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  1. Higher Education Student Statistics (enrolments, EFTSL, completions)Department of Education · CC BY 4.0Enrolments, student load (EFTSL), overseas load, completion/attrition, equity groups, field-of-education mix (2011–2024)© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, Higher Education Student Statistics (enrolments, EFTSL, completions), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  2. Higher Education Staff StatisticsDepartment of Education · CC BY 4.0Staff FTE and student-staff ratios: the full-time equivalence series runs to 2025; measures drawn from the Actual Staff appendix (gender, First Nations, casual and salaries) run to 2024, which is the latest year that appendix covers© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, Higher Education Staff Statistics, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. From the Department's Staff 2025 release. Its main full-time equivalence tables carry 2016 to 2025; its Actual Staff appendix carries 2015 to 2024, so appendix-derived measures show 2024 as their latest year.
  3. Financial Reports of Higher Education ProvidersDepartment of Education · CC BY 4.0Adjusted financial statements 2018–2024: revenue, overseas-student fee income, expenses, operating result, donations and bequests, scholarship income and expense, marketing spend, domestic full-fee course fees, FEE-HELP, continuing education, royalties, non-government grants, capital expenditure, investment assets, property plant and equipment© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, Financial Reports of Higher Education Providers, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  4. HERDC research incomeDepartment of Education · CC BY 4.0HERDC research income categories 1–4 (1992–2024) and research block grants (2001–2026)© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, HERDC research income, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  5. International student enrolment and commencement dataDepartment of Education · CC BY 4.0International student enrolments by sector YTD (2005–2026); PRISMS enrolments by SA4 (YTD Dec 2025); indicative new overseas student commencement allocations (2025, 2026 factsheets; 2027 in doe-nosc-allocations)© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, International student enrolment and commencement data, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The detailed enrolment series is the year-to-date February 2026 cut, confirmed current at 10 August 2026.
  6. Australian Migration Statistics (student visa grants) and BP0015 student visas granted reportDepartment of Home Affairs · CC BY 2.5 AUStudent visas granted, financial-year series (2001–02 to 2024–25); and the monthly BP0015 student visas granted report (grants to primary applicants, calendar-year sums) in the four-country comparison. Release current at sourcing, 12 June 2026; refreshed to the report locked at 31 May 2026 (granted) / 30 April 2026 (lodged) on 22 July 2026.© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Migration Statistics (student visa grants), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 AU. The monthly BP0015 report is the edition locked at 31 May 2026, confirmed current at 10 August 2026.
  7. CRICOS Providers, Courses and Locations (campus locations by address/postcode)Department of Education · CC BY 2.5 AUCampus locations and postcodes, and the courses each campus is registered to teach international students (level and field of education), Feb 2026: registrations, not enrolment counts (CRICOS publishes no student numbers)© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, CRICOS Providers, Courses and Locations (campus locations by address/postcode), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 AU. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  8. SEIFA: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0SEIFA 2021 SA2 indexes of disadvantage© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, SEIFA: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  9. Australian Statistical Geography Standard: boundaries and correspondences (SA1–SA4, SAL suburbs, LGA, postcode)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0ASGS Edition 3 correspondences (postcode/POA/SAL to SA2, remoteness)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard: boundaries and correspondences (SA1–SA4, SAL suburbs, LGA, postcode), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  10. Regional population by age and sex (estimated resident population, SA2/LGA)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Estimated resident population 15–24 by SA2 (2014–2024)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population by age and sex (estimated resident population, SA2/LGA), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  11. Small Area Labour Markets: unemployment and unemployment rate by SA2 and LGAJobs and Skills Australia · CC BY 4.0Small Area Labour Markets smoothed SA2 unemployment (Dec quarters)© Commonwealth of Australia, Jobs and Skills Australia, Small Area Labour Markets: unemployment and unemployment rate by SA2 and LGA, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  12. Employment Projections (employment growth by industry and occupation, 5/10-year outlook)Jobs and Skills Australia · CC BY 4.0Employment projections May 2025 – May 2035, occupation unit groups© Commonwealth of Australia, Jobs and Skills Australia, Employment Projections (employment growth by industry and occupation, 5/10-year outlook), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  13. Occupation Shortage List (formerly Skills Priority List): shortage ratings by occupation and stateJobs and Skills Australia · CC BY 4.0Occupation Shortage List 2025 and SA4 labour market ratings (March 2026)© Commonwealth of Australia, Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List (formerly Skills Priority List): shortage ratings by occupation and state, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  14. DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics (payment recipients by SA2/LGA/postcode/electorate/state, by payment type, age, sex, Indigenous indicator)Department of Social Services · CC BY 3.0 AUStudent payment recipients by SA2 (June 2025)© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Social Services, DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics (payment recipients by SA2/LGA/postcode/electorate/state, by payment type, age, sex, Indigenous indicator), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Sourced 12 June 2026. The reference quarter shown is June 2025; later quarterly editions have since been published and are not yet reflected here.
