HESA – What It All Means
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Data Specifications and Definitions
This information is derived from the HESA Records of 2002/03 except for Items 12 and 13 which were taken from the 2001/02 First Destination Supplement.
Item 1
This data item displays the total number of students enrolled in different levels of study such as PG, first degree, and other UG categorized by Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03. The data is extracted from the HESA Student Record.
Filters used: Standard Registration Population (XPSR01)
Item 2
The total FTE of student enrollments by level of study such as PG, first degree, Other UG, and FE sorted by Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03 has been extracted from the HESA Student Record. FTE follows the definition utilized with SSR calculation.
Filters used: HE and FE Session Population (XPSES01), excluding wholly franchised students (FRNCHACT code 3). Students on industrial placement with Location of study (LOCSDY) code D have FTE reduced by half.
Item 3
The data item displays a list of first degree students according to gender and Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03, with the percentage of females. Data are extracted from the HESA Student Record.
Filters used: Standard Registration Population (XPSR01), Level of study: First degree
Item 4
The data item shows first degree students by mode of study and Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03, with the percentage of part-time students. Data is extracted from the HESA Student Record.
Filters used: Standard Registration Population (XPSR01), Level of study: First degree
Item 5
This data item shows full-time, first-year, first-degree students sorted by age group such as 20 & under, 21 & over, unknown, and Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03 with the percentage of mature students (21 & over). The data is extracted from the HESA Student Record and pertains to age as of 31 August 2002. Percentages are calculated on all full-time, first-degree students of known age.
Filters used: Standard Registration Population (XPSR01), First-year students: Date of commencement of studies (COMDATE) falls within the 2002/03 academic year, Level of study: First degree, Mode of study: Full-time and sandwich
Item 6
This data item details UK domiciled first-degree students sorted by ethnicity such as white, non-white, unknown, and Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03, with the percentage of non-white students. The data is extracted from the HESA Student Record. Percentages are calculated on all UK domiciled, first-degree students of known ethnicity.
UK domiciled students are defined by reference to field 12 Domicile. Non-white students are identified by following codes of field 14 Ethnicity: 21 Black or Black British – Caribbean, 22 Black or Black British – African, 29 Other Black background, 31 Asian or Asian British – Indian, 32 Asian or Asian British – Pakistani, 33 Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi, 34 Chinese or Other Ethnic background – Chinese, 39 Other Asian background, 41 Mixed – White and Black Caribbean, 42 Mixed – White and Black African, 43 Mixed – White and Asian, 49 Other Mixed background, 80 Other Ethnic background.
Filters used: Standard Registration Population (XPSR01), Level of study: First degree, Domicile: UK
Item 7
This data item details first-degree students sorted by disability such as no known disability, disabled, unknown in 2002/03, with the percentage of disabled students. The data is extracted from the HESA Student Record. Percentages are calculated on all first-degree students of known disability status.
Filters used: Standard Registration Population (XPSR01), Level of study: First degree
Item 8
This data item displays first degree students sorted by domicile such as UK, other EU, non-EU, and Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03, with percentage of other EU and percentage of non-EU. The data is extracted from the HESA Student Record.
Overseas domiciled students are defined as such by reference to field 12 Domicile using all non-UK country codes as listed in the HESA Student Record Coding Manual. Codes 1782 (Not known) and 1783 (Stateless) are mapped to UK unknown or overseas unknown according to fee eligibility (FEEELIG).
Filters used: Standard Registration Population (XPSR01)
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Item 9
This data represents the first degree qualifiers by class of the first degree, and Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03. The data includes the percentage of firsts and upper-seconds which is calculated based on classified first degrees only. Percentages based on less than 50 students have been suppressed. The data came from the HESA Student Record. The filters for this data are Qualifications obtained population, Level of qualification obtained: First degree, and Classified first degrees only.
