Drop out rates for every university

Latest figures show how many students leave courses within their first year

New figures this week show increasing drop-outs of students at many of Britain's colleges and universities. It caused a huge row too, when universities secretary, John Denham claimed that the "quality of teaching and the student experience" is behind the low participation rates at some universities.

Well, this is at least part of the data behind the story. Published by the Higher Education Statistics Authority they show exactly how many students drop out of each institution within a year of starting their degree. We've simplified it a bit and taken out some columns - you can get the full info from the HESA link.

There's loads of stats in these reports - including access to higher education figures that Datablog will come back to later. For now, take a look at these and let us know what you think.

DATA: drop out rates for every university
DATA: the Guardian university tables

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16/07/2009