  15. Research and Experimental Development, Higher Education Organisations, Australia (formerly cat. 8111.0)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0ABS Higher Education R&D: sector total (2018–2024, biennial); Type of Activity trend (1994–2024); Fields of Research under ANZSRC 2020 (2020–2024); Socio-Economic Objectives under ANZSRC 2020 (2022–2024)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Research and Experimental Development, Higher Education Organisations, Australia, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  16. WGEA Dataset (published on data.gov.au)Workplace Gender Equality Agency · CC BY 3.0 AUWGEA public dataset 2023–2025: employer workforce composition by gender and manager category (headcount)© Commonwealth of Australia, Workplace Gender Equality Agency, WGEA Dataset, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  17. Higher education providers' 2025–26 mission-based compactsDepartment of Education · CC BY 4.0Institution mission narrative and key compact commitments (summarised; read the source compact before relying on any item)© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, Higher education providers' 2025–26 mission-based compacts, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  18. Australian Tertiary Education Commission, Interim Statement of Strategic PrioritiesAustralian Tertiary Education Commission · CC BY 4.0ATEC national priorities and per-state/territory priorities on the State & territory tab (summarised from the May 2026 interim Statement)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Tertiary Education Commission, Interim Statement of Strategic Priorities, May 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 1 July 2026.
  19. Undergraduate Applications and Offers, 2025 appendices (Table A10)Department of Education · CC BY 4.0Domestic undergraduate applicants, offers and offer rates by institution, 2010–2025 (Tertiary Admission Centre applications)© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, Undergraduate Applications and Offers 2025, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  20. Consumer Price Index: All groups, Australia (series A2325846C, quarterly)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Deflating university finance lines to constant dollars (real-terms / cash-vs-real view on the Finance tab)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index, All groups CPI, Australia, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  21. Government Finance Statistics, Annual, Table 2 (Cross Jurisdiction Summary: Operating Expenses on Education, by purpose) — successor to the discontinued Government Finance Statistics, Education, Australia (5518.0.55.001)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Government operating expenditure on tertiary education, all levels of government, $m, annual (2011-12 to 2024-25)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2024-25 financial year. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The standalone Government Finance Statistics, Education catalogue (5518.0.55.001) was discontinued after the 2020-21 financial year and its education tables now form part of this annual publication. The series shown runs to 2024-25; the 2020-21 figure follows the revision published in this release.
  22. Australian National Accounts: State Final Demand (5206.0)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0State economic weight (State Final Demand, current prices) for the State & territory comparison© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian National Accounts: State Final Demand, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  23. Wage Price Index, Australia: total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses, all industries, private and public (series A2603609J, quarterly)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Wage-adjusting average salary cost per FTE (the wage-adjusted line on the Staff tab pay charts)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Wage Price Index, Australia, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  24. International Trade in Services by Country, by State and by Detailed Services Category (education-related travel)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Education as an export: top-five exports, education export income by source country and by state (2019-2025)© Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS International Trade in Services (education export income), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 25 June 2026.
  25. Entry clearance visas granted (sponsored study), Immigration system statisticsUK Home Office · Open Government Licence v3.0United Kingdom sponsored-study visa grants to main applicants, year ending December, in the four-country comparison; and sponsored-study visas issued by nationality (Vis_D02 detailed dataset, year ending March 2026) in the Key Asia Markets section.© UK Home Office, UK immigration system statistics (sponsored study visas), 2026. Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Sourced 25 June 2026.
