Now in its 18th year, our annual Equality in Higher Education: Statistical Reports aims to assist the sector in better understanding the main equality challenges for higher education institutions.

By presenting a snapshot of the age, disability, ethnicity and sex of higher education staff and students, as well as the interplay between these identities, this report can help direct future efforts to overcome these challenges and address the inequalities in the UK higher education sector.

2025 Student Equality data dashboards

The interactive data dashboards aim to assist the sector in better understanding the main equality challenges for students and directing future efforts to overcome them.

The dashboards present a snapshot of the age, disability, ethnicity, sex and religion and belief of students in HE for the 2023/24 academic year, as well as of the intersections of these identities (for example, female Black students, male disabled students, etc.). In addition, the dashboards present data related to trans status, sexual orientation and social background. This year’s publication also includes data from the two previous years (2021/22 and 2022/23) to assist with comparisons across time.

Past Equality in Higher Education: Statistical Reports

All our previous statistical reports are available to view here: