Student data analysis

2022/23 enrolled students (all years, all modes)

Age group	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total
	2020/21			2021/22			2022/23
Under 21	5,495	783	6,278	4,785	646	5,431	4,656	568	5,224
21 - 24	3,420	1,042	4,462	3,737	870	4,607	3,898	839	4,737
25 - 49	4,873	4,891	9,764	7,149	4,674	11,823	8,689	5,145	13,834
Over 50	178	594	772	173	663	836	186	710	896
Total	13,966	7,310	21,276	15,844	6,853	22,697	17,429	7,262	24,691
Over 25	5,051	5,485	10,536	7,322	5,337	12,659	8,875	5,855	14,730
% over 25	36.2%	75.0%	49.5%	46.2%	77.9%	55.8%	50.9%	80.6%	59.7%

* Analysis is based on the student's age on entry to their course.

There has been a decrease of 207 students under the age of 21. Other age groups have seen increases.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Full Time	24.9%	27.1%	29.3%	31.4%	36.2%	46.2%	50.9%
Part Time	73.4%	72.5%	74.0%	71.5%	75.0%	77.9%	80.6%
Total	44.3%	44.0%	45.6%	45.2%	49.5%	55.8%	59.7%

The percentage of students aged 25 and above have increased to its highest percentage over the last few years in both modes of study.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Under 21	6,142	6,092	5,610	5,668	5,495	4,785	4,656
Over 25	2,781	3,124	3,483	3,956	5,051	7,322	8,875
Total	11,152	11,523	11,876	12,615	13,966	15,844	17,429

Students over 25 are at their highest level over the past few years with a 6,094 headcount increase from 2016/17 to 2022/23.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Under 21	877	848	764	891	783	646	568
Over 25	5,435	4,966	5,028	4,772	5,485	5,337	5,585
Total	7,402	6,854	6,791	6,577	7,310	6,853	7,262

Part-time students over 25 have decreased slightly by 148 between 2020/21 and 202/22 before a greater rise of 518 in 2022/23. Under 21s have continued to decrease gradually since 2019/20.

The tables below present information regarding disabled students at Teesside University. Each section details the comparisons between total students as well as those who have either declared a disability in their student record or those in receipt of a Disabled Students' Allowance.

2022/23 enrolled students (all years, all modes)

Disability	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total
	2020/21			2021/22			2022/23
Specific learning difficulty	760	295	1,055	743	301	1,044	623	341	964
Physical impairment or mobility issue	64	33	97	46	25	71	41	18	59
Long standing illness	236	102	338	194	103	297	188	98	286
Disability not listed above	122	40	162	152	44	196	136	40	176
Deaf or hearing impaired	45	16	61	38	24	62	32	25	57
Blind or visually impaired	16	5	21	18	7	25	17	14	31
Multiple disabilities	285	99	384	474	125	599	544	218	762
Mental health condition	720	197	917	759	201	960	696	211	907
Social/communication impairment	156	25	181	153	32	185	149	24	173
Development condition since childhood							4		4
Total disabled	2,404	812	3,216	2,577	862	3,439	2,430	989	3,419
Not known disability	11,562	6,498	18,060	13,267	5,991	19,258	14,999	6,273	21,272
Total	13,966	7,310	21,276	15,844	6,853	22,697	17,429	7,262	24,691
% declaring disability	17.2%	11.1%	15.1%	16.3%	12.6%	15.2%	13.9%	13.6%	13.8%

There has been a slight decrease in the total number of disabled students from 21/22 to 22/23. The number of students who have declared a disability has also decreased by 1.4% from 21/22 to 22/23.

