This report provides a snapshot of statistics from academic year 2016-17 related to students at UK higher education institutions and the income and expenditure of these institutions. The statistics reviewed include universities' research activity, student employability, and information on international students and staff. ?????Highlights include: (1) Non-UK staff accounted for 43% of academic staff in engineering and technology; and 39% in biological, mathematical and physical sciences; (2) 14% of undergraduate students, 35% of postgraduate students and 30% of academic staff were from outside the UK 18-year-old entry rates were at their highest recorded levels in England and Scotland; and (3) The high-skill employment rate in England was 56% higher for postgraduates than non-graduates. One appendix is included. [To view the 2017 report, see ED592536.]