Information for providers

The data on Discover Uni is called the Discover Uni dataset (formerly known as the Unistats dataset). We operate the data collection in partnership with the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), who are now a part of Jisc.

Discover Uni currently displays data from the 2025 Discover Uni dataset. This dataset contains information relevant to courses that will run in the 2026-27 academic year.

OfS-registered higher education providers in England, and providers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are required to submit an annual Discover Uni data submission to HESA which includes details of their eligible undergraduate courses. To find out if a course is eligible to be returned in a providers’ Discover Uni data submission, please see the coverage statement on the HESA website.

The Discover Uni dataset is comprised of the information that providers submit to HESA in their Discover Uni data submission, as well as data from the National Student Survey, Graduate Outcomes Survey and LEO, and information about quality assessment and standards.

Providers can update their existing information on Discover Uni by resubmitting their Discover Uni data to HESA. The Discover Uni dataset is updated weekly, and any changes will be reflected in the dataset and on the Discover Uni website at that point.

Detailed guidance on the content of the data collection is available on the HESA website. For specific queries, please contact the HESA Liaison team: [email protected].

Please note that newly registered providers in England are required to submit and sign off a Discover Uni data return within two months of the date of registration with the Office for Students.

Further details on the data items we publish on course pages can be found on our 'about our data' page.

Provider contact details

The Discover Uni dataset contains provider names and contact details from the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP). Discover Uni will present this information as it is set out in the provider's own UKRLP record under the 'provider trading name'. If no trading name exists on UKRLP, the legal name is used instead.

Providers can update their UKRLP record at any time, and any changes made will be reflected on Discover Uni after the Discover Uni dataset weekly update.

What is the widget?

The widget shows prospective students official data about courses. This helps them with course research and decision making.

Research shows that students are most likely to look for this information on provider websites. The widget draws on the official data and embeds it on provider’s course pages.

It shows headline data for that course and a link to the course page on the Discover Uni website.

Providers should display the widget for each course that is included on Discover Uni.

The data displayed on the widget is:

• the percentage in work or doing further study 15 months after the course from the Graduate Outcomes Survey.
• the percentage of students in the National Student Survey who say staff have supported their learning well.
• the percentage of students in the National Student Survey who were satisfied overall with their course (for providers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales only).
• the percentage of students in the National Student Survey who said staff value students’ views and opinions about the course (for providers in England only).

All the information that the widget shows comes from the Discover Uni dataset.

Discover Uni widget update

The widget was updated in 2025. The update offers a clearer design, functionality to scroll through the key information, and improvements for accessibility.

The previous widget design will be discontinued on Monday 18 May 2026.

Any remaining widgets which are using the previous configuration and design will be removed at this point.

How to set up the widget

See the widget guidance for support on how to set up the new Discover Uni widget.

You can also use the widget configurator tool to generate the code snippet for the widgets to be included on course pages.

Need support?

If you have any questions or feedback, please contact us at [email protected].