API Access — University Data | Blairgowrie HE Advisory

What you get

Six dashboard dimensions as structured data

Each institution profile contains the same comparable, curated data that drives the portal dashboards. Filter by section, query across institutions, or pull the full profile.

Growth and demand

UCAS applications, offers, acceptances. Year-on-year trends. Market share within peer group.

Student outcomes

OfS continuation and completion rates against sector benchmarks. B3 regulatory flags.

NSS satisfaction

Seven theme scores with sector benchmarks. Historical trends. Response rates.

Graduate outcomes

LEO median earnings at 1, 3, and 5 years post-graduation. Sustained employment rates.

Financial health

Surplus/deficit, liquidity days, staff cost ratios, external borrowing. OfS regulatory status.

Peer benchmarking

Pre-defined peer group with comparative metrics across all dimensions.

Integration

REST API with JSON responses

Standard REST endpoints. API key authentication via request header. OpenAPI (Swagger) specification provided. Typical integration time: under one day.

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/institution/{slug} Full institution profile

GET /api/v1/institution/{slug}?sections=outcomes,finance Filtered by section

GET /api/v1/search?region=north_west&type=university Search and filter

GET /api/v1/institutions List all institutions

Example response

{
  "institution": "University of Manchester",
  "ukprn": "10007798",
  "updated": "2026-05-15",
  "growth": {
    "applications": 72410,
    "offers": 49185,
    "acceptances": 11230,
    "offer_rate": 67.9,
    "yoy_change": 3.2
  },
  "outcomes": {
    "continuation_rate": 95.8,
    "sector_benchmark": 91.2
  },
  "earnings": {
    "median_1yr": 28500,
    "median_3yr": 33200,
    "median_5yr": 38100
  },
  "benchmarking": {
    "peer_group": ["University of Leeds", "University of Birmingham", ...]
  }
}

Provenance

Data sources

All data is drawn from published official sources. Refreshed within 30 days of each new release.

UCAS HESA Students HESA Finance HESA Staff OfS Regulatory NSS Graduate Outcomes DfE LEO Earnings Student Loans Company

Access

Pricing

Annual subscription. All prices in GBP. No per-call charges.

Institutional

£500 /yr

Your own institution. Summary metrics across all six dimensions.

Single institution access
Summary metrics per section
Auto-updates on OfS/HESA releases
JSON response format
Email support

Peer Comparison

£2,500 /yr

Your institution and three named competitors. Full data for institutional peer benchmarking.

Own institution + 3 named competitors
All data fields and time series
Peer comparison across all dimensions
Webhook on data refresh
Priority email support

Platform

£6,000 /yr

All institutions. Full data set for software providers and strategic planning.

All 100+ institutions
All data fields, bulk export
Webhook on data refresh
Redistribution rights (with attribution)
Dedicated support

Key terms

Attribution required. All downstream displays must credit "Data: University Data / Blairgowrie HE Advisory"
No redistribution below Platform tier. Open and Professional users consume data for internal use only
Refresh SLA. Data updated within 30 days of source publication (HESA, OfS, UCAS, DfE)
No raw re-export. You may display our data in your UI. You may not offer a competing data download or API
Annual billing. All subscriptions billed annually. Cancel at renewal
Fair use. Rate limits per tier with burst tolerance. Standard API terms of service

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Institution Intelligence API