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Equality in colleges in Scotland: statistical report 2015

14.6% FE students disclosed as disabled in 2013/14

15.3% FE students disclosed as disabled in 2012/13

Written and produced by Equality Challenge Unit (ECU). Data provided by the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) and analysed by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and ECU.

With thanks to the above agencies for help and guidance in producing this report.

The statistic on the cover shows the proportion of further education (FE) students with a known disability status who disclosed as disabled in 2013/14, compared with 2012/13. Time series data from 2006/07 to 2013/14 show that until 2013/14 there had been a steady increase in the proportion of FE students disclosing as disabled.

Ashlee Christoffersen [email protected]

Further information

© Equality Challenge Unit, September 2015

Equality in colleges in Scotland:

Statistical report 2015

Contents Introduction 1

About the data 3

Overview 19Profile over time 20Level of study 22Subject areas: HE 24Subject areas: FE 26Mode of study 28Retention and completion outcome 30Region 32

1 Age 35Profile over time 36Level of study 38Subject areas: HE 42Subject areas: FE 44Mode of study 46Retention and completion outcome 50Region 54

2 Disability 57Profile over time 58Level of study 62Subject areas: HE 64Subject areas: FE 66Mode of study 68Retention and completion outcome 70Region 74

3 Ethnicity 77Profile over time 78Level of study 82Subject areas: HE 86Subject areas: FE 88Mode of study 90Retention and completion outcome 94Region 98

4 Gender 101Profile over time 102Level of study 104Subject areas: HE 106Subject areas: FE 108Mode of study 110Retention and completion outcome 112Region 116

5 Multiple identities 119Age and disability 120Age and ethnicity 124Age and gender 130Disability and ethnicity 134Disability and gender 138Ethnicity and gender 140

Index 144

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The report presents an equality-focused analysis of information on students from the 2013/14 academic year and participation data from 2006/07 to 2013/14.

Data and analysis is provided on age, disability, ethnicity and gender, as well as on the interplay of these identities (for example, female black students and male disabled students). The report also considers students’ socioeconomic class, based on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).

In 2013/14, data collection and reporting on sexual orientation and religion, religious denomination or body were introduced by the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC). These fields were optional for colleges and will remain so for 2014/15 and 2015/16. The SFC has made a statement of intent that these two areas will become mandatory for colleges to collect and report from 2016/17. Further information can be found at: www.sfc.ac.uk/web/FILES/GUI_SFCGD012015_Guidancenotesandcodelistsforcompletion/FES_2_Guidance_notes_and_code_lists_for_completion_2015-16.pdf

Where there have been notable changes from last year’s data, this is noted in the commentary. Therefore it may be helpful to read this report alongside last year’s, available to download: www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/equality-in-colleges-in-scotland-statistical-report-2014

This report, alongside information gathered by colleges at a local level, will continue to provide an evidence base to assist colleges to identify and tackle equality challenges. It will also assist the sector to further develop and assess progress against appropriate equality outcomes and embed equality in regional outcome agreements with the SFC.

This is the fourth national student equality data report for colleges in Scotland. Its aim is to assist the sector in better understanding the main equality challenges for students and directing future efforts to overcome them.

Introduction

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Introduction

Online data tables All data tables presented in this report are also available to download in Excel format. These provide totals for each table, higher and further education (HE and FE) specific breakdowns for regional data and further disaggregated data on ethnicity.

In addition to national figures, ECU has also produced corresponding data tables for multi-college and merger regions. These aim to support regional benchmarking and assist colleges to identify equality challenges at a regional level, particularly where data systems are in the process of being aligned.

Feedback on this report is welcome: [email protected].

Download national and regional data tables www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/equality-in-colleges-in-scotland-statistical-report-2015

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About the data

The SFC centrally collates further education statistics (FES) through annual student record returns. This covers all college activity funded by the SFC. This ECU report presents an equality-focused analysis of this student data. Further information on the FES collection process can be found at: www.sfc.ac.uk/guidance/SubmittingStatisticalInformation/FE_statistical_data/20Data2013-14/fes_1314.aspx

Utilising the new Higher Education Statistical Agency (HESA) rounding strategy, all counts have been rounded to the nearest five in order to protect the confidentiality of individuals. To prevent overinterpretation of small numbers, percentages based on 22.5 or fewer students or averages based on seven or fewer students have been omitted. This is indicated by ‘..’ in the relevant tables. Please note that in previous years’ reports, percentages based on 52 or fewer students were omitted. This report therefore shows percentages in some tables where previously figures were suppressed.

With the exception of tables relating to retention and completion outcome, students who attended less than 25 per cent of their course have been excluded from all tables. This information has been included in the retention and completion outcome tables for the purpose of highlighting early withdrawal rates.

Percentages in most tables are based on those students for whom the data in question are known. Online versions of the data tables provide unknown figures where possible www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/equality-in-colleges-in-scotland-statistical-report-2015. If percentages are calculated otherwise, this is indicated in the explanatory text that appears below the table.

The following section provides definitions and notes for key variables presented in this report. Detailed guidance notes and code lists on the FES dataset are available on the SFC website: www.sfc.ac.uk/guidance/SubmittingStatisticalInformation/FE_statistical_data/20Data2013-14/fes_1314.aspx

The SFC publishes performance indicators for Scottish colleges annually. Further information on these is available here: www.sfc.ac.uk/communications/Statisticalpublications/2015/SFCST022015.aspx

This section describes the data used in this report.

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About the data

Disability ECU promotes the social model of disability, which views environmental, physical, structural and attitudinal barriers to be disadvantaging – or disabling – for people with impairments. The report presents a student’s disability status as follows:

= non-disabled – those who did not disclose as disabled = disabled – those who disclosed as disabled = unknown (information unknown or refused)

Data on students’ deprivation classification as determined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is provided to allow analysis of students’ socioeconomic background as it relates to their protected characteristics.

This report presents students in two categories based on the SIMD data quintiles:

= SIMD Q5 students from the most deprived 20 per cent of data zones

= SIMD Q1–4 students from the remaining 80 per cent of data zones

Please note that this report follows the quintile numbering system used by the SFC. The Scottish Government inverts this numbering, such that Q1 indicates the most deprived 20 per cent of data zones.

Further information on SIMD can be found here: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD

Deprivation groups

Age Student age is now calculated by the SFC as the age of the student at 31 December. Please note that in previous reports student age was calculated as the age of the student at 31 August. This report uses the following age categories:

= under 16 = 16–19 = 20–24 = 25–29 = 30–34 = 35–39 = 40 and over

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About the data

Disabled students’ allowance (DSA)

This identifies whether a student who has disclosed as disabled receives DSA or not. The DSA is a supplementary allowance available to UK domiciled students who incur additional expenditure because of a disability. Only HE level students are eligible to receive DSA.

To assist comparison with national levels of DSA take-up, information is presented on:

= disabled HE students in receipt of DSA = disabled HE students not in receipt of DSA = disabled HE students whose DSA information is unknown

It should be noted that in the 2012 report, DSA data was not restricted to only those who disclosed as disabled. This accounts for small differences between trend data concerning DSA provided in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 reports compared with the 2012 report. It should also be noted that the way that the percentages have been calculated for DSA data are different in this report than in the 2014 report. The percentages presented are based on the total number of students whose DSA status is known, as well as based on the total number of students including those whose DSA status is unknown.

Impairment type The report presents data on the following impairment types:

= blind/partially sighted = deaf/hearing impairment = dyslexia = mental health difficulties = personal care support = wheelchair user/mobility difficulties = other impairment = other unseen impairment not listed above = multiple impairments

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Ethnicity categories have been aggregated into the following groups:

= white total – UK white – all other white (Irish white, Polish, Gypsy traveller, other white

background) = black and minority ethnic (BME) total

– Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, any other Asian background)

– black (Caribbean, African, any other black background) – mixed and other (mixed: any mixed background, other: Arab,

any other background)

The corresponding online tables www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/equality-in-colleges-in-scotland-statistical-report-2015 provide additional detail on those in the all other white and mixed and other categories. The online tables contain the following ethnicity categories:

= white total – UK white – Irish white – Polish – Gypsy traveller – other white background

= BME total – Asian – black – mixed – other

Please note that a different data field has been used to calculate ethnicity from the 2012 report. Whereas in the 2012 report, we utilised the FES2 ethnic2 field, which applied a derived formula to students whose ethnicity was unknown, since 2013 we have used the FES2 ethnic field, which only includes self-reported data. This has resulted in some differences in ethnicity trend data reported in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 reports compared with the 2012 report.

Ethnicity

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Domicile Domicile is defined as ‘pre-study permanent home location of student’. The report presents information on the domicile of students using the following categories:

= UK domiciled = non-UK domiciled

Gender The report presents data on the gender of the student. 2013/14 SFC records state whether a student’s sex is:

= male = female = other

Due to the small numbers of the group, students with an ‘other’ gender have been excluded from the analysis.

Level of study and qualification types

The report presents data on students’ level of study by HE and FE level. Within HE and FE levels, data is presented across the 12 levels of the Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework (SCQF), which cover mainstream qualifications across education providers in Scotland. The levels provide an indication of the complexity of qualifications and programmes studied, with SCQF level 1 being the least demanding and SCQF level 12 the most demanding.

Students studying programmes outside the SCQF levels are grouped into an ‘other’ category. Students in professional bodies are also included in a separate category.

Qualification types were mapped onto SCQF level using the Scottish Qualifications Authority’s ready reckoner and with advice from SFC. Please note that for the purposes of this report, SVQ level 4 is considered as SCQF level 8 only. For clarity, diplomas (HNC/D level for diploma and degree holders) are considered as SCQF level 8, and postgraduate diplomas and certificates are considered as SCQF levels 11–12. Further information can be found at: www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/readyreckoner.html

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About the data

The levels presented group the following qualification types:

HE

= SCQF levels 11–12 – doctoral degree – master’s degree – postgraduate diploma and certificate – Scottish vocational qualification (SVQ) – national vocational qualification (NVQ) level 5

= SCQF levels 9–10 – ordinary degree – honours degree

= SCQF level 8 – higher national diploma (HND) or equivalent – diploma (HND/C level for diploma and degree holders) – other advanced diplomas – SVQ or NVQ level 4

= SCQF level 7 – higher national certificate (HNC) or equivalent – advanced certificate (bridge to HNC/D) – other advanced certificates – higher national units not leading to certificate

= professional body – fellowship, graduateship, membership, associateship,

licentiateship

= other HE

FE

= SCQF levels 6–7 – advanced higher (group award and unit) – certificate of sixth year studies (CSYS) – higher (group award and unit) – other non-advanced diploma or equivalent – SCE/GCE/GCSE examinations – SVQ, NVQ and GSVQ/GNVQ level 3

= SCQF level 5 – intermediate 2 (group award and unit) – SVQ, NVQ and GSVQ/GNVQ level 2

Qualification types

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About the data

= SCQF level 4 – intermediate 1 (group award and unit) – other non-advanced certificate – national units alone not leading to a qualification – SVQ, NVQ and GSVQ/GNVQ level 1

= SCQF level 3 – access (group award and unit) – no recognised qualification

Please note that SCQF level 3 also covers awards (where available) and units at SCQF levels 1 and 2. ECU is working with SFC to enable disaggregation of this data for future analysis and reports.

= other (not SCQF) – non vocational – other recognised qualification – no recognised qualification

= other (not SCQF) – vocational – other recognised qualification – no recognised qualification

= other FE

Recognising that a high number of students study in certain qualification levels, we have included more detail for the following levels:

HE = SCQF level 8

– HND or equivalent = = SCQF level 7

– HNC or equivalent

FE = SCQF levels 6–7

– advanced higher (unit) = SVQ level 3

– higher (unit) = SCQF level 5

– SVQ level 2 – intermediate 2 (unit)

= SCQF level 4 – SVQ level 1 – intermediate 1 (unit) – other non–advanced certificate – national units alone not leading to a qualification

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The mode of study categories presented cover the following:

= full-time Programme that meets SFC’s new full-time criteria from 2013/14 of at least 640 hours for FE (16 student units of measurement (SUMs)) or 480 hours (12 SUMs) for HE of planned notional hours.

= part-time, which includes:

– short full-timeSelf-contained full-time programme, ie one not supplemented by other periods of study of 18 weeks duration or less.

– block release Programme for which students are released by their employer for periods of full-time attendance.

– part-time (day release) Programme for which students are released by their employer for part of the week.

– other part-time day programme Part-time programmes held in the day also include day programmes in which periods of evening or twilight study form an integral part of the programme.

– evenings only and weekends Programme held only in evening or twilight sessions or at weekends.

– assessment of work based learning Provision for assessment of work based learning.

– part-time (previously met full-time criteria)

Mode of study

= SCQF level 3 – access (group award) – access (unit) – no recognised qualification

= other: non–vocational – other recognised qualification – no recognised qualification

= other: vocational – other recognised qualification – no recognised qualification

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= self study and distance learning, which includes:

– distance learning Programme designed for study by correspondence, although may involve study weekends, summer schools etc.

– locally-based learningProgramme designed mainly for study at home, though with some tutorial visits to college.

– college-based private study Programme designed for private study in college with some tutorial assistance.

– other open learning or directed private study systems

– flexible learning Programme designed to be studied flexibly with varying patterns of attendance which could include day, evening and/or home/distance learning.

Multiple identities The SFC student record records students’ age, disability status, ethnicity and gender.

All people have a combination of these identities which may lead to different experiences. For example a non-disabled woman may have a different experience to a disabled woman.

In order to illustrate the potential interplay between equality characteristics, this report presents data on:

= age and disability = age and ethnicity = age and gender = disability and ethnicity = disability and gender = ethnicity and gender

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About the data

Over the course of 2012–14, the Scottish college sector moved to a new regional structure. The report presents data on the student populations within the new regional and national groupings. While the data in this report is presented at a national level, corresponding data tables for multi-college and regions where mergers have occurred are available for download on the ECU website at the link to the left. Regions for which regional data tables are available are highlighted in blue.

= Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire – North East Scotland College

= Ayrshire – Ayrshire College

= Borders – Borders College

= Dumfries and Galloway – Dumfries and Galloway College

= Edinburgh and Lothians – Edinburgh College

= Fife – Fife College

= Forth Valley – Forth Valley College

= Glasgow – City of Glasgow – Glasgow Clyde College – Glasgow Kelvin College

= Highlands and Islands – Argyll College – Inverness College – Lews Castle College – Moray College – North Highland College – Orkney College – Perth College – Sabhal Mor Ostaig – Shetland College – West Highland College

Regional and national groupings

Download national and regional data tables www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/equality-in-colleges-in-scotland-statistical-report-2015

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About the data

Colleges in Scotland provide the SFC with information about students who enrol on courses and details of their results at the end of the academic year – or their withdrawal date if the student does not continue to the end of the course.

For the purpose of highlighting any equality concerns among those who withdraw early, students who left before the 25 per cent required attendance rate have been included in sections relating to retention and completion outcome. They are excluded from all other analysis in this report.

In line with SFC performance indicators, students who enrolled on the programme/course but never attended, students who completed the programme/course but were not assessed (although the programme/course was designed to be assessed), or students who died have been excluded from all retention and completion outcome data.

Also in line with SFC performance indicators, our tables show completion rates as a percentage of all students, including those classified as early withdrawal or further withdrawal.

Retention and completion outcome

= Lanarkshire – New College Lanarkshire – South Lanarkshire College

= Land based – Scotland’s Rural College

= National provision – Newbattle Abbey College

= Tayside – Dundee and Angus College

= West – West College Scotland

= West Lothian – West Lothian College

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Student outcomes are organised into one of three possible categories:

= early withdrawal (EW)Students who withdrew before the required 25 per cent attendance date. The SFC does not provide colleges with activity funding for students who leave before the 25 per cent date (also known as the funding qualifying date).

= further withdrawal (FW)Students who attended the course past the required 25 per cent attendance date but withdrew from their studies before the programme ended. This includes students who have:

– withdrawn from a programme/course and commenced employment

– withdrawn from a programme/course and are now studying in a higher education institution (HEI)

– withdrawn from a programme/course with an unknown destination – transferred to another programme/course within the college – withdrawn from a programme/course and are now studying

elsewhere (not an HEI).

= completion (C) Students who completed their programme/course, irrespective of success (sometimes also referred to as ‘retention’).

Completion outcome This report examines whether students who completed their course were successful in progressing to the next year or gaining a qualification if the were in their last year of study or on a one-year course. Students who completed their course/programme are categorised into the following:

= partial completion (PC)The student completed the programme but was assessed as gaining less than 70 per cent of the credits undertaken. They were not successful in gaining a qualification nor did they progress to the next year of a course of more than one year.

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= successful completion (SC) The student completed the course year and, if in their final year or in the case of a one-year course, gained the qualification they were aiming for. For students on a course of more than one year’s duration and not in their final year, they are considered to have successfully completed if they are eligible to progress to the next year of study and have achieved at least 70 per cent of the units studied in the current year. Included in this category are students who have:

– completed programme/course – assessed and successful – completed programme/course – not assessed as programme/

course not designed to be assessed – progressed to next year and achieved 70 per cent of the credits

undertaken – achieved 70 per cent of the credits undertaken but have chosen

not to progress onto the next year – completed first year of a higher national diploma but have chosen

to leave with a higher national certificate.

The report follows the subject groupings utilised by the SFC and presents data on the subjects studied across HE/FE and SCQF levels. The groupings for HE and FE levels are therefore different. In addition, HE level subjects are split into SET (science, engineering and technology) and non-SET areas; however this is not possible for FE level. FE subjects are grouped to correspond with the SFC college performance indicators, which consolidate superclass 2 subject areas into Education Scotland subject classifications. Further information can be found here: www.sfc.ac.uk/communications/Statisticalpublications/2015/SFCST022015.aspx

HE subjects considered as SET are: = agriculture and related subjects = architecture, building and planning = biological sciences = engineering and technology = mathematical and computing science = medicine and dentistry = physical sciences = subjects allied to medicine

Subject areas

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About the data

HE subjects considered as non-SET are: = business and administrative studies = combined and general programmes = creative arts and design = education = humanities = language and related disciplines = mass communication and documentation = social studies

FE subjects are: = art and design = business, management and administration = care = computing and ICT = construction = education and training = engineering = hairdressing, beauty and complementary therapies = hospitality and tourism = land-based industries = languages and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) = media = nautical studies = performing arts = science = social subjects = sport and leisure = special programmes

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Overview

= The total number of students studying in Scotland’s colleges decreased from its peak of 489,610 in 2007/08 to a low of 297,085 in 2011/12. In 2013/14 there was a slight increase for the second year running, to 299,830 (0.75% increase from 2012/13 levels).

= 83.8% of students in colleges in Scotland studied at FE level and 16.2% studied at HE level.

= The largest proportion of all students studied at SCQF level 4 (27.1%). The proportion studying at level 5 increased slightly from 2012/13 levels to 11.3%, and at level 6–7 to 12.9%.

= 66.2% of FE students studied their course part-time, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points from 2012/13.

= Among FE students, the overall completion rate increased slightly from 2012/13 levels to 89.2% (increase of 0.8 percentage points).

= Among HE students, overall completion rates increased slightly for both SET and non-SET subjects from 2012/13 levels (by 1.4 percentage points for SET and 1.5 percentage points for non-SET).

= Successful completion rates for both HE and FE students increased slightly from 2012/13 levels (by 1.1 and 0.5 percentage points, respectively).

= HE and FE students in SIMD Q5 had lower successful completion rates than those in SIMD Q1–4 (69.2% compared with 74.6% in the case of HE, and 75.1% compared with 81.8% in the case of FE).

= A higher proportion of students studied in Glasgow than any other region (21.2% of all students).

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Overview

Profile over time

The total number of students studying in Scotland’s colleges decreased steadily from its peak of 489,610 in 2007/08 to a low of 297,085 in 2011/12. This is largely attributable to a decline in the number of FE students.

2012/13 was the first year to see an increase in the total number of students since 2007/08. In 2013/14 there was a slight increase for the second year running (0.75% increase from 2012/13 levels, greater than the increase from 2011/12 to 2012/13).

The overall number of students increased in 2013/14 to 299,830. The numbers of both FE students and HE students increased from 2012/13 levels.

0.1 Profile over time

FE students HE students All students2006/07 418695 49460 4681552007/08 441840 47770 4896102008/09 435115 48355 4834702009/10 388720 49800 4385202010/11 331650 51355 3830052011/12 249345 47740 2970852012/13 249790 47795 2975852013/14 251135 48690 299830

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Profile over time

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Overview

0.2 All by FE/HE level and SCQF level

TotalNo. %

SCQF 11–12 25 0.0SCQF 9–10 1135 0.4SCQF 8 21145 7.1

HND or equivalent 19220 6.4SCQF 7 25760 8.6

HNC or equivalent 17160 5.7Professional body 620 0.2Other HE students 0 0.0All HE students 48690 16.2SCQF 6–7 38660 12.9

Advanced higher (unit) 780 0.3SVQ level 3 11775 3.9Higher (unit) 17940 6.0

SCQF 5 33775 11.3SVQ level 2 8700 2.9Intermediate 2 (unit) 17885 6.0

SCQF 4 81120 27.1SVQ level 1 1275 0.4Intermediate 1 (unit) 16860 5.6Other non–advanced certificate 56435 18.8National units alone not leading to any qualification listed above

3905 1.3

SCQF 3 9445 3.1Access (group award) 480 0.2Access (units) 8965 3.0No recognised qualification 0 0.0

Other: non–vocational 13885 4.6Other recognised qualification 795 0.3No recognised qualification 13090 4.4

Other: vocational 74250 24.8Other recognised qualification 14220 4.7No recognised qualification 60030 20.0

Other FE students 0 0.0All FE students 251135 83.8All students 299830 100

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose level is unknown. HE and FE totals are a sum of the individual SCQF level totals stated above in bold. SCQF levels not

stated above therefore are not included in the totals.

Level of study

A majority of 83.8% of students in colleges in Scotland studied at FE level and 16.2% studied at HE level.

The largest proportion of students studied at SCQF level 4 (27.1%). The proportion studying at level 5 increased slightly from 2012/13 levels to 11.3%, and at level 6–7 to 12.9%.

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Level of study

All students by SCQF level

SCQF 6-712.9

SCQF 511.3

Other:vocational

24.8

SCQF 427.1

SCQF 9-10 0.4SCQF 8 7.1

SCQF 7 8.6

Professional body 0.2

Other: non-vocational 4.6

SCQF 3 3.1

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Overview

0.3 HE students by subject area, retention and completion outcome

Subject areas: HE

The most popular subjects for HE students were business and administrative studies (23.5% of HE students studied this), followed by creative arts and design (19.4%), and engineering and technology (16.5%).

Overall completion rates increased slightly for both SET and non-SET subjects from 2012/13 levels (by 1.4 percentage points for SET and 1.5 percentage points for non-SET).

The highest rate of early withdrawal was in medicine and dentistry (5.6%). The highest rate of further withdrawal was in agriculture (12.4%).

The proportion of HE students who successfully completed their course was lowest in physical sciences (63.8%) and highest in languages (92.8%).

Total Early withdrawalFurther withdrawal

Completion Partial completionSuccessful completion

No. %^ No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %*

Medicine and dentistry 235 0.5 15 5.6 15 7.3 205 87.1 15 6.9 185 80.3Subjects allied to medicine 1565 3.3 70 4.6 175 11.3 1315 84.1 185 11.7 1135 72.4Biological sciences 785 1.7 35 4.6 75 9.8 675 85.6 145 18.3 530 67.3Agriculture 250 0.5 5 2.8 30 12.4 210 84.8 35 14.4 175 70.4Physical sciences 80 0.2 0 2.5 10 11.3 70 86.3 20 22.5 50 63.8Mathematical and computing science 3685 7.8 190 5.2 365 9.9 3130 84.9 640 17.3 2490 67.6Engineering and technology 7865 16.5 275 3.5 440 5.6 7150 90.9 1255 15.9 5895 75.0Architecture, building, planning 1415 3.0 60 4.3 85 6.1 1265 89.6 145 10.1 1125 79.5SET total 15875 33.4 655 4.1 1200 7.6 14020 88.3 2435 15.3 11585 73.0Social studies 6850 14.4 285 4.2 695 10.1 5870 85.7 735 10.7 5140 75.0Business and administrative studies 11155 23.5 585 5.2 1240 11.1 9330 83.7 1350 12.1 7980 71.5Mass comms, documentation 990 2.1 35 3.5 90 9.0 865 87.5 140 14.2 725 73.3Languages 555 1.2 5 1.1 5 1.3 540 97.6 25 4.9 515 92.8Creative arts and design 9200 19.4 350 3.8 895 9.7 7960 86.5 1070 11.6 6890 74.9Education 450 0.9 10 2.0 50 11.6 385 86.4 90 19.9 300 66.5Combined 2470 5.2 115 4.7 290 11.8 2065 83.5 290 11.7 1775 71.8Non-SET total 31665 66.6 1385 4.4 3265 10.3 27015 85.3 3700 11.7 23315 73.6All HE students 47540 100 2040 4.3 4465 9.4 41035 86.3 6135 12.9 34900 73.4

^ the percentage of all HE students within a subject area (compare vertically)* the percentage of all HE students within a retention/completion outcome (compare horizontally) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose retention/completion

outcome or subject is unknown.

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Subject areas: HE



No. %^ No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %*

Medicine and dentistry 235 0.5 15 5.6 15 7.3 205 87.1 15 6.9 185 80.3Subjects allied to medicine 1565 3.3 70 4.6 175 11.3 1315 84.1 185 11.7 1135 72.4Biological sciences 785 1.7 35 4.6 75 9.8 675 85.6 145 18.3 530 67.3Agriculture 250 0.5 5 2.8 30 12.4 210 84.8 35 14.4 175 70.4Physical sciences 80 0.2 0 2.5 10 11.3 70 86.3 20 22.5 50 63.8Mathematical and computing science 3685 7.8 190 5.2 365 9.9 3130 84.9 640 17.3 2490 67.6Engineering and technology 7865 16.5 275 3.5 440 5.6 7150 90.9 1255 15.9 5895 75.0Architecture, building, planning 1415 3.0 60 4.3 85 6.1 1265 89.6 145 10.1 1125 79.5SET total 15875 33.4 655 4.1 1200 7.6 14020 88.3 2435 15.3 11585 73.0Social studies 6850 14.4 285 4.2 695 10.1 5870 85.7 735 10.7 5140 75.0Business and administrative studies 11155 23.5 585 5.2 1240 11.1 9330 83.7 1350 12.1 7980 71.5Mass comms, documentation 990 2.1 35 3.5 90 9.0 865 87.5 140 14.2 725 73.3Languages 555 1.2 5 1.1 5 1.3 540 97.6 25 4.9 515 92.8Creative arts and design 9200 19.4 350 3.8 895 9.7 7960 86.5 1070 11.6 6890 74.9Education 450 0.9 10 2.0 50 11.6 385 86.4 90 19.9 300 66.5Combined 2470 5.2 115 4.7 290 11.8 2065 83.5 290 11.7 1775 71.8Non-SET total 31665 66.6 1385 4.4 3265 10.3 27015 85.3 3700 11.7 23315 73.6All HE students 47540 100 2040 4.3 4465 9.4 41035 86.3 6135 12.9 34900 73.4

^ the percentage of all HE students within a subject area (compare vertically)* the percentage of all HE students within a retention/completion outcome (compare horizontally) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose retention/completion


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Overview

0.4 FE students by subject area, retention and completion outcome

Subject areas: FE

The most popular subjects for FE students were care (18.6%) and engineering (11.7%).

