What is the DLHE Longitudinal Survey?
The Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) Survey is a survey of leavers from Higher Education (HE) and is conducted in two stages. The first stage, or Early Survey, aims to find out what leavers are doing six months after they qualified from their HE course. The second stage, or Longitudinal Survey, is a follow-up survey that aims to find out what leavers are doing a further three years on. The first stage of the survey is undertaken by higher education institutions (HEIs) using standard documentation provided by HESA and with a target population comprising those who left HEIs with certain qualifications during a specific period. The data from this survey is collected by institutions and returned to HESA for use in producing statistics, as well as allowing Statutory Customers to fulfil their statutory obligations. Institutional performance indicators are also produced using data from this first stage of the DLHE survey. The second stage of the survey is undertaken by a c
