Students in Higher Education
4.39 Information available from the annual HEFCE publication, Regional Profiles, shows that the South West has one of the smallest student populations in England. Only the East of England and the North East have smaller ones. Student numbers from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show, in 2005/06, the South West had nearly 156,000 higher education (HE) students in the region’s 13 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). This is a 2.9% growth in student numbers on 2004/05.
4.40 The University of Bristol, the University of the West of England, and the University of Plymouth are the regions largest institutions, accounting for over 50% of the HE student population.
|
Institution |
All students |
FE
|
HE
|
Undergraduate students |
Post graduate students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bath Spa University |
6,595 |
0 |
6,595 |
4,295 |
2,300 |
|
The University of Bath |
14,795 |
0 |
14,795 |
9,765 |
5,025 |
|
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth |
3,410 |
1,685 |
1,725 |
1,700 |
25 |
|
Bournemouth University |
17,200 |
0 |
17,200 |
14,625 |
2,575 |
|
The University of Bristol |
23,630 |
0 |
23,630 |
15,845 |
7,785 |
|
Dartington College of Arts |
645 |
0 |
645 |
545 |
100 |
|
The University of Exeter |
14,630 |
0 |
14,630 |
10,010 |
4,620 |
|
University College Falmouth |
2,300 |
145 |
2,155 |
1,945 |
205 |
|
University of Gloucestershire |
9,215 |
510 |
8,705 |
7,025 |
1,680 |
|
The University of Plymouth |
29,775 |
0 |
29,775 |
24,360 |
5,415 |
|
Royal Agricultural College |
825 |
0 |
825 |
570 |
255 |
|
College of St Mark & St John |
3,745 |
0 |
3,745 |
2,175 |
1,570 |
|
University of the West of England |
28,990 |
165 |
28,825 |
23,350 |
5,475 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South West |
155,755 |
2,505 |
153,250 |
116,210 |
37,030 |
|
England |
2,051,625 |
115,200 |
1,936,420 |
1,481,985 |
454,435 |
| Note: In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of five. | |||||
| Source: HESA, 2007 | |||||
4.41 The South West has the lowest proportion of full-time degree students from low participation neighbourhoods in comparison to the other English regions at 9% compared with 14% nationally.