  26. Study permit holders by month in which permit(s) became effective (Monthly IRCC Updates)Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0Canada study-permit volumes (calendar year) in the four-country comparison. Counts permit holders by the month the permit took effect, including extensions; IRCC rounds to the nearest 5.© Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, IRCC study-permit holders (monthly updates), 2026. Licensed under Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0. Sourced 25 June 2026.
  27. F-1 student visa issuances (Nonimmigrant Visa Statistics)U.S. Department of State · U.S. Government public domainUnited States F-1 student visa issuances (calendar year) in the four-country comparisonSource: U.S. Department of State, Nonimmigrant Visa Statistics (F-1 issuances). U.S. Government work, public domain.
  28. Higher Education Staff Statistics (academic and professional staff, headcount and FTE)Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), United Kingdom · CC BY 4.0International context line: UK professional (non-academic) staff share (45.3%), all UK higher-education providers, 2024/25, on the academic/professional split chartSource: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), Higher Education Staff Statistics 2024/25. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  29. University staff and student-staff ratios (Education Counts data tables)Ministry of Education, New Zealand · CC BY 4.0International context line: New Zealand universities student-staff ratio (19.6), 2024, on the student-staff ratio chartSource: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, New Zealand. Crown copyright, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  30. Australian Government grants awarded (GrantConnect)Department of Finance · CC BY 3.0 AUAustralian Research Council National Competitive Grants Program awards by university, award-year (2018-2025)© Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Finance), GrantConnect grants awarded (incl. ARC competitive grants), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Sourced 25 June 2026.
  31. NHMRC research grant funding outcomesNational Health and Medical Research Council · CC BY 4.0NHMRC competitive grant funding by university, by year awarded (2013-2025)© National Health and Medical Research Council, NHMRC research funding statistics and data, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The series runs to the 2025 application round. NHMRC releases each round's outcomes incrementally, so the 2026 round is excluded until it is complete rather than shown as a part-year total.
  32. Medical Research Future Fund grant recipientsDepartment of Health, Disability and Ageing · CC BY 4.0MRFF competitive grant funding by university, by year awarded (2018-2025)© Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, Medical Research Future Fund grant recipients, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Current as at the edition published 10 July 2026. Grants with a 2026 contract start are excluded until that year is complete.
  33. Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product (cat. 5206.0)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Industry gross value added (share of GDP) and the national capital account (investment)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian National Accounts (cat. 5206.0), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 17 June 2026.
  34. National industry employment (ANZSIC division, trend)Jobs and Skills Australia · CC BY 4.0Employment by industry division and its recent trend© Commonwealth of Australia, Jobs and Skills Australia, national industry employment, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 17 June 2026.
  35. Population Projections, Australia (cat. 3222.0)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Projected 15–24 population by state (medium / Series B)© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Population Projections, Australia (cat. 3222.0), 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 18 June 2026.
  36. International Students and the Australian Economy (Bulletin - July 2025)Reserve Bank of Australia · CC BY 4.0Interpretive reference for the local-economy spend estimate: spending composition and behaviour. Its earlier 40/60 tuition and off-campus split was replaced on this tool by the measured ABS 2024-25 split (44% tuition, 56% off-campus)Source: Reserve Bank of Australia, Bulletin - July 2025, 'International Students and the Australian Economy' (McCowage, Stinson and Fink). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  37. The Value of International Education to Australia (Deloitte Access Economics for the Department of Education, 2016; reference year 2014-15)Department of Education · CC BY 3.0 AUSplit of international students' off-campus spend (food and beverage services 7%, retail 28%, private rent 26% of non-tuition spend)Source: Australian Government Department of Education, the Value of International Education to Australia, 2016. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU.
  38. International education economic value for Victoria (headline figures, 2025)Study Melbourne / Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, State of Victoria · CC BY 4.0Jobs ratio (about 69,000 jobs from about 322,000 Victorian international enrolments, 2025), applied as an indicative economy-wide ratio across regionsSource: Study Melbourne and the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, State of Victoria, 2025. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  39. OpenAlex research outputsOpenAlex (OurResearch) · CC0 1.0University research output volume (works affiliated with each institution, 2010–2026) and sector open-access share, from OpenAlex institution group-by counts© OpenAlex (OurResearch), OpenAlex scholarly works, 2026. Licensed under CC0 1.0. Sourced 25 June 2026.
