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George Danezis made this Freedom of Information request to University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge did not have the information requested.
From: George Danezis
5 October 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to know:
(a) whether the university has done any research on the relation
between student educational (state vs. public school) and/or
socio-economical background and the results students achieve in
their university exams over the years.
(b) If such a study exists, could I receive an electronic copy of
its results as well as any raw data that it was based on that can
be made available.
Yours faithfully,
George Danezis
From: FOI
University of Cambridge
17 October 2008
Dear Sir,
The University has taken legal advice and concluded that an email address is not an "address" within
the meaning of section 8(1) of the 2000 FOI Act, and that, before the University deals with any
request, correspondents should be required to indicate a physical location where they can receive
correspondence. That does not mean that the University is not prepared to respond via e-mail to
requests but in order to provide assurance that a request is legitimate a postal request should be
provided for our records.
Therefore please provide us with a postal address. We will not process your request further until
this information is received.
Kind Regards
FOI Team
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University of Cambridge
Secretariat, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
T: (01223 7)64142
F: (01223 3)32332
[email address]
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From: George Danezis
17 October 2008
Dear Madam or Sir,
Please note that an email address is sufficient under Section 8.1.b
of the FOIA & both the Ministry of Justice and Information
Commissioner have provided guidance notes to FOI practitioners
affirming this.
The Ministry of Justice has guidance on this – "As well as hard
copy written correspondence, requests that are transmitted
electronically (for example, in emails) are acceptable ... If a
request is received by email and no postal address is given, the
email address should be treated as the return address."
http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/foi-p...
The Information Commissioner's Hints for Practitioners say "Any
correspondence could include a request for information. If it is
written (this includes e-mail), legible, gives the name of the
applicant, an address for reply (which could be electronic), and
includes a description of the information required, then it will
fall within the scope of the legislation."
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/l...
As a result I am looking forward to the information I have
requested.
Yours sincerely,
George Danezis
George Danezis left an annotation (17 October 2008)
Many thanks for the advice -- I have pointed this out to the University of Cambridge FOI team!
From: FOI
University of Cambridge
3 November 2008
Dear Mr Danezis,
Further to your request for information, please find enclosed the University's response.
Kind Regards
FOI Team
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University of Cambridge
Secretariat, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
T: (01223 7)64142
F: (01223 3)32332
[email address]
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