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Equality and Diversity Annual Report 2015

Monitoring data

Student participation, completion and

attainment

Published: July 2015

Comments or queries about this report are welcomed and should be sent for the attention of the Head of Equality and Diversity.

The Equality, Diversity and Information Rights TeamUniversity Secretary’s OfficeThe Open UniversityWalton HallMilton KeynesMK7 6AA

Tel 01908 652867 / 652566Minicom 01908 653074Email [email protected] www.open.ac.uk/equality-diversity

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Contents

Students................................................................................................................................................................. 6General............................................................................................................................................................... 6

About Students............................................................................................................................................. 6

Undergraduate Students........................................................................................................................................ 7Age..................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Participation................................................................................................................................................. 7

Course Completion...................................................................................................................................... 9

Academic Attainment................................................................................................................................. 11

Disability........................................................................................................................................................... 13Participation............................................................................................................................................... 13

Course Completion.................................................................................................................................... 15


Ethnicity............................................................................................................................................................ 19Participation............................................................................................................................................... 19



Gender.............................................................................................................................................................. 31Participation............................................................................................................................................... 31



Postgraduate Students......................................................................................................................................... 36Age................................................................................................................................................................... 37

Participation............................................................................................................................................... 37



Disability........................................................................................................................................................... 40Course Completion.................................................................................................................................... 41








All UK Students.................................................................................................................................................... 52Age................................................................................................................................................................... 52

Participation............................................................................................................................................... 52





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All non-UK Students............................................................................................................................................. 62Age................................................................................................................................................................... 62

Participation............................................................................................................................................... 62


Domicile and Geographic Area.........................................................................................................................64Participation............................................................................................................................................... 64


Overseas Students............................................................................................................................................... 66Age................................................................................................................................................................... 66

Participation............................................................................................................................................... 66


Research Students Full-time................................................................................................................................ 68Age................................................................................................................................................................... 68

Participation............................................................................................................................................... 68




Research Students Part-time............................................................................................................................... 72Age................................................................................................................................................................... 72

Participation............................................................................................................................................... 72




Research Students All.......................................................................................................................................... 76Age................................................................................................................................................................... 76

Participation............................................................................................................................................... 76

Withdrawal................................................................................................................................................. 77


Withdrawal................................................................................................................................................. 79


Withdrawal................................................................................................................................................. 82


Withdrawal................................................................................................................................................. 84

ITE Students......................................................................................................................................................... 85Age................................................................................................................................................................... 85

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Participation............................................................................................................................................... 85

Withdrawal................................................................................................................................................. 86


Withdrawal................................................................................................................................................. 88


Withdrawal................................................................................................................................................. 91


Withdrawal................................................................................................................................................. 93

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StudentsGeneral

About StudentsWe are distinctive among higher education institutions in the UK, in that we teach primarily at a distance and have no academic prerequisites for admission to undergraduate modules. As long as applicants are aged (usually) 16 or over and live in the UK or another EU country (some modules are available in many other parts of the world), the only factors which affect the offer of an undergraduate place are date of application and the number of places available. Over a third of our UK undergraduates have entry qualifications lower than those normally required by other UK universities. We have around 136,000 UK undergraduates; 10,000 postgraduates and 8,600 non-UK-based students studying OU UG or PG modules. More than 20,000 students of our UG and PG students have declared disabilities. We also have more than 1,500 OU students studying Overseas versions of OU modules.

Notes on the dataThe 2014 reporting period is for the academic year 2013/14. The data in this report covers the years 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14.The scale of many of the bar charts has been adjusted to show differences more clearly.

ParticipationData for undergraduate, new undergraduate and postgraduate UK students, all non-UK students, Overseas students1, Research students and ITE students is reported. Headcount data for ‘All students’ means UG + PG, where each student is counted only once, even if they study at both UG and PG level.Currency is headcount registered at one third of the way through the module for all UG and PG OU modules.The proportions given for student Ethnic groups are of the total number whose ethnicity are known.

Module completionData for undergraduate and postgraduate UK students is reported in this document. Data for non-UK and Overseas students are shown separately in Excel spreadsheets. The currency for completions is student funded Full Time Equivalents (FTE120180)2.

Academic attainmentData for undergraduate UK students is reported.The currency for attainment is student funded Full Time Equivalents (FTE120180). Attainment for students on level 1 modules is measured by the number/proportion of completers that passed their module.Attainment for students on level 2 and 3 modules is measured by the number/proportion of those that passed who achieved a good pass. A good pass is defined as distinction and grade 2 pass or distinction and merit pass.Attainment for students on PG modules is measured by the number/proportion of students of those that passed who achieve a good pass. A good pass is defined as an overall module score of 70% or above.

WithdrawalWithdrawal from the programme can occur at any stage after registration and it may be due to academic or personal reasons. In the report withdrawals refer to ITE or research students. In both cases, they represent failure to achieve the intended outcome – QTS certificate for ITE students, or a research degree for research students.

Additional student data by OU region/nation and by OU faculty is available to staff to download in Excel files.Additional student data for non-UK students and Overseas students is also available in Excel files.

1 Robust data is only available at the moment for Overseas students by gender and age2 1 FTE120180 = 120 credits for undergraduate modules, 180 credits for most postgraduate modules (i.e. those defined as ‘Long’).

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Undergraduate StudentsAge

ParticipationAll UK Undergraduate students

Table 1: Headcount of students at a third and proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

20 & below 10629 5.8 11635 6.4 11838 6.7 7538 5.0 6513 4.821 to 25 22635 12.4 23749 13.0 24041 13.6 22337 14.9 21931 16.125 & below Total 33264 18.3 35384 19.3 35879 20.3 29875 19.9 28444 20.826 to 30 29598 16.3 29839 16.3 28615 16.2 25676 17.1 24292 17.831 to 35 25493 14.0 26442 14.4 26128 14.7 23052 15.4 21610 15.826 to 35 Total 55091 30.3 56281 30.7 54743 30.9 48728 32.5 45902 33.636 to 40 26376 14.5 24889 13.6 23026 13.0 18745 12.5 16570 12.141 to 45 23372 12.8 22809 12.5 21600 12.2 17901 11.9 15336 11.236 to 45 Total 49748 27.3 47698 26.1 44626 25.2 36646 24.5 31906 23.446 to 50 16924 9.3 16720 9.1 16252 9.2 13593 9.1 11969 8.851 to 55 10658 5.9 10551 5.8 10167 5.7 8451 5.6 7356 5.446 to 55 Total 27582 15.2 27271 14.9 26419 14.9 22044 14.7 19325 14.256 to 60 6855 3.8 6803 3.7 6486 3.7 5320 3.6 4583 3.461 to 65 5269 2.9 5308 2.9 4949 2.8 3803 2.5 3210 2.466 & over 4222 2.3 4338 2.4 4040 2.3 3403 2.3 3173 2.356 & over Total 16346 9.0 16449 9.0 15475 8.7 12526 8.4 10966 8.0

Grand Total 182031100.

0 183083100.

0 177142100.

0 149819100.

0 136543100.

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Chart 13: Distribution of all Undergraduate UK students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

20 & be-low

21 to 25 26 to 30 31 to 35 36 to 40 41 to 45 46 to 50 51 to 55 56 to 60 61 to 65 66 & over

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The proportion of students in the 21 to 25 and 26 to 30 age groups continues to increase, as does that in the 31 to 35 age group. The proportion of students in most older age groups continues to fall as well as the 20 and below group.

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New UK Undergraduate students


2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

20 & below 9117 12.4 9856 13.5 9833 15.1 5134 11.7 4397 11.121 to 25 12731 17.3 13176 18.1 12364 19.0 10339 23.5 9802 24.725 & below Total 21848 29.7 23032 31.6 22197 34.1 15473 35.1 14199 35.726 to 30 13557 18.4 13203 18.1 11426 17.6 8610 19.5 8010 20.231 to 35 10137 13.8 10302 14.2 8905 13.7 6282 14.3 5808 14.626 to 35 Total 23694 32.2 23505 32.3 20331 31.2 14892 33.8 13818 34.836 to 40 9191 12.5 8360 11.5 7134 11.0 4334 9.8 3885 9.841 to 45 7441 10.1 6918 9.5 5956 9.2 3689 8.4 3089 7.836 to 45 Total 16632 22.6 15278 21.0 13090 20.1 8023 18.2 6974 17.646 to 50 4920 6.7 4674 6.4 4107 6.3 2571 5.8 2150 5.451 to 55 2833 3.8 2695 3.7 2375 3.6 1460 3.3 1201 3.046 to 55 Total 7753 10.5 7369 10.1 6482 10.0 4031 9.1 3351 8.456 to 60 1686 2.3 1606 2.2 1391 2.1 764 1.7 637 1.661 to 65 1186 1.6 1159 1.6 961 1.5 498 1.1 398 1.066 & over 857 1.2 834 1.1 620 1.0 387 0.9 349 0.956 & over Total 3729 5.1 3599 4.9 2972 4.6 1649 3.7 1384 3.5Grand Total 73656 100.0 72783 100.0 65072 100.0 44068 100.0 39726 100.0

Chart 24: Distribution of new Undergraduate UK students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

20 & be-low


0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The proportion of students in the 21 to 30 age groups continues to increase, and the proportion of students in the 21 to 25 year age group still exceeds that in the 26 to 30 age group.

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Module CompletionAll UK Undergraduate students

Table 3: Completion count in FTE120180s5 and completion rate for all Undergraduate UK students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % 2012/13 % No. %

20 & below 1857.8 67.5 2214.4 69.4 2543.4 70.5 2337.0 66.5 2074.0 64.921 to 25 6461.2 64.9 6986.4 66.3 7479.5 66.8 7513.9 64.7 7545.7 64.225 & below Total 8319.0 65.5 9200.8 67.0 10023.0 67.7 9850.9 65.1 9619.7 64.426 to 30 8292.0 65.8 8755.5 67.6 8844.3 68.0 8534.5 67.3 8190.3 66.631 to 35 7219.2 68.4 7724.4 69.3 8109.1 70.1 7528.0 68.7 7196.3 67.926 to 35 Total 15511.2 66.9 16479.9 68.4 16953.4 68.9 16062.5 67.9 15386.6 67.236 to 40 7516.4 70.2 7441.0 71.6 7112.1 71.7 6162.6 70.5 5489.9 69.341 to 45 6626.7 71.1 6775.3 72.9 6695.5 73.0 5846.5 71.8 5127.5 71.036 to 45 Total 14143.0 70.6 14216.3 72.2 13807.6 72.4 12009.1 71.1 10617.4 70.146 to 50 4658.5 71.7 4793.7 72.7 4876.3 73.2 4398.6 72.9 3964.1 71.651 to 55 2777.0 71.4 2892.2 73.7 2888.5 72.5 2615.5 73.1 2338.0 71.846 to 55 Total 7435.5 71.6 7685.9 73.1 7764.7 72.9 7014.0 72.9 6302.1 71.756 to 60 1708.0 71.6 1744.6 73.0 1808.1 74.2 1636.2 73.6 1480.0 74.061 to 65 1339.5 75.3 1355.0 75.3 1365.2 76.5 1191.0 76.6 1033.5 75.766 & over 991.8 70.7 1065.8 73.3 1045.0 74.0 1042.3 75.9 992.2 74.056 & over Total 4039.3 72.6 4165.4 73.8 4218.2 74.9 3869.6 75.1 3505.7 74.5Grand Total 49448.0 68.8 51748.3 70.2 52767.0 70.6 48806.0 69.3 45431.5 68.3

Chart 36: Completion rate for all Undergraduate UK students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

25 & below 26 to 35 36 to 45 46 to 55 56 & over overall total58%

60%

62%

64%

66%

68%

70%

72%

74%

76%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Completion rates decreased for all age groups.

