PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Students: York (28 May 2015)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Answer
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The numbers of enrolments to St John’s University and York University, including those who were domiciled in York Local Authority prior to their course, have been provided in the table for Academic Year 2013/14.
Figures for students registered on prescribed courses of Higher Education at York College are available from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
Student enrolments [1,2] to Higher Education courses in York
Academic year 2013/14
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.
Domicile | St John’s University | University of York |
| York College[4] |
All | 6,420 | 16,680 |
| 505 |
York Local Authority[3] | 585 | 1,040 |
| .. |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record and the Further Education Data Services Individualised Learner Record (ILR)
(1) Figures cover students in all modes for all years of study.
(2) Numbers of students registered at St John’s University and the University of York are based on the HESA standard HE registration population. Numbers registered at York College are from the Individualised Learner Record and the population has been defined to mirror that used in the York HEIs.
(3) A student’s local authority area is derived from their home postcode. This information is not available for students who are registered at York College.
(4) Students registered at York Further Education College are only included in the data if they are studying a prescribed course of Higher Education.
Information for the 2014/15 academic year will become available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2016.
Answered by:
Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative)
3 June 2015
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