Students who are receiving Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA)

	2020/2021		2021/2022		2022/2023
Full-time students	1,053	7.5%	917	5.8%	762	4.4%
Part-time students	195	2.7%	144	2.1%	118	1.6%

There has been a decrease in full time students by 1.4% and part time students by 0.5% who are receiving DSA.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Full Time	14.7%	16.6%	15.7%	15.6%	17.2%	16.3%	13.9%
Part Time	7.3%	8.7%	8.8%	10.7%	11.1%	12.6%	13.6%
Total	11.7%	13.6%	13.2%	13.9%	15.1%	15.2%	13.8%

The percentage of part-time disabled students has increased year on year between 2020/21 and 2022/23, full-time disable students have reduced during the same period.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
DSLD	901	846	728	705	760	743	623
MHC & ASC	396	520	582	691	876	912	845
Other Disability	444	548	554	575	768	922	962
Total Disability	1,641	1,914	1,864	1,971	2,404	2,577	2,430

The number of full-time students who have declared a mental health or social/communication disability (MHC & ASC) and specific learning difficulty (DSLD) have decreased since last year. There has been increase in the other disability category since 2016/17.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
DSLD	261	254	261	276	295	301	341
MHC & ASC	76	118	122	182	222	233	235
Other Disability	201	221	216	259	295	328	413
Total Disability	538	593	599	717	812	862	989

A higher proportion of part-time students have declared they have either a specific learning disability or other disability, with over 300 students under each category. The number of part-time disabled students has seen increases year on year overall since 2016/17 with 5.8 compared to 989 in 2022/23.

Benchmark Comparison

Source:HESA

Disability	Benchmark	2022
Known disability	16.0%	15.2%

*There is no available benchmarking data for 2023, benchmarking is based on 2022 data.

The tables below include a range of information regarding the ethnic origin of students at Teesside University. Each section details the comparisons between total students and those classed as non-white.

Students have been grouped into one of six groups:

• Asian
• Black
• Chinese
• Not Known
• Other
• White

These are then grouped into three groups: white, non-white and not known.

2022/23 enrolled students (all years, all modes)

Ethnic group	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total
	2020/21			2021/22			2022/23
White	9,294	6,288	15,582	8,823	5,863	14,686	8,289	6,025	14,314
Other	418	231	649	384	203	587	460	228	688
Asian	2,769	397	3,166	3,742	377	4,119	3,882	420	4,302
Black	1,026	275	1,301	2,378	297	2,675	4,036	444	4,480
Chinese	392	52	444	307	52	359	293	50	343
Not Known	67	67	134	210	61	271	469	95	564
Total	13,966	7,310	21,276	15,844	6,853	22,697	17,429	7,262	24,691
Non-white	4,605	955	5,560	6,811	929	7,740	8,671	1142	9,813
% White	66.5%	86.0%	73.2%	55.7%	85.6%	64.7%	47.6%	83.0%	58.0%
% Non-white	33.0%	13.1%	26.1%	43.0%	13.6%	34.1%	49.8%	15.7%	39.7%
% Not known	0.5%	0.9%	0.6%	1.3%	0.9%	1.2%	2.7%	1.3%	2.3%

There has been a substantial increase in the number of black students by 1,805 from 2021/22 to 2022/23. The number of white students has reduced by 372 since 2021/22.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Full Time	15.8%	16.5%	20.5%	26.9%	33.0%	43.0%	49.8%
Part Time	9.3%	8.9%	9.1%	10.9%	13.1%	13.6%	15.7%
Total	13.2%	13.7%	16.3%	21.4%	26.1%	34.1%	39.7%

There has been an 26.5% increase in the total percentage of non-white students from 2016/17 (13.2%) to 2021/22 (39.7%).

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
White	9,372	9,584	9,392	9,169	9,294	8,823	8,289
Not Known	17	33	52	57	67	210	469
Non-White	1,763	1,906	2,432	3,389	4,605	6,811	8,671
Total	11,152	11,523	11,876	12,615	13,966	15,844	17,429

There has been a significant increase of 6,908 non-white students since 2016/17 with an increase of 1,860 in 2022/23 alone.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
White	6,670	6,181	6,102	5,879	6,282	5,863	6,025
Not Known	44	63	71	68	67	61	95
Non-White	688	610	618	730	955	929	1142
Total	7,402	6,854	6,791	6,677	7,310	6,853	7,262

There has been a reduction from 2016/17 (6,670) to 2019/20 (6,025) of white students. There has been an increase in 2020/21 to 6,288, however numbers are below 2016/17 levels and have decreased again in 2021/22 to the lowest in recent years. Non-white students have seen increases since 2017/18 with a slight decrease in 2021/22.

