FOI/202400421654 · FOI · unclear
Proportion of Scottish Students enrolled at Scottish Universities by level of study: FOI release
Information requested
In the 5 years previous to, and the years following, the introduction of free tuition for Scottish university students:
The % of students who are Scottish and of those, the % who were born in Scotland and % of those who now call Scotland their home.
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have all the information you have requested.
Under Section 17(1) of FOISA, the information on the % who were born in Scotland and % of those who now call Scotland their home is not held.
Information on the % of students who are Scottish domiciled between 2002-03 and 2021-22 is provided below. Free tuition typically covers students on undergraduate courses, as such the table below includes a breakdown for students enrolled across all years of study on a first degree course, and across all years for all courses.
This information is also available from the HESA website in various historical publications:
2021-22 - www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students Older releases - www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications
Proportion of Scottish Students enrolled at Scottish Universities by level of study 2002-03 to 2021-22
First degree All courses 2002-03 74.8% 76.1% 2003-04 76.5% 76.2% 2004-05 76.0% 76.1% 2005-06 75.8% 75.2% 2006-07 74.9% 73.8% 2007-08 74.5% 72.5% 2008-09 73.9% 71.6% 2009-10 73.1% 70.4% 2010-11 72.9% 69.0% 2011-12 72.2% 67.7% 2012-13 71.8% 67.2% 2013-14 71.6% 67.0% 2014-15 71.2% 66.2% 2015-16 70.9% 65.8% 2016-17 70.5% 65.7% 2017-18 70.4% 65.1% 2018-19 70.4% 64.5% 2019-20 70.2% 64.1% 2020-21 70.5% 63.7% 2021-22 71.1% 60.8%
Source: HESA Student Data
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Under Section 17(1) of FOISA, the information on the % who were born in Scotland and % of those who now call Scotland their home is not held.
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