Dr James Knapton
Information Compliance Officer
Amelia Evans
By email
Reference: FOI-2017- 383
18 September 2017
Dear Ms Evans,
Your request was received on 18 August 2017 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’).
You asked:
I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following figures for BA
Economics, for the years of 2014, 2015 and 2016. Please include statistics for 2012 and/or
2013 as well, if possible.
(1) the number of applicants who have taken a gap year
(2) the number of offers given to applicants from (1)
(3) the number of applicants who, after a gap year, have resat exams
(4) the number of applicants from (3) who are given an offer
(5) the number of applicants who have been given a conditional offer after not being given an
offer the previous year
- are students who take gap years and resist exams disadvantaged? If so, to what extent?
The requested information, insofar as it is held, is attached. There is no systematic way to identify if an
applicant has resat exams and so questions 3 and 4 cannot be answered. Due to the holistic nature of
the University’s admissions processes it is impossible to say whether students who take gap years and
resist exams are disadvantaged.
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Yours sincerely,
James Knapton
for BA Economics, for the years of 2014, 2015 and 2016. Please include statistics for 2012 and/or 2013
as wel , if possible.
(1) the number of applicants who have taken a gap year
(2) the number of offers given to applicants from (1)
Data requested
(3) the number of applicants who, after a gap year, have resat exams
Request
(4) the number of applicants from (3) who are given an offer
(5) the number of applicants who have been given a conditional offer after not being given an offer the
previous year
By
Amelia Evans
On
Friday, 18 August, 2017
Application
Figures are grouped by UCAS application year. The 2016 application year ran from applications opening
Year
in September 2015 to Confirmation in August 2016.
Notes
Applicants are flagged as post-qualified when they have completed three or more A Levels and have no
Post Qualified
outstanding A Levels to complete. A Level data is provided by the relevant UK ABL. Where A Level data
is missing, this due to non-UK A Levels being taken by the applicant.
Course
Apply Status
Apply Year
Applications
Offers
2012
286
49
2013
241
23
Post
Economics
2014
217
12
Qualified
2015
228
38
2016
171
8
There were no post qualified applicants in receipt of an offer after making an
unsuccessful application in a previous admissions cycle.
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