UK Higher Education Statistics

The independent intelligence platform for UK Higher Education. 🇬🇧
Financial data • Rankings • Research • Outcomes • Open Data. Founded by: @AJeevanathan

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

🚀 Introducing HEstats.

I've spent the last few months building an open-source intelligence platform for UK Higher Education.

Explore every UK institution through interactive financial statements, rankings, historical trends, university comparisons, degree outcomes, graduate employment, staff & employee intelligence, research metrics, sector intelligence, and AI-powered insights—all in one place.

The goal is simple:

Make higher education data transparent, accessible and genuinely useful.

Built independently.
Built by a student.
Free forever.
I'd love your feedback.
🎥👇

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[UK Decline Statistics @UKDecline]

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[Ashan Jeevanathan @AJeevanathan]

Better Vocational training systems in countries = low unemployment rate = less poverty = less people abusing the welfare system = huge economic growth.

I believe this is the reason why the UK is in much decline over the recent years.

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

FY2024-25 Staff Cost Pressure:
15 / 296 providers have staff costs above 70% of income.
4 / 296 have staff costs above total income.
Highest large-provider staff-cost shares:
1. @UniofStaffs : 107.9%
2. @OpenUniversity : 72.5%
3. @edgehill : 69.5%
4. @uniofbeds : 67.3%
5. @ICR_London 67.2%

Find out More on https://t.co/ny1tD4bTdW

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

UK higher education finance stress is showing up clearly in the data.

113 of 296 verified FY2024-25 provider rows loaded in HEStats are in deficit, with combined deficits of £967m.

Among £100m+ income providers, 50 of 120 are in deficit.

Source: HESA finance tables via HEStats.

#HigherEducation #UniversityFinance #OpenData

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

Thats exactly why I have built https://t.co/ny1tD4bTdW - Data Transparency is extremely Important for the population to understand where money is being spent within the Higher Education sector, with many universities undergoing Financial Burden and risk of Collapse currently, its now a better time than ever to be viewing the statistics and figuring out what is going wrong!

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

@PeterMcCormack @UKGovscan @GreatBritishTT @UKDecline @HoTPOfficial Another one for the list:

@HEstatsUK — Independent transparency platform for UK higher education.

Official data on every UK university, including finances, student outcomes and institutional performance, all in one place.

https://t.co/9Cyv5M5rJu

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

Student debt is only one part of the picture. Understanding the financial health of universities, student outcomes, executive pay, staffing, and institutional performance is equally important if we're going to have an informed debate.

That's exactly why we built https://t.co/E8VFatovGL — making UK higher education data accessible and transparent for everyone.

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

Interesting analysis.

One thing that's still missing is an easy way to explore the underlying higher education data yourself.

That's exactly why we built https://t.co/ewlJIctL7f—bringing together official university data in one place so students, journalists and researchers can investigate the numbers directly.

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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If you find HEStats useful, a repost goes a long way.

The mission is simple:

Make UK higher education more transparent through open, accessible data.

🚀 https://t.co/9Cyv5M5rJu

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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If you're a:

• Student
• Academic
• Journalist
• Researcher
• University staff member
• Policymaker
I'd love your feedback.
What data would you like to see next?
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https://t.co/Gm6mM9Vv82

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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This is only the beginning.

Over the coming months I'm adding:

🤖 AI-powered institutional intelligence
📈 More historical datasets
⚖️ Advanced comparison tools
📄 Source verification
🔍 Deeper financial analysis
🧠 Richer employee and course insights

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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Every chart starts with official sources.

The aim is simple:

Make complex higher education data understandable, searchable and accessible.

No digging through hundreds of annual reports.

No spreadsheets.

Just the data.

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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Some of the questions HEStats can help answer:

• Which universities have grown the fastest?
• Which rely most on international students?
• How have surpluses and deficits changed?
• How much debt does each institution carry?
• How have graduate outcomes evolved?

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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The goal isn't to rank universities or push an agenda.

It's something much simpler:

Transparency.

Students, journalists, researchers, policymakers and university staff should all have easier access to the data that already exists.

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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HEStats lets you explore:

📊 University finances
🎓 Student numbers
💼 Graduate outcomes
👨‍🏫 Staff & employee intelligence
📈 Long-term institutional trends
🔍 Side-by-side university comparisons
All in seconds.

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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For months, I've been collecting, cleaning and structuring data from across UK higher education.

Annual reports.

Official datasets.

Student statistics.

Graduate outcomes.

Financial statements.

Instead of hundreds of disconnected PDFs, it's now accessible in one place.

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

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Universities manage billions of pounds every year.

Yet if you want to answer simple questions like:

• Which universities are financially healthy?
• Which are running deficits?
• Where does tuition fee income go?
• How have graduate outcomes changed?
...it's surprisingly difficult.
That's why I built https://t.co/ewlJIctL7f 🧵

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

Whatever your view on admissions, hiring or education policy, these debates are better informed with transparent data rather than anecdotes.

At https://t.co/ewlJIctL7f we're building an open platform that brings together UK university finances, student outcomes, admissions, staffing and institutional performance in one place, so discussions about higher education can be based on evidence.

Better data leads to better policy.

[UK Higher Education Statistics @hestatsuk]

@SuellaBraverman This is exactly why transparent education data matters.

https://t.co/oAgbleOVrt is building a clearer picture of UK higher education — from university finances and student outcomes to institutional performance and long-term sector trends.

Better debate starts with better data.