The overall completion rate increased slightly from 2012/13 levels to 89.2% (by 0.8 percentage points).

The highest rate of further withdrawal was in social subjects (13.5%).

The proportion of FE students who successfully completed their course was lowest in social subjects (62.6%) and highest in nautical studies (97.9%).



No. %^ No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %*

Art and design 7295 3.3 290 4.0 645 8.8 6360 87.2 540 7.4 5820 79.8Business, management and administration 9205 4.2 465 5.1 795 8.7 7940 86.3 1005 10.9 6935 75.4Care 40895 18.6 1180 2.9 2230 5.5 37485 91.7 4000 9.8 33485 81.9Computing and ICT 14525 6.6 595 4.1 1105 7.6 12825 88.3 1605 11.1 11215 77.2Construction 13780 6.3 650 4.7 1075 7.8 12060 87.5 1170 8.5 10890 79.0Education and training 4745 2.2 135 2.8 245 5.1 4365 92.0 400 8.5 3965 83.6Engineering 25815 11.7 875 3.4 1340 5.2 23595 91.4 1995 7.7 21600 83.7Hairdressing, beauty, complementary therapies 14240 6.5 980 6.9 1735 12.2 11525 81.0 1340 9.4 10185 71.5Hospitality and tourism 15640 7.1 460 2.9 795 5.1 14385 92.0 965 6.2 13420 85.8Land-based industries 6960 3.2 170 2.5 310 4.5 6475 93.0 720 10.4 5755 82.7Languages and ESOL 14095 6.4 755 5.4 1205 8.6 12135 86.1 1220 8.7 10910 77.4Media 3415 1.6 240 7.0 405 11.9 2770 81.1 485 14.1 2285 66.9Nautical studies 3660 1.7 15 0.4 10 0.2 3635 99.3 50 1.4 3585 97.9Performing arts 4000 1.8 105 2.6 245 6.1 3650 91.3 245 6.2 3405 85.1Science 9325 4.2 350 3.8 595 6.4 8380 89.9 995 10.7 7380 79.2Social subjects 4160 1.9 325 7.8 560 13.5 3275 78.7 670 16.1 2605 62.6Sport and leisure 6800 3.1 310 4.5 540 7.9 5955 87.6 630 9.3 5325 78.3Special programmes 21295 9.7 745 3.5 1210 5.7 19345 90.8 2015 9.5 17330 81.4All FE students 219850 100 8650 3.9 15045 6.8 196155 89.2 20060 9.1 176095 80.1

^ the percentage of all FE students within a subject area (compare vertically)* the percentage of all FE students within a retention/completion outcome (compare horizontally) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose retention/completion


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Subject areas: FE



No. %^ No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %* No. %*

Art and design 7295 3.3 290 4.0 645 8.8 6360 87.2 540 7.4 5820 79.8Business, management and administration 9205 4.2 465 5.1 795 8.7 7940 86.3 1005 10.9 6935 75.4Care 40895 18.6 1180 2.9 2230 5.5 37485 91.7 4000 9.8 33485 81.9Computing and ICT 14525 6.6 595 4.1 1105 7.6 12825 88.3 1605 11.1 11215 77.2Construction 13780 6.3 650 4.7 1075 7.8 12060 87.5 1170 8.5 10890 79.0Education and training 4745 2.2 135 2.8 245 5.1 4365 92.0 400 8.5 3965 83.6Engineering 25815 11.7 875 3.4 1340 5.2 23595 91.4 1995 7.7 21600 83.7Hairdressing, beauty, complementary therapies 14240 6.5 980 6.9 1735 12.2 11525 81.0 1340 9.4 10185 71.5Hospitality and tourism 15640 7.1 460 2.9 795 5.1 14385 92.0 965 6.2 13420 85.8Land-based industries 6960 3.2 170 2.5 310 4.5 6475 93.0 720 10.4 5755 82.7Languages and ESOL 14095 6.4 755 5.4 1205 8.6 12135 86.1 1220 8.7 10910 77.4Media 3415 1.6 240 7.0 405 11.9 2770 81.1 485 14.1 2285 66.9Nautical studies 3660 1.7 15 0.4 10 0.2 3635 99.3 50 1.4 3585 97.9Performing arts 4000 1.8 105 2.6 245 6.1 3650 91.3 245 6.2 3405 85.1Science 9325 4.2 350 3.8 595 6.4 8380 89.9 995 10.7 7380 79.2Social subjects 4160 1.9 325 7.8 560 13.5 3275 78.7 670 16.1 2605 62.6Sport and leisure 6800 3.1 310 4.5 540 7.9 5955 87.6 630 9.3 5325 78.3Special programmes 21295 9.7 745 3.5 1210 5.7 19345 90.8 2015 9.5 17330 81.4All FE students 219850 100 8650 3.9 15045 6.8 196155 89.2 20060 9.1 176095 80.1

^ the percentage of all FE students within a subject area (compare vertically)* the percentage of all FE students within a retention/completion outcome (compare horizontally) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose retention/completion


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Overview

0.5 All by FE/HE level and mode of studyMode of study

Overall, 26.7% of students in Scotland’s colleges studied full-time; 60.1% studied part-time; and 13.1% through self study and distance learning.

A majority of 66.2% of FE students studied their course part-time. This represents a slight decrease from 2012/13, when this figure was 66.8% (a decrease of 0.6 percentage points).

60.2% of FE students within the SCQF studied part-time, a slight increase from 2012/13 levels. A higher proportion of FE students outside the SCQF studied part-time (77.4%).

TotalNo. %

HE studentsFull-time 31825 65.4Part-time 13920 28.6Self study and distance learning 2945 6.0All HE students 48690 100FE studentsFull-time 48325 19.2Part-time 166355 66.2Self study and distance learning 36455 14.5All FE students 251135 100FE students within the SCQFFull-time 47440 29.1Part-time 98105 60.2Self study and distance learning 17450 10.7All FE students within the SCQF 163000 100FE students outside the SCQFFull-time 885 1.0Part-time 68250 77.4Self study and distance learning 19005 21.6All FE students outside the SCQF 88140 100All studentsFull-time 80155 26.7Part-time 180270 60.1Self study and distance learning 39400 13.1All students 299830 100

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose mode is unknown. SCQF total is a sum of levels SCQF 6–7, 5, 4 and 3 as in other level tables. All other levels therefore are

not included in the total.

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Mode of study

All by FE/HE level and mode of study

Self study and distance learning



Part-time28.6

Part-time66.2

Part-time60.1

14.5 13.16.0

Full-time65.4

Full-time19.2 Full-time

26.7

HE students FE students All students

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Overview

0.6 All HE students in deprivation groups by retention and completion outcome

All HE students in deprivation groups by retention and completion outcome


73.4% of HE students successfully completed their course. This is an increase of 1.1 percentage points from 2012/13 levels.

The successful completion rate of students in SIMD Q5 was lower (69.2%) than that of students in SIMD Q1–4 (74.6%).

TotalNo. %

All HE students

Early withdrawal 2040 4.3Further withdrawal 4465 9.4Completion 41035 86.3

Partial completion 6135 12.9Successful completion 34900 73.4

All 47540 100

SIMD Q5



All 11190 100

SIMD Q1–4



All 35390 100SIMD unknown 965

Percentages for the top six rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose retention/completion outcome is unknown or not applicable.

Percentages for the remaining rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose retention/completion outcome or deprivation group is unknown.

SIMD unknown in this table covers HE students whose retention/completion outcome is known but their SIMD is unknown.

* 9.45.3 10.8 9.1

12.9 14.712.3

All HE studentsHE students in SIMD Q5HE students in SIMD Q1–4

73.469.274.6

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion

Successful completion

* values less than 5.0 are not displayed

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All FE students in deprivation groups by retention and completion outcome

0.7 All FE students in deprivation groups by retention and completion outcome

TotalNo. %

All FE students



All 219850 100

SIMD Q5



All 63365 100

SIMD Q1–4



All 152770 100SIMD unknown 3715

Percentages for the top six rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose retention/completion outcome is unknown or not applicable.

Percentages for the remaining rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose retention/completion outcome or deprivation group is unknown.

SIMD unknown in this table covers FE students whose retention/completion outcome is known but their SIMD is unknown.

9.1 10.88.6

All FE studentsFE students in SIMD Q5FE students in SIMD Q1–4

80.175.181.8

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion


* 6.85.5 8.6 6.2


80.1% of FE students successfully completed their course, which is an increase of 0.5 percentage points from 2012/13.

Students in SIMD Q5 had a lower successful completion rate (75.1%) than students in SIMD Q1–4 (81.8%).

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Overview

Region

The largest proportion of both FE and HE students studied in Glasgow (21.2%).

The second largest number of FE students studied in Highlands and Islands (10.7% of all students studied here).

The second largest number of HE students studied in Edinburgh and Lothians (7.4% of all students).

0.8 All by region/provision

HE students

FE students

All studentsNo. %

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

4700 19235 23935 8.0

Ayrshire 3045 12265 15310 5.1Borders 320 5010 5330 1.8Dumfries and Galloway 595 4925 5520 1.8Edinburgh and Lothians 5300 16810 22110 7.4Fife 4245 20745 24990 8.3Forth Valley 1915 12075 13990 4.7Glasgow 15660 47915 63580 21.2Highlands and Islands 0 32075 32075 10.7Lanarkshire 4770 26205 30975 10.3Tayside 3215 15970 19185 6.4West 3380 26795 30175 10.1West Lothian 1545 5360 6905 2.3Land based 0 4780 4780 1.6National provision 0 975 975 0.3Total 48690 251135 299830 100

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose region is unknown.

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Region

All by region/provision

Fife 8.3Lanarkshire

10.3

Highlandsand Islands

10.7 Glasgow21.2

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 8.0

Ayrshire 5.1

Borders 1.8Dumfries and

Galloway 1.8 Edinburgh and

Lothians 7.4

Forth Valley 4.7

West10.1

Tayside6.4

National provision 0.3Land based 1.6West Lothian 2.3

1 Age

= Though there was a drop in student numbers across all age groups between 2007/08 and 2013/14, this was disproportionately high among the youngest and oldest age groups.

= Students aged under 16 made up 9.5% of all students, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points from 2012/13 levels.

= Care was the most popular subject for FE students in all age groups except those aged under 16, for whom engineering (17.1%) and special programmes (15.5%) were more popular.

= At HE level, SET subjects were more popular among younger students than among older students (35.2% of students aged 16–24 studied SET subjects, compared with 21.3% of students aged 40 and over).

= Among all students, a higher proportion of students aged 16–19 studied full-time than part-time (47.4% compared with 45.5%), whereas this is reversed among all other age groups.

= At FE level, the highest rate of early withdrawal was among students aged 20–24 (5.0% of students this age). The highest rate of further withdrawal was among students aged 16–19 (10.0%).

= The proportion of FE students aged under 16 in SIMD Q5 who successfully completed their course decreased again from 77.3% in 2012/13 to 76.1% in 2013/14. This follows a large decrease of 5.9 percentage points from 2011/12 to 2012/13.

= HE students aged 16–19 had a higher rate of further withdrawal (9.7%) than HE students in any other age group.

= The region with the highest proportion of students aged 16–19 was Forth Valley (44.1%).

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1 Age

1.1 Profile over time by ageProfile over time

The overall number of students studying in Scotland’s colleges was at its peak in 2007/08. Though there was a drop in student numbers across all age groups between 2007/08 and 2013/14, this was disproportionately high among the youngest and oldest groups.

Student numbers for 2013/14 represented just 32.4% of those from 2007/08 for students aged under 16, 47.1% for those aged 35–39 and 46.7% for those aged 40 and over.

In comparison, in 2013/14 the number of students aged 16–19 represented 90.0% of their numbers in 2007/08, and those aged 20–24, 90.3%.

Between 2012/13 and 2013/14, the proportion of students aged 16–19 fell from 31.1% to 30.7%.

Under 16 16–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40 and overNo. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

06/07 67815 14.5 99670 21.3 51030 10.9 36780 7.9 32645 7.0 37640 8.0 142570 30.507/08 87420 17.9 102325 20.9 52160 10.7 38805 7.9 31980 6.5 35610 7.3 141310 28.908/09 92770 19.2 103720 21.5 52930 10.9 37640 7.8 29945 6.2 32455 6.7 134005 27.709/10 81375 18.6 101550 23.2 50980 11.6 35300 8.1 27330 6.2 27235 6.2 114740 26.210/11 64200 16.8 95175 24.9 48260 12.6 32240 8.4 24895 6.5 22715 5.9 95515 24.911/12 34625 11.7 88160 29.7 43455 14.6 26730 9.0 20085 6.8 17290 5.8 66745 22.512/13 29490 9.9 92595 31.1 45995 15.5 27035 9.1 20435 6.9 16585 5.6 65445 22.013/14 28355 9.5 92055 30.7 47110 15.7 28155 9.4 21440 7.2 16765 5.6 65950 22.0

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age is unknown.

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Profile over time

Profile over time by age

40

30

20

10

06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14

35–3930–34

25–29

Under 16

20–24

40 and over

16–19


06/07 67815 14.5 99670 21.3 51030 10.9 36780 7.9 32645 7.0 37640 8.0 142570 30.507/08 87420 17.9 102325 20.9 52160 10.7 38805 7.9 31980 6.5 35610 7.3 141310 28.908/09 92770 19.2 103720 21.5 52930 10.9 37640 7.8 29945 6.2 32455 6.7 134005 27.709/10 81375 18.6 101550 23.2 50980 11.6 35300 8.1 27330 6.2 27235 6.2 114740 26.210/11 64200 16.8 95175 24.9 48260 12.6 32240 8.4 24895 6.5 22715 5.9 95515 24.911/12 34625 11.7 88160 29.7 43455 14.6 26730 9.0 20085 6.8 17290 5.8 66745 22.512/13 29490 9.9 92595 31.1 45995 15.5 27035 9.1 20435 6.9 16585 5.6 65445 22.013/14 28355 9.5 92055 30.7 47110 15.7 28155 9.4 21440 7.2 16765 5.6 65950 22.0

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age is unknown.

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1 Age

1.2 All by FE/HE level, SCQF level and ageLevel of study

Students aged 16–24 made up 46.4% of all students studying in colleges in Scotland. A considerable proportion of students aged 16–24 studied at HE level (22.6%).

Students aged under 16 made up 9.5% of all students, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points from 2012/13 levels.

Students aged under 16 were particularly represented among those studying other vocational degrees with no recognised qualification (52.0% of students aged under 16 studied these courses, compared with 11.4% of students aged 16–24, and 26.3% of students aged 40 or over).

Students aged 16–19 made up the largest proportion of students at both HE and FE level (38.8% and 29.1%, respectively).

Students aged 40 and over made up 22.0% of all students studying in colleges in Scotland. A considerable proportion of these (31.5%) studied at SCQF level 4, an increase of 2.5 percentage points from 2012/13 levels.

Under 16 16–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40 and overNo. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^

SCQF 11–12 0 0.0 0.0 0 3.7 0.0 0 3.7 0.0 5 11.1 0.0 5 14.8 0.0 5 14.8 0.0 15 51.9 0.0SCQF 9–10 0 0.0 0.0 230 20.1 0.2 470 41.5 1.0 160 13.9 0.6 85 7.6 0.4 50 4.5 0.3 140 12.4 0.2SCQF 8 0 0.0 0.0 9435 44.6 10.2 5875 27.8 12.5 2205 10.4 7.8 1275 6.0 5.9 785 3.7 4.7 1570 7.4 2.4

HND or equivalent 0 0.0 0.0 9205 47.9 10.0 5615 29.2 11.9 1960 10.2 7.0 1030 5.4 4.8 585 3.1 3.5 820 4.3 1.2SCQF 7 35 0.1 0.1 9165 35.6 10.0 6035 23.4 12.8 3110 12.1 11.0 2250 8.7 10.5 1450 5.6 8.6 3715 14.4 5.6

HNC or equivalent 15 0.1 0.0 7240 42.2 7.9 4125 24.0 8.8 2005 11.7 7.1 1355 7.9 6.3 795 4.6 4.7 1625 9.5 2.5Professional body 0 0.0 0.0 65 10.8 0.1 105 16.8 0.2 140 22.9 0.5 100 16.0 0.5 70 11.6 0.4 135 21.9 0.2Other HE students 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0All HE students 35 0.1 0.1 18900 38.8 20.5 12490 25.6 26.5 5620 11.5 20.0 3710 7.6 17.3 2365 4.9 14.1 5575 11.5 8.5SCQF 6–7 765 2.0 2.7 18885 48.8 20.5 7555 19.5 16.0 3590 9.3 12.7 2340 6.1 10.9 1610 4.2 9.6 3920 10.1 5.9

Adv. higher (unit) 10 1.3 0.0 490 62.6 0.5 90 11.8 0.2 55 7.2 0.2 55 6.9 0.3 35 4.4 0.2 45 5.9 0.1SVQ level 3 55 0.5 0.2 5385 45.8 5.9 2845 24.2 6.0 950 8.1 3.4 635 5.4 3.0 490 4.2 2.9 1405 12.0 2.1Higher (unit) 475 2.7 1.7 8335 46.5 9.1 3245 18.1 6.9 1890 10.5 6.7 1215 6.8 5.7 855 4.8 5.1 1925 10.7 2.9

SCQF 5 2850 8.4 10.1 14595 43.2 15.9 5225 15.5 11.1 3045 9.0 10.8 2160 6.4 10.1 1470 4.4 8.8 4430 13.1 6.7SVQ level 2 220 2.5 0.8 4025 46.3 4.4 1575 18.1 3.3 765 8.8 2.7 500 5.8 2.3 355 4.1 2.1 1265 14.5 1.9Intermediate 2 (unit) 1815 10.1 6.4 7490 41.9 8.1 2430 13.6 5.2 1595 8.9 5.7 1230 6.9 5.7 845 4.7 5.0 2475 13.9 3.8

SCQF 4 7795 9.6 27.5 23040 28.4 25.0 11190 13.8 23.8 7340 9.1 26.1 6015 7.4 28.0 4975 6.1 29.7 20770 25.6 31.5SVQ level 1 265 21.0 0.9 700 54.9 0.8 160 12.7 0.3 60 4.9 0.2 35 2.6 0.2 15 1.1 0.1 35 2.8 0.1Intermediate 1 (unit) 3325 19.7 11.7 5130 30.4 5.6 1945 11.5 4.1 1285 7.6 4.6 1030 6.1 4.8 875 5.2 5.2 3275 19.4 5.0Other non–adv. cert. 2745 4.9 9.7 14845 26.3 16.1 8315 14.7 17.6 5550 9.8 19.7 4620 8.2 21.5 3795 6.7 22.6 16565 29.4 25.1National units alone 315 8.1 1.1 1400 35.8 1.5 545 13.9 1.2 350 9.0 1.2 265 6.8 1.2 235 6.0 1.4 795 20.4 1.2

SCQF 3 775 8.2 2.7 2520 26.7 2.7 975 10.3 2.1 1005 10.6 3.6 890 9.4 4.1 810 8.6 4.8 2475 26.2 3.8Access (group award) 15 3.3 0.1 135 27.8 0.1 70 14.8 0.2 55 11.9 0.2 50 10.2 0.2 40 8.6 0.2 110 23.4 0.2Access (units) 755 8.4 2.7 2385 26.6 2.6 905 10.1 1.9 945 10.6 3.4 840 9.4 3.9 765 8.6 4.6 2365 26.4 3.6No rec. qualification 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0

Other: non–vocational 1205 8.7 4.2 1290 9.3 1.4 1310 9.4 2.8 1225 8.8 4.4 1090 7.8 5.1 1045 7.5 6.2 6720 48.4 10.2Other rec. qual. 15 1.6 0.0 190 23.6 0.2 100 12.4 0.2 80 9.9 0.3 80 9.8 0.4 60 7.7 0.4 280 35.0 0.4No rec. qualification 1190 9.1 4.2 1100 8.4 1.2 1215 9.3 2.6 1145 8.8 4.1 1010 7.7 4.7 980 7.5 5.9 6445 49.2 9.8

Other: vocational 14935 20.1 52.7 12830 17.3 13.9 8365 11.3 17.8 6330 8.5 22.5 5240 7.1 24.4 4495 6.1 26.8 22055 29.7 33.4Other rec. qual. 205 1.4 0.7 2905 20.4 3.2 2460 17.3 5.2 1640 11.5 5.8 1275 9.0 5.9 1005 7.1 6.0 4735 33.3 7.2No rec. qualification 14735 24.5 52.0 9925 16.5 10.8 5905 9.8 12.5 4690 7.8 16.7 3965 6.6 18.5 3490 5.8 20.8 17320 28.9 26.3

Other FE students 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0All FE students 28320 11.3 99.9 73160 29.1 79.5 34620 13.8 73.5 22535 9.0 80.0 17730 7.1 82.7 14405 5.7 85.9 60375 24.0 91.5All students 28355 9.5 100 92055 30.7 100 47110 15.7 100 28155 9.4 100 21440 7.2 100 16765 5.6 100 65950 22.0 100

* within a level, the percentage of students in an age group (compare horizontally)^ within an age group, the percentage of students in a level (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age or level is unknown. HE and FE totals are a sum of the individual SCQF level totals stated above in bold. SCQF levels not


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Level of study


SCQF 11–12 0 0.0 0.0 0 3.7 0.0 0 3.7 0.0 5 11.1 0.0 5 14.8 0.0 5 14.8 0.0 15 51.9 0.0SCQF 9–10 0 0.0 0.0 230 20.1 0.2 470 41.5 1.0 160 13.9 0.6 85 7.6 0.4 50 4.5 0.3 140 12.4 0.2SCQF 8 0 0.0 0.0 9435 44.6 10.2 5875 27.8 12.5 2205 10.4 7.8 1275 6.0 5.9 785 3.7 4.7 1570 7.4 2.4










* within a level, the percentage of students in an age group (compare horizontally)^ within an age group, the percentage of students in a level (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age or level is unknown. HE and FE totals are a sum of the individual SCQF level totals stated above in bold. SCQF levels not


40

1 Age

30–34

40 and over

35–39

25–29

20–24

Other:vocational

52.7

SCQF 427.5

SCQF 6-7 20.5 SCQF 5

15.9

SCQF 7 (HE) 0.1SCQF 6-7 2.7

SCQF 5 10.1

Under 16

SCQF 425.0

SCQF 9-10 0.2SCQF 8 10.2

SCQF 7 10.0Professional

body 0.1

Other: non-vocational 4.2SCQF 3 2.7Other: non-voc. 1.4SCQF 3 2.7 Other: v.

13.9

Other: non-vocational 10.2SCQF 3 3.8

Other: vocational

33.4

SCQF 431.5

SCQF 9-10 0.2SCQF 8 2.4SCQF 7 5.6

Professional body 0.2SCQF 6-7 5.9

SCQF 5 6.7

Other: vocational

26.8

SCQF 429.7

SCQF 9-10 0.3SCQF 8 4.7SCQF 7 8.6


SCQF 6-7 9.6

SCQF 5 8.8

Other: voc.24.4

SCQF 428.0

SCQF 9-10 0.4SCQF 8 5.9


body 0.5SCQF 6-7 10.9

SCQF 5 10.1



Other: voc. 22.5

SCQF 426.1

SCQF 9-10 0.6SCQF 8 7.8

SCQF 7 11.0


SCQF 6-7 12.7

SCQF 5 10.8


Other: v.17.8

SCQF 423.8

SCQF 5 11.1

SCQF 9-10 1.0SCQF 8 12.5

SCQF 7 12.8


Other: non-voc. 2.8SCQF 3 2.1

16–19

Students in age groups by SCQF level

Students in SCQF levels by age

* values less than 5.0 are not displayed.. percentages based on totals of 22.5 or less are not shown

* 11.120.1 41.5 13.944.6 27.8 10.435.6 23.4 12.110.8 16.8 22.9.. 48.8 19.5 9.38.4 43.2 15.5 9.09.6 28.4 13.8 9.18.2 26.7 10.3 10.68.7 9.3 9.4 8.820.1 17.3 11.3 8.5..

51.912.4

7.414.421.9

..10.113.125.626.248.429.7

..

14.8 14.8 7.6 6.0 8.7 5.6 16.0 11.6

6.1 6.4 7.4 6.1 9.4 8.6 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.1

<16 16–19 20–25 26–29 35–3930–34 ≥40

SCQF 11-12SCQF 9-10SCQF 8SCQF 7Professional bodyOther HE studentsSCQF 6-7SCQF 5SCQF 4SCQF 3Other, non-vocationalOther, vocationalOther FE students

FE

HE

41

Level of study

30–34

40 and over

35–39

25–29

20–24

Other:vocational

52.7

SCQF 427.5

SCQF 6-7 20.5 SCQF 5

15.9

SCQF 7 (HE) 0.1SCQF 6-7 2.7

SCQF 5 10.1

Under 16

SCQF 425.0

SCQF 9-10 0.2SCQF 8 10.2


body 0.1

Other: non-vocational 4.2SCQF 3 2.7Other: non-voc. 1.4SCQF 3 2.7 Other: v.

13.9


Other: vocational

33.4

SCQF 431.5

SCQF 9-10 0.2SCQF 8 2.4SCQF 7 5.6


SCQF 5 6.7

Other: vocational

26.8

SCQF 429.7

SCQF 9-10 0.3SCQF 8 4.7SCQF 7 8.6


SCQF 6-7 9.6

SCQF 5 8.8

Other: voc.24.4

SCQF 428.0

SCQF 9-10 0.4SCQF 8 5.9


body 0.5SCQF 6-7 10.9

SCQF 5 10.1



Other: voc. 22.5

SCQF 426.1

SCQF 9-10 0.6SCQF 8 7.8

SCQF 7 11.0


SCQF 6-7 12.7

SCQF 5 10.8


Other: v.17.8

SCQF 423.8

SCQF 5 11.1

SCQF 9-10 1.0SCQF 8 12.5

SCQF 7 12.8


Other: non-voc. 2.8SCQF 3 2.1

16–19

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1.3 HE students by subject area and ageSubject areas: HE

At HE level, SET subjects were more popular among younger students than among older students (35.2% of students aged 16–24 studied SET subjects, compared with 21.3% of students aged 40 and over).

Overall, the most popular subject was business and administrative studies, which was studied by 20.7% of HE students aged 16–19 and 22.8% of HE students aged 20–24.

For HE students aged 16–19, the most popular non-SET subject was creative arts and design (22.0%) and the most popular SET subject was engineering and technology (17.4%).

Among HE students aged 40 and over, the most popular subject was social studies (30.3%).