  40. Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile, Table G60 (Occupation by age by sex)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Employed persons by occupation (ANZSCO 1-digit) by SA4, state and national; Professionals as the university-degree occupation group© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile, Table G60 (Occupation by age by sex). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 24 June 2026.
  41. Census of Population and Housing 2021, TableBuilder: Occupation (OCCP, 4-digit ANZSCO unit group) by Statistical Area Level 4Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Degree occupations (Professionals, ANZSCO Skill Level 1) by SA4, state and national© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, TableBuilder (Occupation by SA4). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 24 June 2026.
  42. Census of Population and Housing 2021, Highest non-school qualification: level of education (Table G49) and Age by sex (Table G04), by Statistical Area Level 4Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Degree attainment (bachelor degree or above held, aged 15+) and the 15+ population denominator, by SA4, state and national© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Tables G49 and G04). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 24 June 2026.
  43. Census of Population and Housing 2021, Working Population Profile (Table W13, Occupation by Sex), by Statistical Area Level 4 (place of work)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Degree-level (Professional) jobs located in each SA4 (place of work), for the travel-to-work comparison against resident professionals© Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, Working Population Profile (Table W13). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 24 June 2026.
  44. OECD Education at a Glance: OECD IndicatorsOECD · CC BY 4.0Per-student public investment benchmarks vs OECD peers, and total direct spend per tertiary student from all financing sources, for the international context on the Sector overview (19 countries, 2000 to 2024)© OECD, OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 25 June 2026.
  45. Audit Office of NSW, Universities 2025 (cited financial figures)Audit Office of New South Wales · Report © Audit Office of NSW; individual statistics cited as fact with attribution (no dataset reproduction)Cited structural cost / revenue per domestic student figures (sector funding-gap section)Audit Office of NSW, Universities 2025 (cited financial figures). Cited with attribution to Audit Office of New South Wales; figures are facts, not dataset reproduction. Sourced 25 June 2026.
  46. The Australia Institute, Fossil Fuel Subsidies (cited headline figure)The Australia Institute · Report © The Australia Institute; headline figure cited as fact with attribution (no dataset reproduction)Cited fossil-fuel subsidy headline figure (context KPI)The Australia Institute, Fossil Fuel Subsidies (cited headline figure). Cited with attribution to The Australia Institute; figures are facts, not dataset reproduction. Sourced 25 June 2026.
  47. HDR stipend rates: national RTP rates and university-published scholarship ratesDepartment of Education and the 36 Australian universities publishing a rate · National RTP rates CC BY 4.0; university rates are factual figures read from each university's public scholarship pagesHDR stipends view: 2025 and 2026 base full-time domestic PhD stipend per university, with the national RTP minimum and maximumNational RTP rates: © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, Research Training Program, 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. University rates: read from each university's public scholarship page on 14 July 2026; the source page is linked on every row.
  48. Consumer Price Index, Australia (All groups, weighted average of eight capital cities)Australian Bureau of Statistics · CC BY 4.0Real-terms (inflation-adjusted) display of money measures: calendar-year average of the quarterly All groups CPI index, fetched from the ABS Data API (dataflow CPI, series 1.10001.10.50.Q), 2010-2024Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data: Consumer Price Index, Australia. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
  49. Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS), 2023 to 2025 National Report TablesSocial Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education · QILT's copyright notice claims copyright in its website design, layout and images; the underlying statistics are facts, not themselves protected by copyright under Australian law, and are reproduced here with attribution.Graduate outcomes (Education tab): undergraduate and postgraduate (coursework and research) full-time employment, overall employment, labour force participation and median full-time salary by university, undergraduate tracked across the 2023-2025 collections, with 90% confidence intervalsSource: Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), Graduate Outcomes Survey, 2023 to 2025 National Reports. Social Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education. Reproduced as factual statistics with attribution; QILT presentation, logos and workbook layouts are not used. Downloaded 23 July 2026.
