Except Where Stated the Following Data Relates to Traditional Home Undergraduates Only

APPENDIX A

Except where stated the following data relates to traditional home undergraduates only. This year non-traditional undergraduate degrees have been excluded in order that courses which do not offer a classification do not distort the overall classifications picture.

Because of this change, previous years have also been altered to comply with new definitions in order that year-on-year comparisons can be made.

Any benchmarks used relate to Home/EU undergraduates either nationally or from the South coast of England benchmarking group and were sourced from the HESA website:

Applications data is based on an applicant's declarations upon application. Henceforth an applicant not disclosing a disability may appear in a future report as a disabled student if they make the disclosure upon enrolment.

1. Data on Students by Gender 2009/2010

1.1 Student Applications

T1:The numbers of male and female applicants, offerees and entrants to each of the University Faculties

Male / Female
Applied / Offered / Entered / Applied / Offered / Entered
CCI / 3103 / 2254 / 612 / 2615 / 1727 / 510
HUM / 2458 / 2128 / 417 / 3675 / 3258 / 697
PBS / 3276 / 2738 / 574 / 2294 / 2032 / 430
SCI / 4342 / 3091 / 679 / 4585 / 2983 / 810
TEC / 2919 / 2658 / 748 / 483 / 455 / 124
UNI / 16098 / 12869 / 3030 / 13652 / 10455 / 2571

F1:The proportional split by gender at each stage of the application process

F2:The proportional split by gender of applications across the University

F3:Offers as a proportion of applications for male and female applicants across the University

F4:Entrants as a proportion of offers for male and female applicants across the University

F5:Entrants as a proportion of applications for males and females across the University

T2:The proportional change in the numbers of applications, offers made

and entrances by/to male and female applicants in each of the University's Faculties

Male / Female
Applied / Offered / Entered / Applied / Offered / Entered
CCI / 15.18% / 5.82% / 6.62% / 22.20% / 9.17% / 0.39%
HUM / 28.49% / 28.66% / 2.46% / 20.49% / 20.67% / -2.52%
PBS / 2.82% / -3.86% / -3.04% / 9.97% / 6.44% / 3.86%
SCI / 33.11% / 23.49% / 1.34% / 19.06% / 15.35% / 16.21%
TEC / 10.28% / 8.62% / 6.55% / 9.52% / 10.17% / 9.73%
UNI / 17.49% / 11.11% / 2.89% / 18.02% / 13.76% / 5.07%

• The University saw similar proportional increases in the number of applications from both male and female applicants (18.02% and 17.49% respectively.) Male applications grew by a substantially greater proportion than female applications in Humanities and Science while the reverse was true in Creative and Cultural Industries and Portsmouth Business School. Technology saw increases of around 10% in both male and female applications.

• In 2009/2010 a 4.39% greater proportion of male applicants than female applicants received an offer. From Faculty to Faculty however, the proportions varied. In Creative and Cultural Industries and Science there was around a 10% greater proportion of male applicants than female applicants receiving an offer - as has been the case in each of the last three years. However, this is reversed in Technology, where a greater proportion of female applicants have received offers in each of the last three years, albeit by a smaller margin.

• The proportion of applications leading to accepted offers for both males and females has fallen in every Faculty for each of the last three years as numbers of applications received by the University have risen. Although, as previously stated, male and female offer rates vary between Faculties, when it comes to acceptances these differences are far smaller. This means that the proportion of accepted offers reflects the pool of applicants despite apparent differences in success rates.

1.2 Composition of the Student Body

T3:The numbers of male and female Home/EU students in each of the University's Faculties in 2009/ 2010, 2008/2009 and 2007/2008.

