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This page provides information to support any claims made in the University’s TEF submission around Continuation and Completion.

Most claims that are made can be verified directly using information in the public domain.  This page provides the details of claims that rely on individualised data that is not generally available.

Abbreviations used on this page include:

  • GEM = Global Ethnic Majority (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic)
  • POLAR = Participation Of Local AReas – the POLAR4 area-based measures of young participation in Higher Education

On page 16 of section 3.1 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

Our internal data shows that total withdrawals from Integrated Foundation Year and Level Four students have improved from 22.9% for all 2018/19 undergraduate entrants to 14.3% for 2020/21 entrants.

This data comes from internal management reports run at 1 November each year. Non-standard starts (ie provision that does not begin in September or October) are excluded.

18/19

Integrated Foundation Year
  • Total starters: 1,122.0
  • % withdraw: 33.4%
Level 4
  • Total starters: 3,708.0
  • % withdraw: 19.8%

19/20

Integrated Foundation Year
  • Total starters: 403.0
  • % withdraw: 19.1%
Level 4
  • Total starters: 3,587.0
  • % withdraw: 11.1%

20/21

Integrated Foundation Year
  • Total starters: 229.0
  • % withdraw: 23.6%
Level 4
  • Total starters: 3,380.0
  • % withdraw: 13.7%

Please email for access to internal reports.

On page 16 of section 3.1 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

total continuation for all the entrants in the data underlying the HESA performance indicators has improved from 81.8% for 2017/18 entrants to 90.3% for 2019/20 entrants.

17/18

  • Entrants: 2928
  • % Continue: 81.8%

18/19

  • Entrants: 3375
  • % Continue: 83.8%

19/20

  • Entrants: 2991
  • % Continue: 90.3%

This can be recreated using the t3_all_underlying 0027 files married to the HESA DSCore files for the purpose of analysis:

  • Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’
  • Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’

On page 16 of section 3.1 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

drawing on the data underlying the HESA PIs, there is greater equity in continuation between GEM students and white students. A gap of -11.4% in the 2017/18 year of entry narrowed to -1.5% in 2019/20.

17/18

  • GEM UK entrants: 1,358.0
  • GEM % Continue: 75.8%
  • White UK entrants: 1,526.0
  • White % Continue: 87.3%
  • Difference: -11.4pp%

18/19

  • GEM UK entrants: 1,521.0
  • GEM % Continue: 79.7%
  • White UK entrants: 1,778.0
  • White % Continue: 87.4%
  • Difference: -7.7pp%

19/20

  • GEM UK entrants: 1,176.0
  • GEM % Continue: 89.4%
  • White UK entrants: 1,784.0
  • White % Continue: 90.9%
  • Difference: -1.5pp%

This can be recreated using the t3_all_underlying 0027 files married to the HESA DSCore files for the purpose of analysis:

  • Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’; XDOMREG01 = ‘XF’, ‘XG’, ‘XH’, ‘XI’, ‘XK’; XETHNIC01 = ‘21’, ‘22’, ‘29’, ‘31’, ‘32’, ‘33’, ‘34’, ‘39’, ‘40’ for GEM or XETHNIC01 = ‘10’ for White.
  • Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’; XDOMREG01 = ‘XF’, ‘XG’, ‘XH’, ‘XI’, ‘XK’; XETHNIC01 = ‘21’, ‘22’, ‘29’, ‘31’, ‘32’, ‘33’, ‘34’, ‘39’, ‘40’ for GEM or XETHNIC01 = ‘10’ for White.

On page 16 of section 3.1 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

Entrants from low participation neighbourhoods now continue at a higher rate than other entrants; the 2017/18 to 2019/20 trend has reversed from -0.5% to +1.3%.

17/18

  • Low POLAR Entrants: 252.0
  • Low POLAR % Continue: 79.8%
  • Other POLAR Entrants: 1,545.0
  • Other POLAR % Continue: 80.3%
  • Difference: -0.5pp

18/19

  • Low POLAR Entrants: 293.0
  • Low POLAR % Continue: 87.0%
  • Other POLAR Entrants: 1,795.0
  • Other POLAR % Continue: 82.3%
  • Difference: 4.7pp

19/20

  • Low POLAR Entrants: 322.0
  • Low POLAR % Continue: 91.6%
  • Other POLAR Entrants: 1,619.0
  • Other POLAR % Continue: 90.3%
  • Difference: 1.3pp

This can be recreated using the t3_all_underlying 0027 files married to the HESA DSCore files for the purpose of analysis:

  • Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’; F_PIAGE = ‘Y’, F_ZPOLAR4= ‘1’ (low POLAR) OR F_ZPOLAR4 = ‘0’ (not low POLAR)
  • Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’; F_PIAGE = ‘Y’, F_ZPOLAR4= ‘1’ (low POLAR) OR F_ZPOLAR4 = ‘0’ (not low POLAR)

On page 17 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

Technology and Engineering. Following these interventions, the data underlying HESA’s continuation indicators shows an improvement from 69.3% for 2017/2018 entrants to 88.7% for 2019/2020 entrants

17/18

  • Entrants: 75.0
  • % Continue: 69.3%

18/19

  • Entrants: 85.0
  • % Continue: 62.4%

19/20

  • Entrants: 62.0
  • % Continue: 88.7%

Data from the t3_all_underlying 0027 files is married to the HESA DS Core files for the purpose of analysis:

  • Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’ COURSEID = CBENENGEE, CBENENGIN, CBENENMEC, CBSCELENGTU, CBSCENGIN, CBSCENGINFF, CBSCENGINYZ, CBSCENGINTU, CBSCENGINYZ, CBSCMEENGTU, CFDSLFENGDL, CHNDENGIN
  • Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’ COURSEID = CBENENGEE, CBENENGIN, CBENENMEC, CBSCELENGTU, CBSCENGIN, CBSCENGINFF, CBSCENGINYZ, CBSCENGINTU, CBSCENGINYZ, CBSCMEENGTU, CFDSLFENGDL, CHNDENGIN

On page 17 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

Technology …  the POLAR gap reduced from 11.6pp to 3.9pp between 2018/19 and 2019/20

POLAR4 improvement for wider Technology subject:

18/19

  • Low POLAR Entrants: 35.0
  • Low POLAR % Continue: 77.1%
  • Other POLAR Entrants: 143.0
  • Other POLAR % Continue: 65.7%
  • Difference: -11.6

19/20

  • Low POLAR Entrants: 30.0
  • Low POLAR % Continue: 86.7%
  • Other POLAR Entrants: 128.0
  • Other POLAR % Continue: 82.8%
  • Difference: -3.9

 

  • Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’; F_PIAGE = ‘Y’, F_ZPOLAR4= ‘1’ (low POLAR) OR F_ZPOLAR4 = ‘0’ (not low POLAR) COURSEID = CBENENGEE, CBENENGIN, CBENENMEC, CBSCELENGTU, CBSCENGIN, CBSCENGINFF, CBSCENGINYZ, CBSCENGINTU, CBSCENGINYZ, CBSCMEENGTU, CFDSLFENGDL, CHNDENGIN, CBAAGAART, CBAAGAMDE, CBENCOMCN, CBENCOMCS, CBSCBCSYS, CBSCBCWEB, CBSCCGDEV, CBSCCOMGV, CBSCCOMGV, CBSCOMMC, CBSCCOMPU, CBSCCOMSE, CBSCCOMVR, CBSCGAMPR, CHNDBCSYS, CHNDBCWEB, CHNDCGDEV, CHNDCOMCE, CHNDCOMGV, CHNDCOMNE, CHNDCOMPU, CHNDCOMSE, CHNDCOMWT, CHNDGAMDE, CHNDGAMPR
  • Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’; F_PIAGE = ‘Y’, F_ZPOLAR4= ‘1’ (low POLAR) OR F_ZPOLAR4 = ‘0’ (not low POLAR) COURSEID = CBENENGEE, CBENENGIN, CBENENMEC, CBSCELENGTU, CBSCENGIN, CBSCENGINFF, CBSCENGINYZ, CBSCENGINTU, CBSCENGINYZ, CBSCMEENGTU, CFDSLFENGDL, CHNDENGIN, CBAAGAART, CBAAGAMDE, CBENCOMCN, CBENCOMCS, CBSCBCSYS, CBSCBCWEB, CBSCCGDEV, CBSCCOMGV, CBSCCOMGV, CBSCOMMC, CBSCCOMPU, CBSCCOMSE, CBSCCOMVR, CBSCGAMPR, CHNDBCSYS, CHNDBCWEB, CHNDCGDEV, CHNDCOMCE, CHNDCOMGV, CHNDCOMNE, CHNDCOMPU, CHNDCOMSE, CHNDCOMWT, CHNDGAMDE, CHNDGAMPR

On page 17 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

BA Advertising and Digital Marketing and BSc Marketing … This has produced an improvement in the continuation gap between GEM and white students from 12.3% in 2017/8 to 4% for 2019/20.