Benchmark Comparison

Source:HESA

Ethnic origin	Benchmark	2022
White	73.0%	64.7%
Non white	27.0%	34.1%

*There is no available benchmarking data for 2023, benchmarking is based on 2022 data.

The table below gives information regarding the gender identity of students at Teesside University. Each section details the comparisons between total students who have the same gender as they were born with.

Students have been grouped into one of three bands:

• Yes, their gender is the same
• No, their gender has changed
• Information refused/blank.

2022/23 enrolled students (all years, all modes)

Gender ID	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total
	2020/21			2021/22			2022/23
Yes	13,353	5,233	18,586	15,257	5,091	20,348	17,015	6,992	24,007
No	158	31	189	154	30	184	143	45	188
Information refused/blank	455	2,046	2,501	433	1,732	2,165	271	225	496
Total	13,966	7,310	21,276	15,844	6,853	22,697	17,429	7,262	24,691
% Yes	95.6%	71.6%	87.4%	96.3%	74.3%	89.7%	97.6%	96.3%	97.2%
% No	1.1%	0.4%	0.9%	1.0%	0.4%	0.8%	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%
% Information refused/blank	3.3%	28.0%	11.8%	2.7%	25.3%	9.5%	1.6%	3.1%	2.0%

The number of students that answered no has increased slightly by 4 from 2021/22 to 2022/23. There has been a huge decrease in the number of students that refused/blank by 1,669.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Full Time	0.5%	0.7%	0.9%	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%	0.8%
Part Time	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%
Total	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%

There has been no overall change between 2021/22 and 2022/23 for no to Gender ID which remains at 0.8% at one decimal place (increase in part-time, decrease for full-time).

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Yes	9,661	10,452	11,071	11,910	13,353	15,257	17,015
No	55	85	104	137	158	154	143
Info Refused/Blank	1,436	986	701	568	455	433	271
Total	11,152	11,523	11,876	12,615	13,966	15,844	17,429

The information refused number has continued to reduce, accounting for 1.6% full-time population. The percentage who responded no account for 0.8% of the population.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Yes	3,947	3,820	4,209	4,210	5,233	5,091	6,992
No	25	21	36	30	31	30	45
Info Refused/Blank	3,430	3,013	2,546	2,437	2,046	1,732	225
Total	7,402	6,854	6,791	6,677	7,310	6,853	7,262

The number of students who responded no has increased by 15 from last year. Information refused has decreased by 1,507.

The tables below details gender information of students at Teesside University, including the comparisons between total students and those who are female or male.

2022/23 enrolled students (all years, all modes)

Gender	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total
	2020/21			2021/22			2022/23
Male	5,984	3,361	9,345	6,904	2,952	9,856	7,608	2,979	10,587
Female	7,977	3,936	11,913	8,936	3,892	12,828	9,789	4,275	14,064
Total*	13,966	7,310	21,276	15,844	6,853	22,697	17,429	7,262	24,691
% Male	42.8%	46.0%	43.9%	43.6%	43.1%	43.4%	43.7%	41.0%	42.9%
% Female	57.1%	53.8%	56.0%	56.4%	56.8%	56.5%	56.2%	58.9%	57.0%

*Includes a number of students who have selected Other or Information Refused / Unknown as their gender

The biggest increase of students is female by 1,236 from 2021/22 to 2022/23. Males have increased by 731 from 2021/22 to 2022/23.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Full Time	57.0%	58.4%	58.0%	57.9%	57.1%	56.4%	56.2%
Part Time	48.3%	49.3%	51.4%	49.0%	53.8%	56.8%	58.9%
Total	53.6%	55.0%	56.6%	54.8%	56.0%	56.5%	57.0%

Female students make up more than half of the student cohort at the University at 57%.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Male	4,789	4,793	4,989	5,303	5,984	6,904	7,608
Female	6,362	6,728	6,885	7,310	7,977	8,936	9,789
Total	11,152	11,523	11,876	12,615	13,966	15,844	17,429

There has been an increase in both male and female students since 2016/17.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Male	3,822	3,464	3,292	3,399	3,361	2,952	2,979
Female	3,577	3,388	3,488	3,269	3,936	3,892	4,275
Total	7,402	6,854	6,791	6,677	7,310	6,853	7,262

There has been increase of 27 male students on part-time courses with a larger increase in female students of 383 in 2022/23, following a pattern of fluctuation with both male and female students since 2017/18.

