Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2024/25

This bulletin is the annual first release of HESA student data. It draws upon data from the revised student data collection (delivered by the Data Futures programme) and marks the third year of reporting using the new data model. We have increased confidence in data quality due to Jisc actively advancing early quality assurance initiatives that shift quality assurance guidance relevant to onward use of the data earlier in the process with providers, reducing reliance on post-collection quality assurance and strengthening data quality at the source. A comprehensive post-collection quality report was not produced for the 24/25 academic year. Please refer to our data quality and insights resource for further information on data quality and provider specific data notes. The coverage of data is detailed in the notes section of this release. In summary, we cover data about higher education students and qualifiers from the following types of providers within the UK: -Higher education (HE) providers in England registered with the Office for Students (OfS) in the Approved (fee cap) or Approved categories; -Publicly funded HE providers in Northern Ireland and Scotland; and -Providers in Wales that are funded directly for higher education provision by Medr and providers in Wales that return data to HESA about specifically designated courses. This bulletin also includes information from the HESA Aggregate Offshore record which can be seen in Figure 12. This separate record counts students studying wholly outside the UK who are either registered with the reporting HE provider or who are studying for an award of the reporting HE provider.