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Data Provider: Welsh Government Student enrolments at Higher Education providers in Wales by personal characteristics and academic year
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Academic YearAcademic years run from 1 August of the initial year to 31 July of the following year.[Filtered]
[Collapse]Personal characteristicsAge group, disability status and ethnic group[Filter]
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Personal characteristics 2
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[Collapse]All age groups136,355145,170149,045154,385150,680
All age groups[Expand]Age: 20 and under48,87548,26048,52549,33050,865
[Expand]Age: 21 to 2436,48538,12037,39036,17534,795
[Expand]Age: 25 to 2916,56019,12520,65021,85520,725
[Expand]Age: 30 to 5932,59038,15540,85545,29042,510
[Expand]Age: 60+1,8201,5051,6301,7301,715
[Expand]Age: Unknown2050565
[Collapse]All disabilities136,355145,170149,045154,385150,680
All disabilities[Expand]Disability: Known disability21,55023,64024,60526,24029,415
[Expand]Disability: No known disability114,805121,530124,445128,145121,260
[Collapse]All ethnic groupsEthnicity information is only collected for students whose permanent address on entry to their course is in the UK.114,360123,605123,950125,200121,040
All ethnic groupsEthnicity information is only collected for students whose permanent address on entry to their course is in the UK.[Expand]Ethnicity: White98,245105,650105,605104,99099,200
[Collapse]Ethnicity: Black, Asian and minority ethnic14,46516,12016,36017,55018,390
Ethnicity: Black, Asian and minority ethnicEthnicity: Black3,3803,9303,8004,0154,315
Ethnicity: Asian6,4107,1107,1757,7507,955
Ethnicity: Mixed3,3153,6103,8054,0404,270
Ethnicity: Other1,3601,4701,5801,7401,850
[Expand]Ethnicity: Unknown1,6501,8351,9852,6603,455

Metadata

Title

Student enrolments and qualifiers at Higher Education providers in Wales by personal characteristics

Last update

15 April 2025 15 April 2025

Next update

February 2026

Publishing organisation

Medr

Source 1

Higher education student record, Higher Education Statistics Agency

Contact email

HEstats@medr.cymru

Designation

None

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

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record

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

The data for student enrolments is based on the HESA standard registration population.

The data for qualifiers is based on the HESA qualifications obtained population.

Information on a student’s ethnicity is restricted to those whose permanent address on entry to their course was in the UK.

More information on these populations can be found on the student definitions page of the HESA website.

Data collection and calculation

The data for student enrolments is based on the HESA standard registration population.
The data for qualifiers is based on the HESA qualifications obtained population.

Inf
ormation on a student’s ethnicity is restricted to those whose permanent address on entry to their course was in the UK.

More information on these populations can be found on the student definitions page of the HESA website.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Rounding applied

All figures are rounded to the nearest multiple of 5.

Statistical quality

The 2022/23 HESA Student Record was collected using a new data collection system and data model delivered by the ‘Data Futures’ transformation programme. The new system and model represented a considerable change to the collection process and there were an increased number of challenges and issues compared to previous years.

As a result, there were a greater number of quality issues with the student record data compared to previous years. Jisc, which HESA is a part of, published a quality report to provide an overview of the collection data quality and how this quality was assessed.