying at the Open University7,1058,0959,0009,0859,2658,7258,0207,2956,7356,8906,9158,62510,73514,290
[Collapse]HE enrolments at Welsh Further Education InstitutionsEnrolments on HE courses at Welsh FEIs funded by HEFCW are reported here from 2016/17 onwards. Previously they were reported through the Lifelong Learning Record for Wales (LLWR).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.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1,4001,6701,7051,5801,305
HE enrolments at Welsh Further Education InstitutionsEnrolments on HE courses at Welsh FEIs funded by HEFCW are reported here from 2016/17 onwards. Previously they were reported through the Lifelong Learning Record for Wales (LLWR)[Expand]Gower College Swansea.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.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable11013013011065
[Expand]Grwp Llandrillo Menai.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.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1,1801,4101,4101,3001,050
[Expand]NPTC Group.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.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable105130165170195

Metadata

Title

Student enrolments in Wales by institution, level and mode of study

Last update

1 February 2022 1 February 2022

Next update

January 2023

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Higher education student record, Higher Education Statistics Agency

Contact email

HigherEducationAndStudentFinance.Stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

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: 1 February 2022
Next update: January 2023

Data collection and calculation

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record.
The data included are taken primarily from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record and based on the HESA standard registration population, which includes student enrolments throughout the year. HESA currently publish combined data from both the HESA Student record and the HESA Student alternative record. As such, figures published by HESA and Stats Wales may differ.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

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, 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.

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. A summary of this strategy is as follows:
• Numbers less than 3 are rounded to 0 and represented as '.'
• All other numbers are rounded to the nearest 5

Keywords

Higher Education

Statistical quality

Numbers for students from Wales studying at the Open University are based on where the student is from, rather than on the campus marker selected by the university. HESA use a different method to this and so the published numbers may differ slightly.

Note that the 'Welsh for Adults' StatsWales information normally included as part of this release cannot be updated to 2016/17. The National Centre for Learning Welsh has been responsible for providing leadership to the Welsh for Adults programme and co-ordinating provision across Wales on behalf of Welsh Government from 2015. Part of the work of the Centre has been to rationalise provision, and data systems, from 2016/17 onwards (with data collection in the past taking place through both HESA and LLWR data). New arrangements for data collection are being established for 2017/18 onwards, however, data has not been collected to provide a complete picture of provision for the 2016/17 year and it will not be included at all from 2017/18 onwards.

Enrolments on HE courses at Welsh FEIs funded by HEFCW are reported here from 2016/17 onwards. Previously they were reported through the Lifelong Learning Record for Wales (LLWR)

Between 2008/09 and 2012/13 counted by the number of students at the Open University funded by the Higher Education Funding Council. Otherwise they are counted as Welsh domiciled students studying at the Open University

From 2010/11, Further Education (FE) students who were enrolled at Merthyr Tydfil College, Glamorgan were reported to HESA rather than solely to the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). In 2009/10 only 950 FE enrolments were registered at Merthyr Tydfil College (as part of Glamorgan University), whilst in 2011/12 the number of FE enrolments was 8,580. The new protocol affecting 2012/13 data meant that the number of these enrolments fell again to 1,850 in 2012/13.

University of Wales Institute, Cardiff changed its name to Cardiff Metropolitan University in late 2011.

In 2009/10, the University of Glamorgan changed its reporting practices for a number of their full-time postgraduate taught students that were active over two reporting years. These students were previously returned as active in their first year but dormant in their second year. For 2009/10 these students are now returned as active in both academic years, in line with HESA reporting requirements. This contributed to Glamorgan reporting an increase of 670 enrolments (around 58 per cent) to its full-time postgraduate taught courses and a subsequent rise in the number of full-time postgraduate enrolments at Welsh HEIs.

In 2008/09, Lampeter University showed a drop of 2,195 part-time other undergraduate enrolments, representing a 39 per cent decrease on 2007/08. This was, in part, due to those students being re-coded as dormant which automatically excluded them from enrolment data.

During 2009/10, Bangor University took part in a trial with an external partner in relation to a large set of their Welsh for Adults data (Further Education enrolments normally included on the HESA record). Due to the nature of the trial, some data was not available before the HESA submission deadline, this resulted in an undercount for that year. In 2011/12 Bangor University recorded a 112 per cent increase in FE enrolments since 2009/10; currently there is no reason to suggest that this is due to anything other than full reporting and increased provision.


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