HESA data guidance
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) is the official agency for the collection, analysis and dissemination of quantitative information about higher education (HE) in the UK.
HESA collects data on our behalf relating to:- student activity
- finance
- higher education business and community interaction
- staff at higher education institutions (HEIs)
- the calculation of funding allocations
- monitoring against reaching higher targets, equal opportunites and initial teacher training (ITT) provision
- publication
- informing policy
Higher Education Data Requirements
The HE data requirements circular informs institutions of the higher education data that we use for the above purposes. It outlines the fields and criteria we use for extracting HESA data and in what context it is to be used.
HE data requirements 2010/11 circular
Further information and guidance
Specific guidance on the completion of data returns to HESA is available via their website.
Further guidance relating to HESA data
Higher Education Business and Community Interaction (HEBCI) survey guidance
This document offers guidance for returning data to the HEBCI survey for 2005/06.
