Higher Education Student Enrolments and Characteristics in Scotland

Scottish Government National Statistics on higher education enrolments in Scotland and student characteristics. The data is designated as official National Statistics and was last updated on 2026-07 08 13:32:12.133856. It is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in higher education participation based on enrolment data mentioned in the description
• Profile student demographics based on characteristics data mentioned in the description
• Benchmark institutional performance across Scotland based on enrolment statistics
• Model access and equity in Scottish higher education based on student characteristics

Strengths

• Data is designated as official National Statistics by the Scottish Government
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-07-08 13:32:12.133856
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government

Collection Method

Likely administrative data collection from higher education institutions

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:12.133856; freshness should be verified

Geography

Scotland