Item 10
This data shows the average total tariff point scores of full-time first-year, first-degree students holding A/AS levels only, according to Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03. The data is extracted from the Student Record, and the average total tariff point score is given for each Guardian subject grouping. Average scores are calculated on a weighted basis for constituent subjects within combination subjects of the qualification aim. Filters for this data include the Standard Registration Population, First-year students, date of commencement of studies, level of study: first-degree, and Mode of study: Full-time and sandwich. Year of programme 0 (zero) students are excluded from the analysis, as are students recorded as having 000 (zero) total tariff scores. Highest Qualification on entry filter is the Sum of fields 178 GCEAN and 174 GCEASN>0 AND sum of the number of all remaining tariff qualifications=0
Item 11
This data displays the average total tariff point scores of full-time first-year, first-degree students holding Highers/Advanced Highers only. The data is based on Guardian subject grouping in 2002/03 (Scottish HEIs only). Like item 10, average scores are calculated on a weighted basis for constituent subjects within combination subjects of the qualification aim. Filters for this data include the Standard Registration Population, First-year students, date of commencement of studies, level of study: first-degree, and mode of study: full-time and sandwich. Year of programme 0 (zero) students are excluded from the analysis, as are students recorded as having 000 (zero) total tariff scores. The Highest Qualification on entry filter is the sum of fields 188 SHN and 186 SAHN>0 AND sum of the number of all remaining tariff qualifications=0.
Item 12
This data shows the first destinations of UK-domiciled first-degree graduates and leavers by the main activity and Guardian subject grouping from the year 2001/02. The data contains fields 5 Main Activity (ACTONE), 6 Other Activity (ACTTWO), 7 Employment Category (EMPCAT), and 9 Mode of Employment (MODEEMP) extracted from the HESA First Destination Supplement to the Student Record 2001/02. The filters for this data include First Destination Supplement (FDS) target population, Level of qualification obtained: First degree, and Domicile of student (DOMICILE) as a valid UK country code. The categories that are part of this data include UK paid full-time employment for ACTONE codes 01, 02, EMPCAT=1, MODEEMP=1. The location for this data is valid if it corresponds to a UK postcode or UK country code (see definition of item 7).
For UK self-employed individuals, the ACTONE code 03 is applicable, with the LOC being a valid UK postcode or country code. The same code applies to UK unpaid employment with the ACTONE codes 01, 02 and EMPCAT 2, along with a valid UK postcode or country code for the LOC. In the case of employment overseas, the ACTONE codes 01, 02 and 03 are relevant with a valid overseas country code as the LOC.
For other employment where category and mode are not reported, the ACTONE codes 01, 02 and 03 along with EMPCAT codes 9 and blank, and MODEEMP codes 9 and blank apply. Undertaking study or training is denoted with the ACTONE code 04, while not being available for employment or training requires the ACTONE code 06.
Individuals assumed to be unemployed have the ACTONE code 05 along with ACTTWO codes 07 and 09. For other cases, the ACTONE codes 05 and 07 are applicable with ACTTWO codes 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 and 06.
The HESA First Destination Supplement to the Student Record 2001/02 extracts figures for UK domiciled first degree graduates and leavers based on SOC major groups from 1 to 3, other SOC groups, or unknown. The fields 5 to 9, including Main Activity (ACTONE), Other Activity (ACTTWO), Employment Category (EMPCAT), and Mode of Employment (MODEEMP) are used. The SOC major groups 1 to 3 include Managers and administrators, Professional occupations, and Associate Professional and Technical Occupations.
The FDS and First degree qualification level are the filters for the Total expenditure by cost centre (academic departments only) and type 2002/03, obtained from the 2002/03 HESA Finance Record. The expenditure categories are Staff Costs, including academic staff and other staff, and Other Operating Costs. The latter includes depreciation, other operating expenses, and interest payable. The academic departmental cost centres refer to the 40 cost centres responsible for expenditure incurred by or on behalf of academic departments.
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Central Libraries and Information Services Expenditure for the year 2002/03 (Item 15) and Central Computers and Computer Networks Expenditure for the same year (Item 16) are compiled in the same manner as Resources Volume Table 10.
