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  4.1 16 to 18 year olds  
       
  4.2 16 to 18 year olds by labour market status  
       
  4.3 Enrolments in Further Education  
       
  4.4 Widening access to Further Education  
       
  4.5 Higher Education resources  
       
  4.6 Participation in Higher Education  
       
  4.7 Higher Education student population  
       
  4.8 Adult participation in learning  
       
  4.9 Job-Related Training  
       
  4.10 Government-Supported Work Based Learning for Young People  
       

Chart A: Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR) to Higher Education courses, 1999/2000 to 2006/07
Chart A: Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR) to Higher Education courses, 1999/2000 to 2006/07
 

* provisional
 

  • Participation by English domiciled first time entrants to HE courses at UK HE institutions and English, Welsh and Scottish FE colleges, as measured by the Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR), was a provisional 40 per cent in 2006/07 - down from 42 per cent in 2005/06.

  • There were 269,000 English domiciled first time entrants into UK HE institutions and English, Welsh and Scottish FE colleges in 2006/07 - a decrease of 12,000 from 2005/06.
 
 Data last updated: September 2008
 Data next updated: March 2009
 
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