Size and shape of provision data dashboard

Dashboard user guide

  • The dashboard also contains a ‘Help guide’ button in the top right. Relevant information included in this guide will also be available via this button.
  • To see the dashboard in full-screen, scroll to the bottom of the dashboard and click the square icon in the bottom right-hand corner, which on hover-over says ‘See this in full-screen’.

Select a tab

Use the buttons at the top to choose between three tabs:

  1. Student numbers tab: This shows a summary of student numbers at a particular provider.
  2. Partnership arrangements tab: This shows a breakdown of student numbers at a particular provider by type of partnership. It includes options to show the data in tabular form and as bar charts.
  3. Shape and size of provision tab: This shows a breakdown of student numbers at a particular provider by student and course characteristics. It includes options to show the data in tabular form and as bar charts.

Across all tabs, it summarises information between 2018-19 and 2021-22, as well as the four year aggregate, broken down by type of provision and level of study. The four year aggregate is a sum across the years 2018-19 to 2021-22.

Throughout the rest of the guide, we have suggested an order to using the buttons and filters, but they can be applied in any order.

1. Ensure the 'Student numbers' tab is highlighted

2. Select a provider

  • Use the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown box on the left to choose (or search for) a provider’s data to display.
  • The sector rates can be selected by selecting the provider ‘*All OfS registered providers’.
  • Providers without any data whatsoever will not show up in the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown.

3. Select units

  • Use the ‘Select units’ dropdown box to choose whether to display the data as counts, or as percentages.
  • ‘Percentages’ are shown by default.

4. Select cohort

  • Use the ‘Select cohort’ buttons to select which of the following cohorts to display data for either entrants, qualifiers or all students.
  • ‘All students’ is selected by default.

5. Select which type(s) of provision to show

  • Use the ‘Select which type(s) of provision to show’ dropdown box to choose which of the following types of provision to display data for.
  • Click ‘Apply’ once the options have been selected.

6. Select which levels of study to show

  • Use the ‘Select which levels of study to show’ dropdown box to choose which of the following levels of study to display data for.
  • Click ‘Apply’ once the options have been selected.
  • The data available within this tab does include rows with purple highlighting. Rows are highlighted in purple when they are totals of other rows. For example, Full-time (total) is highlighted in purple because it is the total of the data across all levels of study.

1. Ensure the 'Partnership arrangements' tab is highlighted

2. Select a provider

  • Use the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown box on the left to choose (or search for) a provider’s data to display.
  • The sector rates can be selected by selecting the provider ‘*All OfS registered providers’.
  • Providers without any data whatsoever will not show up in the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown.

3. Select the units

  • Use the ‘Select units’ dropdown box to choose whether to display the data as counts, or as percentages.
  • Percentages are shown by default.

4. Select the cohort

  • Use the ‘Select cohort’ buttons to select which of the following cohorts to display data for either entrants, qualifiers or all students.
  • ‘All students’ is selected by default.

5. Show data in tabular form or bar charts

  • Data will be presented in tabular form by default.
  • Use the ‘See data as bar charts’ button to see the data presented in bar charts.
  • To return to seeing the data in tabular form, use the ‘See data in tabular form’ button.

6. Select the year(s)

  • Use the ‘Select year’ dropdown box to choose which academic year between 2018-19 and 2021-22 to display data for, or to display data for the four-year aggregate.
  • Click ‘Apply’ once the options have been selected.

1. Ensure the 'Size and shape of provision' tab is highlighted

2. Select a provider

  • Use the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown box on the left to choose (or search for) a provider’s data to display.
  • The sector rates can be selected by selecting the provider ‘*All OfS registered providers’.
  • Providers without any data whatsoever will not show up in the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown.

3. Select the units

  • Use the ‘Select units’ dropdown box to choose whether to display the data as counts, or as percentages.
  • Percentages are shown by default.

4. Select the percentage type

  • Use the ‘Percentage type’ dropdown box to choose whether to display the percentage of the whole taught or registered (TorR) population or the percentage of the known and applicable population.
  • Percentage (of the whole population) are shown by default.

5. Select the cohort

  • Use the ‘Select cohort’ buttons to select which of the following cohorts to display data for either entrants, qualifiers or all students.
  • ‘All students’ is selected by default.

6. Show data in tabular form or bar charts

  • Data will be presented in tabular form by default.
  • Use the ‘See data as bar charts’ button to see the data presented in bar charts.
  • To return to seeing the data in tabular form, use the ‘See data in tabular form’ button.

7. Select the year(s)

  • Use the ‘Select year’ dropdown box to choose which academic year between 2018-19 and 2021-22 to display data for, or to display data for the four-year aggregate.
  • Click ‘Apply’ once the options have been selected.

8. Select a mode and level of study

  • Use the ‘Select a mode and level of study’ dropdown box to choose which combination of mode and level of study to display data for.
    • When viewing the data in tabular form, multiple options can be selected. Click ‘Apply’ once the options have been selected.
    • When viewing the data as bar charts, only a single option can be selected.

9. Select a student or course characteristic

  • Use the ‘Select a student or course characteristic’ dropdown box (tabular view only) to choose which of the student or course characteristics to display data for. These include the subject studied, student and course characteristics.
Published 30 September 2022
Last updated 12 April 2023
12 April 2023
Updated with annual release of data

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