53 one FTE120180 = 120 credits for UG modules, and 180 credits for the majority of PG modules6

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Table 4: Completion count in FTE120180s7 and completion rate for new Undergraduate UK students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 48: Completion rate in FTE120180s for new Undergraduate UK students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

2013/14 showed an increase in completion rates for all age groups, except for the 25 and below.

Undergraduate Students74 One FTE120180 = 120 credits for UG modules, and 180 credits for the majority of PG modules8

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AgeAcademic AttainmentAll UK Undergraduate students

Table 5: Pass count in FTE120180s9 and pass rates for all UK students on level 1 modules by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 510: Pass rate for all UK students on level 1 modules by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14


88%

90%

92%

94%

96%

98%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The pass rate has increased for all age groups this year.

Undergraduate Students95 one FTE120180 = 120 credits for UG modules, and 180 credits for the majority of PG modules10

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Age

All UK Undergraduate students

Table 6: ‘Good pass’ count in FTE120180s and ‘Good pass’ rate for all UK students on level 2 & 3 modules by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

20 & below 149.739.

5 165.239.

6 184.538.

0 222.540.

4 204.442.

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21 to 25 1134.240.

0 1173.039.

8 1266.539.

5 1322.640.

9 1270.940.

825 & below Total 1284.0

39.9 1338.3

39.8 1451.0

39.3 1545.2

40.8 1475.3

41.0

26 to 30 1841.543.

9 1864.543.

7 1876.243.

5 1873.343.

4 1744.544.

0

31 to 35 1708.445.

8 1789.546.

8 1921.346.

4 1914.246.

6 1765.246.

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26 to 35 Total 3549.944.

8 3654.045.

2 3797.544.

9 3787.545.

0 3509.745.

3

36 to 40 1949.248.

0 1917.848.

4 1846.048.

4 1734.248.

8 1486.449.

0

41 to 45 1809.848.

8 1877.450.

4 1881.250.

4 1755.150.

5 1525.851.

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36 to 45 Total 3759.148.

4 3795.149.

3 3727.249.

4 3489.349.

7 3012.250.

4

46 to 50 1366.850.

4 1337.349.

6 1404.651.

0 1377.451.

5 1208.450.

5

51 to 55 849.751.

1 834.150.

4 862.351.

8 857.153.

5 776.254.

5

46 to 55 Total 2216.550.

7 2171.549.

9 2266.951.

3 2234.552.

3 1984.652.

0

56 to 60 541.753.

5 534.754.

1 565.354.

1 567.455.

9 505.754.

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61 to 65 444.255.

4 421.954.

4 472.857.

8 442.958.

6 407.661.

1

66 & over 259.744.

1 282.446.

2 305.247.

9 315.848.

3 318.750.

2

56 & over Total 1245.651.

8 1238.952.

2 1343.353.

7 1326.154.

7 1232.055.

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Grand Total 12055.146.

9 12197.847.

2 12585.947.

3 12382.647.

8 11213.748.

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Chart 611: ‘Good pass’ rate for all UK students on level 2 & 3 modules by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Attainment rates for all students have risen this year, with the exception of the 46-55 age group which fell by 0.3 percentage points.

Undergraduate StudentsDisability


Table 7: Headcount of students at a third and proportion of total by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 11808 6.5 12553 6.9 15929 9.0 18971 12.7 19983 14.6Non-disabled 170223 93.5 170530 93.1 161213 91.0 130848 87.3 116560 85.4Total 182031 100 183083 100 177142 100 149819 100 136543 100

Chart 7: Distribution of all Undergraduate UK students by disability in 2013/14

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14.6%

85.4%

DisabledNon-disabled

The number of new students declaring a disability increased again this year. The proportion of students that this number represents has also risen from 12.7% to 14.6% of the total UG UK population.

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Table 8: Headcount of students at a third and proportion of total by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 8: Distribution of new undergraduate UK students by disability in 2013/14

12.4%

87.6%


The number of new students declaring a disability increased again this year. The proportion of students that this number represents has also risen from 11.7% to 12.4% of the total new UG UK population.

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Table 9: Completion count in FTE120180s12 and completion rate for all Undergraduate UK students by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 3202.7 61.0 3671.4 64.5 4751.8 63.5 5530.9 59.3 5920.3 59.1

Non-disabled46245.

3 69.4 48076.9 70.7 48015.7 71.443275.

6 70.8 39509.0 70.0

Total49448.

0 68.8 51748.3 70.2 52767.5 70.648806.

5 69.3 45429.3 68.3

Chart 9: Completion rate of students by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Disabled Non-disabled Overall rate0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The completion rate for disabled students has fallen by 0.2 percentage points this year, whilst that of non-disabled students has fallen by 0.9 percentage points. The gap between the rates of the two groups has narrowed to 10.9 percentage points.




Table 10: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for new UK Undergraduate students by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 500.7 63.3 603.367.

7 792.960.

8 1091.8 52.2 1179.7 54.9Non-disabled 12985.6 65.9 13175.6

66.9

11656.9

64.9 8948.6 61.3 9208.5 62.7

Total 13486.4 65.8 13778.967.

012449.

864.

6 10040.5 60.2 10388.3 61.7

Chart 10: Completion rate of students by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The completion rate for disabled students has increased by 2.6 percentage points this year, whilst that of non-disabled students has also increased by 1.3 percentage points. The completion rate for disabled students has narrowed to 7.8 percentage points lower than that for non-disabled students.

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Academic AttainmentAll UK Undergraduate students

Table 11: Pass count in FTE120180s13 and pass rates for all UK students on level 1 modules, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 1071.391.

4 1315.391.

7 1799.0 91.5 2095.4 89.0 2194.2 90.7Non-disabled 18953.7

94.6

20522.7

94.0 20278.4 93.8

16622.3 92.2

15431.3 93.2

Total 20025.094.

421838.

093.

8 22077.5 93.618717.

7 91.817625.

5 92.9

Chart 11: Pass rate for students on level 1 modules, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14


87%

88%

89%

90%

91%

92%

93%

94%

95%

96%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Attainment rates increased by 1.7 percentage points for disabled students and 1 percentage point for non-disabled students. The gap in attainment between these groups has decreased to 2.5 percentage points compared to 3.3 last year.




Table 12: ‘Good pass’ count in FTE120180s and ‘Good pass’ rate for all UK students on level 2 & 3 modules, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 739.4 41.8 796.0 40.7 1033.642.

4 1205.3 43.2 1272.043.

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Non-disabled11315.

7 47.311401.

8 47.7 11552.247.

8 11177.3 48.3 9941.748.

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Total12055.

1 46.912197.

8 47.2 12585.947.

3 12382.6 47.8 11213.748.

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Chart 12: ‘Good pass’ rate for students on level 2 & 3 modules, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14


38%

40%

42%

44%

46%

48%

50%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

'Good pass' rates have increased slightly this year for students with or without a disability. The difference between the rates of those with and without a disability has narrowed to 4.9 percentage points.

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Undergraduate StudentsEthnicity


Table 13: Headcount of students at a third and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14BME groups No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %Indian 2035 1.2 2167 1.2 2179 1.3 1703 1.2 1406 1.0Bangladeshi 454 0.3 492 0.3 557 0.3 509 0.3 454 0.3Pakistani 1468 0.8 1596 0.9 1630 0.9 1457 1.0 1326 1.0Chinese 530 0.3 528 0.3 492 0.3 361 0.2 340 0.3Asian Other 1172 0.7 1182 0.7 1175 0.7 964 0.7 915 0.7Asian Total 5659 3.2 5965 3.3 6033 3.5 4994 3.4 4441 3.3Black African 3278 1.9 3400 1.9 3313 1.9 2847 1.9 2515 1.9Black Caribbean 2681 1.5 2809 1.6 2660 1.5 2292 1.6 2071 1.5Black Other 565 0.3 564 0.3 561 0.3 464 0.3 359 0.3Black Total 6524 3.7 6773 3.8 6534 3.8 5603 3.8 4945 3.7Arab 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 0.0 108 0.1 135 0.1Gypsy or Traveller 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 16 0.0 20 0.0Other Ethnic Group 994 0.6 993 0.6 974 0.6 800 0.5 702 0.5Other Total 994 0.6 993 0.6 995 0.6 924 0.6 857 0.6Asian & White 724 0.4 777 0.4 829 0.5 675 0.5 607 0.5African & White 393 0.2 428 0.2 426 0.2 376 0.3 371 0.3Caribbean & White 885 0.5 1011 0.6 1010 0.6 979 0.7 960 0.7Other Mixed 1236 0.7 1275 0.7 1323 0.8 1153 0.8 1084 0.8Mixed Total 3238 1.9 3491 1.9 3588 2.1 3183 2.2 3022 2.3BME Total 16415 9.4 17222 9.6 17150 9.9 14704 10.0 13265 9.9White groupsWhite English 22940 13.1 30417 17.0 30400 17.5 23773 16.2 21261 15.8White Welsh 2015 1.2 2903 1.6 3265 1.9 3215 2.2 2862 2.1White 11441 6.6 3815 2.1 2511 1.4 1726 1.2 978 0.7

White British10350

3 59.310315

6 57.5 98683 56.8 84049 57.2 77641 57.8White Irish 2948 1.7 3234 1.8 3068 1.8 2569 1.7 2343 1.7White Scottish 7682 4.4 8935 5.0 8941 5.1 8538 5.8 7971 5.9White Other 7527 4.3 9643 5.4 9641 5.6 8445 5.7 7895 5.9Irish Traveller 42 0.0 26 0.0 15 0.0 7 0.0 7 0.0

White Total15809

8 90.616212

9 90.415652

4 90.113232

2 90.012095

8 90.1

Known Total17451

3100.

017935

1100.

017367

4100.

014702

6100.

013422

3100.

0Unknown groupsNot Known 3388 45.1 424 11.4 397 11.4 242 8.7 105 4.5Refused 4130 54.9 3308 88.6 3071 88.6 2551 91.3 2215 95.5Unknown Total 7518 4.1 3732 2.0 3468 2.0 2793 1.9 2320 1.7

Grand Total18203

1 10018308

3 10017714

2 10014981

9 10013654

3 100

The proportion of students in all of the detailed ethnic groups has either been maintained or decreased this year, except a rise in the Mixed group. Overall the proportion of the known total student population from an ethnic minority background is at 9.9% this year.

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Chart 13: Distribution of all UK Undergraduate ethnic minority students, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Asian Black Other Mixed0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The proportion of students in the Mixed broad ethnic groups continues to rise in 2013/14. The proportions are unchanged in the Other ethnic group. The Asian and Black groups have decreased in 2013/14.

