Northern Ireland Further Education Achievement Records from 2013/14

Northern Ireland further education achievement data derived from annual administrative returns. The dataset contains full and partial achievement records for final-year enrolments on regulated courses, gathered annually on 1st November for the preceding academic year. Data from 2013/14 onward comes from the Consolidated Data Return, while earlier data is sourced from the Further Education Leavers Survey, and is processed by the Department and forwarded to NINIS.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in course completion rates based on annual administrative returns.
• Compare achievement outcomes before and after the 2013/14 methodology change from the Leavers Survey to the Consolidated Data Return.
• Assess the performance of Further Education Institutions in Northern Ireland based on enrolment outcome data.
• Study the transition of data collection and validation processes from colleges to the Department and NINIS.

Strengths

• Data is gathered annually on a fixed date (1st November) for a full academic year, suggesting consistent temporal coverage.
• The description specifies a clear methodological shift in 2013/14, providing context for longitudinal analysis.
• The dataset is derived from official administrative returns (CDR and Leavers Survey) from regulated courses.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description does not specify the exact number of institutions or courses covered.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI, likely originating from the Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) or equivalent.

Collection Method

Collected via enrolment forms and college management systems, extracted and validated by the Department, merged with CPD, and forwarded to NINIS.

Time Range

Covers academic years, with a specific example given for 1 August 2014 to 31 July 2015. Data is gathered annually from at least 2013/14 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026 07 08 13:30:47.527963; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland Further Education Institutions.