09/10 / 08/09 / 07/08
Male / Female / Male / Female / Male / Female
CCI / 1594 / 1303 / 1524 / 1201 / 1477 / 1142
HUM / 1247 / 2219 / 1183 / 2118 / 1138 / 1954
PBS / 1676 / 1189 / 1573 / 1181 / 1391 / 1001
SCI / 1755 / 2086 / 1656 / 2089 / 1564 / 2098
TEC / 2154 / 375 / 1965 / 355 / 1756 / 318
UNI / 8426 / 7172 / 7901 / 6944 / 7326 / 6513

F6:The proportional split by gender across each of the University's Faculties compared with the South Coast benchmark

F7:The proportional difference in the numbers of male and female students in each of the University's Faculties between 2008/2009 and 2009/2010

T4:The numbers of male and female international students in each of the University's Faculties in 2009/2010, 2008/2009 and 2007/2008

09/10 / 08/09 / 07/08
Male / Female / Male / Female / Male / Female
CCI / 58 / 50 / 60 / 46 / 55 / 38
HUM / 183 / 250 / 133 / 184 / 124 / 146
PBS / 158 / 153 / 130 / 109 / 120 / 93
SCI / 65 / 69 / 68 / 80 / 66 / 74
TEC / 448 / 83 / 429 / 64 / 297 / 46
UNI / 912 / 605 / 820 / 483 / 662 / 397

• The University's body of Home/EU students has had a greater proportion of male students for the past four years. The proportion of the student body which is male has been increasing for the past two years, from 52.94% in 2007/2008 to 54.02% in 2009/2010. The South coast average, while following the trend of an increasing proportion of male students, is still 42.49% male.

• The proportional increase in the number of male students between 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 was double that of female students (6.64% as opposed to 3.28%)

• Approximately 6 in every 10 international students was male in 2009/2010. This has consistently been the case in each of the last four years.

1.3 Progression

T5:The distribution of ways in which male and female students (excluding final year students) progressed through their course in 2009/2010

Male / Female
Progress / Repeat / Defer / Exclude / Fail / Unknown / Progress / Repeat / Defer / Exclude / Fail / Unknown
CCI / 1256 / 139 / 12 / 56 / 131 / 1143 / 61 / 10 / 23 / 66
HUM / 939 / 61 / 33 / 34 / 180 / 1839 / 67 / 35 / 26 / 252
PBS / 1384 / 147 / 10 / 30 / 105 / 1018 / 51 / 4 / 17 / 99
SCI / 1499 / 104 / 8 / 68 / 76 / 1858 / 80 / 12 / 60 / 76
TEC / 1703 / 189 / 7 / 100 / 155 / 298 / 24 / 4 / 25 / 24
UNI / 6781 / 640 / 70 / 288 / 647 / 6156 / 283 / 65 / 151 / 517

F8:The proportion of male and female students passing to the next stage of their study without any trailing units

F9:The proportion of male and female students excluded from their course in each of the University's Faculties

• Both male and female students posted a third year of increases in the proportion of students progressing without trailing units. However, a significantly greater proportion of female students achieved this than male students (81.39% as opposed to 73.27%).

• Since 2006/2007 every Faculty has had a greater proportion of its female students than male students progress without trailing units every year. The only exception to this is Technology, which had a greater proportion of its male students progress without trailing units in both 2008/2009 and 2009/2010.

• There was a decrease in the proportion of male students excluded from their course on 2008/2009's figures owing mainly to a large drop in the proportion excluded from Technology (4.94% to 1.81%).

1.4 Withdrawals

T6:The distribution of reasons for male and female students' withdrawal in 2009/2010

CCI / HUM / PBS / SCI / TEC / UNI
M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F
Academic failure / 35 / 9 / 20 / 18 / 23 / 12 / 50 / 30 / 33 / 5 / 161 / 74
Health reasons / 9 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 4 / 0 / 17 / 12
Financial reasons / 3 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 0 / 12 / 9
Personal reasons / 38 / 29 / 48 / 102 / 12 / 14 / 29 / 23 / 44 / 15 / 171 / 183
Written off / 22 / 19 / 31 / 18 / 16 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 27 / 1 / 104 / 54
Excluded / 25 / 11 / 16 / 14 / 10 / 6 / 24 / 11 / 43 / 2 / 118 / 44
Other / 14 / 11 / 24 / 37 / 11 / 13 / 10 / 15 / 25 / 4 / 84 / 80

*The category written off refers to students with whom the University have lost contact, and after a period of time has passed are assumed to have left their course.