HE students in SET subject areas by age

Medicine and dentistrySubjects allied to medicine Biological sciencesAgriculturePhysical sciencesMathematical, computing scienceEngineering, technologyArchitecture, building, planning

SET

18.021.5

*12.8

6.4

8.2

11.9 5.310.0 8.6

6.4 5.1 8.1 7.4 6.4

24.2 26.6 13.124.5 21.1 14.355.7 24.9 8.037.2 29.6 11.248.7 30.8 10.341.1 27.2 12.240.3 31.6 12.641.5 29.9 9.5

<16 16–19 20–25 26–29 35–3930–34 ≥40



Medicine and dentistry 0 0.8 5.9 60 24.2 0.3 65 26.6 0.5 30 13.1 0.6 30 11.9 0.8 15 5.3 0.5 45 18.0 0.8Allied to medicine 0 0.0 0.0 425 24.5 2.3 365 21.1 2.9 250 14.3 4.4 175 10.0 4.7 150 8.6 6.3 375 21.5 6.7Biological sciences 0 0.0 0.0 420 55.7 2.2 185 24.9 1.5 60 8.0 1.1 35 4.8 1.0 25 3.6 1.1 25 3.1 0.4Agriculture 0 0.0 0.0 95 37.2 0.5 75 29.6 0.6 30 11.2 0.5 15 6.4 0.4 5 2.8 0.3 30 12.8 0.6Physical sciences 0 0.0 0.0 40 48.7 0.2 25 30.8 0.2 10 10.3 0.1 5 5.1 0.1 0 2.6 0.1 0 2.6 0.0Maths, computing 5 0.1 14.7 1480 41.1 7.8 980 27.2 7.8 440 12.2 7.8 290 8.1 7.8 175 4.9 7.4 230 6.4 4.1Engineering and tech. 10 0.1 29.4 3280 40.3 17.4 2570 31.6 20.6 1025 12.6 18.2 605 7.4 16.3 280 3.5 11.9 365 4.5 6.6Architecture, building, planning

0 0.0 0.0 575 41.5 3.0 415 29.9 3.3 130 9.5 2.3 90 6.4 2.4 60 4.4 2.6 115 8.2 2.0

SET total 15 0.1 50.0 6370 39.3 33.7 4680 28.9 37.5 1970 12.2 35.1 1245 7.7 33.5 720 4.4 30.4 1185 7.3 21.3Social studies 0 0.0 5.9 2150 30.0 11.4 1330 18.5 10.6 860 12.0 15.3 640 8.9 17.2 515 7.1 21.7 1690 23.5 30.3Business, admin studies 0 0.0 5.9 3920 33.5 20.7 2850 24.4 22.8 1610 13.8 28.7 1090 9.3 29.4 725 6.2 30.6 1500 12.8 26.9Mass comms, documentation

5 0.4 11.8 550 57.5 2.9 275 29.0 2.2 65 7.0 1.2 25 2.5 0.6 10 1.3 0.5 20 2.3 0.4

Languages 0 0.0 0.0 280 50.6 1.5 180 32.7 1.4 35 6.7 0.7 15 2.5 0.4 10 1.6 0.4 30 5.8 0.6Creative arts and design 10 0.1 26.5 4160 46.2 22.0 2575 28.6 20.6 870 9.7 15.5 525 5.8 14.2 265 2.9 11.1 610 6.7 10.9Education 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.3 0.0 15 1.8 0.1 45 6.1 0.8 105 14.7 2.8 95 13.8 4.1 445 63.3 8.0Combined 0 0.0 0.0 1465 61.2 7.8 580 24.2 4.7 160 6.6 2.8 70 2.9 1.9 30 1.2 1.2 95 3.9 1.7Non-SET total 15 0.1 50.0 12530 38.5 66.3 7805 24.0 62.5 3650 11.2 64.9 2465 7.6 66.5 1645 5.1 69.6 4390 13.5 78.7All HE students 35 0.1 100 18900 38.8 100 12490 25.6 100 5620 11.5 100 3710 7.6 100 2365 4.9 100 5575 11.5 100

* within a subject area, the percentage of students in an age group (compare horizontally)^ within an age group, the percentage of students in a subject area (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age or subject is

unknown.

43

Subject areas: HE

HE students in non-SET subject areas by age

30.0 18.5 12.033.5 24.4 13.857.5 29.0 7.050.6 32.7 6.746.2 28.6 9.7 6.161.2 24.2 6.6

23.512.8

*5.86.7

63.3

8.9 7.1 9.3 6.2

5.8 14.7 13.8

<16 16–19 20–25 26–29 35–3930–34 ≥40

Social studiesBusiness, administrative studiesMass comms, documentationLanguagesCreative arts and designEducationCombined

non-SET




0 0.0 0.0 575 41.5 3.0 415 29.9 3.3 130 9.5 2.3 90 6.4 2.4 60 4.4 2.6 115 8.2 2.0


5 0.4 11.8 550 57.5 2.9 275 29.0 2.2 65 7.0 1.2 25 2.5 0.6 10 1.3 0.5 20 2.3 0.4



unknown.

44

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1.4 FE students by subject area and ageSubject areas: FE

Care was the most commonly studied subject for students in all age groups except those aged under 16, for whom engineering (17.1%) and special programmes (15.5%) were more popular.

Computing and ICT was studied by 11.5% of students aged under 16 and 17.6% of students aged 40 and over, compared with 5.2% of students aged 16–19 and 6.3% of students 20–24.

1.3% of students aged under 16 and 1.6% of those aged 16–19 studied languages and ESOL, compared with 12.2% of those aged 25–29.

FE students in subject areas by age


Art and design 325 3.2 1.2 2655 26.4 3.6 1005 10.0 2.9 745 7.4 3.3 605 6.0 3.4 565 5.6 3.9 4140 41.2 6.9Business … admin. 270 2.7 0.9 3080 30.5 4.2 1580 15.6 4.6 1130 11.2 5.0 945 9.4 5.3 700 6.9 4.9 2385 23.7 4.0Care 2200 4.9 7.8 11160 24.9 15.3 6000 13.4 17.3 4580 10.2 20.3 3840 8.6 21.6 3185 7.1 22.1 13830 30.9 22.9Computing and ICT 3250 12.9 11.5 3805 15.1 5.2 2180 8.7 6.3 1805 7.2 8.0 1800 7.2 10.1 1715 6.8 11.9 10610 42.2 17.6Construction 2485 17.1 8.8 6995 48.1 9.6 2190 15.0 6.3 800 5.5 3.6 470 3.2 2.7 370 2.5 2.6 1240 8.5 2.1Education and training 435 8.1 1.5 2055 38.1 2.8 740 13.7 2.1 415 7.7 1.8 415 7.7 2.3 305 5.7 2.1 1030 19.1 1.7Engineering 4835 17.8 17.1 10640 39.1 14.5 4670 17.2 13.5 1855 6.8 8.2 1270 4.7 7.2 855 3.1 5.9 3075 11.3 5.1Hairdressing, beauty… 2215 16.0 7.8 5240 37.8 7.2 2525 18.2 7.3 1505 10.9 6.7 950 6.9 5.4 500 3.6 3.5 920 6.6 1.5Hospitality, tourism 1925 11.0 6.8 4430 25.2 6.1 2225 12.7 6.4 1465 8.3 6.5 1205 6.9 6.8 1070 6.1 7.4 5245 29.9 8.7Land-based industries 940 12.4 3.3 2300 30.3 3.1 1045 13.7 3.0 575 7.5 2.5 495 6.5 2.8 405 5.3 2.8 1845 24.2 3.1Languages, ESOL 360 2.3 1.3 1165 7.6 1.6 1655 10.8 4.8 2760 17.9 12.2 2370 15.4 13.4 1935 12.6 13.4 5155 33.5 8.5Media 310 8.8 1.1 1240 35.2 1.7 655 18.6 1.9 360 10.2 1.6 255 7.2 1.4 180 5.1 1.2 525 14.9 0.9Nautical studies 205 5.5 0.7 740 19.8 1.0 1070 28.6 3.1 565 15.1 2.5 280 7.5 1.6 175 4.6 1.2 705 18.8 1.2Performing arts 1365 31.1 4.8 1590 36.3 2.2 340 7.7 1.0 115 2.6 0.5 100 2.3 0.6 75 1.8 0.5 800 18.2 1.3Science 1400 14.1 4.9 2940 29.6 4.0 1565 15.8 4.5 1060 10.7 4.7 675 6.8 3.8 525 5.3 3.6 1760 17.7 2.9Social subjects 170 4.2 0.6 1915 47.8 2.6 775 19.4 2.2 345 8.6 1.5 235 5.9 1.3 175 4.4 1.2 385 9.6 0.6Sport, leisure 1245 17.4 4.4 2910 40.7 4.0 900 12.6 2.6 515 7.2 2.3 325 4.5 1.8 245 3.4 1.7 1010 14.1 1.7Special programmes 4390 16.4 15.5 8290 31.0 11.3 3505 13.1 10.1 1935 7.2 8.6 1495 5.6 8.4 1425 5.3 9.9 5725 21.4 9.5All FE students 28320 11.3 100 73160 29.1 100 34620 13.8 100 22535 9.0 100 17730 7.1 100 14405 5.7 100 60375 24.0 100


unknown.

* 26.4 10.0 7.4 30.5 15.6 11.2 24.9 13.4 10.212.9 15.1 8.7 7.217.1 48.1 15.0 5.58.1 38.1 13.7 7.717.8 39.1 17.2 6.816.0 37.8 18.2 10.911.0 25.2 12.7 8.3

Art and designBusiness, management, adminCareComputing and ICTConstructionEducation and trainingEngineeringHairdressing, beauty, therapiesHospitality, tourism

41.223.730.942.2

8.519.111.3

6.629.9

6.0 5.6 9.4 6.9 8.6 7.17.2 6.8

7.7 5.7

6.9 6.9 6.1

<16 16–19 20–25 26–29 35–3930–34 ≥40


45

Subject areas: FE

12.4 30.3 13.7 7.5 7.6 10.8 17.98.8 35.2 18.6 10.25.5 19.8 28.6 15.131.1 36.3 7.714.1 29.6 15.8 10.7 47.8 19.4 8.617.4 40.7 12.6 7.216.4 31.0 13.1 7.2

Land-based industriesLanguages, ESOLMediaNautical studiesPerforming artsScienceSocial subjectsSport, leisureSpecial programmes

24.233.514.918.818.217.7

9.614.121.4

6.5 5.315.4 12.6 7.2 5.1 7.5 *

6.8 5.3 5.9

5.6 5.3

<16 16–19 20–25 26–29 35–3930–34 ≥40



Art and design 325 3.2 1.2 2655 26.4 3.6 1005 10.0 2.9 745 7.4 3.3 605 6.0 3.4 565 5.6 3.9 4140 41.2 6.9Business … admin. 270 2.7 0.9 3080 30.5 4.2 1580 15.6 4.6 1130 11.2 5.0 945 9.4 5.3 700 6.9 4.9 2385 23.7 4.0Care 2200 4.9 7.8 11160 24.9 15.3 6000 13.4 17.3 4580 10.2 20.3 3840 8.6 21.6 3185 7.1 22.1 13830 30.9 22.9Computing and ICT 3250 12.9 11.5 3805 15.1 5.2 2180 8.7 6.3 1805 7.2 8.0 1800 7.2 10.1 1715 6.8 11.9 10610 42.2 17.6Construction 2485 17.1 8.8 6995 48.1 9.6 2190 15.0 6.3 800 5.5 3.6 470 3.2 2.7 370 2.5 2.6 1240 8.5 2.1Education and training 435 8.1 1.5 2055 38.1 2.8 740 13.7 2.1 415 7.7 1.8 415 7.7 2.3 305 5.7 2.1 1030 19.1 1.7Engineering 4835 17.8 17.1 10640 39.1 14.5 4670 17.2 13.5 1855 6.8 8.2 1270 4.7 7.2 855 3.1 5.9 3075 11.3 5.1Hairdressing, beauty… 2215 16.0 7.8 5240 37.8 7.2 2525 18.2 7.3 1505 10.9 6.7 950 6.9 5.4 500 3.6 3.5 920 6.6 1.5Hospitality, tourism 1925 11.0 6.8 4430 25.2 6.1 2225 12.7 6.4 1465 8.3 6.5 1205 6.9 6.8 1070 6.1 7.4 5245 29.9 8.7Land-based industries 940 12.4 3.3 2300 30.3 3.1 1045 13.7 3.0 575 7.5 2.5 495 6.5 2.8 405 5.3 2.8 1845 24.2 3.1Languages, ESOL 360 2.3 1.3 1165 7.6 1.6 1655 10.8 4.8 2760 17.9 12.2 2370 15.4 13.4 1935 12.6 13.4 5155 33.5 8.5Media 310 8.8 1.1 1240 35.2 1.7 655 18.6 1.9 360 10.2 1.6 255 7.2 1.4 180 5.1 1.2 525 14.9 0.9Nautical studies 205 5.5 0.7 740 19.8 1.0 1070 28.6 3.1 565 15.1 2.5 280 7.5 1.6 175 4.6 1.2 705 18.8 1.2Performing arts 1365 31.1 4.8 1590 36.3 2.2 340 7.7 1.0 115 2.6 0.5 100 2.3 0.6 75 1.8 0.5 800 18.2 1.3Science 1400 14.1 4.9 2940 29.6 4.0 1565 15.8 4.5 1060 10.7 4.7 675 6.8 3.8 525 5.3 3.6 1760 17.7 2.9Social subjects 170 4.2 0.6 1915 47.8 2.6 775 19.4 2.2 345 8.6 1.5 235 5.9 1.3 175 4.4 1.2 385 9.6 0.6Sport, leisure 1245 17.4 4.4 2910 40.7 4.0 900 12.6 2.6 515 7.2 2.3 325 4.5 1.8 245 3.4 1.7 1010 14.1 1.7Special programmes 4390 16.4 15.5 8290 31.0 11.3 3505 13.1 10.1 1935 7.2 8.6 1495 5.6 8.4 1425 5.3 9.9 5725 21.4 9.5All FE students 28320 11.3 100 73160 29.1 100 34620 13.8 100 22535 9.0 100 17730 7.1 100 14405 5.7 100 60375 24.0 100


unknown.

46

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1.5 All by FE/HE level, mode of study and ageMode of study

Among all students, a higher proportion of students aged 16–19 studied full-time than part-time (47.4% compared with 45.5%), whereas this is reversed among all other age groups.

At HE level, 26.1% of students aged 40 and over studied full-time, compared with 83.3% of students aged 16–19.

For HE students aged 16 and over, part-time study and self study and distance learning become increasingly common as age increases. 55.5% of students aged 40 and over studied part-time, and 18.4% through self study and distance learning, compared with 15.1% and 1.6% respectively of those aged 16–19.

The same trend can be observed at FE level. 53.3% of students aged 16–19 studied part-time compared with 76.6% of those aged 40 and over.


HE studentsFull-time 0 0.0 2.9 15745 49.5 83.3 8640 27.1 69.2 3205 10.1 57.0 1805 5.7 48.7 975 3.1 41.2 1455 4.6 26.1Part-time 25 0.2 79.4 2855 20.5 15.1 3455 24.8 27.6 1960 14.1 34.8 1480 10.6 39.8 1055 7.6 44.6 3095 22.2 55.5Self study/distance 5 0.2 17.6 300 10.1 1.6 395 13.4 3.2 460 15.6 8.2 425 14.5 11.5 335 11.4 14.2 1025 34.8 18.4All HE students 35 0.1 100 18900 38.8 100 12490 25.6 100 5620 11.5 100 3710 7.6 100 2365 4.9 100 5575 11.5 100FE studentsFull-time 1730 3.6 6.1 27855 57.6 38.1 8715 18.0 25.2 4120 8.5 18.3 2440 5.1 13.8 1440 3.0 10.0 2030 4.2 3.4Part-time 22825 13.7 80.6 39005 23.4 53.3 21365 12.8 61.7 14730 8.9 65.4 12060 7.3 68.0 10125 6.1 70.3 46240 27.8 76.6Self study/distance 3770 10.3 13.3 6300 17.3 8.6 4545 12.5 13.1 3685 10.1 16.3 3225 8.8 18.2 2840 7.8 19.7 12100 33.2 20.0All FE students 28320 11.3 100 73160 29.1 100 34620 13.8 100 22535 9.0 100 17730 7.1 100 14405 5.7 100 60375 24.0 100All studentsFull-time 1730 2.2 6.1 43600 54.4 47.4 17355 21.6 36.8 7320 9.1 26.0 4250 5.3 19.8 2415 3.0 14.4 3490 4.4 5.3Part-time 22855 12.7 80.6 41855 23.2 45.5 24815 13.8 52.7 16690 9.3 59.3 13540 7.5 63.2 11180 6.2 66.7 49335 27.4 74.8Self study/distance 3775 9.6 13.3 6600 16.7 7.2 4940 12.5 10.5 4145 10.5 14.7 3650 9.3 17.0 3175 8.1 18.9 13125 33.3 19.9All students 28355 9.5 100 92055 30.7 100 47110 15.7 100 28155 9.4 100 21440 7.2 100 16765 5.6 100 65950 22.0 100

* within a mode of study and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in an age group (compare horizontally)

^ within an age group and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in a mode of study (compare vertically)

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age or mode is unknown.

47

Mode of study



* within a mode of study and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in an age group (compare horizontally)

^ within an age group and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in a mode of study (compare vertically)

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age or mode is unknown.

48

1 Age

HE students

1.6 3.22.9

15.117.6

83.379.4

27.6

69.2 34.8 57.039.8

48.7

11.5 18.414.28.2

44.6

41.2

55.5

26.1

FE students

3.4

5.3

6.1

6.1

80.6

13.3

53.3

38.1

8.6

61.7

25.213.1

65.4

18.316.3

68.0

13.818.2

70.3

10.019.7

76.6

20.0

80.6

13.3

45.5 47.4

7.2

52.7

36.8

10.5

59.3

26.014.7

63.2

19.817.0

66.7

14.418.9

74.8

19.9

All students

16–19Under 16 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40 and over

Full-timePart-timeSelf study/distance learning

Students in age groups and FE/HE level by mode of study

49

Mode of study

HE students

1.6 3.22.9

15.117.6

83.379.4

27.6

69.2 34.8 57.039.8

48.7

11.5 18.414.28.2

44.6

41.2

55.5

26.1

FE students

3.4

5.3

6.1

6.1

80.6

13.3

53.3

38.1

8.6

61.7

25.213.1

65.4

18.316.3

68.0

13.818.2

70.3

10.019.7

76.6

20.0

80.6

13.3

45.5 47.4

7.2

52.7

36.8

10.5

59.3

26.014.7

63.2

19.817.0

66.7

14.418.9

74.8

19.9

All students

16–19Under 16 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40 and over


50

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HE students aged 16–19 had a higher rate of further withdrawal (9.7%) than HE students in any other age group. However, students in this age group had a successful completion rate of 73.5%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from 2012/13 levels.

In all age groups except those aged 35–39, rates of successful completion increased slightly in 2013/14 from 2012/13 levels.

Across all age groups, students in SIMD Q5 had higher rates of early withdrawal and lower rates of successful completion than those in SIMD Q1–4. The difference in the rate of early withdrawal was largest among students aged 25–29: 7.0% of students in SIMD Q5 withdrew early compared with 4.7% of students in SIMD Q1–4.

Students aged 16–19 in SIMD Q5 had a successful completion rate of 69.5%, compared with 74.4% in SIMD Q1–4.

1.6 All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and age


All HE students

EW 0 0.0 2.9 700 34.3 3.6 530 25.9 4.2 285 14.0 5.3 165 8.2 4.8 125 6.2 5.8 235 11.4 4.9FW 5 0.1 8.8 1860 41.6 9.7 1155 25.8 9.2 520 11.6 9.6 310 7.0 8.9 200 4.5 9.3 420 9.4 8.8C 30 0.1 88.2 16640 40.6 86.7 10800 26.3 86.5 4615 11.2 85.1 3020 7.4 86.3 1840 4.5 84.9 4090 10.0 86.3PC 5 0.1 11.8 2525 41.2 13.2 1645 26.9 13.2 680 11.1 12.5 455 7.4 13.0 265 4.4 12.3 555 9.0 11.7SC 25 0.1 76.5 14115 40.4 73.5 9155 26.2 73.3 3935 11.3 72.6 2565 7.4 73.4 1575 4.5 72.6 3535 10.1 74.6All 35 0.1 100 19200 40.4 100 12485 26.3 100 5420 11.4 100 3500 7.4 100 2170 4.6 100 4740 10.0 100

SIMD Q5

EW 0 0.0 .. 150 25.7 4.0 160 27.6 5.2 110 19.0 7.0 60 10.4 5.9 40 6.8 6.5 60 10.5 6.0FW 0 0.0 .. 410 34.0 11.0 355 29.4 11.3 165 13.5 10.2 100 8.3 9.7 70 5.8 11.3 110 9.0 10.5C 5 0.1 .. 3180 33.9 85.0 2625 27.9 83.5 1330 14.1 82.8 875 9.3 84.4 505 5.4 82.2 870 9.3 83.6PC 0 0.1 .. 580 35.1 15.4 485 29.3 15.4 220 13.2 13.6 140 8.6 13.7 80 4.8 12.8 145 8.9 14.1SC 5 0.1 .. 2600 33.6 69.5 2140 27.7 68.1 1110 14.3 69.2 735 9.5 70.7 430 5.5 69.4 725 9.3 69.5All 5 0.0 .. 3740 33.4 100 3140 28.1 100 1605 14.3 100 1040 9.3 100 615 5.5 100 1040 9.3 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 0 0.1 3.4 545 37.8 3.6 365 25.2 4.0 175 12.0 4.7 105 7.2 4.5 85 5.9 5.7 170 11.9 4.7FW 5 0.1 10.3 1445 44.8 9.4 780 24.3 8.7 350 10.9 9.6 205 6.4 8.8 130 4.1 8.8 305 9.4 8.4C 25 0.1 86.2 13300 43.3 87.0 7850 25.6 87.3 3120 10.2 85.6 2025 6.6 86.7 1270 4.1 85.5 3140 10.2 86.9PC 5 0.1 10.3 1930 44.4 12.6 1135 26.2 12.6 435 10.0 11.9 280 6.4 12.0 170 3.9 11.3 390 9.0 10.8SC 20 0.1 75.9 11370 43.1 74.4 6715 25.5 74.7 2685 10.2 73.7 1745 6.6 74.8 1100 4.2 74.1 2750 10.4 76.1All 30 0.1 100 15290 43.2 100 8995 25.4 100 3645 10.3 100 2335 6.6 100 1485 4.2 100 3615 10.2 100

SIMD unknown 0 170 345 175 125 65 85* within a retention/completion outcome and deprivation group, the percentage of students in an

age group (compare horizontally)^ within an age group and deprivation group, the percentage of students in a retention/completion

outcome (compare vertically) Percentages for the top six rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose age

or retention/completion outcome is unknown. Percentages for the remaining rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

age, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers HE students whose retention/completion outcome is known

but their SIMD is unknown.

EW early withdrawalFW further withdrawalC completionPC partial completionSC successful completion

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All HE students by retention, completion outcome and age

HE students under 16HE students 16–19HE students 20–24HE students 25–29HE students 30–34HE students 35–39HE students 40 and over

76.573.573.372.673.472.674.6

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion


* 8.8 9.7 9.25.3 9.6 8.95.8 9.3 8.8

11.8 13.2 13.2 12.5 13.0 12.3 11.7



All HE students

EW 0 0.0 2.9 700 34.3 3.6 530 25.9 4.2 285 14.0 5.3 165 8.2 4.8 125 6.2 5.8 235 11.4 4.9FW 5 0.1 8.8 1860 41.6 9.7 1155 25.8 9.2 520 11.6 9.6 310 7.0 8.9 200 4.5 9.3 420 9.4 8.8C 30 0.1 88.2 16640 40.6 86.7 10800 26.3 86.5 4615 11.2 85.1 3020 7.4 86.3 1840 4.5 84.9 4090 10.0 86.3PC 5 0.1 11.8 2525 41.2 13.2 1645 26.9 13.2 680 11.1 12.5 455 7.4 13.0 265 4.4 12.3 555 9.0 11.7SC 25 0.1 76.5 14115 40.4 73.5 9155 26.2 73.3 3935 11.3 72.6 2565 7.4 73.4 1575 4.5 72.6 3535 10.1 74.6All 35 0.1 100 19200 40.4 100 12485 26.3 100 5420 11.4 100 3500 7.4 100 2170 4.6 100 4740 10.0 100

SIMD Q5

EW 0 0.0 .. 150 25.7 4.0 160 27.6 5.2 110 19.0 7.0 60 10.4 5.9 40 6.8 6.5 60 10.5 6.0FW 0 0.0 .. 410 34.0 11.0 355 29.4 11.3 165 13.5 10.2 100 8.3 9.7 70 5.8 11.3 110 9.0 10.5C 5 0.1 .. 3180 33.9 85.0 2625 27.9 83.5 1330 14.1 82.8 875 9.3 84.4 505 5.4 82.2 870 9.3 83.6PC 0 0.1 .. 580 35.1 15.4 485 29.3 15.4 220 13.2 13.6 140 8.6 13.7 80 4.8 12.8 145 8.9 14.1SC 5 0.1 .. 2600 33.6 69.5 2140 27.7 68.1 1110 14.3 69.2 735 9.5 70.7 430 5.5 69.4 725 9.3 69.5All 5 0.0 .. 3740 33.4 100 3140 28.1 100 1605 14.3 100 1040 9.3 100 615 5.5 100 1040 9.3 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 0 0.1 3.4 545 37.8 3.6 365 25.2 4.0 175 12.0 4.7 105 7.2 4.5 85 5.9 5.7 170 11.9 4.7FW 5 0.1 10.3 1445 44.8 9.4 780 24.3 8.7 350 10.9 9.6 205 6.4 8.8 130 4.1 8.8 305 9.4 8.4C 25 0.1 86.2 13300 43.3 87.0 7850 25.6 87.3 3120 10.2 85.6 2025 6.6 86.7 1270 4.1 85.5 3140 10.2 86.9PC 5 0.1 10.3 1930 44.4 12.6 1135 26.2 12.6 435 10.0 11.9 280 6.4 12.0 170 3.9 11.3 390 9.0 10.8SC 20 0.1 75.9 11370 43.1 74.4 6715 25.5 74.7 2685 10.2 73.7 1745 6.6 74.8 1100 4.2 74.1 2750 10.4 76.1All 30 0.1 100 15290 43.2 100 8995 25.4 100 3645 10.3 100 2335 6.6 100 1485 4.2 100 3615 10.2 100





age, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers HE students whose retention/completion outcome is known



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1 Age

1.7 All FE students by deprivation group, retention, completion outcome and age


All FE students

EW 770 8.9 3.0 3400 39.3 4.9 1525 17.6 5.0 865 10.0 4.4 605 7.0 4.1 415 4.8 3.5 1070 12.4 2.2FW 1380 9.2 5.3 6915 45.9 10.0 2355 15.7 7.7 1320 8.8 6.8 850 5.6 5.7 600 4.0 5.1 1630 10.8 3.4C 23700 12.1 91.7 58925 30.0 85.1 26860 13.7 87.4 17295 8.8 88.8 13485 6.9 90.3 10805 5.5 91.4 45090 23.0 94.3PC 2275 11.4 8.8 8095 40.4 11.7 2850 14.2 9.3 1560 7.8 8.0 1250 6.2 8.4 885 4.4 7.5 3145 15.7 6.6SC 21420 12.2 82.9 50830 28.9 73.4 24010 13.6 78.1 15740 8.9 80.8 12235 6.9 81.9 9915 5.6 83.9 41945 23.8 87.8All 25845 11.8 100 69235 31.5 100 30740 14.0 100 19480 8.9 100 14940 6.8 100 11820 5.4 100 47790 21.7 100

SIMD Q5

EW 340 9.8 4.6 1170 33.8 6.0 630 18.3 6.7 390 11.3 6.0 280 8.0 5.5 205 5.9 5.3 440 12.8 3.8FW 545 10.0 7.4 2255 41.4 11.6 885 16.2 9.4 560 10.3 8.6 355 6.5 7.0 260 4.8 6.8 595 10.9 5.1C 6475 11.9 88.0 16080 29.5 82.4 7875 14.5 83.9 5570 10.2 85.5 4420 8.1 87.5 3400 6.2 87.9 10640 19.5 91.1PC 875 12.8 11.9 2530 37.0 13.0 1005 14.7 10.7 615 9.0 9.5 480 7.0 9.5 310 4.5 8.0 1030 15.0 8.8SC 5600 11.8 76.1 13550 28.5 69.5 6870 14.4 73.2 4955 10.4 76.0 3940 8.3 78.0 3090 6.5 79.9 9610 20.2 82.3All 7355 11.6 100 19505 30.8 100 9390 14.8 100 6520 10.3 100 5055 8.0 100 3865 6.1 100 11675 18.4 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 430 8.3 2.3 2220 43.0 4.5 885 17.2 4.3 470 9.1 3.8 325 6.3 3.4 210 4.1 2.8 630 12.2 1.8FW 835 8.8 4.5 4635 48.7 9.5 1455 15.3 7.1 755 7.9 6.1 485 5.1 5.1 330 3.5 4.3 1025 10.8 2.9C 17145 12.4 93.1 42175 30.5 86.0 18220 13.2 88.6 11165 8.1 90.1 8705 6.3 91.5 7115 5.2 92.9 33555 24.3 95.3PC 1395 10.7 7.6 5520 42.1 11.3 1830 13.9 8.9 930 7.1 7.5 760 5.8 8.0 575 4.4 7.5 2095 16.0 5.9SC 15750 12.6 85.6 36660 29.3 74.8 16390 13.1 79.7 10235 8.2 82.6 7945 6.4 83.5 6540 5.2 85.4 31460 25.2 89.3All 18410 12.0 100 49035 32.1 100 20560 13.5 100 12385 8.1 100 9515 6.2 100 7660 5.0 100 35215 23.0 100





age, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers FE students whose retention/completion outcome is known but

their SIMD is unknown.