  50. Student Experience Survey (SES), 2024 National Report TablesSocial Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education · QILT's copyright notice claims copyright in its website design, layout and images; the underlying statistics are facts, not themselves protected by copyright under Australian law, and are reproduced here with attribution.Student experience (Education tab): overall quality plus the five sub-scales (skills development, learner engagement, teaching quality, student support, learning resources) by university, with 90% confidence intervals (2024 SES)Source: Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), 2024 Student Experience Survey. Social Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education. Reproduced as factual statistics with attribution. Downloaded 23 July 2026.
  51. Graduate Outcomes Survey, Longitudinal (GOS-L), 2025 National Report TablesSocial Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education · QILT's copyright notice claims copyright in its website design, layout and images; the underlying statistics are facts, not themselves protected by copyright under Australian law, and are reproduced here with attribution.Graduate outcomes (Education tab): undergraduate medium-term (about three years) full-time employment and median salary by university, with 90% confidence intervals (2025 GOS-L, single collection year)Source: Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), 2025 Graduate Outcomes Survey, Longitudinal. Social Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education. Reproduced as factual statistics with attribution. Downloaded 23 July 2026.
  52. Employer Satisfaction Survey (ESS), 2025 National Report TablesSocial Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education · QILT's copyright notice claims copyright in its website design, layout and images; the underlying statistics are facts, not themselves protected by copyright under Australian law, and are reproduced here with attribution.Employer satisfaction (Education tab): overall satisfaction plus the five graduate-skill dimensions (foundation, adaptive, collaborative, technical, employability) by university, pooled across three collection years, with 90% confidence intervals (2025 ESS)Source: Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), 2025 Employer Satisfaction Survey (pooled across three collection years). Social Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Education. Reproduced as factual statistics with attribution. Downloaded 23 July 2026.
  53. World Development IndicatorsWorld Bank · CC BY 4.0Market-context indicators for the Key Asia Markets section (population, GDP per capita, GDP growth, tertiary gross enrolment ratio and research measures for eight markets, 2005 to 2025 where published), and GDP growth, gross fixed capital formation, output per person employed, labour force participation, unemployment, youth unemployment and high-technology exports for the international context on the Sector overview (32 countries, 2000 to 2025)Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 24 July 2026 for the Key Asia Markets section and 25 August 2026 for the international context.
  54. TEQSA National Register of higher education providers (TQNR): provider registration and regulatory decisionsTertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency · Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 AustraliaRegistration status, registration period and renewal date, self-accrediting authority, and the count of published regulatory decisions per university. Registration decisions of type Condition (Impose / Vary / Revoke) with dates parsed from decision titles, plus each university's current Conditions section read live from its own TEQSA provider page.Source: Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, TEQSA National Register (CC BY 2.5 AU). Excludes the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, the TEQSA logo and trade-marked material.
  55. Indicative allocations for higher education new overseas student commencementsDepartment of Education · CC BY 4.0Per-university indicative NOSC allocations 2025, 2026 and 2027; National Planning Level contextSource: Australian Government Department of Education, Indicative allocations for higher education new overseas student commencements, 2027. © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  56. NHMRC summary of results, application rounds 2013–2025National Health and Medical Research Council · © Commonwealth of Australia (NHMRC). Licence position recorded as under written confirmation in the source register.NHMRC applications, funded grants, funding and computed success rate by administering institution and round© Commonwealth of Australia, National Health and Medical Research Council, summary of results by application round (2013–2025). Sourced 12 June 2026.
  57. Medical Research Future Fund grant recipients (as at 1 February 2026)Department of Health, Disability and Ageing · CC BY 4.0MRFF funding and grant counts by university and contract-start year, 2018–2025 (2026 contracts excluded as part-year)© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, MRFF grant recipients (as at 1 February 2026). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 12 June 2026.
  58. Human Capital Index (HCI+) databaseWorld Bank · CC BY 4.0Human capital index and learning-adjusted years of school, for the international context on the Sector overview (29 countries, 2010 to 2020)Source: World Bank, Human Capital Index database. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 25 August 2026.
