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Midwives: Higher Education

Answer

Data published by the Office for Students in the Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES), collates figures submitted by individual higher education providers to give an indication of the number of students studying in each academic year. HESES data includes figures on undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery courses in England. The latest published data is for those starting courses in 2022. The table below gives the number of undergraduate and postgraduate starters on midwifery courses in England, each year from 2018 to 2022:

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Undergraduate Starters	2,550	2,930	3,460	3,565	3,305
Postgraduate Starters	70	55	100	135	190

Source: The Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES) 2018 to 2022.

The table below presents the latest available data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), for the number of qualifiers from undergraduate midwifery courses in England, for the years 2019/20 to 2021/22:

	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
Undergraduate Midwifery Qualifiers	2,055	1,945	2,445

Source: The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) qualifier data 2022

Note: A qualifier is defined by the HESA as a student who gained a qualification during the academic year in question.

The Department does not hold information on the proportion of student midwives who left university courses, in each of the last five years.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

16786

Session

2023-24

Grouped for answer

Yes

Subjects

Higher education Midwives Student wastage

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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