The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) have today published Performance Indicators for Higher Education in the UK which focus on student access, non-continuation rates and disability.

These indicators, dated from the academic year 2012-13, aim to provide consistent and reliable measures of performance which are updated annually to identify how individual universities perform against standard national and location-adjusted benchmarks.

Indicators for research and employment indicators are due to be updated in July 2014.

The overall performance of the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 is mixed, with some areas of improvement during the past year.

Amongst the key findings are:

• The proportions of full-time young first degree entrants from state schools have risen in the last year and remain significantly above the location adjusted benchmark (6.4 per cent?above benchmark)

• The proportion of full-time first degree entrants from low participation neighbourhoods (both young and mature) decreased in 2012/13 however this figure is still well above the location adjusted benchmark compared to previous years (1.7 per cent)

• Non-continuation rates stayed the same for full-time young first degree entrants who started in 2011/12; however benchmarks slightly increased.

• Non-continuation rates for full-time young first degree entrants from low participation neighbourhoods are higher than those from other neighbourhoods. The University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 is slightly below the sector benchmark in this indicator (-0.4 per cent).

• The proportion of full-time first degree students forecast to achieve a degree slightly decreased in 2011/12 (decrease of 0.5 per cent) but the proportion forecast to leave with no award or transfer continued to fall.

• The proportion of entrants in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance slightly increased in 2012/13. However; the proportion of full-time students in receipt of DSA decreased, whilst part-time students in receipt of DSA increased at a higher rate than previous years.

Further information on all of the HESA Performance Indicators for Higher Education in the UK is available at/from http://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/2072/141/