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2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14BME groups No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %Indian 1072 1.5 1137 1.6 1071 1.7 514 1.2 352 0.9Bangladeshi 256 0.4 264 0.4 270 0.4 148 0.3 119 0.3Pakistani 685 1.0 821 1.2 758 1.2 505 1.2 409 1.0Chinese 278 0.4 280 0.4 242 0.4 110 0.3 102 0.3Asian Other 483 0.7 537 0.8 521 0.8 306 0.7 296 0.8Asian Total 2774 4.0 3039 4.3 2862 4.5 1583 3.7 1278 3.3Black African 1525 2.2 1606 2.3 1498 2.4 1152 2.7 857 2.2Black Caribbean 1175 1.7 1254 1.8 1074 1.7 787 1.8 668 1.7Black Other 243 0.3 246 0.3 216 0.3 139 0.3 107 0.3Black Total 2943 4.2 3106 4.4 2788 4.4 2078 4.8 1632 4.2Arab 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 0.0 81 0.2 68 0.2Gypsy or Traveller 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 8 0.0 6 0.0Other Ethnic Group 448 0.6 439 0.6 383 0.6 255 0.6 194 0.5Other Total 448 0.6 439 0.6 401 0.6 344 0.8 268 0.7Asian & White 341 0.5 330 0.5 345 0.5 198 0.5 164 0.4African & White 181 0.3 211 0.3 186 0.3 123 0.3 133 0.3Caribbean & White 446 0.6 522 0.7 474 0.7 402 0.9 353 0.9Other Mixed 557 0.8 567 0.8 542 0.9 369 0.9 319 0.8Mixed Total 1525 2.2 1630 2.3 1547 2.4 1092 2.5 969 2.5BME Total 7690 11.0 8214 11.5 7598 12.0 5097 11.8 4147 10.6White groupsWhite English 10029 14.4 14545 20.4 12469 19.6 6113 14.1 5645 14.4White Welsh 1137 1.6 1534 2.1 1543 2.4 1377 3.2 966 2.5White 7279 10.5 159 0.2 47 0.1 40 0.1 14 0.0White British 36877 53.0 37612 52.7 33574 52.8 24009 55.5 22324 57.1White Irish 1022 1.5 1249 1.8 1105 1.7 749 1.7 672 1.7White Scottish 3030 4.4 3804 5.3 3698 5.8 3577 8.3 3236 8.3White Other 2558 3.7 4242 5.9 3543 5.6 2269 5.2 2112 5.4Irish Traveller 19 0.0 8 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0White Total 61951 89.0 63153 88.5 55981 88.0 38134 88.2 34969 89.4Known Total 69641 100.0 71367 100.0 63579 100.0 43231 100.0 39116 100.0Unknown groupsNot Known 2329 58.0 274 19.4 325 21.8 171 20.4 62 10.2Refused 1686 42.0 1142 80.6 1168 78.2 666 79.6 548 89.8Unknown Total 4015 5.5 1416 1.9 1493 2.3 837 1.9 610 1.5Grand Total 73656 100 72783 100 65072 100 44068 100 39726 100

The proportion of new UK UG students from BME backgrounds dropped from 11.8% to 10.6% whilst the white group had an increase from 88.1% to 88.2%.

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Chart 14: Distribution of new UK Undergraduate ethnic minority students, 2009/10 to 2013/14


1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The proportion of students in most of these broad ethnic groups has decreased in 2013/14, except for the Mixed population which has stayed the same at 2.5%.

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Table 15: Completion count in FTE120180s14 and completion rate for all UK Undergraduate students by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14BME groups No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Indian 529.366.

3 560.365.

7 643.970.

7 540.664.

3 488.266.

6

Bangladeshi 114.160.

0 140.563.

2 173.866.

7 169.363.

5 156.664.

7

Pakistani 406.463.

6 433.663.

1 480.865.

4 472.461.

7 447.961.

9

Chinese 121.065.

8 131.771.

0 129.868.

6 117.371.

4 114.371.

1

Asian Other 290.463.

0 305.464.

2 332.066.

2 302.263.

9 295.063.

3

Asian Total 1461.164.

3 1571.564.

8 1760.367.

8 1601.863.

8 1502.064.

6

Black African 966.762.

9 975.161.

9 974.861.

8 901.561.

2 834.062.

7

Black Caribbean 638.257.

5 702.759.

8 692.159.

6 652.258.

1 611.759.

8

Black Other 132.255.

8 142.559.

6 148.760.

8 135.461.

4 106.960.

0

Black Total 1737.060.

3 1820.460.

9 1815.660.

9 1689.260.

0 1552.661.

3

Arab 0 0.0 0 0.02.08333

358.

1 30.2558.

4 39.083355.

0

Gypsy or Traveller 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.576.

9 6.070.

4 6.064.

7Other Ethnic Group 256.7

60.3 268.0

62.6 277.3

65.0 248.0

62.1 234.2

65.8

Other Total 256.760.

3 268.062.

6 281.965.

1 284.261.

9 279.364.

0

Asian & White 203.968.

9 226.469.

1 239.768.

8 215.565.

3 202.865.

2

African & White 102.859.

9 108.259.

9 122.562.

3 111.559.

0 125.464.

4

Caribbean & White 210.257.

7 251.660.

3 270.860.

7 283.059.

1 285.357.

6

Other Mixed 336.664.

6 347.063.

1 367.564.

3 373.765.

6 369.264.

6

Mixed Total 853.563.

1 933.263.

2 1000.564.

0 983.762.

8 982.762.

5

BME Total 4308.462.

1 4593.062.

8 4858.264.

1 4558.962.

0 4316.562.

9White groups

White English 7159.677.

1 8686.073.

3 9050.472.

9 8099.871.

5 7393.270.

5

White Welsh 545.071.

3 760.766.

0 866.264.

3 924.964.

4 885.663.

3

White 2049.558.

9 1169.668.

6 840.771.

7 572.771.

3 340.073.

0


White British 28201.769.

1 29098.271.

0 29597.471.

4 27543.370.

2 25779.968.

7

White Irish 851.968.

3 944.069.

3 922.469.

2 856.169.

9 789.869.

1

White Scottish 2168.668.

4 2407.466.

9 2383.865.

5 2301.264.

5 2262.065.

4

White Other 2563.175.

6 3118.673.

5 3292.973.

9 3109.274.

1 2919.372.

9

Irish Traveller 10.262.

8 8.273.

0 5.481.

6 3.080.

0 2.369.

2

White Total 43549.870.

0 46192.771.

2 46959.271.

4 43410.270.

2 40372.069.

0

Known Total 47858.269.

2 50785.870.

3 51817.570.

6 47969.169.

3 44688.668.

4Unknown groups

Not Known 508.847.

2 58.256.

3 59.258.

5 43.460.

4 21.766.

0

Refused 1081.065.

5 904.367.

6 890.770.

0 794.067.

6 718.966.

9

Unknown Total 1589.858.

3 962.566.

8 950.069.

1 837.467.

2 740.766.

9


8 51748.370.

2 52767.570.

6 48806.569.

3 45429.368.

3

Completion rates for all groups, except Mixed and White, have increased this year the BME student group and the White student group decreased this year, with the difference between them decreasing to 6.2 percentage points.

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Chart 15: Completion rate of students by grouped ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Asian Black Other Mixed White54%

56%

58%

60%

62%

64%

66%

68%

70%

72%

74%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Completion rates have increased for all broad ethnic groups, except White and Mixed.

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Table 16: Completion count in FTE120180s15 and completion rate for new UK Undergraduate students, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


Indian 177.666.

0 199.967.

7 203.9 69.0 110.556.

4 99.263.

3

Bangladeshi 43.260.

1 43.354.

9 60.5 64.2 27.846.

6 27.552.

3

Pakistani 115.658.

8 139.358.

3 145.4 60.4 106.550.

8 110.357.

1

Chinese 39.362.

8 44.967.

4 38.9 68.1 20.961.

3 28.269.

0

Asian Other 76.460.

0 87.358.

7 91.7 59.3 63.452.

4 77.257.

1


2 514.762.

1 540.4 64.2 329.153.

1 342.359.

2


4 319.356.

0 289.1 53.0 270.754.

1 211.053.

2


1 210.053.

2 175.9 51.1 147.546.

7 135.746.

5

Black Other 35.444.

6 43.053.

7 37.5 52.2 24.344.

9 23.351.

0


9 572.354.

8 502.5 52.3 442.550.

8 370.050.

4

Arab 0 0.0 0 0.02.0833

3 58.1 15.37551.

1 14.833350.

1


0 2.672.

4 1.036.

4Other Ethnic Group 79.5

60.5 74.2

57.2 67.3 56.1 48.8

51.4 49.3

63.0

Other Total 79.560.

5 74.257.

2 69.8 56.3 66.851.

9 65.158.

9


8 58.666.

8 66.6 65.0 44.256.

9 43.159.

1


1 33.353.

3 36.4 56.9 30.357.

6 35.660.

9


0 89.555.

9 81.9 53.3 85.052.

2 80.249.

5

Other Mixed 97.658.

8 103.359.

4 99.6 60.0 90.161.

4 80.355.

3


9 284.758.

8 284.5 58.5 249.756.

7 239.254.

5

BME Total 1298.756.

8 1446.058.

1 1397.2 57.9 1088.152.

8 1016.554.

6White groups


9 2733.570.

2 2218.8 67.2 1499.562.

0 1600.963.

8


2 283.964.

0 274.7 58.3 299.560.

3 223.556.

4

White 866.559.

0 33.757.

5 8.6 57.5 7.447.

8 3.860.

5


6 7223.768.

3 6707.8 66.0 5578.460.

9 5917.662.

1



9 259.066.

5 227.5 64.0 180.762.

3 186.564.

8


6 675.361.

0 606.0 57.4 635.157.

4 667.959.

8


5 896.471.

8 756.8 69.7 597.169.

1 625.769.

2


3 2.275.

7 0.5 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


8 12107.768.

310800.

6 65.6 8797.961.

3 9225.962.

6


5 13553.667.

012197.

8 64.7 9886.060.

3 10242.461.

7Unknown groups

Not Known 292.244.

9 30.155.

6 39.6 56.3 22.959.

5 9.468.

1

Refused 281.962.

9 195.262.

7 212.4 63.2 131.556.

1 136.459.

8


2 225.361.

7 252.0 62.0 154.456.

6 145.860.

3


8 13778.967.

012449.

8 64.6 10040.560.

2 10388.261.

7

The completion rate for BME students has increased this year, with large increases in Asian and Other groups.

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Chart 16: Completion rate of new students by grouped ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

All broad ethnic groups saw an increase in completion rates this year, except Black and Mixed groups. The Asian broad ethnic group had the biggest increase.

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Table 17: ‘Pass count in FTE120180s and pass rates for all UK students on level 1 modules, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


Indian 214.090.

4 242.8 91.1 263.0 90.1 188.5 87.8 156.7 86.8

Bangladeshi 49.887.

4 58.2 83.4 74.0 86.6 60.5 85.2 48.9 87.0

Pakistani 149.687.

4 178.3 87.5 191.0 83.5 180.6 84.9 165.5 84.5

Chinese 49.295.

2 61.0 92.5 58.2 94.5 41.9 89.4 46.9 91.7


6 122.9 89.1 131.0 87.8 109.8 86.3 106.5 85.2


8 663.2 89.2 717.3 87.8 581.3 86.4 524.6 86.2


0 333.7 81.0 339.5 80.4 316.1 77.2 293.4 78.8


2 279.1 84.5 272.8 85.4 237.0 81.1 225.6 85.0

Black Other 44.178.

9 56.5 79.0 57.5 78.4 46.5 76.3 34.9 86.1


6 669.4 82.3 669.8 82.2 599.7 78.7 553.9 81.7Arab 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 88.0 17.6 84.9 17.6 79.6

Gypsy or Traveller 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 50.0 3.5 87.4 3.5100.

0

Other Ethnic Group 99.090.

9 96.6 89.2 115.5 89.4 94.6 89.0 89.8 87.7

Other Total 99.090.

