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Higher education teaching staff and whether they can and are contracted to teach in Welsh

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Data description	Shown in table	All 2 values	Change values
Academic year	Shown in table	All 10 values	Change values
Able to teach in Welsh	Shown in table	All 4 values	Change values
Contracted to teach in Welsh	Shown in table	All 4 values	Change values
Provider	Shown in table	All 9 values	Change values
Cost centre	Shown in table	All 15 values	Change values
Contract type	Shown in table	All 2 values	Change values
Contract mode	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values
Sex	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values

Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [t] = total.

Data values	Data description	Academic year	Able to teach in Welsh	Contracted to teach in Welsh	Provider	Cost centre	Contract type	Contract mode	Sex
8,255 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	All	All
3,715 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	All	Female
4,540 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	All	Male
4,490 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	Full-time	All
1,715 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	Full-time	Female
2,775 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	Full-time	Male
3,765 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	Part-time	All
1,995 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	Part-time	Female
1,765 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic non-atypical	Part-time	Male
1,195 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	All	All
620 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	All	Female
575 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	All	Male
0 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	Full-time	All
0 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	Full-time	Female
0 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	Full-time	Male
1,195 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	Part-time	All
620 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	Part-time	Female
575 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	All	Academic atypical	Part-time	Male
1,690 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	Medicine, dentistry and health	Academic non-atypical	All	All
910 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	Medicine, dentistry and health	Academic non-atypical	All	Female
780 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	Medicine, dentistry and health	Academic non-atypical	All	Male
1,015 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	Medicine, dentistry and health	Academic non-atypical	Full-time	All
480 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	Medicine, dentistry and health	Academic non-atypical	Full-time	Female
535 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	Medicine, dentistry and health	Academic non-atypical	Full-time	Male
675 [t]	Full-person equivalent (FPE)	2014/15	All	All	All universities	Medicine, dentistry and health	Academic non-atypical	Part-time	All

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Metadata

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Next update expected:July 2026

Updates

• 27th November 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider: Higher Education Statistics Agency
• Data source: Staff record

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  The data shows the number of academic teaching staff at universities in Wales who can teach in Welsh, and are contracted to teach in Welsh.

  The data can be broken down by:

  • Academic year - 1 August to 31 July, e.g. 2023/24 is 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024.

  • Contract mode - full-time or part-time.

  • Contract type - non-atypical or atypical. Atypical staff are those whose working arrangements are not permanent, involve complex employment relationships and/or involve work away from the supervision of the normal work provider. These may be characterised by a high degree of flexibility for both the work provider and the working person, and may involve a triangular relationship that includes an agent.

  • Cost centre - the area staff work in using HESA cost centre.

  • Provider

  • Sex - the sex of the staff as opposed to the gender with which they identify. Staff where this has been returned as 'Other', 'Not available' or 'Information refused' are included in the total figures.

• Data collection or calculation:

  The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects data about the characteristics of staff employed under a contract of employment at a reporting higher education provider in the UK. In Wales, it is the eight universities who return data about their staff. The Open University also return data about their staff, however it isn't possible to identify the staff for provision to Welsh students separately so the Open University is not included in this data.

  Full-person equivalent populations

  For staff on non-atypical contracts the data includes those whose contracts that were active on 1 December within the reporting period, for example for 2023/24 all contracts active on 1 December 2023.

  For staff on atypical contracts the data includes all contracts that were active during the reporting period.

  Atypical staff are those members of staff whose contracts involve working arrangements that are not permanent, involve complex employment relationships and/or involve work away from the supervision of the normal work provider.

  Full-time equivalent population

  Full-time equivalent (FTE) indicates the proportion of a full-time year being undertaken over the course of the reporting period 1 August to 31 July. The FTE is therefore counted using a population of staff who were active during the reporting period, not just on a given snapshot date.

• Statistical quality:

  Ability to teach in Welsh is self-reported which means staff with equal abilities may not respond in the same way.

  In 2023/24, there is a considerable decrease in the number of staff able to teach in Welsh. However, this may not reflect an actual change in the number of staff able to teach in Welsh as this decrease was largely concentrated at University of Wales Trinity Saint David where there was a change in how the data was collected at this university. This change meant there was a relatively large increase in the number of staff who were returned 'information not sought' when they had previously been returned as being able to teach in Welsh. The university expects that the quality of this data will improve in future years.

• Rounding applied:

  Numbers of staff have been rounded to the nearest 5.

• Related reports:
  • HESA Staff record: definitions
  • Welsh language in higher education, 2023/24 (English)
  • Welsh language in higher education, 2023/24 (Welsh)

Published by

• Organisation: Medr
• Contact email: HEStats@medr.cymru