17/18

  • GEM UK entrants: 30.0
  • GEM % Continue: 80.0%
  • White UK entrants: 13.0
  • White % Continue: 92.3%
  • Difference: -12.3

18/19

  • GEM UK entrants: 27.0
  • GEM % Continue: 92.6%
  • White UK entrants: 16.0
  • White % Continue: 93.8%
  • Difference: -1.2

19/20

  • GEM UK entrants: 25.0
  • GEM % Continue: 96.0%
  • White UK entrants: 17.0
  • White % Continue: 100.0%
  • Difference: -4.0

Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’; XDOMREG01 = ‘XF’, ‘XG’, ‘XH’, ‘XI’, ‘XK’; XETHNIC01 = ‘21’, ‘22’, ‘29’, ‘31’, ‘32’, ‘33’, ‘34’, ‘39’, ‘40’ for GEM or XETHNIC01 = ‘10’ for White. COURSEID = ‘CBAAADVDM’, ‘CBAAADVDMFF’, ‘CBAADVDMYZ’, ‘CBSCMKTMA’, ‘CBSCMKTMAFF’, ‘CBSCMKTMAYZ’.

Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’; XDOMREG01 = ‘XF’, ‘XG’, ‘XH’, ‘XI’, ‘XK’; XETHNIC01 = ‘21’, ‘22’, ‘29’, ‘31’, ‘32’, ‘33’, ‘34’, ‘39’, ‘40’ for GEM or XETHNIC01 = ‘10’ for White. COURSEID = ‘CBAAADVDM’, ‘CBAAADVDMFF’, ‘CBAADVDMYZ’, ‘CBSCMKTMA’, ‘CBSCMKTMAFF’, ‘CBSCMKTMAYZ’.

On page 17 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

Over the same period, for students from the Marketing and Entrepreneurship subject group, the gap in continuation between entrants from POLAR Q1 and Q5 has dropped from 10.5pp to 0.2pp.

17/18

  • POLAR4 Quintile 1 Entrants: 16.0
  • POLAR4 Quintile 1 % Continue: 73.7%
  • POLAR4 Quintile 5 Entrants: 15.5
  • POLAR4 Quintile 5 % Continue: 84.2%
  • Difference: -10.5pp

18/19

  • POLAR4 Quintile 1 Entrants: 14.0
  • POLAR4 Quintile 1 % Continue: 76.5%
  • POLAR4 Quintile 5 Entrants: 60.5
  • POLAR4 Quintile 5 % Continue: 88.9%
  • Difference: -12.4pp

19/20

  • POLAR4 Quintile 1 Entrants: 23.5
  • POLAR4 Quintile 1 % Continue: 96.2%
  • POLAR4 Quintile 5 Entrants: 80.0
  • POLAR4 Quintile 5 % Continue: 96.4%
  • Difference: -0.2pp

Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’, POSTCODE classified as POLAR4 quintile 1 or 5 COURSEID = ‘CBAAADVDM’, ‘CBAAADVDMFF’, ‘CBAADVDMYZ’, ‘CBSCMKTMA’, ‘CBSCMKTMAFF’, ‘CBSCMKTMAYZ’, ‘CBAABUSEN’, ‘CBAABUSENFF’, ‘CBAABUSENTU’, ‘CBAABUSENYZ’, ‘CBAAMKTMGTU’, ‘CFDABUSEN’, ‘CBAAFASHM’, ‘CBAAFASHMFF’, ‘CBAAFASHMYZ’, and the following Joint honours subjects, weighted by 0.5: ‘SUBADVE’, ‘SUBBENT’, ‘SUBMKTG’, ‘SUBMKMA’

Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, POSTCODE classified as POLAR4 quintile 1 or 5 COURSEID = ‘CBAAADVDM’, ‘CBAAADVDMFF’, ‘CBAADVDMYZ’, ‘CBSCMKTMA’, ‘CBSCMKTMAFF’, ‘CBSCMKTMAYZ’, ‘CBAABUSEN’, ‘CBAABUSENFF’, ‘CBAABUSENTU’, ‘CBAABUSENYZ’, ‘CBAAMKTMGTU’, ‘CFDABUSEN’, ‘CBAAFASHM’, ‘CBAAFASHMFF’, ‘CBAAFASHMYZ’, and the following Joint honours subjects, weighted by 0.5: ‘SUBADVE’, ‘SUBBENT’, ‘SUBMKTG’, ‘SUBMKMA’

On page 17 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

BSc Pre-registration Nursing …. This has had a positive impact with withdrawal rates improved from 11.3% in 2018/2019 to 5.1% in 2020/21 year of entry

18/19

  • Entrants: 240
  • % Withdraw: 11.3%

19/20

  • Entrants: 179
  • % Withdraw: 1.7%

20/21

  • Entrants: 178
  • % Withdraw: 5.1%

Withdrawal rates: This data comes from management reports run at 1st November each year. Non-standard starts (ie provision that does not begin in September or October) are excluded.