At FE level, the highest rate of early withdrawal was among students aged 20–24 (5.0% of students this age). The highest rate of further withdrawal was among students aged 16–19 (10.0%).

Students aged 16–19 had the lowest completion (85.1%) and successful completion rates (73.4%). Students aged 20–24 also had a comparatively low successful completion rate (78.1%).

Across SIMD Q5 and Q1–4, students aged 16–19 had the highest rates of further withdrawal (11.6% and 9.5%), and lowest rates of completion (82.4% and 86%) and successful completion (69.5% and 74.8%).

The proportion of students aged under 16 in SIMD Q5 who successfully completed their course decreased from 77.3% in 2012/13 to 76.1% in 2013/14. This follows a large decrease of 5.9 percentage points from 2011/12 to 2012/13.

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All FE students by retention, completion outcome and age

FE students under 16FE students 16–19FE students 20–24FE students 25–29FE students 30–34FE students 35–39FE students 40 and over

5.3 10.05.0 7.7 6.8 5.7 5.1

8.8 11.7 9.3 8.0 8.4 7.56.6

82.973.478.180.881.983.987.8

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion




All FE students

EW 770 8.9 3.0 3400 39.3 4.9 1525 17.6 5.0 865 10.0 4.4 605 7.0 4.1 415 4.8 3.5 1070 12.4 2.2FW 1380 9.2 5.3 6915 45.9 10.0 2355 15.7 7.7 1320 8.8 6.8 850 5.6 5.7 600 4.0 5.1 1630 10.8 3.4C 23700 12.1 91.7 58925 30.0 85.1 26860 13.7 87.4 17295 8.8 88.8 13485 6.9 90.3 10805 5.5 91.4 45090 23.0 94.3PC 2275 11.4 8.8 8095 40.4 11.7 2850 14.2 9.3 1560 7.8 8.0 1250 6.2 8.4 885 4.4 7.5 3145 15.7 6.6SC 21420 12.2 82.9 50830 28.9 73.4 24010 13.6 78.1 15740 8.9 80.8 12235 6.9 81.9 9915 5.6 83.9 41945 23.8 87.8All 25845 11.8 100 69235 31.5 100 30740 14.0 100 19480 8.9 100 14940 6.8 100 11820 5.4 100 47790 21.7 100

SIMD Q5

EW 340 9.8 4.6 1170 33.8 6.0 630 18.3 6.7 390 11.3 6.0 280 8.0 5.5 205 5.9 5.3 440 12.8 3.8FW 545 10.0 7.4 2255 41.4 11.6 885 16.2 9.4 560 10.3 8.6 355 6.5 7.0 260 4.8 6.8 595 10.9 5.1C 6475 11.9 88.0 16080 29.5 82.4 7875 14.5 83.9 5570 10.2 85.5 4420 8.1 87.5 3400 6.2 87.9 10640 19.5 91.1PC 875 12.8 11.9 2530 37.0 13.0 1005 14.7 10.7 615 9.0 9.5 480 7.0 9.5 310 4.5 8.0 1030 15.0 8.8SC 5600 11.8 76.1 13550 28.5 69.5 6870 14.4 73.2 4955 10.4 76.0 3940 8.3 78.0 3090 6.5 79.9 9610 20.2 82.3All 7355 11.6 100 19505 30.8 100 9390 14.8 100 6520 10.3 100 5055 8.0 100 3865 6.1 100 11675 18.4 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 430 8.3 2.3 2220 43.0 4.5 885 17.2 4.3 470 9.1 3.8 325 6.3 3.4 210 4.1 2.8 630 12.2 1.8FW 835 8.8 4.5 4635 48.7 9.5 1455 15.3 7.1 755 7.9 6.1 485 5.1 5.1 330 3.5 4.3 1025 10.8 2.9C 17145 12.4 93.1 42175 30.5 86.0 18220 13.2 88.6 11165 8.1 90.1 8705 6.3 91.5 7115 5.2 92.9 33555 24.3 95.3PC 1395 10.7 7.6 5520 42.1 11.3 1830 13.9 8.9 930 7.1 7.5 760 5.8 8.0 575 4.4 7.5 2095 16.0 5.9SC 15750 12.6 85.6 36660 29.3 74.8 16390 13.1 79.7 10235 8.2 82.6 7945 6.4 83.5 6540 5.2 85.4 31460 25.2 89.3All 18410 12.0 100 49035 32.1 100 20560 13.5 100 12385 8.1 100 9515 6.2 100 7660 5.0 100 35215 23.0 100





age, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers FE students whose retention/completion outcome is known but



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1 Age

1.8 All students by region/provision and ageRegion

The region with the highest proportion of students aged under 16 was Tayside (19.4% of students in that region). In contrast, 4.9% of students studying in Forth Valley were aged under 16.

The region with the highest proportion of students aged 16–19 was Forth Valley (44.1%). The proportion of students aged 16-19 studying in the Highlands and Islands was relatively low (24.1%).

The region with the highest proportion of students aged 20–24 was Edinburgh and Lothians (19.1%).

61.0% of students studying in national provision and 32.4% in the Highlands and Islands were aged 40 and over, compared with 12.2% in Edinburgh and Lothians.



2720 11.4 9.6 7215 30.1 7.8 3590 15.0 7.6 2340 9.8 8.3 1740 7.3 8.1 1405 5.9 8.4 4925 20.6 7.5

Ayrshire 1070 7.0 3.8 6230 40.7 6.8 2810 18.4 6.0 1290 8.4 4.6 940 6.1 4.4 665 4.3 4.0 2310 15.1 3.5Borders 290 5.4 1.0 1595 29.9 1.7 740 13.9 1.6 485 9.1 1.7 380 7.1 1.8 315 5.9 1.9 1525 28.6 2.3Dumfries and Galloway 290 5.3 1.0 1590 28.8 1.7 785 14.2 1.7 485 8.8 1.7 395 7.1 1.8 375 6.8 2.2 1600 29.0 2.4Edinburgh and Lothians 1225 5.5 4.3 8250 37.3 9.0 4225 19.1 9.0 2680 12.1 9.5 1830 8.3 8.5 1195 5.4 7.1 2695 12.2 4.1Fife 3075 12.3 10.8 7500 30.0 8.1 3595 14.4 7.6 2070 8.3 7.3 1630 6.5 7.6 1290 5.2 7.7 5825 23.3 8.8Forth Valley 690 4.9 2.4 6170 44.1 6.7 2520 18.0 5.4 1135 8.1 4.0 820 5.8 3.8 630 4.5 3.8 2030 14.5 3.1Glasgow 4800 7.5 16.9 18680 29.4 20.3 11225 17.7 23.8 6910 10.9 24.5 5135 8.1 24.0 3900 6.1 23.3 12930 20.3 19.6Highlands and Islands 3595 11.2 12.7 7740 24.1 8.4 3705 11.6 7.9 2440 7.6 8.7 2215 6.9 10.3 1980 6.2 11.8 10400 32.4 15.8Lanarkshire 2325 7.5 8.2 10895 35.2 11.8 5575 18.0 11.8 2900 9.4 10.3 2015 6.5 9.4 1600 5.2 9.5 5660 18.3 8.6Tayside 3730 19.4 13.1 5095 26.6 5.5 2520 13.1 5.3 1560 8.1 5.5 1295 6.7 6.0 855 4.5 5.1 4130 21.5 6.3West 3380 11.2 11.9 7415 24.6 8.1 4150 13.8 8.8 2750 9.1 9.8 2225 7.4 10.4 1810 6.0 10.8 8445 28.0 12.8West Lothian 425 6.2 1.5 2075 30.1 2.3 975 14.1 2.1 730 10.6 2.6 495 7.2 2.3 450 6.5 2.7 1755 25.4 2.7Land based 710 14.8 2.5 1525 32.0 1.7 610 12.8 1.3 325 6.8 1.2 275 5.8 1.3 210 4.4 1.3 1125 23.5 1.7National provision 25 2.7 0.1 70 7.4 0.1 85 8.6 0.2 60 6.4 0.2 50 5.0 0.2 85 8.8 0.5 595 61.0 0.9Total 28355 9.5 100 92055 30.7 100 47110 15.7 100 28155 9.4 100 21440 7.2 100 16765 5.6 100 65950 22.0 100

* within a region/provision, the percentage of students in an age group (compare horizontally)^ within an age group, the percentage of students in a region/provision (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age or region is

unknown.

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Region

Students in regions/provisions by age


11.4 30.1 15.0 9.87.0 40.7 18.4 8.45.4 29.9 13.9 9.15.3 28.8 14.2 8.85.5 37.3 19.1 12.112.3 30.0 14.4 8.3* 44.1 18.0 8.17.5 29.4 17.7 10.911.2 24.1 11.6 7.67.5 35.2 18.0 9.419.4 26.6 13.1 8.111.2 24.6 13.8 9.16.2 30.1 14.1 10.614.8 32.0 12.8 6.8 7.4 8.6 6.4

Aberdeen and AberdeenshireAyrshireBordersDumfries and GallowayEdinburgh and LothiansFifeForth ValleyGlasgowHighlands and IslandsLanarkshireTaysideWestWest LothianLand basedNational provision

20.615.128.629.012.223.314.520.332.418.321.528.025.423.561.0

7.3 5.9 6.1 7.1 5.9 7.1 6.8 8.3 5.4 6.5 5.2 5.8 8.1 6.1 6.9 6.2 6.5 5.2 6.7 7.4 6.0 7.2 6.5 5.85.0 8.8

<16 16–19 20–25 26–29 35–3930–34 ≥40



2720 11.4 9.6 7215 30.1 7.8 3590 15.0 7.6 2340 9.8 8.3 1740 7.3 8.1 1405 5.9 8.4 4925 20.6 7.5


* within a region/provision, the percentage of students in an age group (compare horizontally)^ within an age group, the percentage of students in a region/provision (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose age or region is

unknown.

2 Disability

= 13.6% of students with a known disability status disclosed as disabled in 2013/14. The disability status of 8.4% of students was unknown.

= 27.4% of disabled students had an impairment other than those listed. This is an increase of 7.8 percentage points compared with 2012/13.

= 14.6% of FE students with a known disability status disclosed as disabled in 2013/14. The disability status of 9.8% of FE students was unknown, compared with 2.9% in 2011/12. Until 2013/14 there had been a steady increase in the proportion of FE students who disclosed as disabled. In 2013/14, the proportion of disabled FE students was 0.7 percentage points lower than in 2012/13 (15.3%).

= There has been a steady increase in the proportion of HE students who disclosed as disabled since 2006/07. The disability status was unknown for 1.4% of HE students. This is the lowest figure since the time series began in 2006/07.

= DSA status was unknown for more than two thirds of disabled HE students (68.2%). This proportion is higher than it was when the time series began in 2006/07 (when it was 62.1%), and 8.6 percentage points higher than in 2012/13.

= Among those with known DSA status, the proportion of disabled HE students who received DSA decreased from 20.5% in 2012/13 to 17.2% in 2013/14.

= Less than 10.0% of FE students studying nautical studies, languages, engineering and science disclosed as disabled (3.0%, 6.4%, 7.6% and 8.4% respectively).

= Only 2.9% of HE students studying education and 3.4% in languages disclosed as disabled.

= A higher proportion of disabled than non-disabled students studied full-time.

= At FE level, the proportion of non-disabled students who completed their course was 2.6 percentage points higher than that of disabled students (89.6% and 87.0% respectively). This gap has increased since 2012/13.

= At HE level, the proportion of non-disabled students who completed their course was 3.0 percentage points higher than that of disabled students (86.6% and 83.6% respectively). This gap has increased since 2012/13.

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2 Disability

2.1 Profile over time by disability status

Non-disabled Disabled UnknownNo. % No. % No. %

06/07 361475 88.3 48105 11.7 58575 12.507/08 378890 88.1 50975 11.9 59745 12.208/09 380345 87.7 53165 12.3 49960 10.309/10 347430 87.3 50750 12.7 40340 9.210/11 299580 86.4 47060 13.6 36360 9.511/12 249430 86.3 39550 13.7 8100 2.712/13 226930 85.8 37505 14.2 33155 11.113/14 237165 86.4 37480 13.6 25185 8.4

Percentages in the non-disabled and disabled columns are based on the total number of students minus those whose disability status is unknown. Percentages in the unknown column are based on the total number of students including those whose disability status is unknown.

Profile over time by disability status

Profile over time

13.6% of students with a known disability status disclosed as disabled in 2013/14. The disability status of 8.4% of students was unknown.

In 2013/14 the proportion of students with a known disability status who disclosed as disabled was lower than it was in 2012/13 (14.2%) and in 2011/12 (13.7%). This was the first year that the proportion of students who disclosed as disabled decreased since the time series began in 2006/07.

90

85

15

10

06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14

Non-disabled

Disabled

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Profile over time

2.2 2013/14 disabled students by impairment

No. %Blind/partially sighted 635 1.7Deaf/hearing impairment 1365 3.6Dyslexia 12125 32.4Mental health difficulties 5165 13.8Personal care support 0 0.0Wheelchair user/mobility difficulties 1320 3.5Other impairment 10285 27.4Other unseen impairment 3410 9.1Multiple impairments 3170 8.5Total 37480 100

Percentages are based on the total number of disabled students minus those whose impairment type is unknown.

2013/14 disabled students by impairment

Dyslexia 32.4

Other27.4

Unseen9.1

Mental health di�culties 13.8Wheelchair user/mobility di�culties 3.5

Blind/partially sighted 1.7Deaf/hearing impairment 3.6

Multiple8.5

Dyslexia was the most common impairment type disclosed among those who disclosed as disabled (32.4%).

27.4% of disabled students had an impairment other than those listed. This is an increase of 7.8 percentage points compared with 2012/13.

13.8% of disabled students had mental health difficulties, and 9.1% had another unseen impairment.

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2 Disability

2.4 HE student profile over time by disability status

2.3 FE student profile over time by disability status


06/07 42945 92.7 3385 7.3 3130 6.307/08 41435 92.2 3490 7.8 2845 6.008/09 43075 92.2 3650 7.8 1630 3.409/10 44595 92.2 3785 7.8 1420 2.910/11 45740 92.1 3945 7.9 1665 3.211/12 42695 91.3 4070 8.7 980 2.112/13 42220 91.0 4155 9.0 1415 3.013/14 43665 90.9 4345 9.1 680 1.4



06/07 318530 87.7 44720 12.3 55445 13.207/08 337455 87.7 47485 12.3 56900 12.908/09 337270 87.2 49515 12.8 48335 11.109/10 302835 86.6 46960 13.4 38920 10.010/11 253840 85.5 43115 14.5 34695 10.511/12 206740 85.4 35485 14.6 7120 2.912/13 184705 84.7 33345 15.3 31740 12.713/14 193495 85.4 33135 14.6 24505 9.8


14.6% of FE students with a known disability status disclosed as disabled in 2013/14. The disability status of 9.8% of FE students was unknown compared with 2.9% in 2011/12.

Until 2013/14 there had been a steady increase in the proportion of FE students who disclosed as disabled. In 2013/14, the proportion of disabled FE students was 0.7 percentage points lower than in 2012/13 (when it was 15.3%).

9.1% of HE students with a known disability status disclosed as disabled in 2013/14. The disability status was unknown for 1.4% of HE students. This is the lowest figure since the time series began in 2006/07.

There has been a steady increase in the proportion of HE students who disclosed as disabled since 2006/07.

At HE level, the proportion of students who disclosed as disabled was lower than at FE level. The proportion of students with an unknown disability status was also considerably lower (see table 2.3).

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Profile over time

2.5 Disabled HE student profile over time by DSA status

Disabled, receives DSA

Disabled, does not receive DSA

Disabled, DSA status unknown

No. % No. % No. %06/07 260 20.9 995 79.1 2060 62.107/08 225 21.2 845 78.8 2355 68.708/09 325 29.3 780 70.7 2435 68.809/10 235 23.8 750 76.2 2720 73.410/11 240 20.2 940 79.8 2700 69.611/12 290 24.1 910 75.9 2765 69.812/13 340 20.5 1305 79.5 2425 59.613/14 225 17.2 1085 82.8 2815 68.2

Percentages in the disabled: receives DSA and disabled: does not receive DSA columns are based on the total number of students minus those whose DSA status is unknown. Percentages in the disabled: DSA status unknown column are based on the total number of disabled students including those whose DSA status is unknown.

DSA status was unknown for 68.2% of disabled HE students, a higher proportion than when the time series began in 2006/07 (when it was 62.1%), and 8.6 percentage points higher than in 2012/13.

Among those with known DSA status, the proportion of disabled students who received DSA decreased from 20.5% in 2012/13 to 17.2% in 2013/14. This is the lowest it has been in the time series. The proportion of disabled students receiving DSA was at its peak in 2008/09 (29.3%).

Among those with known DSA status, the majority of disabled students did not receive DSA (82.8%).

Disabled HE student profile over time by DSA status

100

80

60

40

20

06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14

Does not receive DSA

Receive s DSA

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2 Disability

2.6 All by FE/HE level, SCQF level and disability status

Non-disabled DisabledNo. %* %^ No. %* %^

SCQF 11–12 5 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0SCQF 9–10 930 90.1 0.4 100 9.9 0.3SCQF 8 18855 90.1 7.9 2070 9.9 5.5

HND or equivalent 17085 89.7 7.2 1970 10.3 5.3SCQF 7 23320 91.6 9.8 2145 8.4 5.7

HNC or equivalent 15465 90.8 6.5 1570 9.2 4.2Professional body 555 95.4 0.2 25 4.6 0.1Other HE students 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0All HE students 43665 90.9 18.4 4345 9.1 11.6SCQF 6–7 33765 88.8 14.2 4280 11.2 11.4

Adv. higher (unit) 705 92.3 0.3 60 7.7 0.2SVQ level 3 10590 92.5 4.5 855 7.5 2.3Higher (unit) 15330 86.4 6.5 2420 13.6 6.5

SCQF 5 29140 87.1 12.3 4325 12.9 11.5SVQ level 2 7700 89.4 3.2 910 10.6 2.4Intermediate 2 (unit) 15115 85.2 6.4 2615 14.8 7.0

SCQF 4 62480 85.7 26.3 10385 14.3 27.7SVQ level 1 950 74.7 0.4 320 25.3 0.9Intermediate 1 (unit) 11995 80.8 5.1 2855 19.2 7.6Other non–adv. cert. 44755 88.4 18.9 5850 11.6 15.6National units alone 2695 75.7 1.1 865 24.3 2.3

SCQF 3 5855 62.0 2.5 3590 38.0 9.6Access (group award) 295 61.2 0.1 185 38.8 0.5Access (units) 5560 62.0 2.3 3405 38.0 9.1No rec. qualification 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0

Other: non–vocational 8320 92.6 3.5 665 7.4 1.8Other rec. qual. 310 90.3 0.1 35 9.7 0.1No rec. qualification 8010 92.7 3.4 635 7.3 1.7

Other: vocational 53935 84.5 22.7 9885 15.5 26.4Other rec. qual. 9150 88.2 3.9 1220 11.8 3.3No rec. qualification 44785 83.8 18.9 8665 16.2 23.1

Other FE students 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0All FE students 193495 85.4 81.6 33135 14.6 88.4All students 237165 86.4 100 37480 13.6 100

* within a level, the percentage of students who declared a/no disability (compare horizontally)^ within a disability status, the percentage of students in a level (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose disability or level is

unknown. HE and FE totals are a sum of the individual SCQF level totals stated above in bold. SCQF levels not


Level of study

38.0% of students studying at SCQF level 3 disclosed as disabled. In comparison, in SCQF levels 7, 8 and 9–10, professional body and other: non-vocational courses, less than 10.0% of students disclosed as disabled.

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Level of study

Students in SCQF levels by disability status

Disabled/non-disabled students by SCQF level

Non-disabled Disabled


..90.190.191.695.4..88.887.185.762.092.684.5..

9.99.98.4

*

11.212.914.338.0

7.415.5


FE

HE

Other: vocational

22.7

SCQF 426.3

SCQF 6-714.2

SCQF 512.3

SCQF 511.5

SCQF 79.8

Other: vocational

26.4

SCQF 427.7

Non-disabled

Disabled

SCQF 9-10 0.4SCQF 8 7.9



SCQF 8 5.5

Prof. body 0.1

SCQF 6-7 11.4

SCQF 9-10 0.3

SCQF 7 5.7


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2.7 HE students by subject area and disability status


Medicine and dentistry 225 93.0 0.5 15 7.0 0.4Subjects allied to medicine

1505 91.6 3.4 135 8.4 3.2

Biological sciences 665 88.5 1.5 85 11.5 2.0Agriculture 220 87.6 0.5 30 12.4 0.7Physical sciences 70 92.3 0.2 5 7.7 0.1Mathematical and computing science

3150 87.7 7.2 440 12.3 10.2

Engineering and technology

7525 94.1 17.2 475 5.9 11.0

Architecture, building, planning

1285 92.8 2.9 100 7.2 2.3

SET total 14645 91.9 33.5 1295 8.1 29.8Social studies 6400 91.0 14.7 635 9.0 14.6Business and administrative studies

10620 92.2 24.3 900 7.8 20.7

Mass comms, documentation

860 89.9 2.0 95 10.1 2.2

Languages 535 96.6 1.2 20 3.4 0.4Creative arts and design 7775 86.9 17.8 1165 13.1 26.9Education 670 97.1 1.5 20 2.9 0.5Combined 2170 91.0 5.0 215 9.0 4.9Non-SET total 29020 90.5 66.5 3050 9.5 70.2All HE students 43665 90.9 100 4345 9.1 100

* within a subject area, the percentage of students who declared a/no disability (compare horizontally)

^ within a disability status, the percentage of students in a subject area (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose disability status or

subject is unknown.

Subject areas: HE

Within HE level SET subjects, 8.1% of students with a known disability status disclosed as disabled. Within non-SET subjects the proportion of students who disclosed as disabled was higher, at 9.5%.

The HE subjects with the highest proportion of students who disclosed as disabled were creative arts and design (13.1%), agriculture (12.4%) and mathematical and computing science (12.3%).

In comparison, only 2.9% of students studying education and 3.4% of students studying languages disclosed as disabled.

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Subject areas: HE

HE students in subject areas by disability status


93.091.688.587.692.387.794.192.891.092.289.996.686.997.191.0

Medicine and dentistrySubjects allied to medicine Biological sciencesAgriculturePhysical sciencesMathematical, computing scienceEngineering, technologyArchitecture, building, planningSocial studiesBusiness, administrative studiesMass comms, documentationLanguagesCreative arts and designEducationCombined

7.08.4

11.512.4

7.712.3

5.97.29.07.8

10.1*

13.1

9.0

non-SET

SET


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2.8 FE students by subject area and disability status


Art and design 5675 80.5 2.9 1370 19.5 4.1Business, management and administration

8380 88.7 4.3 1065 11.3 3.2

Care 37305 89.9 19.3 4200 10.1 12.7Computing and ICT 18440 81.1 9.5 4305 18.9 13.0Construction 11855 88.1 6.1 1600 11.9 4.8Education and training 3930 82.3 2.0 845 17.7 2.6Engineering 23895 92.4 12.3 1970 7.6 5.9Hairdressing, beauty, comp. therapies

11965 88.4 6.2 1570 11.6 4.7

Hospitality, tourism 13280 85.9 6.9 2175 14.1 6.6Land-based industries 5865 83.1 3.0 1195 16.9 3.6Languages, ESOL 12585 93.6 6.5 865 6.4 2.6Media 2665 81.5 1.4 605 18.5 1.8Nautical studies 3555 97.0 1.8 110 3.0 0.3Performing arts 3425 87.9 1.8 470 12.1 1.4Science 8580 91.6 4.4 785 8.4 2.4Social subjects 3145 81.3 1.6 720 18.7 2.2Sport, leisure 5815 85.3 3.0 1005 14.7 3.0Special programmes 13130 61.3 6.8 8285 38.7 25.0All FE students 193495 85.4 100 33135 14.6 100

* within a subject area, the percentage of students who declared a/no disability (compare horizontally)

^ within a disability status, the percentage of students in a subject area (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose disability status or

subject is unknown.

Subject areas: FE

At FE level, the subject with the highest proportion of students who disclosed as disabled was special programmes (38.7%). This was followed by art and design (19.5%), computing and ICT (18.9%), social subjects (18.7%) and media (18.5%).

In comparison, less than 10.0% of students studying nautical studies, languages, engineering and science disclosed as disabled (3.0%, 6.4%, 7.6% and 8.4% respectively).

