Students in Higher Education Institutions, 2005/06

The Bulletin
Statsitical Bulletin 11/2007 (PDF 85kB)

This Bulletin provides information about students enrolled at Welsh higher education institutions (HEIs) and Welsh domiciled students enrolled at HEIs throughout the UK in the academic year 2005/06. The data included here are taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency's (HESA) Student Record. The Bulletin contains summary information with tables containing more detail on the data available at StatsWales (www.statswales.wales.gov.uk).
 
2005/06 Summary

• There were 137,760 enrolments at Welsh HEIs, 2.6 per cent higher than 2004/05. 45 per cent of enrolments were part-time.
• There were 114,810 Welsh domiciled student enrolments at UK HEIs, 1.4 per cent higher than 2004/05. 51 per cent were part-time.
• 32,270 higher education qualifications were obtained at Welsh HEIs.
• 25,390 higher education qualifications were obtained by Welsh domiciled students at UK HEIs.
• Since 2000/01 the proportion of Welsh domiciled students studying in Wales has increased from 60 per cent to 63 per cent. Similarly the proportion of UK domiciled students at Welsh HEIs who are from Wales has increased from 53 per cent to 55 per cent.

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 5043
E-mail: he.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Further information can be found at the StatsWales website.

Next Update:
March 2008 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)