Author: Owain James

I have shared a lot of stats about universities in England where high rates of people from Wales attend. You could perhaps call these the most ‘Welsh’ universities outside of Wales. So what about the other way around? Which universities in Wales have high rates of people from England attend? According to HESA, there were … Continued

Northern Ireland is the theme this week, so I set out to answer: How many students from Wales study in Northern Ireland? The answer, at least for the 2021/22 academic year, was 160. Just over half are at Queen’s University Belfast, and the rest attend Ulster University. This is a small number – comprising around … Continued

In a previous blog post, I gave a breakdown of the number of people from Wales studying scientific subject in Wales versus outside of Wales. Continuing with this theme, you can see the numbers for all other subjects in the graphic below 👇 It’s a broad group, with subject areas covering a range of disciplines falling under the humanities and … Continued

Recently I’ve discovered that you can filter students by their location of study and subject of study (with some limitations*) through UCAS’s website. So I thought I’d pull the data together and compare what people from Wales are studying in Wales VS what they are studying outside of Wales, and see what emerges. I’m sharing … Continued

The last (but certainly not least!) in our series of blogs on Wales’s regions: West Wales! West Wales is the region of Wales that has the lowest rates of students that leave Wales for study, with 27.8% leaving the country for study. ‍ Why? Building on what we have discussed over the last blog posts, it … Continued

In recent blog posts, we have been looking at Wales’ regions, and the rates in which their students leave Wales for study. This time, South East Wales has the spotlight! What’s notable in the case of South East Wales is that it closely matches the national average. 37.8% of students from South East Wales studied … Continued

In a previous blog post, I considered North Wales, the region with the highest rate of students who leave Wales for study. Next up, the region with the second highest rate – Mid Wales! 45.5% of students from Mid Wales left Wales for study according to HESA (2021/22), which is about 20% more than the national average. … Continued

So I often discuss WHERE people from Wales study, but I think it’s just as important to consider WHAT they are studying. After all, for many employers, with the increasing emphasis on ‘skills’, the subjects that people study (and the content and skills they learn on their course) is perhaps more important than where they studied. … Continued

Ever wondered what the most popular areas of study are at Wales’ universities? You can see what the top three subject areas are for each of Wales’ universities in descending order in the graph below. 👇 This data is from the 2020/21 academic year, and includes all years of study and degree types. This isn’t … Continued

I’m often asked about where graduates end up working after they graduate, and how this differs depending on where they studied. Thankfully, we have something of a breakdown courtesy of HESA. HESA’s data shows us the pattern of where graduates work 15 months after graduating and segments them according to the following categories: “A. Stays … Continued