9 96.6 89.2 117.8 89.1 115.7 88.3 110.9 86.7


1 89.3 92.9 97.7 91.6 87.9 93.2 70.9 89.7


1 46.5 89.3 50.7 88.3 48.3 80.7 52.0 88.9


9 118.8 89.6 128.9 90.2 126.5 86.0 133.9 91.3


5 145.2 90.9 147.8 88.8 149.5 89.4 148.8 90.4


4 399.8 90.8 425.1 89.8 412.2 88.0 405.5 90.4

BME Total 1632.887.

2 1829.0 86.8 1930.0 86.2 1708.9 84.0 1594.9 85.6White groups


7 4058.7 95.0 4100.0 95.2 3112.5 92.9 2767.7 94.3


0 391.0 92.0 420.9 91.6 439.5 90.4 406.9 93.1

White 1143.794.

5 380.8 92.6 213.0 94.7 118.2 92.3 69.7 95.9


412152.

2 94.712351.

1 94.410615.

4 92.910112.

4 93.5

30


2 358.8 93.0 354.8 94.0 305.3 91.3 296.2 92.6


3 1034.9 94.7 978.4 93.9 975.8 93.0 1057.4 94.2


4 1254.5 93.9 1324.0 94.0 1146.7 91.9 1062.6 93.3


4 4.0100.

0 3.1100.

0 1.0100.

0 0.3100.

0


319634.

8 94.619745.

3 94.416714.

3 92.715773.

0 93.7


621463.

8 93.821675.

3 93.618423.

2 91.817367.

9 92.9Unknown groups

Not Known 280.886.

5 34.3 88.1 41.1 94.5 27.8 88.0 11.7 93.3

Refused 414.692.

2 339.8 93.9 361.0 93.1 266.7 92.4 245.9 92.0


8 374.2 93.3 402.1 93.3 294.5 92.0 257.6 92.1


421838.

0 93.822077.

5 93.618717.

7 91.817625.

5 92.9

Pass rates increased for all groups, with the exception of Asian and Other groups which fell. The difference in rates between BME and White students groups is 8.1 percentage points.

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Chart 17: Pass rate of students on level 1 modules, by grouped ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Pass rates for Asian and Other groups continue to fall whilst the remaining BME groups increased.

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Table 18: ‘Good pass’ count in FTE120180s and ‘Good pass’ rates for UK students on level 2 & 3 modules, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


Indian 85.635.

9 88.436.

1 104.334.

2 98.3 35.2 112.042.

1

Bangladeshi 10.125.

7 16.329.

8 19.026.

0 24.6 31.9 22.129.

0

Pakistani 61.632.

6 56.930.

1 62.931.

0 52.3 25.0 57.128.

8

Chinese 30.250.

4 25.744.

5 27.846.

4 27.7 45.5 28.450.

1

Asian Other 48.435.

2 45.932.

9 45.530.

3 46.8 32.7 41.431.

9


5 233.234.

0 259.532.

8 249.8 32.5 261.035.

9


7 79.119.

1 67.617.

3 70.6 19.2 48.415.

2


0 67.223.

8 66.322.

7 61.6 21.2 52.321.

1

Black Other 9.916.

7 12.124.

7 12.823.

7 13.9 24.4 14.831.

8


7 158.421.

2 146.719.

9 146.1 20.4 115.418.

8

Arab 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 40.0 5.544.

9


3 1.8 87.5 0.833.

3


0 44.033.

7 34.527.

8 40.8 34.2 36.934.

6

Other Total 42.535.

0 44.033.

7 35.027.

9 46.0 35.4 43.135.

6


6 54.748.

1 57.948.

8 50.8 47.0 55.551.

1


5 16.033.

6 21.035.

8 17.6 38.5 21.137.

8


7 39.340.

0 42.139.

3 38.4 32.2 39.133.

7

Other Mixed 72.045.

2 72.244.

3 76.643.

8 64.9 36.7 70.241.

9


5 182.143.

1 197.543.

0 171.7 38.2 185.941.

5

BME Total 596.230.

9 617.831.

1 638.830.

2 613.7 29.7 605.531.

7White groups


9 1992.748.

9 2153.348.

9 2154.9 49.0 1976.149.

1


7 136.745.

0 172.748.

1 180.3 46.0 173.342.

8

White 317.941.

6 290.943.

0 243.144.

1 186.0 46.7 115.848.

1


9 7349.849.

0 7508.649.

2 7443.0 49.9 6701.250.

3


4 248.348.

5 238.947.

4 235.9 49.1 213.049.

1

33


0 587.248.

1 592.647.

3 546.9 47.6 504.348.

4


8 731.045.

7 788.546.

8 780.8 46.7 712.145.

5


9 2.356.

3 0.950.

0 2.0100.

0 0.525.

0

White Total11158.

648.

411339.

048.

511698.

648.

711529.

8 49.310396.

249.

4

Known Total11754.

847.

111956.

847.

112337.

447.

212143.

5 47.711001.

747.

9Unknown groups

Not Known 52.734.

4 7.343.

8 7.050.

9 3.5 31.1 2.830.

6

Refused 247.644.

2 233.747.

7 241.552.

8 235.6 51.9 209.353.

1


1 241.047.

6 248.552.

8 239.1 51.4 212.052.

6

Grand Total12055.

146.

912197.

847.

212585.

947.

312382.

6 47.811213.

748.

0

The attainment rate of BME students overall has increased except for the Black BME group which decreased by 1.6 percentage points

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Chart 18: ‘Good pass’ rate for all UK students on level 2 & 3 modules by grouped ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The attainment rate for Black students on level 2 and 3 modules has decreased again. The attainment rate for this group is still at least 16.5% lower than for other groups, last year it was 14.5%.

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Undergraduate StudentsGender


Table 19: Headcount of students at a third and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 111435 61.2 111166 60.7 108015 61.0 90810 60.6 81918 60.0Male 70596 38.8 71917 39.3 69127 39.0 59009 39.4 54625 40.0Total 182031 100.0 183083 100.0 177142 100.0 149819 100.0 136543 100.0

Chart 19: Distribution of all Undergraduate UK students, by gender, 2013/14

60.0%

40.0%

Female Male

The proportion of female undergraduate students has decreased from 60.6% to 60%.

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2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 20: Distribution of new Undergraduate UK students, by gender in 2013/14

59.5%

40.5%Female Male

The proportion of new undergraduate students that are female has decreased from 61.1% to 59.5%.

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Table 21: Completion count in FTE120180s16 and completion rate for all Undergraduate UK students by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 31083.769.

3 32171.570.

7 32757.0 71.1 29890.2 69.5 27704.168.

6

Male 18364.368.

0 19576.769.

4 20010.4 69.7 18916.4 69.0 17725.167.

9

Total 49448.068.

8 51748.370.

2 52767.5 70.6 48806.5 69.3 45429.368.

3

Chart 21: Completion rate of students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Female Male Overall rate66%

67%

68%

69%

70%

71%

72%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Completion rates have fallen slightly for both gender groups this year.




Table 22: Completion count in FTE120180s17 and completion rate for new UK Undergraduate students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 8728.8 67.2 8743.468.

4 7807.6 65.9 6167.8 62.0 6308.6 63.3

Male 4757.6 63.2 5035.564.

6 4642.2 62.5 3872.6 57.5 4079.6 59.2

Total 13486.4 65.813778.

967.

0 12449.8 64.6 10040.5 60.2 10388.3 61.7

Chart 22: Completion rate of new students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14


54%

56%

58%

60%

62%

64%

66%

68%

70%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The completion rates for both gender groups have increased this year. The rate for female students has increased by 1.3 percentage points and that of male students by 1.7 percentage points.




Table 23: Pass count in FTE120180s and pass rate for all UK students on level1 modules, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 12759.894.

313676.

793.

6 13695.1 93.4 11372.3 92.0 10688.892.

8

Male 7265.294.

6 8161.294.

3 8382.4 94.1 7345.3 91.5 6936.793.

0

Total 20025.094.

421838.

093.

8 22077.5 93.6 18717.7 91.8 17625.592.

9

Chart 23: Pass rate for students on level 1 modules, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14


90%

91%

92%

93%

94%

95%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Pass rates have increased for both gender groups this year, with males seeing a larger increase of 1.5 percentage points.

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Table 24: ‘Good pass’ count in FTE120180s18 and good pass rates for students on level 2 & 3 modules, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 7347.5 45.9 7352.2 46.0 7668.3 46.4 7555.2 47.0 6791.5 47.4Male 4707.6 48.6 4845.5 49.1 4917.5 48.9 4827.4 49.0 4422.2 49.0Total 12055.1 46.9 12197.8 47.2 12585.9 47.3 12382.6 47.8 11213.7 48.0

Chart 24: ‘Good pass’ rates for students on level 2 & 3 modules, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14


45%

46%

47%

48%

49%

50%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

'Good pass' rates have increased slightly for female students with male students having the same rates as last year.


Postgraduate StudentsAge

ParticipationAll UK Postgraduate students


2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 25: Distribution of all UK Postgraduate students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

20 & be-low


0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The number of postgraduate students has increased this year. Increases were seen in the 26 to 30, 31 to 35, 41 to 45 and 46-50 all other groups decreased.

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Module CompletionAll UK Postgraduate students

Table 26: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for all UK Postgraduate students, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 26: Completion rate for UK Postgraduate students, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14


66%

68%

70%

72%

74%

76%

78%

80%

82%

84%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Overall, across all age groups, completion rates have increased this year to 78.4%.43


Academic AttainmentAll UK Postgraduate students

Table 27: Number of ‘Good passes’ and attainment rate for all UK Postgraduate students, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14.

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 27: Attainment rate for UK Postgraduate students, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14


5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

All attainment rates have decreased across all age groups except for the 25-36 group.

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Postgraduate StudentsDisability

Participation

All UK Postgraduate students

Table 28: Headcount of students at a third and proportion of total, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 28: Distribution of Postgraduate students, by disability, 2013/14

7.8%

92.2%


There were 784 postgraduate students declaring a disability in 2013/14. The proportion of the total with a disability has decreased from 8.3% to 7.8%.

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Table 29: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for all UK Postgraduate students, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 134.0 74.3 132.6 70.1 149.4 70.5 153.7 66.8 148.4 74.7Non-disabled 2342.0 77.1 2296.7 78.3 2095.8 78.7 1781.4 77.0 1833.5 78.7Total 2476.0 76.9 2429.3 77.8 2245.2 78.1 1935.1 76.1 1981.9 78.4

Chart 29: Completion rate of Postgraduate students, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14


62%

64%

66%

68%

70%

72%

74%

76%

78%

80%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The completion rates for both groups of students have decreased this year. The gap in completion rates between the two groups of students is now 4 percentage points compared to 10.2 last year.

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Table 30: Number of ‘Good passes’ and attainment rate for all UK Postgraduate students, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 37.9 32.6 36.2 31.7 41.5 32.4 38.8 30.5 40.4 31.2Non-disabled 750.7 35.3 756.1 36.0 649.8 34.1 590.5 36.3 574.6 34.0Total 788.5 35.1 792.3 35.8 691.3 34.0 629.3 35.9 615.0 33.8

Chart 30: Attainment rate for Postgraduate students, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14


28%

29%

30%

31%

32%

33%

34%

35%

36%

37%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Attainment rates decreased for non-disabled students but rose for disabled students. The gap between the attainment rates for the two groups has shrunk to 2.8 percentage points.

