You wrote:
> A student asked me for help in researching ethnic variations within HE.
>
> They are specifically interested in patterns in the 'choice' of course and
> institution in the UK.
>
> Can anyone suggest a data source for exploring this?
I think your best source would be HESA (Higher Education Statistics
Agency), which provides aggregate tables on all students and
institutions. (Survey data may not have a big enough sample of ethnic
minorities for you.) The home page is http://www.hesa.ac.uk/ and there
are readily available tables on HOLIS (HESA Online Information System)
http://www.hesa.ac.uk/holisdocs/home.htm
But if you're not getting exactly what you want there the student can
contact Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE),
http://www.srhe.ac.uk/shhesa.htm
to order more customised datasets free of charge if your university is
a member.
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Data Librarian
Edinburgh University Data Library
Main Library Bldg., George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ
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0131 651 1431
http://datalib.ed.ac.uk
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You wrote:
>
> Thanks
>
> Sean Demack
> Lecturer in Statistics
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