Summary information
Study title
Universities' Statistical Record, 1972/73-1993/94 : Undergraduate Records
Creator
Universities Statistical Record
Study number / PID
3456 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-3456-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The USR consists of records of undergraduate students on courses of one academic year or more; postgraduate students on courses of one academic year or more; academic and related staff holding regular salaried appointments, and finance data for all UK universities.Main Topics:
(i) Personal information: date of birth; sex; marital status; country/county of domicile; country of birth; whether home or overseas student for fee purposes; occupation of parent or guardian.
(ii) Academic history: last full-time school attended; other full-time/part-time post secondary educational institution attended; GCE `A' level or Scottish Certificate of Education higher grade results; other entrance qualifications; course for which admitted.
(iii) Annual information: university; subject of course; normal duration of course; type of course; year of course; date of enrolment; method of study (full-time, part-time, sandwich, etc.); qualification aimed for; source of fees; accommodation (hall. lodgings, home, etc.).
(iv) Leavers' details: qualification obtained; class of degree; date of leaving; reason for leaving; first destination.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
Not availableCountry
United Kingdom
Time dimension
Time Series
Analysis unit
Undergraduates
University records
National
Universe
Statistical returns from university institutions in Great Britain which formerly received Exchequer grants from the Universities Funding Council (UFC), together with corresponding figures for the Queens University, Belfast and the University of Ulster. No statsitics are included for the Open University, Cranfield University, the independent University of Buckingham, and the former polytechnics and central institutions which obtained university status from 1992 onwards.
Sampling procedure
No information recorded
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
Annual returns from each university.
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1996
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to users registered with the UK Data Service.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Additional conditions of use apply:
Prior to the publication of any report or paper based on the data collection, to agree to consult with the Registrar or Secretary of any University in cases where that University has been identified explicitly or could be identified by implication.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Additional conditions of use apply:
Prior to the publication of any report or paper based on the data collection, to agree to consult with the Registrar or Secretary of any University in cases where that University has been identified explicitly or could be identified by implication.
Related publications
- Boero, G., Cook, D., Nathwani, T., Naylor, R. and Smith, J. (2020) How does the return to a degree vary by class of award? HESA Policy Briefing [Research report], Cheltenham: Higher Education Statistics Agency.