Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Quantitative data on courses, students and finances of UK higher education institutions.

Description

HESA (the Higher Education Statistics Agency) is the central agency responsible for collecting statistical data from all the UK Universities and other Higher Education Institutions. The results and aggregate data on students, institutions, and finances are distributed in both print and digital form.

HESA also provides HEIDI - a web-based management information service that provides access to HESA's quantitative data about higher education on a range of topics:

  • Ethnicity
  • Entry qualifications
  • Course results
  • First destinations of graduates
  • Disability
  • Overseas students
  • Regional issues
  • Academic staff
  • Non-credit-bearing courses

The Higher Education Business Community Interaction (HEBCI) statistics are also provided by HESA.

URL

HESA

Heidi-plus

Society for Research into Higher Education (the University is a member)

Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom
Data Access

Access to data on the HESA website is freely available.

The Heidi-plus online database requires a subscription. University of Edinburgh staff can get a user account from the Governance and Strategic Planning, or direct help with a data extract. Contact Strategic.Planning@ed.ac.uk.

 

Key pages or related resourcesCompare official course data from universities and colleges from the Discover Uni website (owned and operated by the UK higher education funding and regulatory bodies).

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