Benchmark Comparison

Source:HESA

Gender	Benchmark	2022
Male	57.0%	56.5%
Female	43.0%	43.4%%

*There is no available benchmarking data for 2023, benchmarking is based on 2022 data.

The table below details information regarding the religion of students at Teesside University, and the comparisons between total students and those classed as non-Christian.

Students have been grouped into one of ten groups:

• Christian
• Buddhist
• Hindu
• Jewish
• Muslim
• Sikh
• Spiritual
• Other
• No religion
• Information refused/blank.

These are then grouped into Christian, Non-Christian (includes Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Spiritual and other) and No religion.

2022/23 enrolled students (all years, all modes)

Religion	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total
	2020/21			2021/22			2022/23
Christian	3,634	1,927	5,561	5,617	2,629	8,246	6,726	2,852	9,578
Buddhist	86	27	113	78	38	116	128	44	172
Hindu	688	23	711	1,472	78	1,550	1,654	97	1,751
Jewish	5	1	6	3	2	5	5	6	11
Muslim	922	152	1,074	1,565	227	1,792	1,885	229	2,114
Sikh	49	9	58	40	18	58	56	12	68
Spiritual	103	50	153	151	72	223	2	3	5
Other	152	49	201	146	71	217	184	109	293
No religion	6,443	2,408	8,851	6,381	3,472	9,853	6,201	3,591	9,792
Information refused/blank	533	2,031	2,564	391	246	637	588	319	907
Total*	12,615	6,677	19,292	15,844	6,853	22,697	17,429	7,262	24,691
Non-Christian	2,005	311	2,316	3,455	506	3,961	3,914	500	4,414
% Christian	28.8%	28.9%	28.8%	35.5%	38.4%	36.3%	38.6%	39.3%	38.8%
% Non-Christian	15.9%	4.7%	12.0%	21.8%	7.4%	17.5%	22.5%	6.9%	17.9%
% No religion	51.1%	36.1%	45.9%	40.3%	50.7%	43.4%	35.6%	49.4%	39.7%

The largest increase are Christian students by 1,332 from 2021/2022 to 2022/2023, followed by Muslim students.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Full Time	8.8%	8.0%	9.5%	12.3%	15.9%	21.8%	22.5%
Part Time	2.8%	3.6%	4.1%	3.7%	4.7%	7.4%	6.9%
Total	6.1%	6.2%	7.5%	9.2%	12.0%	17.5%	17.9%

The percentage of Non-Christian students had increased year on year at a steady rate until 2022/23 where the percentage increase of 0.4% is lower than in previous years.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Christian	3,143	3,284	3,437	3,438	3,634	5,617	6,726
Non-Christian	893	891	1,100	1,462	2,005	3,455	3,914
No Religion	4,991	5,526	6,032	6,259	6,443	6,381	6,201
Info Refused/Blank	1,154	1,451	954	717	533	391	588
Total	10,181	11,152	11,523	11,876	12,615	15,844	17,429

Information refused/blank has increased by 50.4% in 2022/23 with a decline of 2.8% in No religion.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Christian	2,138	1,888	1,746	1,905	1,927	2,629	2,852
Non-Christian	234	267	279	254	311	506	500
No Religion	1,783	1,970	2,023	2,109	2,408	3,472	3,591
Info Refused/Blank	4,240	3,277	2,806	2,523	2,031	246	319
Total	8,395	7,402	6,854	6,791	6,677	6,853	7,262

No religion remains the highest category for part-time students in the past few years.