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Postgraduate StudentsEthnicity


Table 31: Headcount of students at a third and proportion of total, by ethnicity 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14BME groups No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %Indian 230 2.1 212 1.9 191 2.0 148 1.7 301 3.1Bangladeshi 28 0.3 22 0.2 31 0.3 23 0.3 27 0.3Pakistani 73 0.7 84 0.8 82 0.8 76 0.9 89 0.9Chinese 44 0.4 45 0.4 39 0.4 35 0.4 44 0.4Asian Other 99 0.9 92 0.8 81 0.8 82 1.0 120 1.2Asian Total 474 4.3 455 4.1 424 4.3 364 4.2 581 5.9Black African 303 2.7 249 2.3 248 2.5 229 2.7 308 3.1Black Caribbean 139 1.2 125 1.1 122 1.2 111 1.3 125 1.3Black Other 39 0.4 31 0.3 46 0.5 28 0.3 28 0.3Black Total 481 4.3 405 3.7 416 4.3 368 4.3 461 4.7Arab 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 5 0.1 10 0.1Gypsy or Traveller 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0Other 81 0.7 79 0.7 74 0.8 58 0.7 62 0.6Other Total 81 0.7 79 0.7 77 0.8 63 0.7 72 0.7Asian & White 54 0.5 58 0.5 49 0.5 46 0.5 44 0.4African & White 24 0.2 28 0.3 25 0.3 21 0.2 25 0.3Caribbean & White 26 0.2 27 0.2 16 0.2 19 0.2 28 0.3Other Mixed 62 0.6 70 0.6 64 0.7 63 0.7 69 0.7Mixed Total 166 1.5 183 1.7 154 1.6 149 1.7 166 1.7BME Total 1202 10.8 1122 10.2 1071 10.9 944 11.0 1280 13.1White groupsWhite English 1310 11.8 1459 13.3 1309 13.4 1107 12.9 962 9.8White Welsh 144 1.3 168 1.5 161 1.6 160 1.9 122 1.2White 393 3.5 197 1.8 130 1.3 63 0.7 30 0.3White British 6725 60.4 6639 60.5 5858 59.9 5166 60.2 6248 63.9White Irish 317 2.8 291 2.7 247 2.5 232 2.7 239 2.4White Scottish 402 3.6 405 3.7 357 3.6 313 3.6 297 3.0White Other 645 5.8 685 6.2 653 6.7 593 6.9 605 6.2Irish Traveller 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0White Total 9937 89.2 9845 89.8 8715 89.1 7634 89.0 8503 86.9Known Total 11139 100.0 10967 100.0 9786 100.0 8578 100.0 9783 100.0Unknown groupsNot Known 120 29.3 8 3.3 5 2.4 10 5.1 49 22.9Refused 289 70.7 233 96.7 203 97.6 187 94.9 165 77.1Unknown Total 409 3.5 241 2.2 208 2.1 197 2.2 214 2.1Grand Total 11548 100 11208 100 9994 100 8775 100 9997 100

The proportion of postgraduate students from an ethnic minority background rose this year from 11% to 13.1%.

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Ethnicity


Chart 31: Distribution of Postgraduate students, by ethnic minority group, 2009/10 to 2013/14


1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The proportion of Asian and Black groups rose this year, with the Asian group rising from 4.2% to 5.9% whilst Mixed and Other stayed the same.

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Table 32: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for all UK Postgraduate students, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14BME groups No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %Indian 47.4 78.6 45.4 75.7 40.8 76.9 27.7 68.4 60.8 77.9Bangladeshi 5.0 68.2 4.7 73.7 7.0 72.4 4.3 66.2 5.7 87.2Pakistani 14.1 63.9 15.4 63.1 17.4 72.5 14.2 60.1 15.8 62.4Chinese 8.0 64.9 10.4 85.0 6.7 63.3 7.5 76.9 9.3 77.8Asian Other 18.9 68.4 19.1 76.9 16.9 72.5 19.4 74.4 22.9 78.1Asian Total 93.4 72.0 95.0 74.3 88.9 73.6 73.1 68.7 114.5 75.7Black African 51.0 66.2 45.0 66.1 46.2 70.3 37.4 61.9 58.8 73.5Black Caribbean 24.4 65.8 24.5 68.3 26.2 70.6 21.5 66.2 19.7 64.0Black Other 6.9 63.3 5.9 62.3 8.3 57.4 4.2 61.0 5.7 58.5Black Total 82.3 65.8 75.4 66.5 80.7 68.8 63.1 63.2 84.2 69.9Arab 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 100.0 0.8 66.7 1.5 62.1Gypsy or Traveller 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Other Ethnic Group 16.3 72.6 16.7 79.1 14.3 68.2 12.9 72.8 10.4 73.1Other Total 16.3 72.6 16.7 79.1 14.9 68.5 13.8 72.4 11.9 71.5Asian & White 10.5 76.4 13.0 77.6 10.9 75.7 9.7 81.1 8.8 72.4African & White 3.6 49.8 6.9 76.7 3.3 49.4 4.5 83.1 4.5 69.2Caribbean & White 6.6 83.2 5.8 70.9 4.7 96.6 3.5 64.6 5.5 70.2Other Mixed 11.5 61.1 14.1 69.3 15.3 72.4 11.2 63.3 10.9 67.1Mixed Total 32.2 67.4 39.8 73.3 34.2 72.7 28.9 71.4 29.6 69.5BME Total 224.2 69.0 226.9 71.6 218.7 71.3 178.8 67.3 240.3 72.6White groupsWhite English 314.3 82.7 333.1 79.0 305.8 81.0 254.9 78.0 183.4 79.4White Welsh 33.2 74.1 39.4 78.5 42.1 87.8 32.1 68.6 24.5 86.2White 75.8 67.5 43.8 80.9 35.2 85.7 12.7 74.1 6.3 79.1White British 1454.6 78.1 1442.2 78.6 1312.2 77.9 1172.0 77.6 1266.7 80.0White Irish 68.1 75.9 60.9 75.8 56.3 78.1 51.3 77.3 46.1 75.4White Scottish 85.6 75.6 86.6 76.7 83.7 80.7 68.5 77.5 52.0 74.2White Other 143.7 78.9 144.1 78.2 145.1 78.5 125.0 75.4 110.1 73.8Irish Traveller 0.2 100.0 0.3 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0White Total 2175.3 78.1 2150.4 78.5 1980.4 78.9 1716.5 77.3 1689.1 79.2Known Total 2399.6 77.2 2377.3 77.8 2199.1 78.0 1895.3 76.2 1929.4 78.3Unknown groupsNot Known 16.8 53.1 0.7 34.2 0.6 53.8 1.6 61.3 15.5 69.7Refused 59.6 75.5 51.4 78.6 45.5 80.3 38.3 71.9 37.0 85.4Unknown Total 76.4 69.1 52.1 77.3 46.1 79.8 39.8 71.4 52.5 80.1Grand Total 2476.0 76.9 2429.3 77.8 2245.2 78.1 1935.1 76.1 1981.9 78.4

The completion rate for Asian and Black students increased whilst Other and Mixed groups fell. The difference in rates between the White and BME groups has decreased to 6.6 percentage points.

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Chart 32: Completion rate of Postgraduate students by grouped ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Completion rates for the ethnic group Other and white have seen an increase whilst they have fallen all the remaining ethnic groups.

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Table 33: Number of ‘Good passes’ and attainment rate for all UK Postgraduate students, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


Indian 7.5 19.2 7.7 19.9 6.217.

7 6.125.

5 12.522.

8

Bangladeshi 0.2 4.1 1.3 36.4 1.221.

2 1.230.

6 1.021.

4

Pakistani 3.6 31.0 2.7 21.6 3.023.

3 1.1 9.5 3.323.

6

Chinese 1.9 25.6 3.6 44.3 2.442.

0 2.742.

7 3.741.

5

Asian Other 2.1 12.9 2.4 18.2 4.229.

6 5.336.

4 5.830.

0

Asian Total 15.4 19.5 17.7 23.3 16.923.

1 16.427.

4 26.225.

9

Black African 2.6 7.6 4.2 13.5 4.815.

2 1.4 5.7 7.315.

1

Black Caribbean 2.9 17.1 3.8 19.9 3.617.

1 2.315.

3 0.8 5.2

Black Other 0.8 16.3 0.7 12.7 0.710.

2 0.832.

3 0.4 9.8

Black Total 6.4 11.2 8.7 15.6 9.115.

3 4.610.

7 8.612.

5

Arab 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.120.

0 0.0 0.0 0.216.

7Gypsy or Traveller 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Other Ethnic Group 3.8 27.0 3.9 27.6 2.420.

5 2.221.

3 0.911.

6

Other Total 3.8 27.0 3.9 27.6 2.520.

2 2.220.

6 1.112.

1

Asian & White 2.9 31.8 2.4 19.7 3.838.

0 3.038.

3 1.316.

2

African & White 0.9 31.8 2.7 43.0 0.724.

2 1.844.

0 0.716.

7

Caribbean & White 0.8 16.1 1.7 28.6 0.718.

2 0.3 9.5 1.122.

4

Other Mixed 4.2 41.0 3.0 24.3 4.034.

3 3.743.

1 3.940.

0

Mixed Total 8.8 32.2 9.8 26.6 9.232.

5 8.936.

9 7.026.

0

BME Total 34.4 19.4 40.0 22.0 37.621.

8 32.123.

3 42.820.

8White groups

White English 106.6 36.9 112.8 36.2103.

336.

5 87.236.

6 65.438.

8

White Welsh 11.9 39.3 15.2 42.3 14.437.

6 11.537.

0 8.036.

1

White 25.2 38.1 13.2 31.8 9.128.

5 3.328.

3 1.835.

7

White British 498.9 37.1 500.8 37.5437.

336.

2405.

337.

6425.

136.

052

White Irish 15.0 24.1 19.4 35.3 13.225.

7 17.035.

4 12.429.

9

White Scottish 27.5 33.8 27.1 34.9 26.033.

5 24.838.

7 14.531.

1

White Other 46.7 36.4 44.7 34.8 36.128.

7 34.732.

0 32.032.

1Irish Traveller 0.2 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

White Total 732.1 36.6 733.2 37.0639.

535.

2583.

937.

0559.

235.

7

Known Total 766.5 35.2 773.2 35.7677.

134.

0616.

135.

9602.

134.

0Unknown groups

Not Known 4.0 29.0 0.1 33.3 0.133.

3 0.753.

3 4.530.

0

Refused 18.1 34.4 18.9 41.9 14.134.

5 12.636.

4 8.525.

5

Unknown Total 22.1 33.3 19.0 41.9 14.234.

5 13.237.

0 13.026.

9

Grand Total 788.5 35.1 792.3 35.8691.

334.

0629.

335.

9615.

033.

8

The attainment rate for all students decreased this year expect for the Black BME students where it increased.

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Chart 33: Attainment rate of Postgraduate students by grouped ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Attainment rates for all ethnic groups, except Black students, decreased this year.

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Postgraduate StudentsGender



2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 34: Distribution of Postgraduate students by gender, 2013/14

55.3%

44.7% Female Male

For the fifth year running there are more female postgraduate students than there are male.

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Table 35: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for all UK Postgraduate students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 35: Completion rate of Postgraduate students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14


74%

75%

76%

77%

78%

79%

80%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Completion rates have increased for both gender groups this year.

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Table 36: Number of ‘Good passes’ and attainment rate for all UK Postgraduate students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 36: Good pass rate for Postgraduate students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14


30%

31%

32%

33%

34%

35%

36%

37%

38%

39%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Attainment rates have fallen for both male and female students. The difference between males and females is now 1.9 percentage points this year, with the female attainment rate still being higher than that of male students.