  59. Education and science statisticsUNESCO Institute for Statistics · CC BY-SA 4.0Tertiary enrolment ratio, research and development spending as a share of GDP, and researchers per million people, for the international context on the Sector overview (29 countries, 2000 to 2025). Values are shown as published; the share-alike term is why nothing here is recomputed into a derived indexSource: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org, extracted 25 August 2026. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse this tool.
  60. ILOSTAT labour statistics, modelled estimates November 2025International Labour Organization · CC BY 4.0Output per worker, for the international context on the Sector overview (29 countries, 2000 to 2025). A modelled series on its own basis, never averaged with the World Bank productivity measureSource: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 25 August 2026.

United Kingdom runs on 17 named collections from 11 custodians.

Every figure on the United Kingdom dashboard derives from one of these, and each carries the attribution its licence requires.

  1. HE student data (open data tables)HESA (Jisc) · CC BY 4.0Enrolments, entrants, FTE, level and mode splits, sex split, domicile including the EU and non-EU split, transnational education, subject mix, qualifications awarded and first-class sharesSource: HESA open data, hesa.ac.uk, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Headcounts are rounded to the nearest 5 by HESA. Sourced July 2026.
  2. HE provider finance record (open data tables)HESA (Jisc) / Office for Students · CC BY 4.0Income, expenditure, surplus, tuition fee income by domicile including the EU and non-EU split, research income, key financial indicators, head-of-provider remuneration, access and participation investment (England), capital expenditureSource: HESA open data (finance record), hesa.ac.uk, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Sourced July 2026.
  3. HE staff statistics (open data tables)HESA (Jisc) · CC BY 4.0Academic and professional staff FTE and headcount, starters and leavers, nationality (international staff share) and contract terms (fixed-term share)Source: HESA open data (staff record), hesa.ac.uk, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Sourced July 2026.
  4. Graduate Outcomes survey (open data tables)HESA (Jisc) / OfS / DfE(NI) · CC BY 4.0Graduate activity 15 months after graduation, graduate salaries, meaningful-work agreement and professional-occupation sharesSource: HESA Graduate Outcomes open data, hesa.ac.uk, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Sourced July 2026.
  5. Higher Education Business and Community Interaction surveyHESA (Jisc) · CC BY 4.0Knowledge exchange income (collaborative and contract research, consultancy, CPD, intellectual property, regeneration), spin-out activity including employment and turnover, graduate start-ups, public and community event attendanceSource: HESA HE-BCI open data, hesa.ac.uk, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Sourced July 2026.
  6. Estates management recordHESA (Jisc) · CC BY 4.0Campus footprint, energy and water consumption, renewable generation and green-tariff share, waste and recycling, scope 1 and 2 carbon emissionsSource: HESA estates management open data, hesa.ac.uk, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Sourced July 2026.
  7. National Student Survey resultsOffice for Students · OGL v3.0Student experience theme positivity scores and OfS benchmarks, survey years 2023 to 2026; and the retired overall-satisfaction question, shown separately for 2018 to 2022Source: Office for Students, National Student Survey, officeforstudents.org.uk, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The 2023 survey redesign means pre-2023 NSS never joins the theme series; the retired overall-satisfaction question is shown separately for 2018 to 2022 and is not comparable with it. Sourced July 2026.
  8. Discover Uni dataset (TEF ratings, continuation, LEO earnings, graduate jobs)HESA (Jisc) / Office for Students · CC BY 4.0TEF 2023 ratings, continuation rates by entrant cohort, LEO median earnings three and five years after graduation, and professional employment shares, aggregated from course level to provider levelSource: HESA, Discover Uni dataset (formerly Unistats), www.hesa.ac.uk, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; changes: aggregated from course to provider level. LEO data within it is derived from Department for Education extracts; the DfE accepts no responsibility for third-party inferences. Licence verified first-party 22 July 2026.
  9. Widening participation in higher educationDepartment for Education · OGL v3.0England progression to higher education by age 19: free-school-meal gap, sex, ethnicity, special educational needs and school type, national and regional; provider mean entry tariff (2017-2024)Source: Department for Education, Widening participation in higher education, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only. From the 2024/25 release, which merged the former separate 'Participation measures' series into this publication. Provider mean entry tariff runs to 2024; the progression-by-characteristic series shown is from the earlier release.