Benchmark Comparison

Source:HESA

Religion and belief	Benchmark	2022
Christian	31.0%	36.3%
Non Christian	23.0%	17.5%
No religion	47.0%	43.4%

*There is no available benchmarking data for 2023, benchmarking is based on 2022 data.

The tables below detail information regarding the sexual orientation of students at Teesside University and the comparisons between total students and those classed as heterosexual and non-heterosexual.

Students have been grouped into one of seven groups namely:

• Heterosexual;
• Bisexual;
• Gay Man;
• Gay Woman/Lesbian;
• Gay or Lesbian (New group in enrolments only);
• Information Refused/Blank;
• Other.

These are then grouped into three groups Heterosexual, Non-Heterosexual and Information refused.

2022/23 enrolled students (all years, all modes)

Sexual Orientation	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time	Total
	2020/21			2021/22			2022/23
Heterosexual	11,386	4,971	16,357	13,026	4,891	17,917	13,915	6,117	20,032
Bisexual	673	99	772	873	123	996	908	208	1,116
Gay man	180	68	248	186	78	264	2	1	3
Gay Woman/ Lesbian	218	71	289	223	62	285	2		3
Gay or Lesbian							338	198	536
Other	315	52	367	399	45	444	212	40	252
Info Refused/ Blank	1,194	2,049	3,243	1,137	1,654	2,791	2,052	698	2,750
Total	13,966	7,310	21,276	15,844	6,853	22,697	17,429	7,262	24,691
Non-Heterosexual	1,386	290	1,676	1,681	308	1,989	1,462	447	1,909
% Heterosexual	81.5%	68.0%	76.9%	82.2%	71.4%	78.9%	79.8%	84.2%	81.1%
% Non-Heterosexual	9.9%	4.0%	7.9%	10.6%	4.5%	8.8%	8.4%	6.2%	7.7%

The largest increase are Heterosexual students with an increase of 2115 from 2021/2022 to 2022/23. Categories for sexual orientation have been revised in 2023 to match with Higher Education Statistics agency (HESA) therefore there are gaps in the data.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Full Time	6.5%	7.7%	8.6%	9.4%	9.9%	10.6%	8.4%
Part Time	2.7%	3.3%	3.5%	4.4%	4.0%	4.5%	6.2%
Total	5.0%	6.0%	6.8%	7.7%	7.9%	8.8%	7.7%

The number of Information Refused/Blank responses have decreased by 2,244 since 2016/17 but still remains the second highest group. Due to this decrease both the percentage and actuals for Heterosexual students have increased whilst the same for Non-Heterosexual students until 2022/23 where both actual and percentage decreased due to reduced figures under Other.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Heterosexual	8,839	9,497	9,560	10,264	11,386	13,026	13,915
Non-Heterosexual	721	883	1,025	1,186	1,386	1,681	1,462
Info Refused/Blank	1,592	1,143	1,291	1,165	1,194	1,137	2,052
Total	11,152	11,523	11,876	12,615	13,966	15,844	17,429

The number of Information Refused/Blank responses have decreased from 2016/17 until 2018/19 with an increase of 148 before another reduction the following year, responses have continued to increase again since 2020/21. Both the percentage and actuals for Heterosexual and non-Heterosexual students have increased until 2022/23 where there is a drop in Non-Heterosexual students.

	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020	2020/2021	2021/2022	2022/2023
Heterosexual	3,802	3,726	3,875	4,238	4,971	4,891	6,117
Non-Heterosexual	198	224	241	296	290	308	447
Info Refused/Blank	3,402	2,904	2,675	2,143	2,049	1,654	698
Total	7,408	6,854	6,791	6,677	7,310	6,853	7,262

The number Information Refused/Blank responses have decreased since 2016/17. Non-Heterosexual percentages and actuals have remained relatively static during same period whist Heterosexual students increased with exception of 2021/22 where there was a slight decrease of 80 students.

The UK census 2021 figure for LGB+ aged 16 years and over is 3.2%. The University figure is much higher and stands at 7.7%.