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Subject areas: FE

FE students in subject areas by disability status



80.588.789.981.188.182.392.488.485.983.193.681.597.087.991.681.385.361.3

19.511.310.118.911.917.7

7.611.614.116.9

6.418.5

*12.1

8.418.714.738.7

Art and designBusiness, management, adminCareComputing and ICTConstructionEducation and trainingEngineeringHairdressing, beauty, therapiesHospitality, tourismLand-based industriesLanguages, ESOLMediaNautical studiesPerforming artsScienceSocial subjectsSport, leisureSpecial programmes

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2.9 All by FE/HE level, mode of study and disability status


HE studentsFull-time 28430 89.7 65.1 3250 10.3 74.8Part-time 12685 93.3 29.0 910 6.7 20.9Self study/distance 2555 93.1 5.8 190 6.9 4.3All HE students 43665 90.9 100 4345 9.1 100FE studentsFull-time 39720 82.3 20.5 8550 17.7 25.8Part-time 122685 86.0 63.4 19975 14.0 60.3Self study/distance 31095 87.1 16.1 4605 12.9 13.9All FE students 193495 85.4 100 33135 14.6 100All studentsFull-time 68150 85.2 28.7 11800 14.8 31.5Part-time 135365 86.6 57.1 20885 13.4 55.7Self study/distance 33650 87.5 14.2 4795 12.5 12.8All students 237165 86.4 100 37480 13.6 100

* within a mode of study, the percentage of students who are disabled/non-disabled (compare horizontally)

^ within a disability status, the percentage of students in a mode of study (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose disability status or

mode is unknown.

Mode of study

Overall, 12.8% of disabled students were in self study or distance learning compared with 14.2% of non-disabled students, a difference of 1.4 percentage points.

A higher proportion of disabled students (74.8% at HE level and 25.8% at FE level) than non-disabled students (65.1% and 20.5% respectively) studied full-time.

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Mode of study

Disabled/non-disabled students in FE/HE level by mode of study

DisabledNon-disabled

Part-time29.0 Full-time

65.1HE



5.8

Part-time20.9

Full-time74.8

4.3

Part-time63.4

Full-time20.5

FE



16.1

Part-time60.3

Full-time25.8

13.9

Part-time57.1

Full-time28.7

All



14.2

Part-time55.7

Full-time31.5

12.8

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At HE level, the proportion of non-disabled students who completed their course was 3.0 percentage points higher than that of disabled students (86.6% and 83.6% respectively). This gap has increased since 2012/13.

The gap rose to 6.6 percentage points when looking at the proportion of students who successfully completed their course: 74.0% of non-disabled and 67.4% of disabled students completed successfully.

Disabled HE students in SIMD Q5 had the lowest completion and successful completion rates (79.9% and 61.4% respectively).

2.10 All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and disability status


All HE students

EW 1825 89.4 4.2 215 10.6 4.9FW 3960 88.7 9.2 505 11.3 11.5C 37355 91.0 86.6 3680 9.0 83.6PC 5420 88.4 12.6 715 11.6 16.2SC 31935 91.5 74.0 2970 8.5 67.4All 43140 90.7 100 4405 9.3 100

SIMD Q5

EW 520 88.6 5.1 65 11.4 6.3FW 1060 87.8 10.5 150 12.2 13.9C 8535 90.9 84.4 855 9.1 79.9PC 1450 88.0 14.3 195 12.0 18.4SC 7085 91.5 70.0 655 8.5 61.4All 10120 90.5 100 1070 9.5 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 1295 89.7 4.0 150 10.3 4.5FW 2865 88.9 8.9 355 11.1 10.8C 27925 90.9 87.0 2800 9.1 84.8PC 3825 88.2 11.9 510 11.8 15.5SC 24100 91.3 75.1 2290 8.7 69.3All 32085 90.7 100 3305 9.3 100

SIMD unknown 935 30* within a retention/completion outcome and deprivation group, the percentage of students who

declared a/no disability (compare horizontally)^ within a disability status and deprivation group, the percentage of students in a retention/

completion outcome (compare vertically) Percentages for the top six rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

disability status or retention/completion outcome is unknown. Percentages for the remaining rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

disability status, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers HE students whose retention/completion outcome is known



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All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and disability status


*5.1

6.3

9.2 12.6 10.5 14.38.9 11.9 11.5 16.2 13.9 18.4 10.8 15.5

All HE non-disabled studentsHE non-disabled SIMD Q5HE non-disabled SIMD Q1–4All HE disabled studentsHE disabled SIMD Q5HE disabled SIMD Q1–4

74.070.075.167.461.469.3

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion


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2.11 All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and disability status

At FE level, the proportion of non-disabled students who completed their course was 2.6 percentage points higher than that of disabled students (89.6% and 87.0% respectively). This gap has increased since 2012/13.

The gap widened to 3.2 percentage points when looking at the proportion of students who successfully completed their course: 80.6% of non-disabled and 77.3% of disabled students completed successfully.

Disabled FE students in SIMD Q5 had the lowest completion and successful completion rates (85.0% and 75.0% respectively).


All FE students

EW 7100 82.1 3.8 1545 17.9 4.8FW 12360 82.1 6.6 2690 17.9 8.3C 167840 85.6 89.6 28320 14.4 87.0PC 16920 84.3 9.0 3145 15.7 9.7SC 150920 85.7 80.6 25175 14.3 77.3All 187300 85.2 100 32555 14.8 100

SIMD Q5

EW 2850 82.5 5.4 605 17.5 5.8FW 4490 82.4 8.5 960 17.6 9.2C 45570 83.7 86.1 8885 16.3 85.0PC 5800 84.7 11.0 1045 15.3 10.0SC 39775 83.5 75.2 7840 16.5 75.0All 52915 83.5 100 10450 16.5 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 4230 81.8 3.2 940 18.2 4.3FW 7800 81.9 6.0 1720 18.1 7.8C 118800 86.0 90.8 19280 14.0 87.9PC 11015 84.1 8.4 2090 15.9 9.5SC 107785 86.2 82.4 17190 13.8 78.4All 130830 85.6 100 21940 14.4 100


declared a/no disability (compare horizontally)^ within a disability status and deprivation group, the percentage of students in a retention/


disability status or retention/completion outcome is unknown. Percentages for the remaining rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

disability status, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers FE students whose retention/completion outcome is known but



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All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and disability status

*5.4

5.8

6.6 9.0 8.5 11.06.0 8.4 8.3 9.7 9.2 10.0 7.8 9.5

All FE non-disabled studentsFE non-disabled SIMD Q5FE non-disabled SIMD Q1–4All FE disabled studentsFE disabled SIMD Q5FE disabled SIMD Q1–4

80.675.282.477.375.078.4

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion



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2.12 All students by region/provision and disability status



19380 89.6 8.2 2240 10.4 6.0

Ayrshire 11745 83.3 5.0 2360 16.7 6.3Borders 2355 72.5 1.0 895 27.5 2.4Dumfries and Galloway 4890 88.6 2.1 625 11.4 1.7Edinburgh and Lothians

19175 86.7 8.1 2935 13.3 7.8

Fife 16725 84.1 7.1 3165 15.9 8.4Forth Valley 12405 88.7 5.2 1585 11.3 4.2Glasgow 51580 86.9 21.7 7810 13.1 20.8Highlands and Islands 21495 83.8 9.1 4140 16.2 11.0Lanarkshire 23420 86.3 9.9 3730 13.7 9.9Tayside 16255 84.7 6.9 2930 15.3 7.8West 26460 87.7 11.2 3715 12.3 9.9West Lothian 6335 91.8 2.7 570 8.2 1.5Land based 4080 85.4 1.7 695 14.6 1.9National provision 855 90.9 0.4 85 9.1 0.2Total 237165 86.4 100 37480 13.6 100

* within a region/provision, the percentage of students who declared a/no disability (compare horizontally)

^ within a disability status, the percentage of students in a region/provision (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose disability status or

region is unknown.

Region

20.8% of disabled students were in Glasgow, but the region with the largest proportion of students who disclosed as disabled was Borders (27.5%).

The three regions with the lowest proportions of students who disclosed as disabled were Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire (10.4%), national provision (9.1%) and West Lothian (8.2%).

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Region

Students in regions/provisions by disability status


89.683.372.588.686.784.188.786.983.886.384.787.791.885.490.9


10.416.727.511.413.315.911.313.116.213.715.312.3

8.214.6

9.1

3 Ethnicity

= The proportion of students studying in Scotland’s colleges who were BME increased from 5.6% in 2012/13 to 6.0% in 2013/14.

= A higher proportion of BME students studied at HE level than white students (19.9% of BME students compared with 17.5% of white students).

= A higher proportion of BME students than white students studied at SCQF level 3 (11.1% of BME students compared with 2.9% of white students). However, a high proportion of other white students also studied at this level (6.8%).

= Among FE students, BME students were particularly underrepresented in land based industries (0.9%) and construction (1.9%).

= Among HE students, BME students were particularly underrepresented in education (2.2%), mass communication and documentation (2.8%) and agriculture (2.8%).

= Among FE students, a higher proportion of BME students studied part-time than white students (69.0% and 62.0%).

= Among FE students, BME students had higher rates of both early withdrawal (5.2% compared with 3.9%) and further withdrawal (8.3% compared with 6.8%) than white students.

= Among HE students, white students had a higher rate of successful completion than BME students (73.6% compared with 70.4%). Students from other white backgrounds had the highest successful completion rate (78.8%).

= The regions with the highest proportions of students who were BME were Glasgow (14.6%) and Edinburgh and Lothians (10.6%).

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3.1 Profile over time by domicile and ethnicityProfile over time

The proportion of students studying in Scotland’s colleges who were BME increased from 5.6% in 2012/13 to 6.0% in 2013/14. This is the highest that it has been in the time series and is equal to the proportion from 2011/12.

Among UK domiciled students, the proportion who were BME increased from 5.0% in 2012/13 to 5.4% in 2013/14. However, there has only been a change of 0.7 percentage points in the ethnic composition of UK domiciled students since 2006/07.

In constrast, the ethnic composition of non-UK domiciled students has changed markedly in the same period. In 2013/14, 74.9% of non-UK domiciled students were BME, an increase of 30.5 percentage points since 2006/07. During this time, however, the total number of non-UK domiciled students has fallen by 43.5%, from 5585 in 2006/07 to 2430 in 2013/14.

3 Ethnicity

White total UK white Other white BME total Asian Black Mixed and otherNo. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

All students06/07 412750 94.8 392625 90.1 20125 4.6 22840 5.2 12915 3.0 4320 1.0 5605 1.307/08 426935 94.6 404340 89.6 22595 5.0 24155 5.4 14270 3.2 5300 1.2 4585 1.008/09 421560 94.6 398270 89.4 23295 5.2 24160 5.4 13665 3.1 5680 1.3 4815 1.109/10 384170 94.5 361650 89.0 22520 5.5 22245 5.5 12935 3.2 5415 1.3 3895 1.010/11 333265 94.2 312950 88.4 20320 5.7 20645 5.8 12570 3.6 4835 1.4 3240 0.911/12 276575 94.0 256695 87.3 19880 6.8 17580 6.0 10690 3.6 4195 1.4 2695 0.912/13 253950 94.4 236565 87.9 17385 6.5 15085 5.6 8875 3.3 3665 1.4 2545 0.913/14 254345 94.0 235820 87.1 18525 6.8 16285 6.0 8880 3.3 4150 1.5 3255 1.2UK domiciled students06/07 409650 95.3 392495 91.3 17150 4.0 20360 4.7 11015 2.6 3945 0.9 5400 1.307/08 424410 95.1 404235 90.6 20175 4.5 21830 4.9 12640 2.8 4845 1.1 4345 1.008/09 418940 95.1 398170 90.4 20770 4.7 21650 4.9 12045 2.7 5130 1.2 4475 1.009/10 381775 95.0 361545 90.0 20230 5.0 20060 5.0 11320 2.8 5055 1.3 3685 0.910/11 331745 94.7 312460 89.2 19285 5.5 18390 5.3 10765 3.1 4485 1.3 3140 0.911/12 275670 94.6 256650 88.0 19025 6.5 15820 5.4 9255 3.2 3905 1.3 2660 0.912/13 253130 95.0 236440 88.7 16690 6.3 13355 5.0 7540 2.8 3365 1.3 2455 0.913/14 253735 94.6 235735 87.9 18005 6.7 14465 5.4 7570 2.8 3885 1.4 3010 1.1Non-UK domiciled students06/07 3105 55.6 130 2.3 2975 53.3 2480 44.4 1905 34.1 375 6.7 205 3.607/08 2525 52.1 110 2.2 2420 49.8 2325 47.9 1630 33.6 455 9.3 245 5.008/09 2625 51.1 100 2.0 2520 49.2 2505 48.9 1620 31.6 550 10.7 340 6.609/10 2395 52.3 105 2.3 2290 50.1 2180 47.7 1615 35.3 360 7.8 210 4.610/11 1525 40.3 490 12.9 1035 27.4 2255 59.7 1805 47.7 350 9.3 105 2.711/12 900 33.9 45 1.8 855 32.1 1760 66.1 1435 54.0 290 10.9 35 1.212/13 820 32.2 125 4.9 695 27.2 1730 67.8 1340 52.5 300 11.8 90 3.613/14 610 25.1 90 3.7 520 21.4 1820 74.9 1310 53.9 265 10.9 245 10.2

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or domicile is unknown.

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Profile over time

White total UK white Other white BME total Asian Black Mixed and otherNo. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

All students06/07 412750 94.8 392625 90.1 20125 4.6 22840 5.2 12915 3.0 4320 1.0 5605 1.307/08 426935 94.6 404340 89.6 22595 5.0 24155 5.4 14270 3.2 5300 1.2 4585 1.008/09 421560 94.6 398270 89.4 23295 5.2 24160 5.4 13665 3.1 5680 1.3 4815 1.109/10 384170 94.5 361650 89.0 22520 5.5 22245 5.5 12935 3.2 5415 1.3 3895 1.010/11 333265 94.2 312950 88.4 20320 5.7 20645 5.8 12570 3.6 4835 1.4 3240 0.911/12 276575 94.0 256695 87.3 19880 6.8 17580 6.0 10690 3.6 4195 1.4 2695 0.912/13 253950 94.4 236565 87.9 17385 6.5 15085 5.6 8875 3.3 3665 1.4 2545 0.913/14 254345 94.0 235820 87.1 18525 6.8 16285 6.0 8880 3.3 4150 1.5 3255 1.2UK domiciled students06/07 409650 95.3 392495 91.3 17150 4.0 20360 4.7 11015 2.6 3945 0.9 5400 1.307/08 424410 95.1 404235 90.6 20175 4.5 21830 4.9 12640 2.8 4845 1.1 4345 1.008/09 418940 95.1 398170 90.4 20770 4.7 21650 4.9 12045 2.7 5130 1.2 4475 1.009/10 381775 95.0 361545 90.0 20230 5.0 20060 5.0 11320 2.8 5055 1.3 3685 0.910/11 331745 94.7 312460 89.2 19285 5.5 18390 5.3 10765 3.1 4485 1.3 3140 0.911/12 275670 94.6 256650 88.0 19025 6.5 15820 5.4 9255 3.2 3905 1.3 2660 0.912/13 253130 95.0 236440 88.7 16690 6.3 13355 5.0 7540 2.8 3365 1.3 2455 0.913/14 253735 94.6 235735 87.9 18005 6.7 14465 5.4 7570 2.8 3885 1.4 3010 1.1Non-UK domiciled students06/07 3105 55.6 130 2.3 2975 53.3 2480 44.4 1905 34.1 375 6.7 205 3.607/08 2525 52.1 110 2.2 2420 49.8 2325 47.9 1630 33.6 455 9.3 245 5.008/09 2625 51.1 100 2.0 2520 49.2 2505 48.9 1620 31.6 550 10.7 340 6.609/10 2395 52.3 105 2.3 2290 50.1 2180 47.7 1615 35.3 360 7.8 210 4.610/11 1525 40.3 490 12.9 1035 27.4 2255 59.7 1805 47.7 350 9.3 105 2.711/12 900 33.9 45 1.8 855 32.1 1760 66.1 1435 54.0 290 10.9 35 1.212/13 820 32.2 125 4.9 695 27.2 1730 67.8 1340 52.5 300 11.8 90 3.613/14 610 25.1 90 3.7 520 21.4 1820 74.9 1310 53.9 265 10.9 245 10.2

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or domicile is unknown.

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3 Ethnicity

UK white87.9

Other white 6.7

Asian 2.8Black 1.4

Mixed and other 1.1

Mixed and other 10.2

UK white 3.7Other white

21.4

Asian53.9

Black10.9

UK domiciled students by ethnicity over time

2013/14 UK domiciled students by ethnicity

100

95

90

85

15

10

5

06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14AsianBME total Black Mixed/otherOther white

White total

UK white

81

Profile over time

Non-UK domiciled students by ethnicity over time

2013/14 non-UK domiciled students by ethnicity

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14

BME total

Asian

White total

Other white

Black

UK white

Mixed/other

UK white87.9

Other white 6.7

Asian 2.8Black 1.4

Mixed and other 1.1

Mixed and other 10.2

UK white 3.7Other white

21.4

Asian53.9

Black10.9

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3.2 All by FE/HE level, SCQF level and ethnicityLevel of study

Among FE students, a lower proportion of BME students than white students studied at SCQF levels 6–7 (11.2% of BME students and 14.2% of white students), SCQF level 5 (9.7% of BME students and 12.5% of white students), and SCQF level 4 (23.5% of BME students and 27.0% of white students).

A higher proportion of BME students than white students studied at SCQF level 3 (11.1% of BME students compared with 2.9% of white students). However, a high proportion of other white students also studied at this level (6.8%).

19.9% of BME students studied at HE level, compared with 17.5% of white students.

White total UK white Other white BME total Asian Black Mixed and otherNo. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^ No. %* %^

SCQF 11–12 5 .. 0.0 5 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0SCQF 9–10 985 96.2 0.4 915 89.5 0.4 70 6.6 0.4 40 3.8 0.2 20 1.9 0.2 10 0.9 0.2 10 1.1 0.3SCQF 8 19265 92.3 7.6 17855 85.5 7.6 1410 6.8 7.6 1610 7.7 9.9 970 4.6 10.9 355 1.7 8.5 285 1.4 8.7










* within a level, the percentage of students in each ethnic group (compare horizontally)^ within an ethnic group, the percentage of students in a level (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or level is



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Level of study


SCQF 11–12 5 .. 0.0 5 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0SCQF 9–10 985 96.2 0.4 915 89.5 0.4 70 6.6 0.4 40 3.8 0.2 20 1.9 0.2 10 0.9 0.2 10 1.1 0.3SCQF 8 19265 92.3 7.6 17855 85.5 7.6 1410 6.8 7.6 1610 7.7 9.9 970 4.6 10.9 355 1.7 8.5 285 1.4 8.7










* within a level, the percentage of students in each ethnic group (compare horizontally)^ within an ethnic group, the percentage of students in a level (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or level is



84

3 Ethnicity

Students in SCQF levels by BME/white identity

White BME


..96.292.393.797.8..95.295.394.780.597.493.8..

*7.76.3

5.319.5

6.2


FE

HE

85

Level of study

BME/white students by SCQF level

Other:vocational

22.5

SCQF 427.0

White

Other:vocational

23.2

SCQF 423.5

BME

SCQF 9-10 0.4SCQF 8 7.6

SCQF 7 9.3Professional body 0.2

SCQF 6-7 14.2

SCQF 5 12.5


SCQF 9-10 0.2SCQF 8 9.9

SCQF 7 9.7


SCQF 6-7 11.2

SCQF 5 9.7


SCQF 3 11.1

86

3 Ethnicity

3.3 HE students by subject area and ethnicitySubject areas: HE

Among HE students, a higher proportion of BME students than white students studied SET subjects (40.9% of BME students compared with 32.8% of white students).

BME students were underrepresented in some subjects. For example, although BME students comprised 6.8% of those at HE level, only 2.2% of students studying education, 2.8% of those in mass communication and documentation and the same proportion in agriculture were BME.

In contrast, 10.2% of students studying business and administrative studies and 9.9% in engineering and technology were BME.

6.6*

8.6

9.09.19.9


93.495.791.497.291.090.990.196.4

*10.2

96.089.897.295.596.297.897.1

White BME


White BME

non-SETSET



HE students in SET subject areas by ethnicity



1330 96.4 3.0 1290 93.6 3.1 40 2.8 1.4 50 3.6 1.5 30 2.3 1.6 10 0.7 1.3 10 0.7 1.5


925 97.2 2.1 900 94.6 2.2 25 2.5 0.9 25 2.8 0.8 10 1.2 0.6 10 1.1 1.4 5 0.6 1.0


* within a subject area, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare horizontally)^ within an ethnic group, the percentage of students in a subject area (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or subject is

unknown.

87

Subject areas: HE

HE students in non-SET subject areas by ethnicity

6.6*

8.6

9.09.19.9


93.495.791.497.291.090.990.196.4

*10.2

96.089.897.295.596.297.897.1

White BME


White BME

non-SETSET





1330 96.4 3.0 1290 93.6 3.1 40 2.8 1.4 50 3.6 1.5 30 2.3 1.6 10 0.7 1.3 10 0.7 1.5


925 97.2 2.1 900 94.6 2.2 25 2.5 0.9 25 2.8 0.8 10 1.2 0.6 10 1.1 1.4 5 0.6 1.0



unknown.

88

3 Ethnicity

3.4 FE students by subject area and ethnicitySubject areas: FE

Although care is the most popular subject among FE students overall, only 11.8% of BME students studied care compared with 18.6% of white students.

Although BME students made up 5.8% of those at FE level overall, only 0.9% of students who studied land-based industries and 1.9% in construction were BME.

In contrast, 32.6% of students studying languages and ESOL and 16.3% of those in nautical studies were BME.

FE students in subject areas by ethnicity


Art and design 6710 96.0 3.2 6225 89.1 3.2 485 6.9 3.1 280 4.0 2.1 140 2.0 2.0 55 0.8 1.6 85 1.2 3.1Business … admin. 8645 91.7 4.1 7835 83.1 4.0 805 8.5 5.1 785 8.3 6.0 520 5.5 7.6 165 1.7 4.7 100 1.0 3.7Care 39060 96.2 18.6 37060 91.3 19.1 1995 4.9 12.7 1540 3.8 11.8 750 1.8 10.8 515 1.3 14.8 275 0.7 10.3Computing and ICT 21450 94.7 10.2 20340 89.8 10.5 1110 4.9 7.0 1205 5.3 9.2 445 2.0 6.4 535 2.4 15.4 230 1.0 8.5Construction 13130 98.1 6.3 12790 95.5 6.6 335 2.5 2.1 260 1.9 2.0 100 0.7 1.4 85 0.6 2.5 75 0.6 2.8Education and training 4625 97.1 2.2 4445 93.4 2.3 180 3.8 1.1 135 2.9 1.0 90 1.9 1.3 15 0.3 0.4 30 0.7 1.2Engineering 23620 97.6 11.3 22625 93.5 11.7 995 4.1 6.3 570 2.4 4.4 285 1.2 4.2 125 0.5 3.6 160 0.7 6.0Hairdressing, beauty… 13100 97.3 6.2 12640 93.9 6.5 460 3.4 2.9 355 2.7 2.7 210 1.5 3.0 55 0.4 1.6 90 0.7 3.4Hospitality, tourism 14710 95.8 7.0 13820 90.0 7.1 885 5.8 5.6 645 4.2 5.0 385 2.5 5.6 160 1.0 4.6 100 0.7 3.8Land-based industries 7000 99.1 3.3 6640 94.1 3.4 355 5.1 2.3 60 0.9 0.5 25 0.3 0.3 30 0.4 0.9 10 0.1 0.3Languages and ESOL 8940 67.4 4.3 3095 23.3 1.6 5845 44.0 37.1 4330 32.6 33.2 2405 18.1 34.8 1010 7.6 29.3 910 6.9 34.1Media 3060 93.9 1.5 2750 84.4 1.4 310 9.5 2.0 200 6.1 1.5 80 2.5 1.2 50 1.5 1.4 70 2.1 2.6Nautical studies 3065 83.7 1.5 2875 78.5 1.5 195 5.3 1.2 595 16.3 4.6 380 10.4 5.5 100 2.8 3.0 115 3.1 4.3Performing arts 3785 97.9 1.8 3620 93.7 1.9 165 4.2 1.0 80 2.1 0.6 20 0.6 0.3 25 0.6 0.7 35 0.9 1.3Science 8805 94.8 4.2 8465 91.1 4.4 340 3.7 2.2 480 5.2 3.7 285 3.1 4.1 110 1.2 3.2 85 0.9 3.2Social subjects 3635 94.6 1.7 3340 86.9 1.7 295 7.7 1.9 210 5.4 1.6 120 3.1 1.7 35 1.0 1.1 50 1.4 1.9Sport and leisure 6615 97.4 3.2 6385 94.0 3.3 230 3.4 1.5 175 2.6 1.4 70 1.1 1.0 50 0.7 1.4 55 0.8 2.1Special programmes 19965 94.7 9.5 19200 91.0 9.9 770 3.6 4.9 1125 5.3 8.6 595 2.8 8.6 335 1.6 9.8 195 0.9 7.3All FE students 209915 94.2 100 194155 87.1 100 15760 7.1 100 13035 5.8 100 6910 3.1 100 3455 1.6 100 2670 1.2 100


unknown.

