Higher Education Students Early Statistics (HESES) data is our first look at student numbers in providers in England.
With so much controversy about the most recent year of recruitment, especially among overseas students and at postgraduate level, it’s a chance to bust some myths, confirm some trends and get underneath the bonnet of a sector changing rapidly in size and scope.
For instance – in the 2022-23 academic year which provider has the most fee-paying international full time taught postgraduate students?
Your guess may be a traditional, research intensive, provider. In fact, the 10,685 PGT FT international students currently at or expected to join the University of Hertfordshire make it the largest in the sector – just over 500 above University College London, and up from 5,090 just two years ago.
