Higher Education: Wansbeck
(asked on 2nd September 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students from Wansbeck constituency who went on to study higher education did so (a) at a university outside of the North East region and (b) at a local university in each of the last five years.
Information on students enrolled in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). More information is available at: https://www.hesa.ac.uk.
The number of undergraduate higher education entrants who were domiciled in the Wansbeck constituency prior to study in each year between 2013/14 and 2017/18 has been provided in the table, as has whether these students joined an HEI located local to the North East region or not.
Undergraduate entrants domiciled in Wansbeck constituency prior to study
UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Academic years 2013/14 to 2017/18
Source: DfE analysis of the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s (HESA) Student Record
Academic Year | Undergraduate entrants from Wansbeck constituency | |||||
| Count of entrants | Share of entrants (%) | ||||
| North East | Other | Total | North East | Other | Total |
2013/14 | 420 | 255 | 670 | 62% | 38% | 100% |
2014/15 | 425 | 265 | 690 | 61% | 39% | 100% |
2015/16 | 370 | 260 | 630 | 59% | 41% | 100% |
2016/17 | 335 | 270 | 605 | 55% | 45% | 100% |
2017/18 | 370 | 240 | 605 | 61% | 39% | 100% |
Notes:
1) Figures are based on the HESA standard registration population.
2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.
3) Parliamentary constituency is derived from the student's postcode prior to study.
Statistics for the 2018/19 academic year will come available in January 2020.