HESA publish statistics on higher education enrolments and qualifications

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) have published details of student enrolments and qualifications obtained by higher education (HE) students at HE institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2006/07.

Main highlights for Scotland include:

• The total number of HE enrolments at Scottish HEIs stood at 223,530 in 2006/07, an increase of 4% from 2005/06. Postgraduate enrolments increased by 9 per cent and undergraduate enrolments increased by 2 per cent between 2005/06 and 2006/07.
• 152,795 of all enrolments were full-time, an increase in numbers of 3 per cent since 2005/06. The number of part-time enrolments grew by 6 per cent over the same period.
• The number of full-time first year enrolments increased by 3 per cent between 2005/06 and 2006/07, part-time first year enrolments also increased by 12 per cent between 2005/06 and 2006/07.
• In 2006/07 there were 31,005 first degree graduates, compared to 29,965 in 2005/06, an increase of 3 per cent.
• Of those gaining a first degree in 2006/07, 16 per cent obtained a first class honours award and 52 per cent obtained an upper second class honours award.
• 59 per cent of first degree graduates in 2006/07 were women, the same as in 2005/06.
• 7,495 students were awarded HE qualifications at undergraduate level other than at first degree level in 2006/07, compared to 7,280 in 2005/06, an increase of 3 per cent.
• 20,035 students obtained HE qualifications at postgraduate level in 2006/07, an increase of 3% from 2005/06.

Full tables for Scotland as well as statistics for the rest of the UK are available at http://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php/content/view/1100/161/.