COURSEID= ‘CBSCADNUR’, ‘CBSCCHNUR’, ‘CBSCCYPNU’, ‘CBSCLDNUR’, ‘CBSCMHNUR’, ‘CBSCSCPHNTU’, ‘CFDSHSCANP’, ‘CFDSHSCHA’

Please email for access to internal reports.

On page 17 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

BSc Pre-registration Nursing …. continuation up from 92.2% for 2017/2018 entrants, all modes and deliveries, to 95.2% for 2019/20 entrants.

17/18

  • Entrants:269
  • % Continue: 92.2%

18/19

  • Entrants: 330
  • % Continue: 91.8%

19/20

  • Entrants: 292
  • % Continue: 95.2%

Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’ COURSEID= ‘CBSCADNUR’, ‘CBSCCHNUR’, ‘CBSCCYPNU’, ‘CBSCLDNUR’, ‘CBSCMHNUR’, ‘CBSCSCPHNTU’, ‘CFDSHSCANP’, ‘CFDSHSCHA’

Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’ COURSEID= ‘CBSCADNUR’, ‘CBSCCHNUR’, ‘CBSCCYPNU’, ‘CBSCLDNUR’, ‘CBSCMHNUR’, ‘CBSCSCPHNTU’, ‘CFDSHSCANP’, ‘CFDSHSCHA’

On page 17 of our TEF submission we make the following claim:

Sports and Exercise changed support for students at key milestones by developing vignettes with student input to help staff understand the lived experiences of students and to inform practice. In BSc Sports and Exercise Science, the continuation gap between GEM and white entrants closed from -36% 2017/18 to 0% in 2019/20 year of entry.

17/18

  • GEM UK entrants: 53.0
  • GEM % Continue: 58.5%
  • White UK entrants: 18.0
  • White % Continue: 94.4%
  • Difference: -36.0

18/19

  • GEM UK entrants: 50.0
  • GEM % Continue: 70.0%
  • White UK entrants: 29.0
  • White % Continue: 93.1%
  • Difference: -23.1

19/20

  • GEM UK entrants: 33.0
  • GEM % Continue: 84.8%
  • White UK entrants: 33.0
  • White % Continue: 84.8%
  • Difference: 0.0

Denominator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’, ‘3’; XDOMREG01 = ‘XF’, ‘XG’, ‘XH’, ‘XI’, ‘XK’; XETHNIC01 = ‘21’, ‘22’, ‘29’, ‘31’, ‘32’, ‘33’, ‘34’, ‘39’, ‘40’ for GEM or XETHNIC01 = ‘10’ for White. COURSEID = ‘CBSCSPEXS’, ‘CBSCSPEXSFF’, ‘CBSCSPEXSYZ’

Numerator: F_CONTINUATION_MARKER = ‘1’; XDOMREG01 = ‘XF’, ‘XG’, ‘XH’, ‘XI’, ‘XK’; XETHNIC01 = ‘21’, ‘22’, ‘29’, ‘31’, ‘32’, ‘33’, ‘34’, ‘39’, ‘40’ for GEM or XETHNIC01 = ‘10’ for White. COURSEID = ‘CBSCSPEXS’, ‘CBSCSPEXSFF’, ‘CBSCSPEXSYZ’

On Page 17, Section 3.2 we make the claim:

With respect to what appears to be a very poor completion rate for OUG PT, a large proportion of this can be traced to an historic data error affecting Education and Teaching. The data includes 272 students who successfully completed their awards but this was not reflected in the 2013/14 HESA return.

We have matched records from the Data source file IND_SEP2022_10007138_Supplementary_registering_10007138 (using HUSID and COURSEID) to our internal records system to identify students’ module and programme outcomes.

For COURSEID – CCERCHESL – completed awards were returned in error as C90 or I90, rather than C20.  This affected 82 records in the 2011 base year, 84 records in 2012 base year and 55 records in the 2013 base year.

For COURSEID – EYS3129 – in the 2012 base year completed awards were returned in error as I90 affecting 20 records. In the 2013 base year no outcome returned for this course affecting 41 records.

Combined this affects 282 students in total, there was a typo in our submission.

Please email for further information.