F10:The proportion of withdrawing male and female students giving each reason for withdrawal

T7:The proportion of male and female students in each Faculty withdrawing in2009/2010 and 2008/2009 and the percentage change year on year

09/10 / 08/09 / % Diff
M / F / M / F / M / F
CCI / 9.16% / 6.52% / 9.51% / 7.49% / -0.36% / -0.97%
HUM / 11.63% / 8.74% / 11.41% / 7.84% / 0.22% / 0.91%
PBS / 4.36% / 4.46% / 9.35% / 7.54% / -4.99% / -3.08%
SCI / 7.07% / 4.65% / 8.82% / 6.46% / -1.75% / -1.81%
TEC / 8.31% / 7.20% / 10.59% / 11.27% / -2.28% / -4.07%
UNI / 7.92% / 6.36% / 9.88% / 7.49% / -1.97% / -1.13%

F11:The proportion of all male and female students withdrawing due to academic failure in 2009/2010

• The proportion of both male and female students withdrawing continued to decrease from the high point of 2007/2008. However, for the fourth consecutive year a greater proportion of male students withdrew than female students (7.92 % as opposed to6.36%).

• At a Faculty level only Portsmouth Business School (in 2009/2010), Technology (in 2008/2009) and Creative and Cultural Industries (in 2006/2007) have had a lower proportion of male students withdrawing than female students in any of the last three years.

• After seeing large increases in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009, the proportion of both male and female students withdrawing due to academic failure in 2009/2010 fell back to similar levels seen in 2006/2007.

1.5 Classifications

T8:The distribution of degree classifications by male and female students across the University in 2009/2010 and 2008/2009

09/10 / 08/09
First / 2:1 / 2:2 / Third / pass / Other / Fail / First / 2:1 / 2:2 / Third / pass / Other / Fail
CCI / Male / 28 / 175 / 136 / 55 / 0 / 0 / 25 / 168 / 131 / 47 / 1 / 0
Female / 26 / 168 / 137 / 41 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 156 / 111 / 26 / 0 / 0
HUM / Male / 15 / 143 / 110 / 49 / 15 / 0 / 16 / 122 / 119 / 63 / 11 / 0
Female / 36 / 299 / 215 / 86 / 29 / 0 / 30 / 267 / 226 / 64 / 8 / 0
PBS / Male / 31 / 154 / 172 / 48 / 2 / 1 / 32 / 137 / 133 / 71 / 0 / 1
Female / 32 / 136 / 103 / 28 / 0 / 0 / 36 / 149 / 96 / 38 / 2 / 1
SCI / Male / 23 / 151 / 178 / 93 / 0 / 0 / 27 / 161 / 166 / 99 / 1 / 0
Female / 52 / 297 / 196 / 65 / 1 / 0 / 56 / 289 / 184 / 61 / 2 / 0
TEC / Male / 84 / 159 / 111 / 115 / 29 / 0 / 72 / 144 / 110 / 88 / 35 / 0
Female / 25 / 30 / 25 / 16 / 2 / 0 / 9 / 31 / 15 / 16 / 0 / 0
UNI / Male / 181 / 782 / 707 / 360 / 46 / 1 / 172 / 732 / 659 / 368 / 48 / 1
Female / 171 / 930 / 676 / 236 / 32 / 0 / 151 / 892 / 632 / 205 / 12 / 1

F12:The proportion of male and female students achieving first or upper second class degree classifications in 2009/2010 across the University compared with the most recent available national benchmarks(2008/2009)

F13:The distribution of male students' degree classifications in 2009/2010

F14:The distribution of female students' degree classifications in 2009/2010

• Female students obtained a greater proportion of 'good' degrees than male students in every Faculty of the University for the fourth consecutive year. The most marked difference was in Science (57.12% as opposed to 39.10%). This was also the only Faculty to see the gap between the proportions of male and female 'good' degrees widen when compared to 2008/2009's figures.

• Both genders fell below the UK national average for the proportion of students achieving 'good' degrees, although male students did this by a larger margin. 46.39% of male students achieved 'good' degrees as opposed to 56.35% of males throughout the UK, while53.84% of Portsmouth's female students obtained 'good' degrees as opposed to 60.43% of females throughout the UK.

