FE data library: other statistics and research
Source: data.gov.uk (2016-12-02)

Other statistics published alongside the statistical first release.

These are not National Statistics, but complement the information in the main release.

FE trends

FE trends provides an overview of adult (19+) government-funded further education and all age apprenticeships in England. It looks to provide trends between 2008/09 and 2013/14 and to give an overview of FE provision, characteristics of learners and outcomes over time.

International Comparisons Supplementary Tables

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produces an annual publication, Education at a Glance, providing a variety of comparisons between OECD countries. The table provided here contains a summary of the relative ranking in education attainment of the 25-64 year old population in OECD countries in 2012.
The OECD statistics use the International Standard Classification of Education. Within this, “at least upper secondary education” is equivalent to holding qualifications at Level 2 or above in the UK, and “tertiary education” is equivalent to holding qualifications at Level 4 or above in the UK.

STEM

This research is the result of a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) funded, sector led project to gather and analyse data to inform the contribution that further education makes to STEM in England.
This project was led by The Royal Academy of Engineering, and governance of the project was specifically designed to ensure that those with an interest in STEM were actively engaged and involved in directing and prioritising outputs.
The November 2012 report builds on the FE and Skills STEM Data report published in July 2011 (below). It provides further analysis and interpretation of the existing data in a highly graphical format. It uses the same classified list of S,T, E and M qualifications as the 2011 report compiled through an analysis of the Register of Regulated Qualifications and the Learning Aim Database, updated with the most recent completions and achievements data taken from the Individualised Learner Record and the National Pupil Database.

The following data will be provided to the EDUCATION SELECT COMMITTEE 
INQUIRY INTO APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS FOR 16-19 YEAR 
OLDS as part of the written evidence submitted by the Department for Business, 
Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education on 30 September 2014.  
 
Traineeships – Workplaces delivering starts, provisional, year to date 2013/14  
Provisional in-year data for 2013/14 (August 2013 to June 2014) shows that over 
1,400 workplaces have delivered traineeship starts. 
Source: Work placement aims data (SILR R11). Trainees can start placements in 
more than one workplace.  
 
Traineeships - Opportunities by industry sector, year to date 2013/14 
Industry Sector
Number
Agriculture, hunting and forestry 
70
Construction 
210
Education 
590
Electricity, gas and water supply 
20
Extra-territorial organisations and bodies 
10
Financial intermediation 
30
Fishing 
-
Health and social work 
930
Hotels and restaurants 
430
Manufacturing 
500
Mining and quarrying 
-
Other community, social and personal service activities 
640
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 
290
Real estate, renting and business activities 
460
Transport, storage and communication 
70
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles 
580
Unknown 
1,180
TOTAL 
6,030*
 
Source: Aggregate AV data. 
 
* Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, and do not sum to the total due to rounding 
 

Note: This is not the sum total of traineeship opportunities. Other ways that 
prospective trainees can find traineeship opportunities is through Job Centre 
referrals, local education and training providers or career services. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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