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Written question asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 11 September 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 September 2025. It was answered by Josh MacAlister (Labour) on Friday, 19 September 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Animation and Video Games: Higher Education

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of students that undertook undergraduate degrees in Games and Animation in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2023-24 academic years.

Answer

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were 15,450 undergraduate enrolments across all UK higher education (HE) providers in the subject area ‘Computer games and animation’ (common aggregation hierarchy (CAH) subject code 11-01-06).

In the 2013/14 academic year, there were 4,065 undergraduate enrolments across all UK HE providers in the subject areas ‘Games’ (Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) subject code I6) and ‘Computer generated visual & audio effects’ (JACS subject code I7).

In 2019/20, a new subject classification system, the Higher Education Classification of Subjects and the CAH, was introduced to replace the JACS. Subjects in both systems have been chosen to match as closely as possible, but counts of enrolments may not be directly comparable between the two systems.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
76672
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Higher education Video games Student numbers Animation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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