Quality of higher education statistics
This page includes information on the collection, validation and quality assurance of higher education (HE) data and statistics, and the quality guidance used in managing the production of HE statistics.
Quality report for higher education statistical bulletins
The department adheres to the UK Statistics Authority code of practice for official statistics and the National Statistician’s guidance on quality. The document below provides a summary of how the department's Higher Education National Statistics publications adhere to the code in terms quality:
- Northern Ireland higher education enrolments and qualifications bulletins quality report 2022/23
- Northern Ireland higher education enrolments and qualifications bulletins quality report 2021/22
- Northern Ireland higher education enrolments and qualifications bulletins quality report 2020/21
- Northern Ireland higher education enrolments and qualifications bulletins quality report 2019/20
- Northern Ireland higher education enrolments and qualifications bulletins quality report 2018/19
- Quality report - Destinations of Leavers from UK Higher Education Institutions
Information on the collection and validation of higher education data
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collect and validate higher education data on behalf of the Department for the Economy (DfE). HESA has developed an extensive range of quality assurance and validation procedures to ensure the data they collect are of a high standard. The links below provide more details on these procedures:
Quality guidance used in the production of higher education statistics
The following link provides guidance from the Office for National Statistics on best practice for measuring and reporting on quality