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Official and experimental statistics

We apply the principles and practices set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics to the official and experimental statistics we produce. Among other commitments, this means we publish release dates for forthcoming official statistics.

July 2021

Publication

Publication date

Annual TRAC data 2019-20: Income and costs by activity and analysis by TRAC peer group

Official statistic summarising sector aggregate income and costs by activity based on data from higher education providers required to implement and report under the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) methodology.

See the pre-release access list

Note: Contextual data summarising the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sector aggregate costs by activity will now be released as ad hoc statistics later in summer 2021, not as part of this release.

29 July

Summer 2021

Publication

Publication date

Update to HESES survey data relating to academic year 2020-21

The Higher Education Students Early Statistics (HESES) survey gives an early indication of the number of higher education students studying in each academic year. It is used primarily to inform the allocation of teaching funding for the following academic year.

This is a scheduled update to the data that was originally published on 9 February 2021. This update includes data amendments and accounts for providers who have registered in the approved (fee cap) category since the data was originally published.

Summer 2021

Autumn 2021

Publication

Publication date

Update to associations between characteristics of students (ABCS)

An update to our set of measures that can be used to identify student groups that have different rates of continuation within, and access to, higher education.

Autumn 2021

Annual release of the analysis of degree classifications over time

An update to our analysis of degree classifications over time, which will include individuals who graduated in the 2019-20 academic year.

Autumn 2021

Update of data analysis of unconditional offers

An update of the data analysis of the association between unconditional offers and entry to and continuation in higher education.

Autumn 2021

2022

Publication

Publication date

Release of 2020-21 student numbers

The first release of data on the number of full-time equivalent higher education students at providers which are registered with the Office for Students for the academic year 2020-21.

This publication will be updated every four weeks to include providers that have successfully registered since the last publication.

January or February 2022

Ad hoc statistics

We aim to provide a release week or month in advance of publication, but this may be subject to more change than our regular official statistics.

Summer 2021

Publication

Publication date

Annual TRAC data 2019-20: Contextual data summarising the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sector aggregate costs by activity

Experimental contextual data summarising the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sector aggregate costs by activity based on estimated data collected as supplementary information from higher education providers required to implement and report under the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) methodology.

To be confirmed

Queries

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Published 01 June 2020
Last updated 15 July 2021 + show all updates

15 July 2021: Updated to reflect the publication of the annual release of National Student Survey results.
07 July 2021: Added pre-release access list for NSS 2021 data
17 June 2021: Added date for release of Annual TRAC 2019-20
16 June 2021: Date added for the annual release of National Student Survey results.
15 June 2021: Update to HESES survey data relating to academic year 2020-21 added
09 June 2021: Page updated to reflect the release of the latest update to the NSS data.
04 June 2021: Entries added for the update of data analysis of unconditional offers and the annual release of the analysis of degree classifications over time.
20 May 2021: Date added for the update to equality and diversity student data and an entry added for the update to associations between characteristics of students.
19 May 2021: Pre-release list added for the national evaluation of Uni Connect.
18 May 2021: Updated to reflect the release of OfS key performance measure 26 and the pre-release access list for Projected completion and employment from entrant data.
14 May 2021: Date added for projected completion and employment from entrant data.
13 May 2021: Dates added for the annual TRAC data 2019-20 and the geography of employment and earning data.
23 April 2021: Date added for the national evaluation of Uni Connect.
20 April 2021: Student number data 2020-21 added for 2022 release and and KPM 26 added for May 2021 release.
17 March 2021: Updated to reflect the release of the NSS data.
11 March 2021: Details added for the release of updates to the latest key performance measures, updates to the access and participation dataset and updates to TUNDRA.
09 March 2021: Pre-release access list added for the annual release of the access and participation dataset.
16 February 2021: Update with sector level summary report for annual release of access and participation dataset and KPM 16 release date added.
11 February 2021: Schedule updated to include dates for the updates to OfS key performance measures, TUNDRA and the access and participation dataset.
10 February 2021: Date removed following the publication of the 2019-20 student numbers data.
09 February 2021: Date removed following publication of annual release of HESES survey data.
08 January 2021: Date added for the analysis of the transparency return.
08 January 2021: Date removed following publication of the analysis of the transparency return.
21 December 2020: Date added for the annual release of HESES survey data.
18 December 2020: Page updated to reflect the release of projected rates of progression from entry to professional employment.
17 December 2020: Page updated to reflect the release of the medical and dental intake data.
16 December 2020: Pre-release access list added for Projected rates of progression from entry to professional employment.
15 December 2020: Release list added for Access and continuation data by ethnicity, provider tariff group and subject group.
09 December 2020: Access and continuation data by ethnicity, provider tariff group and subject group publication date added.
08 December 2020: Page updated to reflect the release of: the report on graduate wellbeing, student transfers, and key performance measures 8 and 9.
26 November 2020: Update to associations between characteristics of students, key performance measure 7 and ad hoc statistic, Differences in student outcomes have all been published.
23 November 2020: Date added for experimental statistic: student transfers, and the annual release of intake numbers from the medical and dental survey.
18 November 2020: Pre-release access list added for annual release of the analysis of degree classifications over time.
17 November 2020: Link to B3 sector indicators removed.
13 November 2020: Date added for registration condition B3: 2020 sector-level indicators.
12 November 2020: Date added for Graduate outcomes: wellbeing.
03 November 2020: Listed added for an update to differences in student outcomes.
29 October 2020: Added release details for: KPMs 7, 8 and 9; Update to associations between characteristics of students (ABCS).
27 October 2020: Sector analysis of National Student Survey results 2020 moved to published statistics page.
23 October 2020: Update to HESES survey data relating to academic year 2019-20 moved to published statistics page.
23 October 2020: Date specified for annual release of the analysis of degree classifications over time.
22 October 2020: Postgraduate research students at high tariff providers report moved to published statistics page.
14 October 2020: Entries for updates to NSS results 2019 and 2020 moved to published statistics page.
02 October 2020: Release dates added for the HESES data in October and updates to the NSS data over four quarters.
28 September 2020: Sector analysis of National Student Survey results 2020 added to the schedule.
24 September 2020: Area-based measures, postcode lookup date moved to published statistics page.
02 September 2020: Publication date added for the annual update of data used in area-based measures postcode look-up.
25 August 2020: Updates on the releases of the analysis of degree classifications over time, and the registration condition B3 2020 sector-level indicators.
31 July 2020: Release data added for Registration condition B3: 2020 sector-level indicators.
29 July 2020: Updates to HESES and HEIFES data moved to published statistics page.
29 July 2020: Update to HESES survey data relating to academic year 2019-20 added to October 2020.
15 July 2020: Annual release of NSS results moved to published statistics page.
14 July 2020: Pre-release access list for National Student Survey 2020 results published.
07 July 2020: Pre-release access list for unconditional offers data analysis update published.
29 June 2020: Date specified for HESES and HEIFES data updates.
18 June 2020: Annual release of TRAC data - pre-release access list updated.
16 June 2020: Change to the publication date of the update of data analysis of unconditional offers.
12 June 2020: Pre-release access list added for June TRAC data.
10 June 2020: Date specified for the annual release of National Student Survey results.
04 June 2020: Ad-hoc statistic 'Differences in student outcomes: further characteristics' moved to published statistics page.
01 June 2020: Official statistics release schedule moved from overview page, and new release schedule for ad-hoc statistics published.

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