Another element measured for the year 2002/03 is Student Staff Ratios by cost centre (Item 17). For this, Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) student numbers are used as the numerator. They are calculated by applying a population filter to HESA Session Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) populations, and then summing up the cost centre-wise proportion fields from HESA Student Record data for all students, except those on industrial placement for the entire year and those on wholly franchised courses. The FTEs of students on industrial placement for the whole year are reduced by half. The resulting figures are then summed up to obtain institution and cost centre-wise total figures.
For the denominator of Student Staff Ratios by cost centre, FTE staff numbers are used. The HESA Staff Appointments population is applied to the Individualised Staff Record, and the total FTE academic staff in each institution and cost centre whose primary employment function is recorded as ‘teaching only’ or ‘teaching and research’ is divided by the total number of academic staff in each institution and cost centre. This proportion is then applied to the total number of staff FTEs for each institution and cost centre as recorded in the Aggregate Staff Record to obtain a grand total FTE number of teaching staff.
It should be noted that SSRs have been suppressed if the total student FTE (numerator) was less than 8 OR where the total staff FTE (denominator) was less than 2.
Standard definitions for populations are also provided in the text. The HESA standard registration population splits the student experience into ‘years of programme of study’. Short course registrations are counted in the standard registration population regardless of whether they are active on the 1 December of the reporting period. Dormant students, incoming visiting and exchange students from overseas, postdoctoral students and students studying for the whole of their programme of study outside of the UK are all excluded from this population. The HESA session HE population includes all higher education enrolments active throughout the year, except dormant students, incoming visiting and exchange students, and students studying for their whole programme of study outside the UK. Finally, the HESA qualifications obtained population is a count of student enrolments associated with the award of an HE qualification (excluding HE institutional credits) during the period 1 August 2002 to 31 July 2003 inclusive.
In the HESA FDS data collections from 1999/2000 onwards, non-EU overseas domiciled students are excluded from the target population.
The Staff Appointments Population (Individualised Staff Record) defines academic staff as those whose primary employment function is teaching, teaching and research, or research only. The staff data pertains to individual academic appointments of at least 25% full-time equivalence that were active during the academic year from August 1, 2002, to July 31, 2003. Members of staff who left their employment before August 1, 2002 (not necessarily the institution), are excluded from the population.
Full-time Equivalent Student full-time equivalent (FTE) data represents the institution’s assessment of the student’s full-time equivalence during the reporting year from August 1, 2002, to July 31, 2003. FTE data is based on the HESA session population.
Further education (FE) students are students on programs of study where the level of instruction is equal to or below Level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework. This includes courses leading to the Advanced Level of the General Certificate of Education (GCE A-levels), the Advanced Level of the Vocational Certificate of Education (VCE A-levels), or the Advanced Higher Grade and Higher Grade of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA Advanced Highers/Highers).
Domicile data is collected by HESA in the form of postcodes (for UK domiciled students) or country codes. Postcodes are mapped to counties, unitary authorities, and UK nations in consultation with Geoplan Postcode Marketing. Countries are mapped to geographical regions following consultation with the Department for Education and Skills. Fee eligibility is used to determine whether domicile is European Union, including the UK, or not, where there is no data about the student’s domicile. UK domiciled students include those whose normal residence is in the UK, including the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
Non-UK domiciled students are divided into two categories: other EU students and non-EU students. Other EU students are those whose normal residence is in countries that were EU members at the reporting period’s start on December 1. Non-EU students are those whose normal residence before starting their program of study was outside the EU.
Data is split by level of study and mode of study – postgraduate, first degree, and other undergraduate. Mode of study is split into full-time and part-time.
First-year students are those who commenced their program in the reporting academic year, which in this case is 2002/2003. Sometimes, a student’s first year of study might be the second or subsequent year of a program.
Age is as of August 31, 2002.
Subject areas are classified using the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS), which was introduced in 2002/03. However, subject data is not comparable to what was previously published.