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All UK StudentsAge

ParticipationAll19 UK students


2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 37: Distribution of all UK students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

20 & be-low


0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

There has been a continued increase in participation from students aged 21 to 35 in 2013/14, and a fall in participation in most of the older age groups and the 20 and below group.

19 Undergraduate and Postgraduate students58

All UK StudentsAge

Module CompletionAll UK students

Table 38: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for all students, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

20 & below 1857.9 67.5 2214.969.

4 2543.770.

5 2337.066.

5 2075.264.

9

21 to 25 6621.8 65.2 7172.766.

6 7624.667.

0 7633.664.

8 7672.364.

525 & below Total 8479.8 65.7 9387.6

67.2 10168.3

67.9 9970.6

65.2 9747.5

64.6

26 to 30 8674.0 66.3 9121.368.

0 9180.168.

4 8813.767.

6 8486.367.

1

31 to 35 7641.6 68.9 8131.669.

8 8484.270.

5 7847.469.

1 7543.368.

4

26 to 35 Total 16315.5 67.5 17252.868.

9 17664.269.

4 16661.068.

3 16029.667.

7

36 to 40 7946.6 70.6 7858.972.

0 7484.672.

1 6463.970.

7 5811.869.

8

41 to 45 7028.9 71.4 7139.173.

0 7037.073.

3 6151.472.

0 5458.771.

3

36 to 45 Total 14975.5 71.0 14998.072.

5 14521.672.

6 12615.371.

3 11270.570.

5

46 to 50 4956.6 71.8 5087.572.

9 5152.873.

3 4655.373.

2 4237.271.

8

51 to 55 2963.5 71.6 3079.173.

6 3080.872.

7 2775.673.

1 2490.472.

0

46 to 55 Total 7920.1 71.7 8166.673.

2 8233.573.

1 7430.873.

1 6727.771.

9

56 to 60 1797.3 71.7 1835.372.

9 1899.674.

0 1728.973.

6 1548.873.

9

61 to 65 1394.5 75.2 1419.075.

3 1429.976.

5 1246.676.

3 1067.775.

7

66 & over 1041.2 70.9 1118.273.

2 1095.573.

8 1088.475.

1 1019.374.

0

56 & over Total 4233.0 72.6 4372.673.

7 4424.974.

7 4063.974.

8 3635.974.

5

Grand Total 51924.0 69.2 54177.670.

5 55012.770.

9 50741.769.

5 47411.168.

7

Chart 38: Completion rate for all students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

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60%

62%

64%

66%

68%

70%

72%

74%

76%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

All age bands showed a decrease in completion rates in 2013/14.

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All UK StudentsDisability

ParticipationAll UK students


2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 39: Distribution of all UK students, by disability in 2013/14

14.2%

85.8%


There are now more than 20,000 OU students in the UK who declare a disability in 2013/14. This is 14.2% of the total OU UK student population, up from 12.4% in the previous year.

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All UK StudentsDisability


Table 40: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for all students, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 3336.761.

4 3804.064.

7 4901.2 63.7 5684.659.

5 6068.759.

4

Non-disabled 48587.369.

8 50373.671.

0 50111.4 71.7 45057.071.

1 41342.570.

3

Total 51924.069.

2 54177.670.

5 55012.7 70.9 50741.769.

5 47411.168.

7

Chart 40: Completion rate of all UK students, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The completion rate for disabled students has fallen by 0.1 percentage points this year, whilst that of non-disabled students has decreased by 0.8 percentage points. The gap between the rates of the two groups has narrowed to 10.9 percentage points.

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All UK StudentsEthnicity



2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14BME groups No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %Indian 2256 1.2 2367 1.2 2362 1.3 1844 1.2 1703 1.2Bangladeshi 482 0.3 513 0.3 588 0.3 532 0.3 480 0.3Pakistani 1539 0.8 1679 0.9 1710 0.9 1532 1.0 1415 1.0Chinese 571 0.3 573 0.3 529 0.3 396 0.3 383 0.3Asian Other 1267 0.7 1269 0.7 1252 0.7 1043 0.7 1032 0.7Asian Total 6115 3.3 6401 3.4 6441 3.5 5347 3.4 5013 3.5Black African 3568 1.9 3642 1.9 3554 1.9 3071 2.0 2817 2.0Black Caribbean 2816 1.5 2932 1.5 2777 1.5 2402 1.5 2195 1.5Black Other 603 0.3 594 0.3 605 0.3 492 0.3 386 0.3Black Total 6987 3.8 7168 3.8 6936 3.8 5965 3.8 5398 3.8Arab 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 0.0 113 0.1 145 0.1Gypsy or Traveller 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 16 0.0 20 0.0Other Ethnic Group 1069 0.6 1066 0.6 1041 0.6 857 0.6 764 0.5Other Total 1069 0.6 1066 0.6 1064 0.6 986 0.6 929 0.6Asian & White 777 0.4 831 0.4 875 0.5 717 0.5 650 0.5African & White 415 0.2 455 0.2 450 0.2 397 0.3 396 0.3Caribbean & White 911 0.5 1035 0.5 1025 0.6 998 0.6 988 0.7Other Mixed 1296 0.7 1338 0.7 1380 0.8 1213 0.8 1153 0.8Mixed Total 3399 1.8 3659 1.9 3730 2.0 3325 2.1 3187 2.2BME Total 17570 9.5 18294 9.6 18171 9.9 15623 10.1 14527 10.1White groupsWhite English 24169 13.1 31807 16.8 31624 17.3 24835 16.0 22190 15.4White Welsh 2151 1.2 3064 1.6 3417 1.9 3367 2.2 2984 2.1White 11814 6.4 3996 2.1 2639 1.4 1787 1.2 1008 0.7

White British10996

2 59.410950

8 57.710428

0 57.0 89051 57.3 83770 58.3White Irish 3253 1.8 3514 1.9 3304 1.8 2794 1.8 2577 1.8White Scottish 8062 4.4 9321 4.9 9272 5.1 8836 5.7 8259 5.7White Other 8135 4.4 10283 5.4 10256 5.6 9014 5.8 8482 5.9Irish Traveller 43 0.0 27 0.0 15 0.0 7 0.0 7 0.0

White Total16758

9 90.517152

0 90.416480

7 90.113969

1 89.9 129277 89.9

Known Total18515

9100.

018981

4100.

018297

8100.

015531

4100.

0 143804 100.0Unknown groupsNot Known 3508 44.4 432 10.9 402 11.0 252 8.5 154 6.1Refused 4399 55.6 3527 89.1 3260 89.0 2729 91.5 2377 93.9Unknown Total 7907 4.1 3959 2.0 3662 2.0 2981 1.9 2531 1.7

Grand Total19306

6 10019377

3 10018664

0 10015829

5 100 146335 100

The proportion of students from an ethnic minority background has stayed at a similar level to the previous year with Asian and Mixed students increasing slightly.

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All UK students

Chart 41: Distribution of all UK ethnic minority students, 2009/10 to 2013/14


1%

2%

3%

4%

2008/092009/102010/112011/122012/13

The proportion of students in the Mixed and Asian ethnic groups continues to increase, while the proportions in all the other ethnic groups have remained at the same level.

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Table 42: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for all students, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


Indian 576.767.

1 605.866.

3 684.771.

1 568.364.

4 549.067.

6

Bangladeshi 119.160.

3 145.163.

5 180.866.

9 173.663.

6 162.365.

3

Pakistani 420.563.

6 449.063.

1 498.265.

7 486.661.

7 463.761.

9

Chinese 129.065.

8 142.071.

8 136.568.

3 124.871.

7 123.671.

6


3 324.564.

9 348.966.

5 321.664.

5 317.964.

1


7 1666.465.

3 1849.268.

1 1674.964.

0 1616.565.

2


1 1020.262.

1 1020.962.

1 939.061.

2 892.763.

3


8 727.260.

1 718.359.

9 673.758.

3 631.559.

9

Black Other 139.056.

2 148.459.

7 157.160.

6 139.661.

4 112.659.

9


5 1895.861.

1 1896.361.

2 1752.360.

1 1636.861.

7

Arab 0 0.0 0 0.0 2.562.

531.0833

358.

640.5833

355.

3


4 6.070.

4 6.064.

7


0 284.863.

4 291.665.

2 260.962.

6 244.666.

1

Other Total 273.061.

0 284.863.

4 296.865.

2 297.962.

3 291.264.

3


2 239.469.

5 250.669.

1 225.265.

9 211.565.

5


5 115.160.

7 125.761.

9 116.059.

6 129.964.

6


3 257.460.

5 275.561.

1 286.559.

1 290.857.

8


5 361.163.

3 382.864.

6 384.965.

6 380.164.

7


2 973.063.

6 1034.664.

3 1012.663.

0 1012.362.

7

BME Total 4532.662.

4 4819.963.

1 5076.964.

4 4737.762.

2 4556.863.

3White groups


3 9019.073.

5 9356.373.

1 8354.771.

6 7576.670.

7


5 800.166.

6 908.365.

1 957.064.

5 910.163.

8

White 2125.359.

2 1213.469.

0 875.972.

1 585.471.

3 346.373.

1White British 29656.3 69. 30540.5 71. 30909. 71. 28715.3 70. 27046.6 69.

65

5 3 6 7 4 1


8 1004.969.

7 978.769.

6 907.470.

2 835.969.

4


6 2494.067.

2 2467.665.

9 2369.664.

8 2314.065.

6


7 3262.773.

7 3438.074.

0 3234.274.

2 3029.572.

9


1 8.573.

7 5.481.

6 3.080.

0 2.369.

2


4 48343.171.

448939.

771.

6 45126.770.

5 42061.169.

4


6 53163.170.

654016.

570.

9 49864.469.

6 46617.968.

7Unknown groups

Not Known 525.647.

4 58.955.

9 59.858.

5 45.060.

4 37.267.

5

Refused 1140.766.

0 955.768.

1 936.370.

4 832.367.

8 755.967.

6


7 1014.667.

3 996.169.

6 877.267.

4 793.267.

6


2 54177.670.

555012.

770.

9 50741.769.

5 47411.168.

7

The completion rates for White students continues to fall, as does Mixed but completion rates for all other BME groups has increased. The gap in completion rates has decreased to 6.1 percentage points.

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All UK students

Chart 42: Completion rates for all UK students, by grouped ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


56%

58%

60%

62%

64%

66%

68%

70%

72%

74%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Completion rates for Asian, Black and Other Ethnic groups have risen this year.

67

All UK StudentsGender



2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 43: Distribution of UK students, by gender in 2013/14

59.7%

40.3%

Female Male

The proportion of students that are female has decreased this year to 59.7% of the total.

68

All UK StudentsGender


Table 44: Completion count in FTE120180s and completion rate for all students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 44: Completion rate for all students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14


67%

68%

69%

70%

71%

72%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Completion rates have fallen for both sexes.

69

All non-UK StudentsAge

ParticipationAll20 non-UK students


2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 45: Distribution of all non-UK students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

20 & be-low


0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The proportion of non-UK students in the 21 to 25, 31 to 35 and 46 to 50 age groups have increased, whilst other groups have either stayed the same or decreased.

20 Undergraduate and Postgraduate students70

All non-UK StudentsDisability

ParticipationAll non-UK students


2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 46: Distribution of all non-UK students, by disability, 2013/14

6.3%

93.7%


There are now over 500 non-UK students declaring a disability. The proportion has increased this year from 4.9% to 6.3%.