* values less than 5.0 are not displayed* values less than 5.0 are not displayed

*8.3

5.3

Art, designBusiness, management, adminCareComputing and ICTConstructionEducation and trainingEngineeringHairdressing, beauty, therapiesHospitality, tourism

96.091.796.294.798.197.197.697.395.8

32.66.1

16.3*

5.25.4

5.3

99.167.493.983.797.994.894.697.494.7

White BME

Land-based industriesLanguages and ESOLMediaNautical studiesPerforming artsScienceSocial subjectsSport and leisureSpecial programmes

White BME

89

Subject areas: FE


Art and design 6710 96.0 3.2 6225 89.1 3.2 485 6.9 3.1 280 4.0 2.1 140 2.0 2.0 55 0.8 1.6 85 1.2 3.1Business … admin. 8645 91.7 4.1 7835 83.1 4.0 805 8.5 5.1 785 8.3 6.0 520 5.5 7.6 165 1.7 4.7 100 1.0 3.7Care 39060 96.2 18.6 37060 91.3 19.1 1995 4.9 12.7 1540 3.8 11.8 750 1.8 10.8 515 1.3 14.8 275 0.7 10.3Computing and ICT 21450 94.7 10.2 20340 89.8 10.5 1110 4.9 7.0 1205 5.3 9.2 445 2.0 6.4 535 2.4 15.4 230 1.0 8.5Construction 13130 98.1 6.3 12790 95.5 6.6 335 2.5 2.1 260 1.9 2.0 100 0.7 1.4 85 0.6 2.5 75 0.6 2.8Education and training 4625 97.1 2.2 4445 93.4 2.3 180 3.8 1.1 135 2.9 1.0 90 1.9 1.3 15 0.3 0.4 30 0.7 1.2Engineering 23620 97.6 11.3 22625 93.5 11.7 995 4.1 6.3 570 2.4 4.4 285 1.2 4.2 125 0.5 3.6 160 0.7 6.0Hairdressing, beauty… 13100 97.3 6.2 12640 93.9 6.5 460 3.4 2.9 355 2.7 2.7 210 1.5 3.0 55 0.4 1.6 90 0.7 3.4Hospitality, tourism 14710 95.8 7.0 13820 90.0 7.1 885 5.8 5.6 645 4.2 5.0 385 2.5 5.6 160 1.0 4.6 100 0.7 3.8Land-based industries 7000 99.1 3.3 6640 94.1 3.4 355 5.1 2.3 60 0.9 0.5 25 0.3 0.3 30 0.4 0.9 10 0.1 0.3Languages and ESOL 8940 67.4 4.3 3095 23.3 1.6 5845 44.0 37.1 4330 32.6 33.2 2405 18.1 34.8 1010 7.6 29.3 910 6.9 34.1Media 3060 93.9 1.5 2750 84.4 1.4 310 9.5 2.0 200 6.1 1.5 80 2.5 1.2 50 1.5 1.4 70 2.1 2.6Nautical studies 3065 83.7 1.5 2875 78.5 1.5 195 5.3 1.2 595 16.3 4.6 380 10.4 5.5 100 2.8 3.0 115 3.1 4.3Performing arts 3785 97.9 1.8 3620 93.7 1.9 165 4.2 1.0 80 2.1 0.6 20 0.6 0.3 25 0.6 0.7 35 0.9 1.3Science 8805 94.8 4.2 8465 91.1 4.4 340 3.7 2.2 480 5.2 3.7 285 3.1 4.1 110 1.2 3.2 85 0.9 3.2Social subjects 3635 94.6 1.7 3340 86.9 1.7 295 7.7 1.9 210 5.4 1.6 120 3.1 1.7 35 1.0 1.1 50 1.4 1.9Sport and leisure 6615 97.4 3.2 6385 94.0 3.3 230 3.4 1.5 175 2.6 1.4 70 1.1 1.0 50 0.7 1.4 55 0.8 2.1Special programmes 19965 94.7 9.5 19200 91.0 9.9 770 3.6 4.9 1125 5.3 8.6 595 2.8 8.6 335 1.6 9.8 195 0.9 7.3All FE students 209915 94.2 100 194155 87.1 100 15760 7.1 100 13035 5.8 100 6910 3.1 100 3455 1.6 100 2670 1.2 100


unknown.

* values less than 5.0 are not displayed* values less than 5.0 are not displayed

*8.3

5.3

Art, designBusiness, management, adminCareComputing and ICTConstructionEducation and trainingEngineeringHairdressing, beauty, therapiesHospitality, tourism

96.091.796.294.798.197.197.697.395.8

32.66.1

16.3*

5.25.4

5.3

99.167.493.983.797.994.894.697.494.7

White BME

Land-based industriesLanguages and ESOLMediaNautical studiesPerforming artsScienceSocial subjectsSport and leisureSpecial programmes

White BME

90

3 Ethnicity

3.5 All by FE/HE level, mode of study and ethnicityMode of study

Among FE students, a higher proportion of BME students than white students studied part-time (69.9% of BME students and 62.0% of white students). Part-time study was particularly high among Asian (71.7%) and mixed and other students (70.3%).

At FE level, self study and distance learning was most common among black students (18.8%) and least common among Asian students (11.7%).

The opposite is true at HE level. The proportion of students undertaking self study and distance learning was highest among Asian HE students (7.8%) and lowest among black HE students (2.7%).



* within a mode of study and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare horizontally)

^ within an ethnic group and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in a mode of study (compare vertically)

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or mode is unknown.

91

Mode of study



* within a mode of study and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare horizontally)

^ within an ethnic group and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in a mode of study (compare vertically)

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or mode is unknown.

92

3 Ethnicity

HE students

5.65.6 6.56.4 2.7 6.8

28.2

66.2

28.4

66.0

24.5

69.1

25.6

67.9

25.6

66.6

7.8

25.8

71.5

25.2

68.0

FE students62.0

21.916.1

61.5

22.116.4

68.0

19.912.1

69.9

16.613.6

71.7

16.611.7

65.9

15.418.8

70.3

18.011.6

56.1

29.614.3

55.7

29.814.5

61.5

27.211.3

61.0

26.812.2

61.5

27.710.8

59.1

24.816.1

62.2

27.010.8

All students

UK whiteWhite total Other white BME total Asian Black Mixed/other


Students in FE/HE levels and ethnic groups by mode of study

93

Mode of study

HE students

5.65.6 6.56.4 2.7 6.8

28.2

66.2

28.4

66.0

24.5

69.1

25.6

67.9

25.6

66.6

7.8

25.8

71.5

25.2

68.0

FE students62.0

21.916.1

61.5

22.116.4

68.0

19.912.1

69.9

16.613.6

71.7

16.611.7

65.9

15.418.8

70.3

18.011.6

56.1

29.614.3

55.7

29.814.5

61.5

27.211.3

61.0

26.812.2

61.5

27.710.8

59.1

24.816.1

62.2

27.010.8

All students

UK whiteWhite total Other white BME total Asian Black Mixed/other


94

3 Ethnicity

3.6 All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and ethnicity


At HE level, BME students had a higher rate of completion than white students (88.3% compared with 86.1%). However, students from white backgrounds had a higher rate of successful completion than BME students (73.6% compared with 70.4%).

Among HE students in SIMD Q5, 67.8% of BME students successfully completed their course, compared with 69.3% of all white students.

Among HE students in SIMD Q1–4, 69.2% of BME students successfully completed their course, compared with 74.8% of all white students.

For BME students the completion gap between SIMD Q1–4 and Q5 has narrowed from 2012/13 to just 0.2 percentage points. The completion gap for white students has also narrowed, but remains at 3.1 percentage points.


All HE students

EW 1890 93.1 4.3 1790 88.2 4.3 100 4.8 3.6 140 6.9 4.5 80 3.8 4.1 30 1.6 4.8 30 1.5 5.5FW 4225 94.9 9.6 4030 90.5 9.7 195 4.4 7.2 225 5.1 7.2 115 2.6 6.1 70 1.6 10.3 40 0.9 7.3C 37955 93.2 86.1 35515 87.2 85.9 2445 6.0 89.2 2780 6.8 88.3 1720 4.2 89.9 565 1.4 84.9 490 1.2 87.2PC 5540 90.8 12.6 5255 86.1 12.7 285 4.7 10.5 565 9.2 17.9 350 5.8 18.3 120 1.9 17.7 95 1.5 16.7SC 32415 93.6 73.6 30260 87.4 73.2 2155 6.2 78.8 2215 6.4 70.4 1370 4.0 71.5 450 1.3 67.2 400 1.1 70.6All 44070 93.3 100 41335 87.5 100 2740 5.8 100 3145 6.7 100 1915 4.1 100 670 1.4 100 565 1.2 100

SIMD Q5

EW 545 93.0 5.3 510 87.1 5.4 35 6.0 3.9 40 7.0 5.2 15 2.7 5.6 15 2.7 4.6 10 1.5 6.3FW 1140 94.4 11.0 1070 88.6 11.3 70 5.8 7.9 65 5.6 8.6 15 1.1 4.5 45 3.6 12.3 10 0.9 7.6C 8675 92.8 83.7 7885 84.4 83.3 785 8.4 88.2 675 7.2 86.2 260 2.8 89.9 290 3.1 83.1 125 1.3 86.1PC 1495 91.2 14.4 1395 85.1 14.7 100 6.1 11.2 145 8.8 18.4 50 2.9 16.7 70 4.2 19.7 25 1.6 18.8SC 7180 93.1 69.3 6495 84.2 68.6 685 8.9 77.0 530 6.9 67.8 210 2.7 73.3 220 2.9 63.4 95 1.3 67.4All 10360 93.0 100 9470 85.0 100 890 8.0 100 780 7.0 100 290 2.6 100 350 3.1 100 145 1.3 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 1335 93.2 4.0 1275 89.0 4.0 60 4.2 3.5 95 6.8 5.4 60 4.3 5.5 15 1.0 5.0 20 1.5 5.4FW 3065 95.5 9.2 2945 91.7 9.3 120 3.7 7.1 145 4.5 8.1 95 2.9 8.3 25 0.7 8.6 30 0.9 7.2C 28930 94.9 86.8 27410 89.9 86.7 1520 5.0 89.4 1545 5.1 86.4 965 3.2 86.1 240 0.8 86.4 340 1.1 87.3PC 4010 92.9 12.0 3835 88.8 12.1 175 4.1 10.4 310 7.1 17.3 200 4.6 17.9 45 1.0 15.8 65 1.5 16.5SC 24920 95.3 74.8 23575 90.1 74.5 1345 5.1 79.0 1235 4.7 69.2 765 2.9 68.3 195 0.8 70.6 275 1.0 70.8All 33330 94.9 100 31630 90.1 100 1700 4.8 100 1785 5.1 100 1120 3.2 100 280 0.8 100 385 1.1 100


ethnic group (compare horizontally)^ within an ethnic group and deprivation group, the percentage of students in a retention/


ethnicity or retention/completion outcome is unknown. Percentages for the remaining rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

ethnicity, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers HE students whose retention/completion outcome is known



95


All HE students by retention, completion outcome and ethnicity

White HE students totalUK white HE studentsOther white HE studentsBME HE students totalAsian HE studentsBlack HE studentsMixed and other HE students

* 9.6 9.7 7.2 7.2 6.1 10.35.5 7.3

12.6 12.7 10.5 17.918.3 17.7 16.7

73.673.278.870.471.567.270.6

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion




All HE students

EW 1890 93.1 4.3 1790 88.2 4.3 100 4.8 3.6 140 6.9 4.5 80 3.8 4.1 30 1.6 4.8 30 1.5 5.5FW 4225 94.9 9.6 4030 90.5 9.7 195 4.4 7.2 225 5.1 7.2 115 2.6 6.1 70 1.6 10.3 40 0.9 7.3C 37955 93.2 86.1 35515 87.2 85.9 2445 6.0 89.2 2780 6.8 88.3 1720 4.2 89.9 565 1.4 84.9 490 1.2 87.2PC 5540 90.8 12.6 5255 86.1 12.7 285 4.7 10.5 565 9.2 17.9 350 5.8 18.3 120 1.9 17.7 95 1.5 16.7SC 32415 93.6 73.6 30260 87.4 73.2 2155 6.2 78.8 2215 6.4 70.4 1370 4.0 71.5 450 1.3 67.2 400 1.1 70.6All 44070 93.3 100 41335 87.5 100 2740 5.8 100 3145 6.7 100 1915 4.1 100 670 1.4 100 565 1.2 100

SIMD Q5

EW 545 93.0 5.3 510 87.1 5.4 35 6.0 3.9 40 7.0 5.2 15 2.7 5.6 15 2.7 4.6 10 1.5 6.3FW 1140 94.4 11.0 1070 88.6 11.3 70 5.8 7.9 65 5.6 8.6 15 1.1 4.5 45 3.6 12.3 10 0.9 7.6C 8675 92.8 83.7 7885 84.4 83.3 785 8.4 88.2 675 7.2 86.2 260 2.8 89.9 290 3.1 83.1 125 1.3 86.1PC 1495 91.2 14.4 1395 85.1 14.7 100 6.1 11.2 145 8.8 18.4 50 2.9 16.7 70 4.2 19.7 25 1.6 18.8SC 7180 93.1 69.3 6495 84.2 68.6 685 8.9 77.0 530 6.9 67.8 210 2.7 73.3 220 2.9 63.4 95 1.3 67.4All 10360 93.0 100 9470 85.0 100 890 8.0 100 780 7.0 100 290 2.6 100 350 3.1 100 145 1.3 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 1335 93.2 4.0 1275 89.0 4.0 60 4.2 3.5 95 6.8 5.4 60 4.3 5.5 15 1.0 5.0 20 1.5 5.4FW 3065 95.5 9.2 2945 91.7 9.3 120 3.7 7.1 145 4.5 8.1 95 2.9 8.3 25 0.7 8.6 30 0.9 7.2C 28930 94.9 86.8 27410 89.9 86.7 1520 5.0 89.4 1545 5.1 86.4 965 3.2 86.1 240 0.8 86.4 340 1.1 87.3PC 4010 92.9 12.0 3835 88.8 12.1 175 4.1 10.4 310 7.1 17.3 200 4.6 17.9 45 1.0 15.8 65 1.5 16.5SC 24920 95.3 74.8 23575 90.1 74.5 1345 5.1 79.0 1235 4.7 69.2 765 2.9 68.3 195 0.8 70.6 275 1.0 70.8All 33330 94.9 100 31630 90.1 100 1700 4.8 100 1785 5.1 100 1120 3.2 100 280 0.8 100 385 1.1 100





ethnicity, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers HE students whose retention/completion outcome is known



96

3 Ethnicity

3.7 All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and ethnicity

At FE level, BME students had higher rates of both early withdrawal (5.2%) and further withdrawal (8.3%) than white students (3.9% and 6.8% respectively).

Successful completion rates were lower for BME students than for white students. 75.9% of BME students successfully completed their course, compared with 80.1% of students from white backgrounds.

Among students in SIMD Q5, the early withdrawal and further withdrawal rates for BME students were 7.2% and 10.5%, compared with 5.3% and 8.5% for white students.

Across SIMD groups the lowest rate of successful completion was among BME students in SIMD Q5, at 71.1%. The successful completion gap between SIMD groups was larger for white students than for BME students (6.5 percentage points compared with 5.6 percentage points).


All FE students

EW 7930 92.2 3.9 7340 85.4 3.9 585 6.8 3.7 670 7.8 5.2 355 4.1 5.1 170 2.0 5.3 145 1.7 5.4FW 13900 92.9 6.8 12895 86.1 6.9 1005 6.7 6.4 1070 7.1 8.3 555 3.7 7.9 270 1.8 8.3 245 1.6 9.2C 181445 94.2 89.3 167350 86.9 89.2 14100 7.3 89.8 11175 5.8 86.5 6100 3.2 87.0 2810 1.5 86.4 2265 1.2 85.4PC 18540 93.1 9.1 17320 87.0 9.2 1225 6.1 7.8 1375 6.9 10.6 725 3.6 10.3 380 1.9 11.8 270 1.3 10.1SC 162905 94.3 80.1 150030 86.9 80.0 12875 7.5 82.0 9800 5.7 75.9 5375 3.1 76.6 2430 1.4 74.7 2000 1.2 75.3All 203275 94.0 100 187580 86.8 100 15690 7.3 100 12915 6.0 100 7015 3.2 100 3250 1.5 100 2650 1.2 100

SIMD Q5

EW 3075 89.5 5.3 2815 82.1 5.3 255 7.5 5.1 360 10.5 7.2 165 4.8 7.8 125 3.6 6.3 70 2.1 7.7FW 4900 90.4 8.5 4465 82.3 8.5 435 8.0 8.7 525 9.6 10.5 220 4.1 10.5 190 3.5 9.8 110 2.0 11.9C 49755 92.4 86.2 45425 84.3 86.2 4330 8.0 86.2 4100 7.6 82.3 1725 3.2 81.7 1630 3.0 83.8 750 1.4 80.4PC 6225 91.8 10.8 5805 85.6 11.0 420 6.2 8.3 555 8.2 11.2 220 3.2 10.4 230 3.4 11.8 110 1.6 11.7SC 43535 92.5 75.4 39620 84.2 75.2 3910 8.3 77.9 3545 7.5 71.1 1505 3.2 71.3 1400 3.0 72.1 640 1.4 68.7All 57730 92.1 100 52710 84.0 100 5020 8.0 100 4985 7.9 100 2110 3.4 100 1945 3.1 100 930 1.5 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 4835 94.0 3.4 4510 87.7 3.4 325 6.3 3.2 305 6.0 4.4 190 3.7 4.4 50 0.9 4.0 70 1.3 4.6FW 8945 94.4 6.2 8400 88.6 6.3 545 5.8 5.4 530 5.6 7.5 330 3.5 7.6 80 0.8 6.6 120 1.3 8.0C 129785 95.4 90.4 120620 88.7 90.3 9165 6.7 91.3 6190 4.6 88.1 3810 2.8 88.0 1065 0.8 89.3 1320 1.0 87.4PC 12220 93.9 8.5 11435 87.8 8.6 790 6.1 7.9 800 6.1 11.4 505 3.9 11.6 150 1.2 12.6 145 1.1 9.7SC 117565 95.6 81.9 109185 88.8 81.8 8380 6.8 83.5 5390 4.4 76.7 3305 2.7 76.4 915 0.7 76.7 1170 1.0 77.7All 143565 95.3 100 133525 88.7 100 10040 6.7 100 7030 4.7 100 4330 2.9 100 1190 0.8 100 1510 1.0 100





ethnicity, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers FE students whose retention/completion outcome is known but



97


White FE students totalUK white FE studentsOther white FE studentsBME FE students totalAsian FE studentsBlack FE studentsMixed and other FE students

* 6.8 6.9 6.45.2 8.35.1 7.95.3 8.35.4 9.2

80.180.082.075.976.674.775.3

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion


9.1 9.27.8 10.6 10.3 11.8 10.1


All FE students by retention, completion outcome and ethnicity


All FE students

EW 7930 92.2 3.9 7340 85.4 3.9 585 6.8 3.7 670 7.8 5.2 355 4.1 5.1 170 2.0 5.3 145 1.7 5.4FW 13900 92.9 6.8 12895 86.1 6.9 1005 6.7 6.4 1070 7.1 8.3 555 3.7 7.9 270 1.8 8.3 245 1.6 9.2C 181445 94.2 89.3 167350 86.9 89.2 14100 7.3 89.8 11175 5.8 86.5 6100 3.2 87.0 2810 1.5 86.4 2265 1.2 85.4PC 18540 93.1 9.1 17320 87.0 9.2 1225 6.1 7.8 1375 6.9 10.6 725 3.6 10.3 380 1.9 11.8 270 1.3 10.1SC 162905 94.3 80.1 150030 86.9 80.0 12875 7.5 82.0 9800 5.7 75.9 5375 3.1 76.6 2430 1.4 74.7 2000 1.2 75.3All 203275 94.0 100 187580 86.8 100 15690 7.3 100 12915 6.0 100 7015 3.2 100 3250 1.5 100 2650 1.2 100

SIMD Q5

EW 3075 89.5 5.3 2815 82.1 5.3 255 7.5 5.1 360 10.5 7.2 165 4.8 7.8 125 3.6 6.3 70 2.1 7.7FW 4900 90.4 8.5 4465 82.3 8.5 435 8.0 8.7 525 9.6 10.5 220 4.1 10.5 190 3.5 9.8 110 2.0 11.9C 49755 92.4 86.2 45425 84.3 86.2 4330 8.0 86.2 4100 7.6 82.3 1725 3.2 81.7 1630 3.0 83.8 750 1.4 80.4PC 6225 91.8 10.8 5805 85.6 11.0 420 6.2 8.3 555 8.2 11.2 220 3.2 10.4 230 3.4 11.8 110 1.6 11.7SC 43535 92.5 75.4 39620 84.2 75.2 3910 8.3 77.9 3545 7.5 71.1 1505 3.2 71.3 1400 3.0 72.1 640 1.4 68.7All 57730 92.1 100 52710 84.0 100 5020 8.0 100 4985 7.9 100 2110 3.4 100 1945 3.1 100 930 1.5 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 4835 94.0 3.4 4510 87.7 3.4 325 6.3 3.2 305 6.0 4.4 190 3.7 4.4 50 0.9 4.0 70 1.3 4.6FW 8945 94.4 6.2 8400 88.6 6.3 545 5.8 5.4 530 5.6 7.5 330 3.5 7.6 80 0.8 6.6 120 1.3 8.0C 129785 95.4 90.4 120620 88.7 90.3 9165 6.7 91.3 6190 4.6 88.1 3810 2.8 88.0 1065 0.8 89.3 1320 1.0 87.4PC 12220 93.9 8.5 11435 87.8 8.6 790 6.1 7.9 800 6.1 11.4 505 3.9 11.6 150 1.2 12.6 145 1.1 9.7SC 117565 95.6 81.9 109185 88.8 81.8 8380 6.8 83.5 5390 4.4 76.7 3305 2.7 76.4 915 0.7 76.7 1170 1.0 77.7All 143565 95.3 100 133525 88.7 100 10040 6.7 100 7030 4.7 100 4330 2.9 100 1190 0.8 100 1510 1.0 100





ethnicity, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers FE students whose retention/completion outcome is known but



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3.8 All students by region/provision and ethnicityRegion

The regions with the highest proportions of students who were BME were Glasgow (14.6%) and Edinburgh and Lothians (10.6%). These proportions are higher than 2012/13 levels (13.1% and 9.5%, respectively).

The regions with the lowest proportions of BME students were the land based region (0.6%), Ayrshire (1.5%) and Highlands and Islands (2.2%). However, in the case of the latter two regions, these proportions still represent hundreds of students.



20555 95.1 8.1 18560 85.9 7.9 1995 9.2 10.8 1065 4.9 6.5 455 2.1 5.1 250 1.1 6.0 360 1.7 11.0


* within a region/provision, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare horizontally)^ within an ethnic group, the percentage of students in a region/provision (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or region is

unknown.

99

Region

Students in regions/provisions by BME/white identity


95.198.597.497.889.497.697.685.497.897.297.496.697.399.496.4


*

10.6

14.6

White BME



20555 95.1 8.1 18560 85.9 7.9 1995 9.2 10.8 1065 4.9 6.5 455 2.1 5.1 250 1.1 6.0 360 1.7 11.0


* within a region/provision, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare horizontally)^ within an ethnic group, the percentage of students in a region/provision (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or region is

unknown.

4 Gender

= Since the peak of student numbers in 2007/08, the fall in numbers has been disproportionately among women. In 2013/14, female student numbers were 56.5% of what they were in 2007/08, while male student numbers were 67.3% of what they were in 2007/08.

= While there has been a consistent majority of women studying in colleges in Scotland, the gap between male and female representation has narrowed from 12.2 percentage points in 2007/08 to 3.4 percentage points in 2013/14.

= Within FE, 52.0% of students were female and 48.0% were male, a difference of 4.0 percentage points.

= Within HE, 50.4% of students were female and 49.6% were male, a difference of 0.8 percentage points.

= At FE level, the subjects with the largest gender differences were hairdressing, beauty, complementary therapies (94.9% female), nautical studies (94.1% male), construction (91.5% male) and engineering (86.5% male). All of these subjects have seen small percentage point decreases in the gender gap compared with 2012/13.

= At HE level, 76.3% of students studying SET subjects were male. This proportion has increased by 1.5 percentage points since 2012/13.

= The HE subjects with the largest gender differences were all SET subjects.

= Students undertaking self study and distance learning courses (13.1% of all students) were predominantly women (61.3%).

= At FE level, 62.6% of female students studied part-time, compared with 70.2% of male students.

= The proportion of female HE students who successfully completed their course (75.9%) was higher than that of male HE students (70.9%), a difference of 5.0 percentage points.

= In contrast to HE level, at FE level both completion rates and successful completion rates were higher for men than for women. 80.7% of male students successfully completed their course compared with 79.5% of female students, a difference of 1.2 percentage points.

= Male students formed the majority in the land based region (78.0%), Glasgow (51.9%), Fife (51.3%) and Forth Valley (51.1%). In all other regions, the majority of students were women.

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4.1 Profile over time by gender

Female Male All studentsNo. % No. % No.

06/07 267910 57.2 200245 42.8 46815507/08 274620 56.1 214990 43.9 48961008/09 268020 55.4 215455 44.6 48347009/10 240590 54.9 197935 45.1 43852010/11 205250 53.6 177755 46.4 38300511/12 156960 52.8 140125 47.2 29708512/13 155930 52.4 141655 47.6 29758513/14 155095 51.7 144730 48.3 299830

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender is unknown.

4 Gender

Profile over time

In 2013/14, 51.7% of all students in Scottish colleges were female and 48.3% were male. This is a difference of 3.4 percentage points.

At the peak of student numbers in 2007/08, 56.1% of all students were female, and 43.9% were male. Since this peak, the fall in student numbers has been disproportionately among women. In 2013/14, female student numbers were 56.5% of what they were in 2007/08, while male student numbers were 67.3% of what they were in 2007/08.

While women remain in the majority, the gap between male and female representation narrowed from 12.2 percentage points in 2007/08 to 3.4 percentage points in 2013/14.

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Profile over time

Profile over time by gender

60

55

50

45

40

06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14

Female

Male

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4.2 All by FE/HE level, SCQF level and gender

Female MaleNo. %* %^ No. %* %^

SCQF 11–12 20 77.8 0.0 5 22.2 0.0SCQF 9–10 740 65.2 0.5 395 34.8 0.3SCQF 8 10460 49.5 6.7 10690 50.5 7.4

HND or equivalent 9160 47.7 5.9 10060 52.3 7.0SCQF 7 12920 50.2 8.3 12840 49.8 8.9

HNC or equivalent 9185 53.5 5.9 7975 46.5 5.5Professional body 410 66.0 0.3 210 34.0 0.1Other HE students 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0All HE students 24550 50.4 15.8 24140 49.6 16.7SCQF 6–7 21090 54.5 13.6 17570 45.5 12.1

Adv. higher (unit) 480 61.5 0.3 300 38.5 0.2SVQ level 3 4070 34.6 2.6 7705 65.4 5.3Higher (unit) 11485 64.0 7.4 6455 36.0 4.5

SCQF 5 17500 51.8 11.3 16270 48.2 11.2SVQ level 2 4450 51.2 2.9 4250 48.8 2.9Intermediate 2 (unit) 9695 54.2 6.3 8185 45.8 5.7

SCQF 4 39295 48.4 25.3 41825 51.6 28.9SVQ level 1 585 45.8 0.4 690 54.2 0.5Intermediate 1 (unit) 9135 54.2 5.9 7725 45.8 5.3Other non–adv. cert. 26090 46.2 16.8 30345 53.8 21.0National units alone 2170 55.6 1.4 1735 44.4 1.2

SCQF 3 5145 54.5 3.3 4300 45.5 3.0Access (group award) 240 50.5 0.2 235 49.5 0.2Access (units) 4905 54.7 3.2 4060 45.3 2.8No rec. qualification. 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0

Other: non–vocational 8915 64.2 5.7 4970 35.8 3.4Other rec. qual. 395 49.7 0.3 400 50.3 0.3No rec. qualification 8520 65.1 5.5 4570 34.9 3.2

Other: vocational 38600 52.0 24.9 35655 48.0 24.6Other rec. qual. 6100 42.9 3.9 8125 57.1 5.6No rec. qualification 32500 54.1 21.0 27530 45.9 19.0

Other FE students 0 .. 0.0 0 .. 0.0All FE students 130545 52.0 84.2 120590 48.0 83.3All students 155095 51.7 100 144730 48.3 100

* within a level, the percentage of students who are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender, the percentage of students in a level (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose level or gender is



Level of study

The two largest levels (SCQF 4 and other: vocational; comprising over half of all students) both had comparable proportions of male and female students, with no large gender differences.

