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Key statistics 2012

Access to HE comparative statistics 2011

Joint agency statistical report 2012

Introduction

The agencies which contributed to the 2012 Joint agency statistical report for Access to HE are:

The Joint agency statistical report 2012 is divided into four sections, with each agency's data provided separately. While we aim to provide comparability of data wherever possible, there are differences in the categories between the sections, because each agency collects data for different purposes. In making comparisons between the sections, you should take into account individual agencies' comments about the source and coverage of their own data. Each agency has verified its own contribution.

All numbers relating to students in this report are rounded to the nearest five. Total numbers are also rounded, with the result that the sum of numbers in each row or column may not match the total shown.

The following table details the cohorts on which each agency's data is based, highlighting the differences between each data set.

 

Student cohort on which 2012 report is based

Year of study on Access to HE course

Included in the data set

Not included in the data set

QAA data

studying on QAA-recognised Access to HE course 

2010-11

full and part-time students
students in England and Wales (and the Channel Islands)
LSC/Welsh government-funded and non-publicly funded

students on other 'access' courses (including courses in Scotland)

Data Service/ Agored Cymru

studying on QAA-recognised Access to HE course

2010-11

full and part-time students
students in England (Data Service) and Wales (Agored Cymru)
courses/
students supported by LSC/Welsh government funding

students on other 'access' courses (including courses in Scotland)

UCAS data

with, or working towards, an Access to HE qualification and applying for entry to HE in 2010-11 entry cycle
with, or working towards, an Access to HE qualification and accepted for entry to HE

During or prior to 2010-11

resident in England and Wales
students with a QAA-recognised Access to HE qualification

students applying to/accepted on part-time HE courses
students who make applications outside the UCAS system
students resident in Scotland and Northern Ireland

HESA data

entering undergraduate programmes in 2010-11, with a QAA-recognised Access to HE qualification (that is, not the same cohort of students as reported by QAA, Data Service, Agored Cymru or UCAS)

During or prior to
2009-10

full and part-time students registered in the first year of undergraduate courses in HE institutions in England and Wales

students who enter HE courses in FE institutions
students from England and Wales who enter HE courses in HEIs in Scotland
students with other 'access' qualifications