Higher Education (HE) Performance Indicators
Following the recommendations of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education, the UK Government asked the four UK higher education funding bodies HEFCE, HEFCW, SFC and DELNI) to develop suitable indicators and benchmarks of performance in the higher education sector. The Performance Indicators Steering Group (PISG) was established, with membership drawn from government departments, the funding councils and representative bodies. PISG defines the specification and develops the Performance Indicators. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) calculate and publish the PIs on behalf of the UK HE funding bodies.
The indicators are designed to provide reliable information on the nature and performance of the higher education sector in the UK and constitute a consistent set of measures of this performance. This will contribute to a greater public accountability by the sector, as well as ensuring that policy decisions can be made on the basis of consistent and reliable information.
The PI publications, showing the indicators for each UK HE institution, are available from the HESA website.
Summary tables showing statistics for the whole UK, based on the latest PIs with previous years' data for comparison, are available here.