However, some levels had large gender gaps. These included HE professional body courses (66.0% female compared with 34.0% male), SCQF 9–10 (65.2% female compared with 34.8% male) and FE SVQ level 3 (65.4% male compared with 34.6% female).

At FE level, 52.0% of students were female and 48.0% were male, a difference of 4.0 percentage points.

At HE level, 50.4% of students were female and 49.6% were male, a difference of 0.8 percentage points.

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Level of study

Students in SCQF levels by gender

Female/male students by SCQF level

77.865.249.550.266.0..54.551.848.454.564.252.0..


22.234.850.549.834.0

45.548.251.645.535.848.0

FE

HE

.. percentages based on totals of 22.5 or less are not shown

Other:vocational

24.9

SCQF 425.3

SCQF 9-10 0.5SCQF 8 6.7SCQF 7 8.3


SCQF 6-7 13.6

SCQF 5 11.3


SCQF 3 3.3

Other:vocational

24.6

SCQF 428.9

SCQF 9-10 0.3SCQF 8 7.4

SCQF 7 8.9Professional body 0.1

SCQF 6-7 12.1

SCQF 5 11.2


Female

Male

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4.3 HE students by subject area and gender


Medicine and dentistry 165 68.0 0.7 80 32.0 0.3Subjects allied to medicine

1505 86.4 6.1 235 13.6 1.0

Biological sciences 470 62.7 1.9 280 37.3 1.2Agriculture 155 61.2 0.6 95 38.8 0.4Physical sciences 20 28.2 0.1 55 71.8 0.2Mathematical and computing science

510 14.2 2.1 3085 85.8 12.8

Engineering and technology

820 10.1 3.3 7325 89.9 30.3

Architecture building planning

195 14.0 0.8 1190 86.0 4.9

SET total 3840 23.7 15.6 12345 76.3 51.1Social studies 5650 78.6 23.0 1535 21.4 6.4Business, admin studies 7150 61.1 29.1 4550 38.9 18.9Mass comms, documentation

470 49.0 1.9 485 51.0 2.0

Languages 390 70.9 1.6 160 29.1 0.7Creative arts and design 5835 64.7 23.8 3175 35.3 13.2Education 370 52.6 1.5 335 47.4 1.4Combined 845 35.3 3.5 1550 64.7 6.4Non-SET total 20710 63.7 84.4 11795 36.3 48.9All HE students 24550 50.4 100 24140 49.6 100

* within a subject area, the percentage of students who are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender, the percentage of students in a subject area (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender or subject is

unknown.

Subject areas: HE

At HE level, 76.3% of students studying SET subjects were male. This proportion has increased by 1.5 percentage points since 2012/13.

51.1% of all male students studied SET subjects compared with 15.6% of all female students.

The largest gender differences within a subject were in engineering and technology (89.9% male), subjects allied to medicine (86.4% female), architecture, building, planning (86.0% male) and mathematical and computing science (85.8% male).

The majority of HE students studied non-SET subjects (66.8%). 84.4% of all female students studied non-SET subjects compared with a minority of male students (48.9%).

The largest gender difference within a non-SET subject was in social studies (78.6% female).

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Subject areas: HE

HE students in subject areas by gender

32.013.637.338.871.885.889.986.021.438.951.029.135.347.464.7

Medicine and dentistrySubjects allied to medicine Biological sciencesAgriculturePhysical sciencesMathematical, computing scienceEngineering, technologyArchitecture, building, planningSocial studiesBusiness, administrative studiesMass comms, documentationLanguagesCreative arts and designEducationCombined

68.086.462.761.228.214.210.114.078.661.149.070.964.752.635.3

non-SET

SET

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4.4 FE students by subject area and gender


Art and design 6510 64.9 5.0 3525 35.1 2.9Business, management and administration

5960 59.1 4.6 4130 40.9 3.4

Care 32535 72.6 24.9 12260 27.4 10.2Computing and ICT 12050 47.9 9.2 13110 52.1 10.9Construction 1235 8.5 0.9 13315 91.5 11.0Education and training 3300 61.2 2.5 2095 38.8 1.7Engineering 3670 13.5 2.8 23535 86.5 19.5Hairdressing, beauty, comp. therapies

13155 94.9 10.1 700 5.1 0.6

Hospitality, tourism 10555 60.1 8.1 7010 39.9 5.8Land-based industries 2335 30.7 1.8 5270 69.3 4.4Languages, ESOL 9920 64.4 7.6 5480 35.6 4.5Media 1930 54.9 1.5 1585 45.1 1.3Nautical studies 220 5.9 0.2 3520 94.1 2.9Performing arts 2540 57.9 1.9 1845 42.1 1.5Science 6000 60.5 4.6 3920 39.5 3.3Social subjects 2710 67.7 2.1 1295 32.3 1.1Sport, leisure 2665 37.3 2.0 4485 62.7 3.7Special programmes 13250 49.5 10.2 13510 50.5 11.2All FE students 130545 52.0 100 120590 48.0 100

* within a subject area, the percentage of students who are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender, the percentage of students in a subject area (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender or subject is

unknown.

Subject areas: FE

At FE level, the subjects with the largest gender differences were hairdressing, beauty, complementary therapies (94.9% female), nautical studies (94.1% male), construction (91.5% male) and engineering (86.5% male).

All of these subjects have seen small percentage point decreases in the gender gap compared with 2012/13. In 2012/13, hairdressing, beauty, complementary therapies was 96.1% female, nautical studies was 94.6% male, construction was 93.1% male and engineering was 87.3% male.

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Subject areas: FE

FE students in subject areas by gender

64.959.172.647.98.561.213.594.960.130.764.454.95.957.960.567.737.349.5

Art and designBusiness, management, adminCareComputing and ICTConstructionEducation and trainingEngineeringHairdressing, beauty, therapiesHospitality, tourismLand-based industriesLanguages, ESOLMediaNautical studiesPerforming artsScienceSocial subjectsSport, leisureSpecial programmes

35.140.927.452.191.538.886.5

5.139.969.335.645.194.142.139.532.362.750.5

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4 Gender

4.5 All by FE/HE level, mode of study and gender


HE studentsFull-time 16785 52.7 68.4 15040 47.3 62.3Part-time 6410 46.1 26.1 7510 53.9 31.1Self study/distance 1355 45.9 5.5 1590 54.1 6.6All HE students 24550 50.4 100 24140 49.6 100FE studentsFull-time 26040 53.9 19.9 22285 46.1 18.5Part-time 81705 49.1 62.6 84650 50.9 70.2Self study/distance 22800 62.5 17.5 13655 37.5 11.3All FE students 130545 52.0 100 120590 48.0 100All studentsFull-time 42830 53.4 27.6 37325 46.6 25.8Part-time 88115 48.9 56.8 92155 51.1 63.7Self study/distance 24155 61.3 15.6 15250 38.7 10.5All students 155095 51.7 100 144730 48.3 100

* within a mode of study and FE/HE level, the percentage of students who are female/male (compare horizontally)

^ within a gender and FE/HE level, the percentage of students in a mode of study (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender or mode is

unknown.

Mode of study

Students undertaking self study and distance learning courses (13.1% of all students) were predominantly female (61.3%).

At FE level, 62.6% of female students studied part-time, compared with 70.2% of male students.

68.4% of female HE students studied full-time, compared with 62.3% of male HE students.

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Mode of study

Female/male students in FE/HE levels by mode of study

MaleFemale


68.4HE



5.5


62.3

6.6

Part-time62.6

Full-time19.9

FE



17.5

Part-time70.2

Full-time18.5

11.3

Part-time56.8

Full-time27.6

All



15.6

Part-time63.7

Full-time25.8

10.5

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4 Gender

4.6 All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and gender


At HE level, similar proportions of male and female students completed their course (86.5% and 86.1% respectively).

However, the proportion of female students who successfully completed their course (75.9%) was higher than that of male students (70.9%), a difference of 5.0 percentage points.

Although successful completion rates were higher among students in SIMD Q1–4 than SIMD Q5 across both genders, the gap was wider among male students.

Within SIMD Q5, the proportion of female students who successfully completed their course (72.7%) was 7.7 percentage points higher than that of male students (65.0%).


All HE students

EW 1030 50.4 4.3 1010 49.6 4.3FW 2290 51.3 9.6 2175 48.7 9.2C 20545 50.1 86.1 20490 49.9 86.5PC 2430 39.6 10.2 3700 60.4 15.6SC 18115 51.9 75.9 16785 48.1 70.9All 23865 50.2 100 23675 49.8 100

SIMD Q5

EW 310 52.9 5.1 275 47.1 5.4FW 645 53.1 10.5 565 46.9 11.1C 5140 54.7 84.3 4250 45.3 83.4PC 705 42.9 11.6 940 57.1 18.5SC 4435 57.3 72.7 3310 42.7 65.0All 6095 54.5 100 5095 45.5 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 715 49.6 4.1 725 50.4 4.1FW 1635 50.8 9.3 1585 49.2 8.9C 15200 49.5 86.6 15525 50.5 87.0PC 1715 39.5 9.8 2625 60.5 14.7SC 13485 51.1 76.8 12900 48.9 72.3All 17555 49.6 100 17835 50.4 100


are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender and deprivation group, the percentage of students in a retention/completion

outcome (compare vertically) Percentages for the top six rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

gender or retention/completion outcome is unknown. Percentages for the remaining rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

gender, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers HE students whose retention/completion outcome is known



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All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and gender

*5.1

5.4

9.6 10.2 10.5 11.69.3 9.8 9.2 15.6 11.1 18.5 8.9 14.7

All HE female studentsHE female students in SIMD Q5 HE female students in SIMD Q1–4 All HE male studentsHE male students in SIMD Q5 HE male students in SIMD Q1–4

75.972.776.870.965.072.3

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion



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4 Gender

As with HE level, a higher proportion of male FE students completed their course than female FE students (89.8% compared with 88.7%).

This gender difference was larger for FE students in SIMD Q1–4 than for those in SIMD Q5. Within SIMD Q1–4, 91.0% of male students completed their course compared with 89.8% of female students, a difference of 1.2 percentage points. Among students in SIMD Q5, this gap was smaller, with a difference of 0.5 percentage points. The gap among those in SIMD Q5 has narrowed since 2012/13, when it was 1.3 percentage points.

In contrast to HE level however, at FE level successful completion rates were also higher for men than for women. 80.7% of male students successfully completed their course compared with 79.5% of female students, a difference of 1.2 percentage points.

Early and further withdrawal rates were highest among female students in SIMD Q5, at 5.5% and 8.8% respectively.

4.7 All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and gender


All FE students

EW 4725 54.6 4.1 3925 45.4 3.7FW 8300 55.2 7.2 6745 44.8 6.4C 101905 52.0 88.7 94250 48.0 89.8PC 10515 52.4 9.1 9545 47.6 9.1SC 91390 51.9 79.5 84705 48.1 80.7All 114935 52.3 100 104920 47.7 100

SIMD Q5

EW 1900 55.0 5.5 1555 45.0 5.4FW 3035 55.7 8.8 2415 44.3 8.4C 29575 54.3 85.7 24885 45.7 86.2PC 3760 54.9 10.9 3085 45.1 10.7SC 25815 54.2 74.8 21800 45.8 75.5All 34510 54.5 100 28855 45.5 100

SIMD Q1–4

EW 2810 54.4 3.6 2360 45.6 3.2FW 5235 55.0 6.6 4285 45.0 5.8C 71110 51.5 89.8 66970 48.5 91.0PC 6720 51.3 8.5 6385 48.7 8.7SC 64390 51.5 81.3 60590 48.5 82.3All 79155 51.8 100 73615 48.2 100


are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender and deprivation group, the percentage of students in a retention/completion

outcome (compare vertically) Percentages for the top six rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

gender or retention/completion outcome is unknown. Percentages for the remaining rows are based on the total number of students minus those whose

gender, SIMD or retention/completion outcome is unknown. SIMD unknown in this table covers FE students whose retention/completion outcome is known but



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*5.5

5.4

7.2 9.1 8.8 10.9 6.6 8.5 6.4 9.1 8.4 10.75.8 8.7

All FE female studentsFE female students in SIMD Q5 FE female students in SIMD Q1–4 All FE male studentsFE male students in SIMD Q5 FE male students in SIMD Q1–4

79.574.881.380.775.582.3

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion



All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and gender

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4 Gender

4.8 All students by region/provision and genderRegion

Male students formed the majority of students in the land based region (78.0%), Glasgow (51.9%), Fife (51.3%) and Forth Valley (51.1%). In all other regions, the majority of students were women.

This is most clearly observed in the West (63.1%), West Lothian (60.5%) and national provision (60.1%) regions.



12465 52.1 8.0 11470 47.9 7.9

Ayrshire 7695 50.2 5.0 7620 49.8 5.3Borders 3100 58.2 2.0 2230 41.8 1.5Dumfries and Galloway 2795 50.6 1.8 2725 49.4 1.9Edinburgh and Lothians 11510 52.1 7.4 10600 47.9 7.3Fife 12165 48.7 7.8 12820 51.3 8.9Forth Valley 6840 48.9 4.4 7150 51.1 4.9Glasgow 30575 48.1 19.7 33000 51.9 22.8Highlands and Islands 16675 52.0 10.8 15400 48.0 10.6Lanarkshire 15825 51.1 10.2 15150 48.9 10.5Tayside 10590 55.2 6.8 8600 44.8 5.9West 19055 63.1 12.3 11125 36.9 7.7West Lothian 4175 60.5 2.7 2730 39.5 1.9Land based 1050 22.0 0.7 3730 78.0 2.6National provision 585 60.1 0.4 390 39.9 0.3Total 155095 51.7 100 144730 48.3 100

* within a region/provision, the percentage of students who are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender, the percentage of students in a region/provision (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender or region is

unknown.

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Region

Students in regions/provisions by gender

52.150.258.250.652.148.748.948.152.051.155.263.160.522.060.1


47.949.841.849.447.951.351.151.948.048.944.836.939.578.039.9

5 Multiple identities

= In 2013/14, the proportion of students aged under 16 who disclosed as disabled (13.4%) was 3.2 percentage points lower than in 2012/13 (16.6%).

= The completion gap between disabled and non-disabled students was narrower among students aged 29 and under than it was among students aged 30 and over.

= With the exception of the 40 and over age group, the proportion of students within an age group who were BME increased with age.

= The majority of students aged 24 and under were men, whereas the majority of students aged 25 and over were women.

= The successful completion gap between male and female students was highest among those aged 20–24: 77.6% of male students in this age group completed successfully compared with 75.8% of female students (a difference of 1.9 percentage points).

= The proportion of white students who disclosed as disabled (14.2%) was nearly double that of BME students (7.7%), a difference of 6.5 percentage points. This gap has narrowed since 2012/13.

= The largest completion gap between disabled (79.4%) and non-disabled (86.6%) students was among black students (7.2 percentage points).

= A higher proportion of male students disclosed as disabled (14.5%) than female students (12.9%), a difference of 1.6 percentage points.

= Across gender and disability, the lowest completion rates were among female disabled students (85.7%). The lowest successful completion rates were also among female disabled students (75.7%), as were the highest rates of early and further withdrawal.

= Male students made up the majority of mixed and other students (52.3%). Female students made up the majority of all other ethnic groups.

= Across ethnicity and gender, black male students had the lowest completion rate (85.3%) and successful completion rate (71.4%).

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Students in age groups by disability status

5.1 All by age and disability status


Under 16 24555 86.6 10.4 3800 13.4 10.116–19 74255 85.1 31.3 13030 14.9 34.820–24 37900 87.4 16.0 5475 12.6 14.625–29 22590 88.6 9.5 2905 11.4 7.830–34 17035 88.9 7.2 2135 11.1 5.735–39 12985 88.0 5.5 1770 12.0 4.740 and over 47840 85.1 20.2 8370 14.9 22.3All students 237165 86.4 100 37480 13.6 100

* within an age group, the percentage of students who declared a/no disability (compare horizontally)

^ within a disability status the percentage of students in an age group (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose disability status or age is

unknown.

Age and disability

In 2013/14, the proportion of students aged under 16 who disclosed as disabled (13.4%) was 3.2 percentage points lower than in 2012/13 (16.6%).

The 16–19 and 40 and over age groups had the highest proportions of students who disclosed as disabled (14.9% each). However, these proportions have fallen since 2012/13 (by 0.5 and 0.4 percentage points respectively).


86.685.187.488.688.988.085.1

Under 1616–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over

13.414.912.611.411.112.014.9


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Age and disability

Disabled/non-disabled students by age

Non-disabled

Disabled

≥4020.2

<1610.4

16–1931.3

20–2416.0

35–39 5.5

30–34 7.2

25–29 9.5

35–39 4.7

30–34 5.7

25–29 7.8

≥4022.3

<1610.1

16–1934.8

20–2414.6

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5.2 All by retention, completion outcome, age group and disability status

Within all age groups, the proportion of non-disabled students who completed their course was higher than that of disabled students.

The disability completion gap was narrower among students aged 29 and under than it was among students aged 30 and over. For example, there was a gap of 0.4 percentage points between the proportions of disabled and non-disabled students who completed their course among students aged 16–19, compared with a gap of 5.2 percentage points among students aged 35–39.

Successful completion rates follow a similar pattern. For example, among students aged 16–19 there was a difference of 0.5 percentage points between disabled and non-disabled students in successful completion. Among students aged 35–39 this gap was markedly wider, with a difference of 6.6 percentage points.

Non-disabled DisabledNo. % No. %

Under 16

EW 640 2.9 130 3.6FW 1155 5.2 230 6.4C 20535 92.0 3190 90.0PC 1920 8.6 360 10.1SC 18615 83.4 2830 79.8

16–19

EW 3490 4.6 605 4.6FW 7405 9.8 1370 10.3C 64290 85.5 11275 85.1PC 9020 12.0 1605 12.1SC 55270 73.5 9675 73.0

20–24

EW 1750 4.6 305 5.5FW 2980 7.9 530 9.6C 32950 87.5 4710 84.9PC 3885 10.3 615 11.1SC 29070 77.1 4095 73.8

25–29

EW 995 4.5 155 5.4FW 1580 7.2 260 9.0C 19435 88.3 2475 85.6PC 1960 8.9 275 9.5SC 17475 79.4 2200 76.1

30–34

EW 645 3.9 130 6.2FW 985 6.0 180 8.5C 14720 90.0 1790 85.4PC 1510 9.2 195 9.3SC 13210 80.8 1595 76.0

35–39

EW 435 3.6 105 6.2FW 665 5.4 135 8.0C 11170 91.0 1470 85.8PC 990 8.1 160 9.4SC 10180 83.0 1310 76.4

40 and over

EW 975 2.2 330 4.2FW 1555 3.5 495 6.2C 42090 94.3 7090 89.6PC 3050 6.8 645 8.2SC 39035 87.5 6445 81.4

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose disability status, retention/completion outcome or age is unknown.


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Age and disability

Disabled/non-disabled students in age groups by retention and completion outcome

Under 16 non-disabled16–19 non-disabled20–24 non-disabled25–29 non-disabled30–34 non-disabled35–39 non-disabled40 and over non-disabledUnder 16 disabled16–19 disabled20–24 disabled25–29 disabled30–34 disabled35–39 disabled40 and over disabled

*

5.55.46.26.2

5.2 8.6 9.8 12.0 7.9 10.3 7.2 8.9 6.0 9.2 5.4 8.1 6.8 6.4 10.1 10.3 12.1 9.6 11.1 9.0 9.5 8.5 9.3 8.0 9.4 6.2 8.2

83.473.577.179.480.883.087.579.873.073.876.176.076.481.4

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WhiteBME

16–19Under 16 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40 and over

98.1 96.2

3.8

93.3 90.5 88.5 86.9 94.5

6.7 9.5 11.5 13.1

5.51.9

5.3 All by ethnicity and ageAge and ethnicity

With the exception of the 40 and over age group, the proportion of students within an age group who were BME increased with age. The age groups with the lowest proportion of BME students were under 16 (1.9%) and 16–19 (3.8%). The age groups with the highest proportion of BME students were 35–39 (13.1%) and 30–34 (11.5%).

20.4% of BME students were aged 16–19 compared with 32.7% of white students.

Students in age groups by ethnicity


White total 26140 10.3 98.1 83270 32.7 96.2 40225 15.8 93.3 22855 9.0 90.5 16800 6.6 88.5 12675 5.0 86.9 52385 20.6 94.5UK white 25155 10.7 94.4 80640 34.2 93.1 37525 15.9 87.1 19465 8.3 77.0 13730 5.8 72.3 10730 4.6 73.6 48575 20.6 87.6Other white 985 5.3 3.7 2630 14.2 3.0 2700 14.6 6.3 3390 18.3 13.4 3070 16.6 16.2 1940 10.5 13.3 3810 20.6 6.9BME total 520 3.2 1.9 3330 20.4 3.8 2875 17.6 6.7 2410 14.8 9.5 2190 13.4 11.5 1910 11.7 13.1 3055 18.7 5.5Asian 240 2.7 0.9 2015 22.7 2.3 1630 18.4 3.8 1165 13.1 4.6 1105 12.5 5.8 980 11.0 6.7 1740 19.6 3.1Black 130 3.1 0.5 610 14.6 0.7 615 14.9 1.4 760 18.3 3.0 640 15.4 3.4 625 15.1 4.3 770 18.5 1.4Mixed and other 150 4.6 0.6 705 21.7 0.8 625 19.2 1.4 485 14.9 1.9 440 13.6 2.3 305 9.4 2.1 545 16.7 1.0All students 26655 9.8 100 86595 32.0 100 43100 15.9 100 25265 9.3 100 18990 7.0 100 14585 5.4 100 55440 20.5 100Unknown 1700 5460 4010 2885 2450 2180 10510

* within an ethnic group, the percentage of students who are in each age group (compare horizontally)

^ within an age group, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or age is

unknown.

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Age and ethnicity

Students in ethnic groups by age


White totalUK whiteOther whiteBME totalAsianBlackMixed and other

20.620.620.618.719.618.516.7

6.6 5.0 5.8 16.6 10.5 13.4 11.7 12.5 11.015.4 15.1 13.6 9.4

10.3 32.7 15.8 9.010.7 34.2 15.9 8.35.3 14.2 14.6 18.3* 20.4 17.6 14.8 22.7 18.4 13.1 14.6 14.9 18.3 21.7 19.2 14.9

<16 16–19 20–25 26–29 35–3930–34 ≥40

WhiteBME

16–19Under 16 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40 and over

98.1 96.2

3.8

93.3 90.5 88.5 86.9 94.5

6.7 9.5 11.5 13.1

5.51.9


White total 26140 10.3 98.1 83270 32.7 96.2 40225 15.8 93.3 22855 9.0 90.5 16800 6.6 88.5 12675 5.0 86.9 52385 20.6 94.5UK white 25155 10.7 94.4 80640 34.2 93.1 37525 15.9 87.1 19465 8.3 77.0 13730 5.8 72.3 10730 4.6 73.6 48575 20.6 87.6Other white 985 5.3 3.7 2630 14.2 3.0 2700 14.6 6.3 3390 18.3 13.4 3070 16.6 16.2 1940 10.5 13.3 3810 20.6 6.9BME total 520 3.2 1.9 3330 20.4 3.8 2875 17.6 6.7 2410 14.8 9.5 2190 13.4 11.5 1910 11.7 13.1 3055 18.7 5.5Asian 240 2.7 0.9 2015 22.7 2.3 1630 18.4 3.8 1165 13.1 4.6 1105 12.5 5.8 980 11.0 6.7 1740 19.6 3.1Black 130 3.1 0.5 610 14.6 0.7 615 14.9 1.4 760 18.3 3.0 640 15.4 3.4 625 15.1 4.3 770 18.5 1.4Mixed and other 150 4.6 0.6 705 21.7 0.8 625 19.2 1.4 485 14.9 1.9 440 13.6 2.3 305 9.4 2.1 545 16.7 1.0All students 26655 9.8 100 86595 32.0 100 43100 15.9 100 25265 9.3 100 18990 7.0 100 14585 5.4 100 55440 20.5 100Unknown 1700 5460 4010 2885 2450 2180 10510

* within an ethnic group, the percentage of students who are in each age group (compare horizontally)

^ within an age group, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or age is

unknown.

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5.4 All by retention, completion outcome, ethnicity and age group

Among white students, completion and successful completion rates broadly increased with age (the under 16 age group being the exception). White students aged 16–19 had both the lowest completion (85.3%) and successful completion (73.4%) rates, while those aged 40 and over had the highest (93.9% and 87.1%, respectively).

Among BME students, students aged under 16 had the highest completion (94.0%) and successful completion rates (87.7%). BME students aged 30–34 had the lowest completion rates (85.3%), while BME students aged 16–19 had the lowest successful completion rates (71.7%).

The successful completion gap between BME and white students was widest among those aged 40 and over. 87.1% of white students in this age group successfully completed, compared with 76.5% of BME students (a difference of 10.6 percentage points). In contrast, the successful completion gap was 1.7 percentage points among students aged 16–19.


White total

EW 755 3.2 3915 4.6 1895 4.7 1020 4.6 650 4.0 440 3.7 1140 2.3FW 1355 5.7 8475 10.0 3250 8.1 1615 7.2 960 6.0 655 5.5 1815 3.7C 21660 91.1 71995 85.3 34930 87.2 19640 88.2 14500 90.0 10850 90.8 45830 93.9PC 2220 9.3 10070 11.9 4125 10.3 1970 8.8 1440 8.9 940 7.9 3315 6.8SC 19440 81.8 61925 73.4 30805 76.9 17670 79.3 13065 81.1 9910 83.0 42515 87.1

UK white

EW 745 3.3 3805 4.7 1780 4.8 865 4.6 545 4.2 360 3.6 1025 2.3FW 1325 5.8 8210 10.0 3015 8.1 1395 7.4 790 6.0 540 5.4 1650 3.7C 20780 90.9 69705 85.3 32525 87.1 16605 88.0 11735 89.8 9095 91.0 42415 94.1PC 2170 9.5 9770 12.0 3870 10.4 1740 9.2 1190 9.1 790 7.9 3040 6.7SC 18610 81.4 59935 73.3 28650 76.8 14865 78.8 10545 80.7 8305 83.1 39375 87.3

Other white

EW 10 1.1 110 4.1 115 4.2 155 4.5 105 3.4 75 4.0 115 3.1FW 30 3.3 265 10.0 235 8.5 215 6.4 175 5.7 115 5.9 170 4.5C 880 95.7 2290 85.9 2405 87.3 3035 89.1 2770 90.9 1750 90.1 3415 92.3PC 50 5.7 300 11.3 255 9.2 230 6.8 250 8.2 145 7.6 275 7.5SC 830 90.0 1985 74.6 2150 78.1 2800 82.3 2520 82.7 1605 82.6 3140 84.9

BME total

EW 10 1.9 165 4.9 145 5.1 125 5.3 120 5.5 95 5.1 150 5.0FW 15 4.1 275 8.2 245 8.5 210 8.7 200 9.2 140 7.4 215 7.2C 390 94.0 2915 86.9 2475 86.4 2065 86.0 1840 85.3 1640 87.5 2625 87.8PC 25 6.3 510 15.2 345 12.1 250 10.5 250 11.7 210 11.2 340 11.3SC 365 87.7 2405 71.7 2130 74.3 1815 75.5 1585 73.6 1430 76.2 2290 76.5

Asian

EW 5 1.9 95 4.7 80 4.7 60 5.1 50 4.7 55 5.4 90 5.2FW 10 3.8 145 7.2 135 8.3 90 7.5 95 8.8 75 7.8 120 6.7C 200 94.3 1780 88.1 1440 87.0 1045 87.4 950 86.4 855 86.8 1555 88.1PC 10 5.7 300 15.0 210 12.6 120 10.1 140 12.6 100 10.3 195 10.9SC 185 88.6 1475 73.1 1235 74.5 925 77.3 810 73.8 755 76.5 1360 77.1

Black

EW 5 4.0 25 4.2 35 6.2 45 5.8 45 7.1 25 4.1 30 3.9FW 0 0.0 55 9.0 50 8.9 70 9.5 55 9.1 45 7.8 60 8.6C 70 96.0 520 86.8 495 85.0 625 84.7 515 83.8 510 88.1 635 87.6PC 5 6.7 100 16.3 70 12.3 85 11.7 70 11.7 75 12.9 90 12.7SC 65 89.3 425 70.5 425 72.6 540 73.0 445 72.1 435 75.2 545 74.9

Mixed and other

EW 0 0.8 45 6.2 30 5.1 25 4.9 25 5.2 20 6.1 30 6.0FW 10 7.0 75 10.2 55 8.7 50 10.6 45 10.2 15 5.5 35 6.8C 120 92.2 615 83.6 540 86.2 400 84.5 370 84.5 275 88.4 440 87.3PC 10 7.0 110 15.1 65 10.7 45 9.7 40 9.3 35 10.9 55 10.7SC 110 85.3 505 68.5 470 75.5 355 74.8 330 75.2 240 77.5 385 76.5

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity, retention/completion outcome or age is unknown.


