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Information Governance Team
Governance and Legal Services
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh Campus
Riccarton
Edinburgh EH14 4AS

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Dear Applicant,
 
Thank you for your information request dated 19^th November 2019 around
PGT admission statistics.  Please accept my apologies for the delay in my
response due to a high volume of governance case work coupled with limited
staff resource, I hope this has not inconvenienced you.  Your request has
been handled under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. 
 
Please see our answers below in red for ease of reference which we hope
you find useful.
 

 1. List of all postgraduate taught courses for 2019/2020

As you may have seen, this information is available publically on our
website therefore this is exempt from release under Section 25(1)
obtainable other than by requesting.
 

 2. Number of applicants (all postgraduate programmes)

13719
 

 3. Number of offers made (all postgraduate programmes)

11640
 

 4. Number of Chinese applications and offers made (all postgraduate
programmes)

We do not hold applicant ethnicity data, therefore this information is
exempt from release under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 – Information not held.  We would only gather
ethnicity data once a student has enrolled. Details of this can be found
publically on our website at this following page: 
[1]https://www.hw.ac.uk/services/equality-d...
 
If you are looking for the ethnicity of applicants, it may be worth
contacting [2]SAAS who might be able to assist you.  It may also be
worthwhile checking out [3]HESA –though they may not hold applicant
ethnicity data.
 
Your right to seek review of our decision
 
If you are not satisfied with our response or our reasoning set-out above,
you have forty working days from today in which to request a review of our
decision.  Any request should be put in writing and should be sent to Ann
Jones, Head of Heritage and Information Governance, at the address
detailed at the bottom of this email. The request should:
 
(a) detail your request for a review of our decision to be undertaken;
 
(b) describe the nature of your original request; and
 
(c) explain the reasons why you are dissatisfied with our response.
 
If you remain dissatisfied with how your request for information has been
dealt with, you also have the right to apply to the Scottish Information
Commissioner for a decision as to whether we have handled your request
properly.
 
Information relating to your right to seek review is available from the
Scottish Information Commissioner's web page at:
 
[4]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourR...
  
 
or by contacting the Scottish Information Commissioner's Office at the
following address:
 
Scottish Information Commissioner,
Kinburn Castle,
Doubledykes Road,
St Andrews,
Fife KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Fax: 01334 464611
E-mail: [5][email address]  
Website:
[6]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/home/...
 
 
Contact us
 
Finally, should you wish to discuss the contents of this email, please do
not hesitate to contact me.
 
Kind regards
 
 
 
FOISA Team
Information Governance Division
Cameron Smail Library
Heriot-Watt University
 

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