  10. State of the Nation indicator IN2.2, Entry to higher educationSocial Mobility Commission · OGL v3.0UK entry to higher education among 18 to 20 year olds by socio-economic background, three-year moving averages with confidence intervalsSource: Social Mobility Commission, State of the Nation indicator IN2.2 (Entry to higher education), under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are three-year moving averages from survey data and carry confidence intervals. Retrieved July 2026.
  11. CPIH all-items annual index (L522, MM23)Office for National Statistics · OGL v3.0Real-terms (inflation-adjusted) conversion of money series; an academic year is deflated by the calendar-year CPIH of its start year, expressed in latest-year pricesSource: Office for National Statistics, CPIH all-items index (series L522, dataset MM23), under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved July 2026.
  12. Mission group membershipsRussell Group / University Alliance / MillionPlus · Factual membership listsMission-group benchmark lensMission-group memberships verified against each group's own published membership page on 18 July 2026.
  13. Access and participation data dashboard (complete dataset)Office for Students · OGL v3.0England-only equity measures: share of full-time undergraduate entrants from the most deprived English IMD 2019 quintile, and the continuation gap between least- and most-deprived quintiles, 2017/18 to 2023/24 (2025 release, downloaded 22 July 2026)Source: Office for Students, Access and participation data dashboard, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  14. UCAS Undergraduate end-of-cycle data resources (provider-level open-format files)UCAS · CC BY 4.0Provider-level demand: main-scheme applications, accepted applicants, international share of applications and applications per accepted applicant, application cycles 2006 to 2024 (2024 end-of-cycle provider CSVs, downloaded 22 July 2026)Contains UCAS end-of-cycle data. UCAS licenses its 'Data and analysis' open-format files under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (terms clause 5.7, 24 November 2025); changes: aggregated to provider totals and joined to this tool's university spine. The series runs to the 2024 application cycle; UCAS has since published the 2025 cycle, which is not yet reflected here.
  15. Annual Population Survey, regional labour market and qualificationsOffice for National Statistics, via Nomis · OGL v3.0Local context on university profiles: regional unemployment and employment rates (Apr 2025 to Mar 2026) and the share of 16 to 64 year olds qualified at RQF level 4 or above (Jan to Dec 2024), by English region and UK nationOffice for National Statistics, Annual Population Survey, via Nomis. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sourced 23 July 2026.
  16. Provider typologies 2022Office for Students · OGL v3.0Grouping English universities by the OfS financial typology (qualifying-income scale and reliance) and student typology (tariff, postgraduate and specialist groups), used as benchmark comparison sets in place of the earlier DfE tariff bandsSource: Office for Students, Provider typologies 2022 (published 30 November 2022), officeforstudents.org.uk, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The typology covers OfS-registered providers in England only. Contains data from the Department for Education's National Pupil Database; the DfE does not accept responsibility for inferences drawn from it by third parties. Sourced July 2026.
  17. Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes (sponsored study)Home Office · OGL v3.0Sponsored study visas issued to main applicants by nationality, used in the global-demand reading that sets UK recruitment against the fourteen Asian markets CoreBridge tracksSource: Home Office, Immigration system statistics, entry clearance visa outcomes, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Compiled on the CoreBridge Asia hub and read here at build time. Sourced July 2026.

New Zealand runs on 4 named collections from 3 custodians.

Every figure on the New Zealand dashboard derives from one of these, and each carries the attribution its licence requires.

  1. Tertiary education statistics (provider-based enrolments, EFTS, attainment, staffing)Ministry of Education, New Zealand (Education Counts) · CC BY 4.0Students layer: total enrolments and level mix, domestic and international students, Māori and Pacific participation, and completions, per university, 2015 to 2025Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, New Zealand. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. (Licence verified via the data.govt.nz record, Ministry of Education.) Enrolments to 2025; student load (EFTS) and completions to 2024. Counts are random-rounded to base 5 by the Ministry, so small differences between figures are not meaningful.