1.6 First Destinations

T9:The first destinations of 2008/2009's male and female graduates

Employed / Further study only / Assumed to be unemployed / Not available for work
Employed only / Employment and study / Of which graduate employment
CCI / Male / 219 / 15 / 137 / 15 / 66 / 14
Female / 172 / 14 / 75 / 16 / 35 / 10
HUM / Male / 236 / 61 / 215 / 33 / 27 / 14
Female / 518 / 109 / 405 / 64 / 35 / 19
PBS / Male / 253 / 51 / 183 / 37 / 43 / 13
Female / 226 / 52 / 161 / 45 / 17 / 13
SCI / Male / 280 / 32 / 169 / 51 / 33 / 17
Female / 390 / 62 / 312 / 73 / 38 / 12
TEC / Male / 313 / 41 / 279 / 75 / 42 / 17
Female / 63 / 8 / 48 / 14 / 6 / 4
UNI / Male / 1301 / 200 / 983 / 211 / 211 / 75
Female / 1369 / 245 / 1001 / 212 / 131 / 58

F15:The proportion of 2008/2009's male and female graduates finding each first destination

F16:The proportion of 2008/2009's male and female graduates whose first destination was employment compared to the national benchmark

F17:The proportion of 2008/2009's male and female graduates whose first destination was graduate employment

F18:The proportion of 2008/2009's male and female graduates whose first destination was unemployment compared with the national benchmark

• The proportion of students stating employment as a first destination fell for both genders by similar amounts - males from 65% to 62% and females from 68% to 65%. These statistics mean that Portsmouth's male graduates have higher rates of employment than the UK benchmark for males (58%) and the University's female graduates obtained slightly higher than the UK female benchmark (65% as opposed to 64%). However, while levels of employment were broadly similar for 2006 and 2007's graduates, a greater proportion of female graduates have been employed as a first destination in both 2008 and 2009.

• Humanities has seen the largest fall in employment, but while levels of male employment fell from 74% to 60%, levels of female employment only fell from 73% to 68%.

• While male graduates have seen a smaller proportion of their number entering graduate employment as a first destination each year since 2006, female graduates have increased the proportion for the last two years. 2009's graduates were the first to have a greater proportion of females posting graduate employment as a first destination than males.

• For the third year running almost twice the proportion of male students were assumed to be unemployed as female students, and both genders saw an increase in assumed unemployment on 2008's graduates. However, both genders saw the same level of graduates assume to be unemployed as the UK benchmark - 10% for males and 6% for females.

2. Data on Students by Disability 2009/2010

2.1 Student Applications

T10:The numbers of disabled and non-disabled applicants, offerees and entrants to each of the University's Faculties

Disabled / Not Disabled
Applied / Offered / Entered / Applied / Offered / Entered
CCI / 442 / 294 / 80 / 5276 / 3687 / 1042
HUM / 271 / 237 / 56 / 5862 / 5149 / 1058
PBS / 230 / 197 / 36 / 5340 / 4573 / 968
SCI / 545 / 368 / 87 / 8382 / 5706 / 1402
TEC / 264 / 241 / 67 / 3138 / 2872 / 805
UNI / 1752 / 1337 / 326 / 27998 / 21987 / 5275

F19:The proportional split by disability status at each stage of the application process

F20:The proportion of applications from disabled students that went to each

of the University's Faculties

F21:The proportional split by disability status of applications across the University

F22:Offers as a proportion of applications for disabled and non-disabled

applicants across the University

F23:Entrants as a proportion of offers for disabled and non-disabled applicants across the University

F24:Entrants as a proportion of applications for disabled and non-disabled

applicants across the University

T11:The proportional change in the numbers of applications, offers made

and entrances by/to disabled and non-disabled applicants in each of the University's Faculties

Disabled / Not Disabled
Applied / Offered / Entered / Applied / Offered / Entered
CCI / 36.84% / 20.49% / 12.68% / 16.96% / 6.31% / 3.07%
HUM / 19.38% / 26.74% / 24.44% / 23.78% / 23.57% / -1.76%
PBS / 12.75% / 3.68% / -12.20% / 5.37% / 0.13% / 0.31%
SCI / 28.84% / 23.08% / 4.82% / 25.29% / 19.12% / 9.19%
TEC / 35.38% / 35.39% / 15.52% / 8.47% / 7.08% / 6.34%
UNI / 27.70% / 21.77% / 9.40% / 17.16% / 11.76% / 3.55%

• Science and Creative and Cultural Industries Faculties received the largest numbers of applications for the third year running. While in 2007/2008 these two Faculties' applications equated to 49.86% of all applications by 2009/2010 this had grown to 56.34%.

