Higher Education Access Tracker

We would like to track your engagement with our service by entering your data into the Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT), a monitoring and evaluation service for UK universities. Use of this service will also allow us to evaluate the impact of our programmes through your HE choices after year 13.

All data will be kept securely by University of Staffordshireand by HEAT in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and remain anonymous in any reports.  For research and monitoring purposes only, this data may also be shared with the Department for Education (DfE) or Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) to help evaluate the effectiveness of this activity as part of the government policy to widen participation in higher education and to develop future policy. Information will be retained in accordance with our records retention policy.

in the UK for Quality Education

Sustainable Development Goal 4, Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024

for Career Prospects

Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023

Top 5 for Social Inclusion

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025

for First Generation Students

The Mail University Guide 2025

of Research Impact is ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Very Considerable’

Research Excellence Framework 2021

for Facilities

Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023

of Research is “Internationally Excellent” or “World Leading”

Research Excellence Framework 2021

Four Star Rating

QS Star Ratings 2021