Additionally, a new apportionment procedure was introduced in 2002/03. Under this procedure, each headcount is divided, if necessary, to reflect the pattern of a split program. This procedure is similar to the use of FTE calculations but should not be confused with them since the splits used for apportionment are conventional rather than data-based. The apportionment algorithm for split programs not involving an initial teacher training (ITT) component is as follows: 50%:50% for a balanced two-way split, 66.667%:33.333% for a major/minor two-way split, and 33.333%:33.333%:33.333% for a balanced three-way split.
The 19 general subject areas have been maintained, with additional details provided in the HESA Student Circular 02/03 titled ‘Subject Areas and Related Issues’.
Principal Subjects: The 19 general subject areas are further divided into 159 Principal Subjects. The same rules apply as above to identify the principal subject:
For split programs that don’t include initial teacher training (ITT), the apportionment algorithm is as follows:
– Balanced two-way split: 50%:50%
– Major/minor two-way split: 66.667%:33.333%
– Balanced three-way split: 33.333%:33.333%:33.333%
ITT students at the undergraduate level who have a specialized subject recorded (usually, secondary ITT students) are apportioned 50% to the ‘Education’ subject area. The remaining 50% is apportioned according to the algorithm for non-ITT students. If no subject other than education is recorded or the student is on a PGCE course, the apportionment is 100% to the ‘Education’ subject area.
Mapping of subjects of study (JACS codes) to specified subject groups is as follows (note that student numbers have been divided across combination subjects before mapping onto Guardian subject groupings):
1. Medicine
(A1) Pre-clinical medicine, (A3) Clinical medicine
2. Dentistry
(A2) Pre-clinical dentistry, (A4) Clinical dentistry
3. Veterinary Science
(D1) Pre-clinical veterinary medicine, (D2) Clinical veterinary medicine & dentistry
4. Anatomy and Physiology
(B1) Anatomy, physiology & pathology, (B5) Ophthalmics, (B6) Aural & oral sciences
5. Nursing and Paramedical Studies
(B7) Nursing, (B8) Medical technology, (B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine
6. Health and Community Studies
(L5) Social work
7. Psychology
(C8) Psychology
8. Pharmacy & Pharmacology
(B2) Pharmacology, toxicology & pharmacy
9. Biosciences
(C0) Broadly-based programs within biological sciences, (B4) Nutrition, (C1) Biology, (C2) Botany, (C3) Zoology, (C4) Genetics, (C5) Microbiology, (C7) Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry, (C9) Others in biological sciences
10. Chemistry
(F1) Chemistry
11. Physics
(F3) Physics, (F5) Astronomy, (D0) Broadly-based programs within agriculture & related subjects
12. Agriculture and Forestry
(D4) Agriculture, (D5) Forestry, (D6) Food & beverage studies, (D7) Agricultural sciences, (D9) Others in veterinary sciences, agriculture & related subjects
13. Earth and Marine Sciences
(F6) Geology, (F7) Ocean sciences
14. General Engineering
(H1) General engineering, (H9) Others in engineering
15. Chemical Engineering
(H8) Chemical, process & energy engineering
16. Mineral, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
(F2) Materials science, (J1) Minerals technology, (J2) Metallurgy, (J3) Ceramics & glasses, (J4) Polymers & textiles, (J5) Materials technology not otherwise specified
17. Civil Engineering
(H2) Civil engineering
18. Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
(H6) Electronic & electrical engineering
19. Mechanical, Aero and Production Engineering
(H3) Mechanical engineering, (H4) Aerospace engineering, (H5) Naval architecture, (H7) Production & manufacturing engineering, (J6) Maritime technology
20. Mathematics
(G0) Broadly-based programs within mathematical sciences, (G1) Mathematics, (G2) Operational research, (G3) Statistics, (G9) Others in mathematical & computing sciences, (G91) Others in mathematical sciences
21. Information Technology and Systems Sciences
(G4) Computer science, (G5) Information systems, (G6) Software engineering, (G7) Artificial intelligence, (G92) Others in computing sciences
22. Business and Management Studies
(N0) Broadly-based programs within business & administrative studies, (N1) Business studies, (N2) Management studies, (N3) Finance, (N4) Accounting, (N5) Marketing, (N6) Human resource management, (N9) Others in business & administrative studies.