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Age and ethnicity


White total

EW 755 3.2 3915 4.6 1895 4.7 1020 4.6 650 4.0 440 3.7 1140 2.3FW 1355 5.7 8475 10.0 3250 8.1 1615 7.2 960 6.0 655 5.5 1815 3.7C 21660 91.1 71995 85.3 34930 87.2 19640 88.2 14500 90.0 10850 90.8 45830 93.9PC 2220 9.3 10070 11.9 4125 10.3 1970 8.8 1440 8.9 940 7.9 3315 6.8SC 19440 81.8 61925 73.4 30805 76.9 17670 79.3 13065 81.1 9910 83.0 42515 87.1

UK white

EW 745 3.3 3805 4.7 1780 4.8 865 4.6 545 4.2 360 3.6 1025 2.3FW 1325 5.8 8210 10.0 3015 8.1 1395 7.4 790 6.0 540 5.4 1650 3.7C 20780 90.9 69705 85.3 32525 87.1 16605 88.0 11735 89.8 9095 91.0 42415 94.1PC 2170 9.5 9770 12.0 3870 10.4 1740 9.2 1190 9.1 790 7.9 3040 6.7SC 18610 81.4 59935 73.3 28650 76.8 14865 78.8 10545 80.7 8305 83.1 39375 87.3

Other white

EW 10 1.1 110 4.1 115 4.2 155 4.5 105 3.4 75 4.0 115 3.1FW 30 3.3 265 10.0 235 8.5 215 6.4 175 5.7 115 5.9 170 4.5C 880 95.7 2290 85.9 2405 87.3 3035 89.1 2770 90.9 1750 90.1 3415 92.3PC 50 5.7 300 11.3 255 9.2 230 6.8 250 8.2 145 7.6 275 7.5SC 830 90.0 1985 74.6 2150 78.1 2800 82.3 2520 82.7 1605 82.6 3140 84.9

BME total

EW 10 1.9 165 4.9 145 5.1 125 5.3 120 5.5 95 5.1 150 5.0FW 15 4.1 275 8.2 245 8.5 210 8.7 200 9.2 140 7.4 215 7.2C 390 94.0 2915 86.9 2475 86.4 2065 86.0 1840 85.3 1640 87.5 2625 87.8PC 25 6.3 510 15.2 345 12.1 250 10.5 250 11.7 210 11.2 340 11.3SC 365 87.7 2405 71.7 2130 74.3 1815 75.5 1585 73.6 1430 76.2 2290 76.5

Asian

EW 5 1.9 95 4.7 80 4.7 60 5.1 50 4.7 55 5.4 90 5.2FW 10 3.8 145 7.2 135 8.3 90 7.5 95 8.8 75 7.8 120 6.7C 200 94.3 1780 88.1 1440 87.0 1045 87.4 950 86.4 855 86.8 1555 88.1PC 10 5.7 300 15.0 210 12.6 120 10.1 140 12.6 100 10.3 195 10.9SC 185 88.6 1475 73.1 1235 74.5 925 77.3 810 73.8 755 76.5 1360 77.1

Black

EW 5 4.0 25 4.2 35 6.2 45 5.8 45 7.1 25 4.1 30 3.9FW 0 0.0 55 9.0 50 8.9 70 9.5 55 9.1 45 7.8 60 8.6C 70 96.0 520 86.8 495 85.0 625 84.7 515 83.8 510 88.1 635 87.6PC 5 6.7 100 16.3 70 12.3 85 11.7 70 11.7 75 12.9 90 12.7SC 65 89.3 425 70.5 425 72.6 540 73.0 445 72.1 435 75.2 545 74.9

Mixed and other

EW 0 0.8 45 6.2 30 5.1 25 4.9 25 5.2 20 6.1 30 6.0FW 10 7.0 75 10.2 55 8.7 50 10.6 45 10.2 15 5.5 35 6.8C 120 92.2 615 83.6 540 86.2 400 84.5 370 84.5 275 88.4 440 87.3PC 10 7.0 110 15.1 65 10.7 45 9.7 40 9.3 35 10.9 55 10.7SC 110 85.3 505 68.5 470 75.5 355 74.8 330 75.2 240 77.5 385 76.5

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity, retention/completion outcome or age is unknown.

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Students in age and ethnicity groups by retention and completion outcome

White students aged under 16White students aged 16–19White students aged 20–24White students aged 25–29White students aged 30–34White students aged 35–39White students aged 40 and over

BME students aged under 16BME students aged 16–19BME students aged 20–24BME students aged 25–29BME students aged 30–34BME students aged 35–39BME students aged 40 and over

* 5.7 9.3 10.0 11.9 8.1 10.3 7.2 8.8 6.0 8.9 5.5 7.9 6.8

81.873.476.979.381.183.087.1

5.15.35.55.15.0

* 6.3 8.2 15.2 8.5 12.1 8.7 10.5 9.2 11.7 7.4 11.2 7.2 11.3

87.771.774.375.573.676.276.5

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Early withdrawal

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Partial completion


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Age and ethnicity

White students aged under 16White students aged 16–19White students aged 20–24White students aged 25–29White students aged 30–34White students aged 35–39White students aged 40 and over

BME students aged under 16BME students aged 16–19BME students aged 20–24BME students aged 25–29BME students aged 30–34BME students aged 35–39BME students aged 40 and over

* 5.7 9.3 10.0 11.9 8.1 10.3 7.2 8.8 6.0 8.9 5.5 7.9 6.8

81.873.476.979.381.183.087.1

5.15.35.55.15.0

* 6.3 8.2 15.2 8.5 12.1 8.7 10.5 9.2 11.7 7.4 11.2 7.2 11.3

87.771.774.375.573.676.276.5

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Early withdrawal

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Students in age groups by gender


Under 16 13960 49.2 9.0 14400 50.8 9.916–19 43075 46.8 27.8 48980 53.2 33.820–24 22535 47.8 14.5 24575 52.2 17.025–29 15480 55.0 10.0 12670 45.0 8.830–34 12205 56.9 7.9 9235 43.1 6.435–39 9795 58.4 6.3 6970 41.6 4.840 and over 38050 57.7 24.5 27900 42.3 19.3All students 155095 51.7 100 144730 48.3 100

* within an age group, the percentage of students who are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender, the percentage of students in an age group (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender or age is

unknown.

5.5 All by age group and genderAge and gender

The majority of students aged 24 and under were men, whereas the majority of students aged 25 and over were women.

The 35–39 age group had the largest gender gap, where 58.4% of students were women, 16.8 percentage points more than male students (41.6%).

The smallest gender gap was among students aged under 16 (49.2% women and 50.8% men; a difference of 1.6 percentage points).

49.246.847.855.056.958.457.7

Under 1616–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over

50.853.252.245.043.141.642.3

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Age and gender

Female/male students by age

Female≥4024.5

<169.0

16–1927.8

20–2414.5

35–39 6.3

30–34 7.9

25–29 10.0

Male ≥4019.3

<169.9

16–1933.8

20–2417.0

35–39 4.8

30–34 6.4

25–29 8.8

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Female MaleNo. % No. %

Under 16

EW 365 2.8 405 3.1FW 725 5.6 655 5.1C 11825 91.6 11905 91.8PC 1105 8.6 1175 9.1SC 10720 83.0 10730 82.8

16–19

EW 2050 4.9 2050 4.4FW 4550 11.0 4225 9.0C 34930 84.1 40635 86.6PC 4825 11.6 5795 12.4SC 30105 72.5 34840 74.3

20–24

EW 1105 5.3 945 4.2FW 1875 9.0 1635 7.3C 17800 85.7 19865 88.5PC 2055 9.9 2445 10.9SC 15740 75.8 17420 77.6

25–29

EW 630 4.6 515 4.6FW 1060 7.7 785 7.0C 12085 87.7 9825 88.3PC 1210 8.8 1025 9.2SC 10875 78.9 8800 79.1

30–34

EW 450 4.3 325 4.1FW 655 6.2 505 6.4C 9460 89.5 7045 89.5PC 920 8.7 780 9.9SC 8540 80.8 6265 79.6

35–39

EW 335 4.0 205 3.7FW 470 5.6 330 5.9C 7560 90.4 5080 90.4PC 665 8.0 485 8.7SC 6895 82.4 4595 81.8

40 and over

EW 815 2.6 490 2.3FW 1260 4.1 785 3.6C 28795 93.3 20380 94.1PC 2160 7.0 1540 7.1SC 26635 86.3 18845 87.0

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender, retention/completion outcome or age is unknown.

In every age group except for the 30–34 and 35–30 age groups, where there were no gender differences in the proportions of students who completed their course, completion rates were higher among male students than female students.

Male and female students aged 40 and over had the highest completion rates across all age groups (94.1% and 93.3% respectively), followed by those aged under 16 (91.8% and 91.6% respectively).

The successful completion gap between male and female students was highest among those aged 20–24: 77.6% of male students in this age group completed successfully compared with 75.8% of female students (a difference of 1.9 percentage points). A similar pattern was observed among those aged 16–19, where there was a gap of 1.8 percentage points.

5.6 All by retention, completion outcome, age group and gender


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Age and gender

Female/male students in age groups by retention and completion outcome

Female students aged under 16Female students aged 16–19Female students aged 20–24Female students aged 25–29Female students aged 30–34Female students aged 35–39Female students aged 40 and overMale students aged under 16Male students aged 16–19Male students aged 20–24Male students aged 25–29Male students aged 30–34Male students aged 35–39Male students aged 40 and over

*

5.3

5.6 8.6 11.0 11.6 9.0 9.9 7.7 8.8 6.2 8.7 5.6 8.0 7.0 5.1 9.1 9.0 12.4 7.3 10.9 7.0 9.2 6.4 9.9 5.9 8.7 7.1

83.072.575.878.980.882.486.382.874.377.679.179.681.887.0

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5.7 All by ethnicity and disability status

Students in ethnic groups by disability status

Disability and ethnicity

The proportion of white students who disclosed as disabled (14.2%) was nearly double that of BME students (7.7%), a difference of 6.5 percentage points. This gap has narrowed since 2012/13, when the difference was 7.2 percentage points.

The ethnic groups with the highest proportion of students who disclosed as disabled were UK white students (14.7%) followed by mixed and other students (9.4%). Those with the lowest proportion of students who disclosed as disabled were other white students (7.0%) followed by black students (6.2%).


White total 218280 85.8 93.6 36065 14.2 96.6UK white 201060 85.3 86.2 34760 14.7 93.1Other white 17220 93.0 7.4 1305 7.0 3.5BME total 15030 92.3 6.4 1255 7.7 3.4Asian 8185 92.2 3.5 695 7.8 1.9Black 3895 93.8 1.7 255 6.2 0.7Mixed and other 2950 90.6 1.3 305 9.4 0.8All students 233310 86.2 100 37320 13.8 100Unknown 3855 160

* within an ethnic group, the percentage of students who declared a/no disability (compare horizontally)

^ within a disability status, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity or disability

status is unknown.


85.885.393.092.392.293.890.6


14.214.7

7.07.77.86.29.4

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Disabled/non-disabled students by ethnicity

Non-disabled

Disabled

UK white86.2

Other white 7.4Asian 3.5Black 1.7

Mixed and other 1.3

UK white93.1


Mixed and other 0.8

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5.8 All by retention, completion outcome, ethnicity and disability status

Across all ethnic groups, a higher proportion of non-disabled students completed their course than disabled students. This is a change from 2012/13, when within some ethnic groups the gap was nonexistent or reversed.

The largest completion gap between disabled (79.4%) and non-disabled (86.6%) students was among black students (7.2 percentage points).

The smallest completion gap between disabled and non-disabled students was among other white students (1.7 percentage points).

Across disabled and non-disabled students, white students had higher rates of successful completion. At 5.6 percentage points, the gap in successful completion rates between white and BME students was larger among disabled students than non-disabled students, where there was a difference of 4.2 percentage points.

Among disabled students, black (63.0%) and mixed and other (70.1%) students had the lowest successful completion rates.

Non-disabled DisabledNo. % No. %

White total

EW 8160 3.9 1660 4.7FW 15080 7.1 3045 8.6C 188600 89.0 30805 86.7PC 20390 9.6 3690 10.4SC 168205 79.4 27115 76.4

UK white

EW 7530 3.9 1605 4.7FW 13970 7.2 2950 8.6C 173195 89.0 29665 86.7PC 19000 9.8 3570 10.4SC 154195 79.2 26095 76.3

Other white

EW 630 3.7 55 4.4FW 1110 6.5 95 7.3C 15400 89.9 1140 88.2PC 1390 8.1 120 9.3SC 14010 81.8 1020 79.0

BME total

EW 725 4.9 85 6.8FW 1165 7.9 135 10.4C 12900 87.2 1055 82.8PC 1785 12.1 155 12.0SC 11115 75.2 905 70.8

Asian

EW 390 4.8 45 6.0FW 600 7.3 75 10.4C 7225 87.9 595 83.6PC 1005 12.3 70 9.7SC 6220 75.7 525 73.9

Black

EW 185 5.0 20 7.8FW 305 8.4 35 12.8C 3175 86.6 205 79.4PC 460 12.5 40 16.3SC 2715 74.1 160 63.0

Mixed and other

EW 150 5.2 25 7.8FW 260 8.9 25 8.4C 2500 86.0 260 83.8PC 320 11.0 40 13.6SC 2180 75.0 215 70.1

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose ethnicity, retention/completion outcome or disability status is unknown.


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Disabled/non-disabled students in ethnic groups by retention and completion outcome

White non-disabled totalUK white non-disabledOther white non-disabledBME non-disabled totalAsian non-disabledBlack non-disabledMixed and other non-disabledWhite disabled totalUK white disabled Other white disabled BME disabled totalAsian disabled Black disabled Mixed and other disabled


*

5.05.2

6.86.07.87.8

7.1 9.6 7.2 9.86.5 8.1 7.9 12.1 7.3 12.3 8.4 12.5 8.9 11.0 8.6 10.4 8.6 10.4 7.3 9.3 10.4 12.0 10.4 9.7 12.8 16.3 8.4 13.6

79.479.281.875.275.774.175.076.476.379.070.873.963.070.1

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion


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Non-disabled 123780 52.2 87.1 113385 47.8 85.5Disabled 18320 48.9 12.9 19160 51.1 14.5All students 142100 51.7 100 132545 48.3 100Unknown 13000 12185

* within a disability status, the percentage of students who are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender, the percentage of students who declared a/no disability (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender or disability is

unknown.

5.9 All by disability status and genderDisability and gender

A higher proportion of male students disclosed as disabled (14.5%) than female students (12.9%), a difference of 1.6 percentage points.

5.10 All by retention, completion outcome, disability status and gender


Non-disabled

EW 4850 4.0 4075 3.7FW 8885 7.4 7430 6.8C 106865 88.6 98325 89.5PC 11140 9.2 11200 10.2SC 95730 79.4 87125 79.3All 120600 100 109835 100

Disabled

EW 905 5.0 860 4.6FW 1705 9.4 1485 7.9C 15590 85.7 16415 87.5PC 1810 9.9 2050 10.9SC 13780 75.7 14365 76.6All 18200 100 18760 100

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender, retention/completion outcome or disability is unknown.


Across gender and disability, the lowest completion rates were among female disabled students (85.7%). Male non-disabled students had the highest completion rates (89.5%), followed by female non-disabled students (88.6%), and male disabled students (87.5%).

The lowest successful completion rates were also among female disabled students (75.7%). Female non-disabled students had the highest successful completion rates (79.4%), followed by male non-disabled students (79.3%), and male disabled students (76.6%).

The highest rates of early and further withdrawal were among female disabled students.

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Disability and gender

Disabled/non-disabled students by gender

Female/male students by disability status

Female/male disabled/non-disabled students by retention and completion outcome

52.248.9

Non-disabledDisabled

47.851.1


87.185.5

FemaleMale

12.914.5

Female non-disabledFemale disabledMale non-disabledMale disabled

*5.0

7.4 9.2 9.4 9.96.8 10.2 7.9 10.9

79.475.779.376.6

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion



140



White total 131840 51.8 94.2 122510 48.2 93.8UK white 120585 51.1 86.1 115235 48.9 88.2Other white 11255 60.7 8.0 7270 39.3 5.6BME total 8165 50.1 5.8 8120 49.9 6.2Asian 4495 50.6 3.2 4380 49.4 3.4Black 2115 51.0 1.5 2035 49.0 1.6Mixed and other 1555 47.7 1.1 1700 52.3 1.3All students 140005 51.7 100 130630 48.3 100Unknown 15095 14105

* within an ethnic group, the percentage of students who are female/male (compare horizontally)^ within a gender, the percentage of students in an ethnic group (compare vertically) Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender or ethnicity is

unknown.

5.11 All by ethnicity and gender

Students in ethnic groups by gender

Ethnicity and gender

Male students made up the majority of mixed and other students (52.3%). For all other ethnic groups, female students made up the majority.

Female representation was most prominent among other white students (60.7%). The proportions of Asian and black students that were women increased from 2012/13 levels (by 2.3 and 2.2 percentage points, respectively).

51.851.160.750.150.651.047.7


48.248.939.349.949.449.052.3

141


Female/male students by ethnicity

Female UK white86.1

Male


Mixed and other 1.1


Mixed and other 1.3

UK white88.2

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Black male students had the lowest completion rate (85.3%), followed by male and female mixed and other students (85.7% and 85.8% respectively).

Black male students also had the lowest successful completion rate (71.4%). This rate decreased from 2012/13 levels by 1.8 percentage points.

The successful completion gap between BME and white students was larger among male students than female students. 79.1% of white male students successfully completed compared with 73.7% of BME male students (a difference of 5.4 percentage points).

Among female students, the ethnicity gap in successful completion was narrower, with a difference of 3.0 percentage points between white and BME students.

5.12 All by retention, completion outcome, ethnicity and gender


White total

EW 5310 4.1 4505 3.8FW 9880 7.7 8245 6.9C 113345 88.2 106060 89.3PC 11970 9.3 12110 10.2SC 101375 78.9 93945 79.1

UK white

EW 4900 4.2 4235 3.8FW 9170 7.8 7755 6.9C 103275 88.0 99585 89.3PC 11095 9.5 11475 10.3SC 92180 78.6 88110 79.0

Other white

EW 415 3.7 270 3.7FW 715 6.4 490 6.8C 10070 89.9 6475 89.5PC 875 7.8 635 8.8SC 9195 82.1 5840 80.7

BME total

EW 410 5.0 400 5.1FW 665 8.1 630 8.0C 7110 86.9 6845 86.9PC 895 11.0 1040 13.2SC 6215 75.9 5800 73.7

Asian

EW 230 5.0 205 4.7FW 360 7.8 315 7.2C 3990 87.2 3830 88.0PC 495 10.8 580 13.4SC 3495 76.4 3250 74.7

Black

EW 95 4.7 105 5.7FW 170 8.3 170 9.0C 1770 87.0 1610 85.3PC 235 11.7 265 14.0SC 1530 75.3 1345 71.4

Mixed and other

EW 85 5.5 85 5.3FW 135 8.7 145 9.0C 1350 85.8 1405 85.7PC 165 10.5 195 12.0SC 1185 75.3 1210 73.7

Percentages are based on the total number of students minus those whose gender, retention/completion outcome or ethnicity is unknown.


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Female/male students in ethnic groups by retention and completion outcome

White female students totalUK white female studentsOther white female studentsBME female students totalAsian female studentsBlack female studentsMixed and other female studentsWhite male students totalUK white male studentsOther white male studentsBME male students totalAsian male studentsBlack male studentsMixed and other male students

*

5.05.0

5.5

5.1

5.75.3

7.7 9.3 7.8 9.56.4 7.8 8.1 11.0 7.8 10.8 8.3 11.7 8.7 10.5 6.9 10.2 6.9 10.3 6.8 8.8 8.0 13.2 7.2 13.4 9.0 14.0 9.0 12.0

78.978.682.175.976.475.375.379.179.080.773.774.771.473.7

Early withdrawal

Further withdrawal

Partial completion



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1 Age 1.1 Profile over time by age 36Profile over time by age 37

1.2 All by FE/HE level, SCQF level and age 38Students in SCQF levels by age 40Students in age groups by SCQF level 40

1.3 HE students by subject area and age 42HE students in SET subject areas by age 42HE students in non-SET subject areas by age 43

1.4 FE students by subject area and age 44FE students in subject areas by age 44

1.5 All by FE/HE level, mode of study and age 46Students in age groups and FE/HE level by mode of study 48

1.6 All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and age 50All HE students by retention, completion outcome and age 51

1.7 All FE students by deprivation group, retention, completion outcome and age 52All FE students by retention, completion outcome and age 53

1.8 All students by region/provision and age 54Students in regions/provisions by age 55

Index

Overview 0.1 Profile over time 20Profile over time 21

0.2 All by FE/HE level and SCQF level 22All students by SCQF level 23

0.3 HE students by subject area, retention and completion outcome 240.4 FE students by subject area, retention and completion outcome 260.5 All by FE/HE level and mode of study 28

All by FE/HE level and mode of study 290.6 All HE students in deprivation groups by retention and

completion outcome 30All HE students in deprivation groups by retention and completion outcome 30

0.7 All FE students in deprivation groups by retention and completion outcome 31All FE students in deprivation groups by retention and completion outcome 31

0.8 All by region/provision 32All by region/provision 33

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Index

2 Disability 2.1 Profile over time by disability status 58Profile over time by disability status 58

2.2 2013/14 disabled students by impairment 592013/14 disabled students by impairment 59

2.3 FE student profile over time by disability status 602.4 HE student profile over time by disability status 602.5 Disabled HE student profile over time by DSA status 61

Disabled HE student profile over time by DSA status 612.6 All by FE/HE level, SCQF level and disability status 62

Students in SCQF levels by disability status 63Disabled/non-disabled students by SCQF level 63

2.7 HE students by subject area and disability status 64HE students in subject areas by disability status 65

2.8 FE students by subject area and disability status 66FE students in subject areas by disability status 67

2.9 All by FE/HE level, mode of study and disability status 68Disabled/non-disabled students in FE/HE level by mode of study 69

2.10 All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and disability status 70All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and disability status 71

2.11 All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and disability status 72All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and disability status 73

2.12 All students by region/provision and disability status 74Students in regions/provisions by disability status 75

3 Ethnicity 3.1 Profile over time by domicile and ethnicity 78UK domiciled students by ethnicity over time 802013/14 UK domiciled students by ethnicity 80Non-UK domiciled students by ethnicity over time 812013/14 non-UK domiciled students by ethnicity 81

3.2 All by FE/HE level, SCQF level and ethnicity 82Students in SCQF levels by BME/white identity 84BME/white students by SCQF level 85

3.3 HE students by subject area and ethnicity 86HE students in SET subject areas by ethnicity 86HE students in non-SET subject areas by ethnicity 87

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Overview

4.1 Profile over time by gender 102Profile over time by gender 103

4.2 All by FE/HE level, SCQF level and gender 104Students in SCQF levels by gender 105Female/male students by SCQF level 105

4.3 HE students by subject area and gender 106HE students in subject areas by gender 107

4.4 FE students by subject area and gender 108FE students in subject areas by gender 109

4.5 All by FE/HE level, mode of study and gender 110Female/male students in FE/HE levels by mode of study 111

4.6 All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and gender 112All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and gender 113

4.7 All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and gender 114All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and gender 115

4.8 All students by region/provision and gender 116Students in regions/provisions by gender 117

4 Gender

3.4 FE students by subject area and ethnicity 88FE students in subject areas by ethnicity 88

3.5 All by FE/HE level, mode of study and ethnicity 90Students in FE/HE levels and ethnic groups by mode of study 92

3.6 All HE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and ethnicity 94All HE students by retention, completion outcome and ethnicity 95

3.7 All FE students by deprivation groups, retention, completion outcome and ethnicity 96All FE students by retention, completion outcome and ethnicity 97

3.8 All students by region/provision and ethnicity 98Students in regions/provisions by BME/white identity 99

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Index

5 Multiple identities 5.1 All by age and disability status 120Students in age groups by disability status 120Disabled/non-disabled students by age 121

5.2 All by retention, completion outcome, age group and disability status 122Disabled/non-disabled students in age groups by retention and completion outcome 123

5.3 All by ethnicity and age 124Students in age groups by ethnicity 124Students in ethnic groups by age 125

5.4 All by retention, completion outcome, ethnicity and age group 126Students in age and ethnicity groups by retention and completion outcome 128

5.5 All by age group and gender 130Students in age groups by gender 130Female/male students by age 131

5.6 All by retention, completion outcome, age group and gender 132Female/male students in age groups by retention and completion outcome 133

5.7 All by ethnicity and disability status 134Students in ethnic groups by disability status 134Disabled/non-disabled students by ethnicity 135

5.8 All by retention, completion outcome, ethnicity and disability status 136Disabled/non-disabled students in ethnic groups by retention and completion outcome 137

5.9 All by disability status and gender 1385.10 All by retention, completion outcome, disability status and gender 138

Disabled/non-disabled students by gender 139Female/male students by disability status 139Female/male disabled/non-disabled students by retention and completion outcome 139

5.11 All by ethnicity and gender 140Students in ethnic groups by gender 140Female/male students by ethnicity 141

5.12 All by retention, completion outcome, ethnicity and gender 142Female/male students in ethnic groups by retention and completion outcome 143

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