Part 7 Robustness checks

• Aggregate totals are checked against figures from the following sources:

  • figures on the HESA website: Figure 5, 15:https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/sb262/figure-5

  • AdvanceHE - Equality in higher education: Statistical Report 2020 - Student Data Tables:https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/equality-higher-education-statistical-report-2020-data-tables

• The totals are not identical: OfS data can be up to 10% higher in some cases, although there do not appear to be systematic differences.

• Any subjects with fewer than 400 students, or less than 30 Muslim students at a given level and year are dropped from the interactive tools, since the percentage of Muslims is artificially bounded from below at 7.5% - which may be unrealistic.