71

All non-UK StudentsDomicile21 and Geographic Area


Table 47: Headcount of students at a third and proportion of total, by Geographic Area, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Africa 142 1.2 146 1.2 138 1.2 148 1.5 126 1.5Asia 148 1.3 155 1.3 175 1.5 182 1.8 176 2.0Australasia 23 0.2 50 0.4 58 0.5 44 0.4 53 0.6

Europe 11185 95.81113

6 95.31080

3 94.4938

0 93.9801

1 92.9Middle East 67 0.6 69 0.6 97 0.8 86 0.9 96 1.1North America 92 0.8 110 0.9 151 1.3 132 1.3 140 1.6South America 14 0.1 18 0.2 19 0.2 22 0.2 20 0.2

Known Total 11671 100.01168

4 100.01144

1 100.0999

4 100.0862

2 100.0

not known 3 0.0 2 0.0 3 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0

Grand Total 116741168

61144

4999

5862

5

Chart 47: Distribution of non-UK and non-European students, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Africa Asia Australasia Middle East North America South America0.0%

0.5%

1.0%

1.5%

2.0%

2.5%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

21 The table for domicile is too large to fit an A4 sheet. The details of student numbers by domicile and Geographic area is available to staff in the spreadsheet - ‘Additional Student Data – non-UK Students’

72

All geographic areas, with the exception of Africa and South America, which stayed the same, have seen an increase in the proportions of our students this year.

73

All non-UK StudentsGender



2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 48: Distribution of non-UK students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

50.2%49.8%

Female Male

The proportion of non-UK female students remains slightly higher than the proportion of non-UK male students.

74

Overseas StudentsAge

ParticipationOverseas students


2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 49: Distribution of Overseas students by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

20 & be-low


-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The number of students studying Overseas versions of OU modules has fallen dramatically. However the proportions of overseas students between 26 and 45 have increased.

75

Overseas StudentsGender

ParticipationOverseas students


2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Chart 50: Distribution of Overseas students, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

39.2%

60.8%

Female Male

The proportion of students studying Overseas versions of OU modules that are female has decreased from 43.1% to 39.2%.

76

Research Students Full-timeAge

ParticipationAll - Directly Registered Research Students

Table 51: Headcount of full-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

25 & below 59 14.6 63 15.6 73 19.1 62 16.6 59 17.026 to 35 223 55.1 224 55.4 205 53.5 205 54.8 196 56.336 to 45 72 17.8 65 16.1 60 15.7 62 16.6 54 15.546 to 55 42 10.4 36 8.9 31 8.1 30 8.0 27 7.856 & over 9 2.2 16 4.0 14 3.7 15 4.0 12 3.4Grand Total 405 100 404 100 383 100 374 100 348 100.0

Chart 51: Distribution of Full-time Research students, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

25 & below 26 to 35 36 to 45 46 to 55 56 & over0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Over the years, more than half of the research students on full-time, funded, campus-based research degrees are aged 26 to 35. The percentage of full-time research students aged 56 and over never exceeded 4%.

77

Research Students Full-timeDisability

ParticipationAll-Directly Registered Research Students

Table 52: Headcount of full-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 12 3.0 23 5.7 24 6.3 26 7.0 25 7.2Non-disabled 393 97.0 381 94.3 359 93.7 348 93.0 323 92.8

Total 405 100.0 404 100.0 383 100.0 374 100.0 348 100.0

Chart 52: Headcount of full-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by disability, 2013/14

7.2%

92.8%

2013/14


The proportion of full-time disabled research students has been increasing continuously from 3.0% in 2009/10 to 7.2% in 2013/14.

78

Research Students Full-timeEthnicity


Table 53: Headcount of full-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Asian 58 15.5 59 15.6 53 15.1 55 16.1 50 15.5Black 29 7.7 30 8.0 32 9.1 27 7.9 28 8.7Mixed 10 2.7 10 2.7 14 4.0 14 4.1 12 3.7Other 5 1.3 8 2.1 7 2.0 6 1.8 5 1.6BME Total 102 27.2 107 28.4 106 30.3 102 29.8 95 29.5White 273 72.8 270 71.6 244 69.7 240 70.2 227 70.5Known Total 375 100.0 377 100.0 350 100.0 342 100.0 322 100.0Unknown Total 30 7.4 27 6.7 33 8.6 32 8.6 26 7.5

Grand Total 405 100 404 100 383 100 374 100 348 100.0

Chart 53: Headcount of full-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Asian Black Mixed Other White0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

BME ethnicity students account for more than one-quarter of full-time research students, with their share peaking at 30.3% in 2011/12.

79

Research Students Full-timeGender


Table 54: Headcount of full-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 208 51.4 202 50.0 176 46.0 177 47.3 160 46.0Male 197 48.6 202 50.0 207 54.0 197 52.7 188 54.0

Total 405 100.0 404 100.0 383 100.0 374 100.0 348 100.0

Chart 54: Headcount of full-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Female Male40%

42%

44%

46%

48%

50%

52%

54%

56%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

2010/11 was the turning point when the male to female ratio for full-time research students started changing in favour of male students. This trend was maintained in 2013/14.

80

Research Students Part-timeAge


Table 55: Headcount of part-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

25 & below 0 0.0 2 0.4 2 0.5 3 0.7 1 0.326 to 35 71 14.7 64 14.3 66 15.4 85 20.2 70 19.436 to 45 139 28.8 130 29.0 120 28.0 105 25.0 92 25.546 to 55 175 36.3 157 35.0 150 35.0 143 34.0 124 34.356 & over 97 20.1 96 21.4 91 21.2 84 20.0 74 20.5Grand Total 482 100 449 100 429 100 420 100 361 100.0

Chart 55: Headcount of part-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14


5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

In contrast to the age spread of full-time research students, part-time research students tend to fall into different categories, with the 46 to 55 and 56 and over age groups jointly accounting for over half of part-time research students. In 2013/14, there is a slight decrease in the proportion of the 26 to 35 year old, which accounted for nearly one-fifth of the part-time research students.

81

Research Students Part-timeDisability


Table 56: Headcount of part-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Total 482 100.0 449 100.0 429 100.0 420 100.0 361 100.0

Chart 56: Headcount of part-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by disability, 2012/13

8.9%

91.1%

2013/14


The proportion of part time disabled research students has been consistently higher than the proportion of full time research students. In 2013/14, the gap between full time and part time disabled research students was 1.7 percentage points.

82

Research Students Part-timeEthnicity


Table 57: Headcount of part-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Grand Total 482 100 449 100 429 100 420 100 361 100.0

Chart 57: Headcount of part-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The proportion of part-time research students with BME ethnicity has been increasing over the years, reaching 12.5% in 2013/14.

83

Research Students Part-timeGender


Table 58: Headcount of part-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 274 56.8 253 56.3 230 53.6 220 52.4 198 54.8Male 208 43.2 196 43.7 199 46.4 200 47.6 163 45.2

Total 482 100.0 449 100.0 429 100.0 420 100.0 361 100.0

Chart 58: Headcount of part-time active research students for the year and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Female Male0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

More than half of OU part-time research students are female. Although the share of male students had been slightly increasing over three years (2010/11 - 2012/13), in 2013/14 this trend did not continue, meaning that the proportion of male research students declined by 2.4%.

84

Research Students AllAge


Table 59: Headcount of active research students for the year and proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

20 & below 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.021 to 25 59 6.7 65 7.6 75 9.2 65 8.2 60 8.525 & below Total 59 6.7 65 7.6 75 9.2 65 8.2 60 8.5

26 to 30 163 18.4 166 19.5 148 18.2 155 19.5 140 19.731 to 35 131 14.8 122 14.3 123 15.1 135 17.0 126 17.826 to 35 Total 294 33.1 288 33.8 271 33.4 290 36.5 266 37.536 to 40 86 9.7 90 10.6 86 10.6 94 11.8 83 11.741 to 45 125 14.1 105 12.3 94 11.6 73 9.2 63 8.936 to 45 Total 211 23.8 195 22.9 180 22.2 167 21.0 146 20.646 to 50 114 12.9 91 10.7 96 11.8 101 12.7 82 11.651 to 55 103 11.6 102 12.0 85 10.5 72 9.1 69 9.746 to 55 Total 217 24.5 193 22.6 181 22.3 173 21.8 151 21.356 to 60 48 5.4 57 6.7 53 6.5 55 6.9 45 6.361 to 65 29 3.3 28 3.3 30 3.7 23 2.9 24 3.466 & over 29 3.3 27 3.2 22 2.7 21 2.6 17 2.456 & over Total 106 12.0 112 13.1 105 12.9 99 12.5 86 12.1Grand Total 887 100 853 100 812 100 794 100 709 100.0

Chart 59: Distribution of active research students, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

25 & below Total 26 to 35 Total 36 to 45 Total 46 to 55 Total 56 & over Total0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

The age profile of OU research students has been relatively stable over the years. More than half of research students are aged between 26 and 45.

85

Research Students AllAge

WithdrawalAll-Directly Registered Research Students

Table 60: Withdrawal count for research students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

25 & below 0 0.0 1 1.5 3 4.0 0 0.0 1 1.726 to 35 9 3.1 9 3.1 7 2.6 10 3.4 12 4.536 to 45 12 5.7 16 8.2 10 5.6 10 6.0 14 9.646 to 55 15 6.9 11 5.7 10 5.5 12 6.9 8 5.356 & over 11 10.4 9 8.0 9 8.6 3 3.0 7 8.1Grand Total 47 5.3 46 5.4 39 4.8 35 4.4 42 5.9

Chart 60: Withdrawal count for research students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14


2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

After years of decreasing trend, the withdrawal rate for students aged 26 to 35 has increased again to the highest level of the tracked period. After a sharp decrease in the withdrawal rates for the age group of 56 and over (from 8.6% in 2011/12 to just 3% in 2012/13), the withdrawal rate in 2013/14 rose again to 8.1%. Another highlight is the increase of the withdrawal rates for the 36-45 age group, from 6% in 2012/13 to 9.6% in 2013/14.

86

Research Students All Disability


Table: 61: Headcount of active research students for the year and proportion of total, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Total 887 100.0 853 100.0 812 100.0 794 100.0 709 100.0

Chart 61: Headcount of active research students for the year and proportion of total, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

8.0%

92.0%

2013/14


The proportion of disabled students has increased from 7.2% in 2012/13 to 8% in 2013/14 (highest in the last 6 years).

87

Research Students AllDisability


Table 62: Withdrawal count for research students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Total 47 5.3 46 5.4 39 4.8 35 4.4 42 5.9

Chart 62: Withdrawal count for research students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Disabled Non-disabled0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

10%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Small numbers of disabled research students prevent us from drawing firm conclusions, with withdrawal rates fluctuating above and below the average.

88

Research Students All Ethnicity


Table 63: Headcount of active research students for the year and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14BME groups No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %Indian 23 2.7 26 3.2 24 3.1 23 3.1 26 3.9Bangladeshi 4 0.5 8 1.0 8 1.0 8 1.1 7 1.0Pakistani 11 1.3 10 1.2 10 1.3 11 1.5 10 1.5Asian Other 23 2.7 21 2.6 21 2.7 20 2.7 17 2.5Chinese 16 1.9 15 1.8 10 1.3 11 1.5 4 0.6Asian Total 77 9.1 80 9.8 73 9.5 73 9.7 64 9.5Black African 28 3.3 27 3.3 27 3.5 25 3.3 28 4.2Black Caribbean 9 1.1 7 0.9 11 1.4 11 1.5 10 1.5Black Other 6 0.7 9 1.1 11 1.4 13 1.7 11 1.6Black Total 43 5.1 43 5.3 49 6.4 49 6.5 49 7.3Asian & White 3 0.4 3 0.4 3 0.4 3 0.4 1 0.1African & White 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1Caribbean & White 2 0.2 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 2 0.3

Other Mixed 8 0.9 10 1.2 13 1.7 13 1.7 10 1.5Mixed Total 14 1.7 15 1.8 18 2.3 18 2.4 14 2.1Arab 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.3 2 0.3Gypsy or Traveller 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0Other 7 0.8 11 1.4 10 1.3 8 1.1 10 1.5Other Total 7 0.8 11 1.4 10 1.3 10 1.3 12 1.8BME Total 141 16.7 149 18.3 150 19.5 150 19.9 139 20.6White groups 0 0.0White English 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0White Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0White 702 83.3 664 81.7 619 80.5 529 70.3 474 70.3White British 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0White Irish 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0White Scottish 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.9 8 1.2White Other 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 67 8.9 53 7.9Irish Traveller 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0White Total 702 83.3 664 81.7 619 80.5 603 80.1 535 79.4Known Total 843 100.0 813 100.0 769 100.0 753 100.0 674 100.0Unknown groupsNot Known 29 65.9 20 50.0 18 41.9 15 0.4 12 34.3Refused 15 34.1 20 50.0 25 58.1 26 58.1 23 65.7Unknown Total 44 5.0 40 4.7 43 5.3 41 5.2 35 4.9Grand Total 887 100 853 100 812 100 794 100 709 100

The proportion of ethnic minority research students has increased over the years, whereas the proportion of students with white ethnicity has decreased.

89

Research Students All Ethnicity

All-Directly Registered Research Students

Chart 63: Headcount of active research students for the year and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Asian Total Black Total Mixed Total Other Total White0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

90

Research Students AllEthnicity


Table 64: Withdrawal count for research students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %


Grand Total 47 5.3 46 5.4 39 4.8 35 4.4 42 5.9

Chart 64: Withdrawal count for research students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

Due to small numbers, conclusions about withdrawal rates cannot be made. Over the years, withdrawal rates for the BME groups have ranged from 3.4% to 6.5%, whereas withdrawal rates for white ethnicity have ranged from 4.3% to 6%.

91

Research Students All Gender


Table 65: Headcount of active research students for the year and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 482 54.3 455 53.3 406 50.0 397 50.0 358 50.5Male 405 45.7 398 46.7 406 50.0 397 50.0 351 49.5

Total 887 100.0 853 100.0 812 100.0 794 100.0 709 100.0

Chart 65: Headcount of active research students for the year and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Female Male40%

42%

44%

46%

48%

50%

52%

54%

56%

2009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14

After two years of equal ratios between male and female research students, in 2013/14 the proportion of females rose slightly by 0.5%, resulting in male students being outnumbered by their female counterparts, albeit by very little.

92

Research Students AllGender


Table 66: Withdrawal count for research students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 24 5.0 25 5.5 14 3.4 15 3.8 20 5.6Male 23 5.7 21 5.3 25 6.2 20 5.0 22 6.3

Total 47 5.3 46 5.4 39 4.8 35 4.4 42 5.9

Chart 66: Withdrawal count for research students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

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The withdrawal rate of research students does not seem to be affected by gender.

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ITE StudentsAge

ParticipationITE Students

Table 67: Headcount of active ITE students for the year and proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

20 & below 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.021 to 25 66 11.1 76 12.4 63 11.7 68 12.5 71 15.725 & below Total 66 11.1 76 12.4 63 11.7 68 12.5 71 15.726 to 30 98 16.5 98 16.0 79 14.6 75 13.8 72 15.931 to 35 78 13.1 84 13.7 72 13.3 71 13.1 67 14.826 to 35 Total 176 29.6 182 29.7 151 28.0 146 26.9 139 30.836 to 40 122 20.5 133 21.7 106 19.6 105 19.4 73 16.241 to 45 105 17.6 100 16.3 105 19.4 105 19.4 75 16.636 to 45 Total 227 38.2 233 38.0 211 39.1 210 38.7 148 32.746 to 50 85 14.3 79 12.9 77 14.3 63 11.6 53 11.751 to 55 29 4.9 37 6.0 33 6.1 42 7.7 27 6.046 to 55 Total 114 19.2 116 18.9 110 20.4 105 19.4 80 17.756 to 60 9 1.5 5 0.8 5 0.9 13 2.4 11 2.461 to 65 3 0.5 1 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.766 & over 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.056 & over Total 12 2.0 6 1.0 5 0.9 13 2.4 14 3.1Grand Total 595 100 613 100 540 100 542 100 452 100

Chart 67: Headcount of active ITE students for the year and proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

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The age distribution of ITE students is relatively stable. In 2013/14 there were decreases in the number of trainee teacher students belonging to the age groups 26-35, 36-45 and 46-55 (with the most notable drop in the 36-45 bracket i.e. from 210 to 148).

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ITE Students Age

Withdrawal

Table 68: Withdrawal count for ITE students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

25 & below 5 7.6 3 3.9 3 4.8 5 7.4 2 2.826 to 35 17 9.7 27 14.8 6 4.0 16 11.0 13 9.436 to 45 37 16.3 33 14.2 19 9.0 21 10.0 18 12.246 to 55 32 28.1 18 15.5 11 10.0 17 16.2 18 22.556 & over 5 41.7 5 83.3 1 20.0 3 23.1 5 35.7Grand Total 96 16.1 86 14.0 40 7.4 62 11.4 56 12.4

Chart 68: Withdrawal count for ITE students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

25 & below 26 to 35 36 to 45 46 to 55 56 & over 0%

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For 2013/14, apart from the 25 and below age group, which declined from 7.4% to 2.8%, there was an increase in withdrawals in ITE students from all other age groups. Consistently with previous years, the withdrawal rate is highest for students aged 56 and over.

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ITE StudentsDisability

Participation

Table 69: Headcount of active ITE students for the year and proportion of total, by disability, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 15 2.5 27 4.4 22 4.1 30 5.5 31 6.9Non-disabled 580 97.5 586 95.6 518 95.9 512 94.5 421 93.1Total 595 100.0 613 100.0 540 100.0 542 100.0 452 100.0

Chart 69: Headcount of active ITE students for the year and proportion of total, by disability 2013/14

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Overall the proportion of disabled ITE students has increased over the years, from 2.5% in 2009/10 to 6.9% in 2013/14.

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ITE Students Disability

Withdrawal

Table 70: Withdrawal count for ITE students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Disabled 2 13.3 3 11.1 2 9.1 5 16.7 8 25.8Non-disabled 94 16.2 83 14.2 38 7.3 57 11.1 48 11.4Total 96 16.1 86 14.0 40 7.4 62 11.4 56 12.4

Chart 70: Withdrawal count for ITE students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by age, 2009/10 to 2013/14

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The withdrawal rate for disabled students has fluctuated below and above the average withdrawal rate over the years. However, the small numbers of disabled ITE students do not allow us to draw conclusions about these trends.

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ITE StudentsEthnicity

Participation

Table 71: Headcount of active ITE students for the year and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14BME groups No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %Indian 14 2.4 15 2.5 11 2.1 8 1.5 10 2.3Bangladeshi 4 0.7 3 0.5 3 0.6 1 0.2 1 0.2Pakistani 8 1.4 9 1.5 11 2.1 13 2.4 10 2.3Asian Other 8 1.4 2 0.3 3 0.6 4 0.8 5 1.1Chinese 6 1.0 5 0.8 3 0.6 1 0.2 2 0.5Asian Total 40 6.9 34 5.6 31 5.8 27 5.1 28 6.3Black African 12 2.1 15 2.5 15 2.8 21 3.9 23 5.2Black Caribbean 6 1.0 7 1.2 7 1.3 7 1.3 4 0.9Black Other 1 0.2 2 0.3 4 0.8 5 0.9 2 0.5Black Total 19 3.3 24 4.0 26 4.9 33 6.2 29 6.5Asian & White 2 0.3 5 0.8 5 0.9 5 0.9 2 0.5African & White 2 0.3 2 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0Caribbean & White 3 0.5 1 0.2 2 0.4 2 0.4 3 0.7

Other Mixed 5 0.9 7 1.2 8 1.5 5 0.9 3 0.7Mixed Total 12 2.1 15 2.5 15 2.8 12 2.3 8 1.8Arab 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.2 1 0.2Gypsy or Traveller 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0Other 5 0.9 7 1.2 9 1.7 7 1.3 5 1.1Other Total 5 0.9 7 1.2 9 1.7 8 1.5 6 1.4BME Total 76 13.0 80 13.3 81 15.2 80 15.0 71 16.0White groups 0.0White English 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0White Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0White 507 87.0 523 86.7 452 84.8 400 75.0 324 73.0White British 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0White Irish 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0White Scottish 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.9 8 1.8White Other 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 48 9.0 41 9.2Irish Traveller 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0White Total 507 87.0 523 86.7 452 84.8 453 85.0 373 84.0Known Total 583 98.0 603 98.4 533 98.7 533 98.3 444 100.0Unknown groupsNot Known 5 41.7 3 30.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 25.0Refused 7 58.3 7 70.0 7 100.0 9 100.0 6 75.0Unknown Total 12 2.0 10 1.6 7 1.3 9 1.7 8 1.8Grand Total 595 100 613 100 540 100 542 100 452 100.0

In 2013/14 whilst the proportion of students belonging to the mixed and other ethnic backgrounds decreased slightly, the overall proportion of ethnic minority ITE students has increased by 1%, reaching its highest point in the last 5 years.

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ITE Students Ethnicity

Chart 71: Headcount of active ITE students for the year and proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


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ITE StudentsEthnicity

Withdrawal

Table 72: Withdrawal count for ITE students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Asian 10 25.0 3 8.8 5 16.1 4 14.8 5 17.9Black 5 26.3 5 20.8 1 3.8 5 15.2 6 20.7Mixed 1 8.3 0 0.0 1 6.7 2 16.7 2 25.0Other 0 0.0 1 14.3 0 0.0 1 12.5 3 50.0BME Total 16 21.1 9 11.3 7 8.6 12 15.0 16 22.5White 77 15.2 75 14.3 33 7.3 50 11.0 37 9.9Known Total 93 16.0 84 13.9 40 7.5 62 11.6 53 11.9Unknown Total 1 12.5

Grand Total 96 16.1 86 14.0 40 7.4 62 11.4 54 11.9

Chart 72: Withdrawal count for ITE students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by ethnicity, 2009/10 to 2013/14


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Due to small numbers, conclusions about withdrawal rates cannot be made. Over the years, withdrawal rates for BME ITE students have ranged from 8.6% to 22.5%.

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ITE StudentsGender

Participation

Table 73: Headcount of active ITE students for the year and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 404 67.9 402 65.6 356 65.9 362 66.8 316 69.9Male 191 32.1 211 34.4 184 34.1 180 33.2 136 30.1

Total 595 100.0 613 100.0 540 100.0 542 100.0 452 100.0

Chart 73: Headcount of active ITE students for the year and proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

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Overall, the proportion of male ITE students is maintained at around one-third of all ITE students.

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ITE StudentsGender

WithdrawalTable 74: Withdrawal count for ITE students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %

Female 60 14.9 49 12.2 24 6.7 32 8.8 35 11.1Male 36 18.8 37 17.5 16 8.7 30 16.7 21 15.4

Total 96 16.1 86 14.0 40 7.4 62 11.4 56 12.4

Chart 74: Withdrawal count for ITE students and withdrawal rate for the year, proportion of total, by gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14

Female Male Total0%

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For all years, male ITE students have had higher withdrawal rates than their female counterparts.

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