The HESACode categorizes various fields of study into specific subject groups, as follows:
– Subject group 24: Physical and terrestrial geographical and environmental sciences, as well as human and social geography.
– Subject group 25: Social policy and administration.
– Subject group 26: Anthropology.
– Subject group 27: Broadly-based programs within mass communications and documentation, information services, publicity studies, media studies, publishing, journalism, and others in mass communications and documentation.
– Subject group 28: Training teachers, academic studies in education, and others in education.
– Subject group 29: French studies, German studies, and Spanish studies.
– Subject group 30: Italian studies, Portuguese studies, other Asian studies, Scandinavian studies, Russian and East European studies, and others in European languages, literature, and related subjects, as well as Chinese studies, Japanese studies, South Asian studies, African studies, Australasian studies, modern Middle Eastern studies, and others in Eastern, Asiatic, African, American, and Australasian languages, literature, and related subjects.
– Subject group 31: Forensic and archaeological science, as well as archaeology.
– Subject group 32: Broadly-based programs within law, law by area, law by topic, and others in law.
– Subject group 33: Sociology.
– Subject group 34: Politics.
– Subject group 35: Economics.
– Subject group 36: English studies.
– Subject group 37: Fine art, design studies, crafts, and others in creative arts and design.
– Subject group 38: Music.
– Subject group 39: Drama, dance, and cinematography.
– Subject group 40: Architecture, building, landscape design, and others in architecture, building, and planning.
– Subject group 41: Philosophy.
– Subject group 42: Latin studies, classical Greek studies, and classical studies.
– Subject group 43: Theology and religious studies.
– Subject group 44: American studies.
– Subject group 45: History by period, history by area, and history by topic.
– Subject group 46: Sports science.
– Subject group 47: Planning (urban, rural, and regional).
– Other subjects: Broadly-based programs within medicine and dentistry, others in medicine and dentistry, broadly-based programs within subjects allied to medicine, complementary medicine, animal science, broadly-based programs within physical sciences, others in physical sciences, broadly-based programs within engineering and technology, industrial biotechnology, others in technology, broadly-based programs within architecture, building, and planning, broadly-based programs within social studies, others in social studies, office skills, broadly-based programs within languages, linguistics, comparative literary studies, ancient language studies, Celtic studies, and others in linguistics, classics, and related subjects, broadly-based programs within historical and philosophical studies, others in historical and philosophical studies, broadly-based programs within creative arts and design, imaginative writing, broadly-based programs within education, research and study skills in education, and combined.
1. Medicine – Includes pre-clinical medicine and clinical medicine studies.
2. Dentistry – Encompasses pre-clinical dentistry and clinical dentistry subjects.
3. Veterinary Science – Covers a wide range of veterinary sciences.
4. Anatomy and Physiology – Involves the study of anatomy and physiology, along with ophthalmics and audiology.
5. Nursing and Paramedical Studies – Comprises nursing, medical technology, and other medical subjects.
6. Health and Community Studies – Consists of social work programs.
7. Psychology – Includes psychology studies without significant biological science elements or solely as a social science.
8. Pharmacy and Pharmacology – Involves learning about pharmacy and pharmacology.
9. Biosciences – Covers a broad range of subjects such as nutrition, biology, botany, zoology, genetics, microbiology, molecular biology and biophysics, biochemistry, other biological sciences, and biotechnology.
10. Chemistry – Encompasses chemistry studies.
11. Physics – Involves the study of physics and astronomy.
12. Agriculture and Forestry – Comprises agriculture, forestry, food science, agricultural sciences, and other agricultural subjects.
