
Legal Services Team
Vice-Chancellor’s Office
Ellison Building
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
Tel 0191 227 4010
3rd October 2017
OUR REFERENCE: FOI/RFI-1861/Doherty
Dear MM Doherty,
Your request for information received on 8th September 2017 has now been
considered. The response to your request is as follows:
1) How many applications for the Vice chancellor award were received in:
2013/2014 – Information not held
2014/2015 – Information not held
2015/2016 – Information not held
2016/2017 –
197 applications
** The Vice-Chancellors award has only been available for the last two years
2) How many Vice chancellor awards were awarded in:
2013/2014 – Information not held
2014/2015 – Information not held
2015/2016 – Information not held
2016/2017 – 100 award offers were made
** The Vice-Chancellors award has only been available for the last two years
3) What percentage of Students who were self-funded were awarded the
Rutherford Scholarship in:
2013/2014 – Information not held
2014/2015 – Information not held
2015/2016 – Information not held
2016/2017 – Information not held
**The Rutherford Scholarship was launched in November 2016 for 2017/18 entrants
4) How much was spent on advertising Scholarships, academic funding and
awards in:
2013/2014 – Information not held
2014/2015 – Information not held
2015/2016 – Information not held
2016/2017 – Information not held
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive
Professor Andrew Wathey
Northumbria University is the trading name of the University of Northumbria at Newcastle
**It is not possible to provide this information. Costs are not broken down via
Scholarships/Academic Funding and are included as part of the budget for
Undergraduate/Postgraduate advertising/recruitment/promotions throughout the
year.
If you are unhappy with our response or the way your request has been handled, you
have the right to ask for an internal review. To request a review, please reply, in
writing at the above address or via email. The review would be undertaken by Jay
Wilson, the University’s Head of Legal.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
Should you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may then appeal to
the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Yours sincerely
Nick Batson
Information Governance Rights Coordinator