Dear Samira,
RE: INFORMATION REQUEST DATED 27TH SEPTEMBER 2019
REF: FOI-00226
Fol owing your recent request for information, please see our response below;
REQUEST
I would like to request the fol owing data relating to al law courses (i.e. both the single honours
LLB or BA and any joint honours law courses) offered by your university.
I am requesting the data for candidates who received offers for one of the aforementioned law
courses in the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 admissions cycles (I refer to these candidates as ‘the
offerholders’).
If the data for 2018/2019 is not available for whatever reason, please provide it for 2016/2017 (I
am looking for at least two admission cycles’ worth of data, in order to ensure that it is reliable).
I request the fol owing data for each admissions cycle:
1. The total number of offerholders for the aforementioned law courses.
2. The number of offerholders who were either planning to complete or had completed BTECs as
their most recent qualification.
3. The number of offerholders who were either planning to complete or had completed a Higher
National Diploma (‘HND’) or Higher National Certificate (‘HNC’) as their most recent qualification.
4. The number of offerholders who were either planning to complete or had completed an Access
to Higher Education diploma as their most recent qualification.
5. The number of offerholders who received offers while planning to resit their A-levels. (These
individuals wil show up on your system as having completed one set of A-levels already, with
predictions for at least one other A-level).
RESPONSE
A-
Mixed &
Year
Course
Total
Level
ACCESS BTEC
Other*
2017/18
All Law courses
1409
752
77
365
215
2018/19
All Law courses
1425
787
94
365
179
* Includes Mixed qualifications such as A-Level & BTEC, HNC and other technical qualifications
Please note, we do not hold the information requested in relation to A-Level re-sits. Although we
accept re-sit A-level results, our systems do not allow us to compare previous and new grades so we
can only show the total number of A-level students, irrespective of year of attainment.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Requests for an internal review should be made to the Head of Legal and Compliance at
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx.xx or by writing to: Head of Legal and Compliance, Birmingham City
University, Joseph Priestley Building, Cardigan Street, B4 7BD.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to
the Information Commissioner for a decision. Please see https://ico.org.uk/concerns/getting/ for
details of their procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.