13. Earth and Marine Sciences – Covers the subjects of geology and oceanography.
14. General Engineering – Includes general engineering studies.
15. Chemical Engineering – Involves learning about chemical engineering.
16. Mineral, Metallurgy, and Materials Engineering – Covers materials science, minerals technology, metallurgy, ceramics and glasses, polymers and textiles, and other materials technology subjects.
17. Civil Engineering – Comprises civil engineering studies.
18. Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering – Encompasses electrical engineering, electronic engineering, and computer engineering subjects.
19. Mechanical, Aero, and Production Engineering – Covers mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, production engineering, other engineering subjects, and maritime technology.
20. Mathematics – Includes mathematics, statistics, other mathematical sciences, and operational research.
21. Information Technology and Systems Sciences – Involves computing science studies.
22. Business and Management Studies – Comprises business and management studies, financial management, accountancy, marketing and market research, industrial relations, catering and institutional management, land and property management, and combined general and leisure courses not elsewhere specified.
23. Tourism, Transport, and Travel – Covers transport, other business and administrative studies related to tourism, travel, and related topics.
24. Geography and Environmental Sciences – Comprises geography studies as a science, environmental science and other physical sciences, and geography solely as a physical science.
25. Social Policy and Administration – Includes social policy and administration studies.
26. Anthropology – Involves learning about anthropology.
27. Librarianship, Communication, and Media Studies – Covers librarianship, information science, communication studies, media studies, publishing, and journalism.
28. Education – Comprises teacher training, academic studies in education, techniques in teaching children, techniques in teaching adults, education for those with special needs, technology in education, management and organization of education, and other topics in education.
29. French, Spanish, and German Modern Languages – Covers French language, literature, and culture, German language, literature, and culture, and Spanish language, literature, and culture.
The list presented here includes various fields of study that fall under social studies, humanities, and technology categories. The subjects covered are as follows:
31. Archaeology (F4) – The study of human history through the investigation of physical remains.
32. Law (M3) – The study of rules and regulations governing human behavior and society.
33. Sociology (L3) – The scientific study of human society, social behavior, and the interaction between individuals and groups.
34. Politics (M1) – The study of power, government, and public affairs.
35. Economics (L1) – The study of how societies allocate resources to satisfy human wants and needs.
36. English (Q3) – The study of the English language, literature, and culture.
37. Art & design (W1) – An umbrella term for various creative fields, including fine art (W2), design studies (W6), crafts (W9), and other art and design-related subjects.
38. Music (W3) – The study of sound, rhythm, and melody to produce compositions that invoke emotion or communicate a message.
39. Drama & Cinematics (W4) – The study of stage and screen entertainment, including theatrical productions, television programs, and movies.
40. Architecture & Building (K1) – The study of the design and construction of buildings, houses, and other structures, including areas such as environmental technologies (K3) and other architectural studies (K9).
41. Philosophy (V7) – The study of fundamental questions about existence, reality, knowledge, ethics, and the meaning of life.
42. Classics (Q6) – The study of ancient societies and cultures, including language and literature from the Latin (Q7) and Ancient Greek (Q8) traditions.
43. Theology & Religious Studies (V8) – The study of religion and its impact on human behavior and society.
44. American studies (Q4) – The study of American society, culture, and history.
45. History (V1) – The study of past events, including economic and social history (V3), history of art (V4), and history and philosophy of science (V5).
46. Sports science (X2) – The study of human physiology, exercise, and performance to enhance athletic abilities and promote physical well-being.
47. Town & country planning (K4) – The study of urban development, regional planning, and land use.
In addition to these subjects, other areas of study include linguistics (Q1), comparative literature (Q2), Celtic languages, literature, and culture (Q5), and other ancient languages and related studies (Q9). There are also combined or general courses in social science (Y2) and arts (Y3), as well as programs in beauty and hairdressing (W8), general sciences (Y1), research methods (Y6), and other technologies (J9).
