This report provides an interim update to the Universities UK "Patterns" series, before the publication of the full "Patterns and Trends" publication in spring 2017. It includes updates of the main charts included in the 2015 publication, covering trends in student and staff numbers and finances of the UK higher education sector over the period 2005-06 to 2014-15. Universities UK has modified the timing of the full "Patterns and Trends" publication to better align with the annual release of data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Key points from this interim update include: (1) The sector as a whole has seen a significant shift in its main source of income from funding body grants in the early years of the period covered, to tuition fees and education contracts. In 2014-15, tuition fees and education contracts accounted for 46.9% of total income to the sector, and funding body grants accounted for 15.9%; (2) Research income has grown over the decade, with significant increases in research income from EU sources between 2005-06 to 2014-15 (170%). EU sources were the fourth largest source of research income in 2014-15, accounting for 15.4% of total research income; (3) The same period has also seen growth in the number of entrants to full-time first degree courses, while entrants to part-time and other undergraduate courses have decreased considerably; (4) Campuses have become more international, with the proportion of non-EU students increasing from 9% in 2005-06 to 13.8% in 2014-15, and the proportion of EU students increasing from 4.4% to 5.5% over the same period. The number of UK domiciled students has decreased by 145,000 from 1,974,195 in 2005-06 to 1,829,195 in 2014-15; and (5) Graduates are less likely to be unemployed when compared to non-graduates, even in a recession. In 2015, non-graduates from all age groups had an unemployment rate of 6.4%, while it was 3.1% for graduates of all age groups and 2.3% for postgraduates.