  2. Audited financial performance of tertiary education institutions, 2004–2024Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand · CC BY 4.0 (TEC site-wide copyright statement, May 2025 snapshot; no per-file licence markings)Finance layer: government funding, student fees, international fee income, PBRF and research income, other income, personnel costs, total income and expenditure, net surplus, margin, cash, per university, NZ$000sSource: Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand, TEI audited financial information. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 per the TEC site-wide statement. Sourced 10 August 2026 from the edition updated September 2025, covering 2004 to 2024.
  3. Post-study outcomes for tertiary education graduates (provider level), February 2026Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand (Stats NZ Integrated Data Infrastructure) · CC BY 4.0 (TEC site-wide statement); IDI confidentiality rules applied by the publisherGraduate outcomes layer: employment rate (all ages) and Under-25 median earnings at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 years after completion, degrees and postgraduate, per universitySource: Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand, Post-study outcomes for tertiary education graduates (Stats NZ IDI). Licensed under CC BY 4.0 per the TEC site-wide statement. Sourced 10 August 2026 from the February 2026 publication.
  4. Performance-Based Research Fund annual report tables (allocations by TEO)Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand · CC BY 4.0 (TEC site-wide statement)Not currently carried on this tool: PBRF allocations per university (the last full quality evaluation was 2018 and the 2026 round was cancelled)Source: Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand, PBRF annual reports.

Asia runs on 8 named collections from 8 custodians.

Every figure on the Asia dashboard derives from one of these, and each carries the attribution its licence requires.

  1. World Development Indicators and Global Economic Prospects (June 2026 forecast vintage)World Bank · CC BY 4.0Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and Global Economic Prospects. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 24 July 2026, re-harvested 26 August 2026 for the extension to 52 markets (see meta.world_bank_pending for any market still mid-harvest).
  2. ILOSTAT: average monthly earnings of employees by sex, education and currency (EAR_EMTA_SEX_EDU_CUR_NB)International Labour Organization · CC BY 4.0Source: ILOSTAT, International Labour Organization. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Sourced 24 July 2026.
  3. International education data (PRISMS pivot, annual enrolments by nationality)Australian Government Department of Education · CC BY 4.0© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Education, international student data. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  4. Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed dataset (Vis_D02), year ending March 2026UK Home Office · Open Government Licence v3.0© UK Home Office, UK immigration system statistics (sponsored study visas by nationality), 2026. Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Original 14 markets sourced 24 July 2026; 37 of the 38 markets added 26 August 2026 resolved against the same Vis_D02 workbook the same day (the United Kingdom itself cannot appear as an applicant to its own route).
  5. Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Visa Class and Nationality, FY2019-FY2024 detail tables (F-1)U.S. Department of State · U.S. Government public domainSource: U.S. Department of State, Nonimmigrant Visa Statistics (F-1 issuances by nationality). U.S. Government work, public domain. Retrieved via the Internet Archive, 24 July 2026. Original 14 markets hand-extracted 24 July 2026; the 38 markets added 26 August 2026 extracted from the same archived FY2019-FY2024 workbooks on 30 August 2026 via process/extract_us_f1.py (the United States itself cannot appear as an applicant for its own visa).
  6. First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship (migr_resfirst), education reasons, EU-27Eurostat · CC BY 4.0Source: Eurostat, first residence permits for education reasons (migr_resfirst). © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Original 14 markets sourced 24 July 2026; the 38 markets added 26 August 2026 sourced via process/harvest_eurostat_permits.py the same day.
  7. Study permit holders by country of citizenship and year permit became effective (Monthly IRCC Updates)Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0© Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, study permit holders by country of citizenship. Licensed under Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0. Original 14 markets sourced 24 July 2026; 37 of the 38 markets added 26 August 2026 resolved against the same IRCC workbook the same day (Canada itself cannot appear as an applicant to its own permit).
  8. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, OE.5T8.40510: total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroadUNESCO Institute for Statistics · CC BY-SA 4.0 International (share-alike)Total outbound tertiary students per market, shown as an independent measure of outflow scale beside the destination counts; destination breakdown of each market's outbound students and the outbound mobility ratio (share of tertiary students studying abroad)Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/data/indicators?indicator=OE.5T8.40510, date of extraction 2026-08-26. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.