• The number of disabled applicants rose by more than one quarter in 2009/2010, while the number of non-disabled applicants rose by around 1/6. This led to disabled applicants making 5.89% of all applications in 2009/2010 as opposed to 5.43% in 2008/2009.

• In 2009/2010 there was no substantial difference between the proportion of applications from disabled and non-disabled applicants receiving offers in any of the Faculties. This continues the pattern seen in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.

• The trend of disabled applicants accepting a higher proportion of offers than non-disabled applicants ended in 2009/2010, as acceptance rates were roughly the same for the first time. However, this difference had been shrinking year-on-year - standing at an 18.6% greater proportion of offers to disabled applicants being accepted in 2007/2008 falling to 4.8% in 2008/2009.

2.2 Composition of the Student Body

T12:The numbers of disabled and non-disabled home students in each of the University's Faculties in 2009/2010, 2008/2009 and 2007/2008

09/10 / 08/09 / 07/08
Disabled / Not Disabled / Disabled / Not Disabled / Disabled / Not Disabled
CCI / 355 / 2542 / 383 / 2342 / 386 / 2233
HUM / 289 / 3177 / 306 / 2995 / 284 / 2808
PBS / 190 / 2675 / 201 / 2553 / 198 / 2194
SCI / 389 / 3452 / 426 / 3319 / 427 / 3235
TEC / 255 / 2274 / 267 / 2053 / 251 / 1823
UNI / 1478 / 14120 / 1583 / 13262 / 1546 / 12293

F25:The proportional split of the student body by disability status across each of the University's Faculties compared to the South Coast benchmark

F26:The proportional change in the numbers of disabled and non-disabled students in each of the University's Faculties between 2008/2009 and 2009/2010

F27:The location of disabled students within the University's Faculties

T13:The numbers of disabled and non-disabled international students in each of the University's Faculties in 2009/2010, 2008/2009 and 2007/2008

09/10 / 08/09 / 07/08
Disabled / Not Disabled / Disabled / Not Disabled / Disabled / Not Disabled
CCI / 2 / 106 / 3 / 103 / 3 / 90
HUM / 3 / 430 / 7 / 310 / 5 / 265
PBS / 5 / 306 / 4 / 235 / 4 / 209
SCI / 1 / 133 / 3 / 145 / 3 / 137
TEC / 14 / 517 / 19 / 474 / 14 / 329
UNI / 25 / 1492 / 36 / 1267 / 29 / 1030

• The proportion of students that were disabled fell for the second consecutive year (9.48% in 2009/2010 as opposed to11.17% in 2007/2008). This year this was the first where this was driven by a decrease in the numbers of disabled students (rather than by a smaller rise in disabled students than non-disabled students), which fell by 6.63%.

• Approximately half of the University's disabled students continue to be located in either Creative and Cultural Industries or Science. The pattern as to where disabled students are located has remained roughly constant for each of the last four years.

• The proportion of students that are disabled fell in every Faculty. Creative and Cultural Industries continues to have the greatest proportion of disabled students.

• Only 1.65% of international students declared a disability in 2009/2010. This figure was between 2% and 2.76% for each of the preceding three years.

2.3 Progression

T14:The distribution of ways in which disabled and non-disabled students (excluding final year students) progressed through their course in 2009/2010

Disabled / Not Disabled
Progress / Repeat / Defer / Exclude / Fail / Unknown / Progress / Repeat / Defer / Exclude / Fail / Unknown
CCI / 272 / 26 / 8 / 12 / 37 / 2127 / 174 / 14 / 67 / 160
HUM / 223 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 36 / 2555 / 116 / 58 / 52 / 396
PBS / 156 / 17 / 3 / 1 / 13 / 2246 / 181 / 11 / 46 / 191
SCI / 311 / 29 / 6 / 22 / 21 / 3046 / 155 / 14 / 106 / 131
TEC / 205 / 20 / 3 / 16 / 11 / 1796 / 193 / 8 / 109 / 168
UNI / 1167 / 104 / 30 / 59 / 118 / 11770 / 819 / 105 / 380 / 1046

F28:The proportion of disabled and non-disabled students passing to the next stage of their study without any trailing units

F29:The proportion of disabled and non-disabled students excluded from their course in each of the University's Faculties

• A greater proportion of disabled students than non-disabled students have progressed without trailing units in Technology Faculty in each of the last three years. However, in every other Faculty a greater proportion of non-disabled students than disabled students have progressed without trailing units in each of the last four years.

• A marginally greater proportion of disabled students than non-disabled students were excluded in 2009/2010. This difference is almost entirely explained by Science Faculty, where more than double the proportion of disabled students were excluded compared to non-disabled students.

2.4 Withdrawals

T15:The distribution of reasons for disabled and non-disabled students' withdrawal in 2009/2010

Academic failure / Health reasons / Financial reasons / Personal reasons / Written off / Excluded / Other
CCI / Disabled / 8 / 7 / 0 / 6 / 8 / 5 / 2
Not disabled / 36 / 6 / 5 / 61 / 33 / 31 / 23
HUM / Disabled / 6 / 1 / 1 / 11 / 5 / 1 / 5
Not disabled / 32 / 3 / 6 / 139 / 44 / 29 / 56
PBS / Disabled / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2 / 0
Not disabled / 34 / 0 / 2 / 26 / 20 / 14 / 24
SCI / Disabled / 12 / 4 / 0 / 8 / 2 / 5 / 2
Not disabled / 68 / 3 / 4 / 44 / 16 / 30 / 23
TEC / Disabled / 4 / 1 / 0 / 5 / 2 / 3 / 1
Not disabled / 34 / 3 / 3 / 54 / 26 / 42 / 28
UNI / Disabled / 31 / 14 / 1 / 30 / 19 / 16 / 10
Not disabled / 204 / 15 / 20 / 324 / 139 / 146 / 154

* The category written off refers to students with whom the University have lost contact, and after a period of time has passed are assumed to have left their course.

F30:The proportion of withdrawing disabled and non-disabled students giving each reason for withdrawal

T16:The proportion of disabled and non-disabled students in each Faculty withdrawing in 2009/2010 and 2008/2009 and the percentage change year-on-year

09/10 / 08/09 / % Diff
Disabled / Not Disabled / Disabled / Not Disabled / Disabled / Not Disabled
CCI / 10.14% / 7.67% / 9.66% / 8.45% / 0.48% / -0.78%
HUM / 10.38% / 9.73% / 10.46% / 8.98% / -0.08% / 0.74%
PBS / 3.16% / 4.49% / 8.96% / 8.54% / -5.80% / -4.05%
SCI / 8.48% / 5.45% / 9.62% / 7.23% / -1.14% / -1.78%
TEC / 6.27% / 8.36% / 10.11% / 10.76% / -3.84% / -2.41%
UNI / 8.19% / 7.10% / 9.79% / 8.64% / -1.60% / -1.54%

F31:The proportion of all disabled and non-disabled students withdrawing due to academic failure in 2009/2010

• A 15.35% greater proportion of disabled students than non-disabled students withdrew in 2009/2010. This was the fourth successive year more disabled students than non-disabled students withdrew, but the gap between the proportion of disabled and non-disabled students withdrawing has been shrinking since 2007/2008.

• 11.57% of withdrawing disabled students withdrew due to health reasons; the comparable figure for non-disabled students was 1.5%. Creative and Cultural Industries had the highest proportion of its withdrawing students leaving due to health reasons - whether disabled or non-disabled. But while this was 3.08% for non-disabled students health reasons accounted for almost one in five withdrawing disabled students.

• A greater proportion of disabled students than non-disabled students withdrew due to academic failure in each of the University's Faculties in 2009/2010 other than Portsmouth Business School, where less than half the proportion of disabled students did.

2.5 Classifications

T17:The distribution of degree classifications obtained by disabled and non-disabled students in each of the University's Faculties in 2009/2010 and 2008/2009