Information Assurance and Governance
Office of the Principal
9 October 2020
Dear Dina,
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Our Ref: 300-20
I refer to your enquiry dated 22 September 2020 asking to be supplied with information under
the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“the FOISA”) for the last
three admission cycles in relation to our Undergraduate Medicine A100 course. The
University’s response to each element of your enquiry is outlined below.
The University of St Andrews operates a three-year BSc (Honours) Medicine programme that
has UCAS code A100. Graduates of this programme then go on to complete an
MBChB/MBBS qualification at a Partner Medical School. The following data refers to UCAS
applications to this course only.
The funded and clinical places are regulated and controlled externally to the University and
are
available
from
the
Scottish
Funding
Council
website
(www.sfc.ac.uk/funding/funding.aspx). Penalties apply if institutions do not keep with in th ese
number controls.
1. Number of RUK students who were interviewed, received an offer and accepted a place
on the Scotland route (broken down if possible)
Table 1: RUK fee status applications and interviews to A100 medicine through
UCAS, split by route preference declared on application (Full Time Equivalent)
2020-2021 cycle data correct as of 9 September 2020.
Applications
Interviews
Route preference
2018/9 2019/0 2020/21 2018/9 2019/0 2020/21
Scotland
42
57
68
33
36
29
England
73
108
143
54
62
84
No preference
96
111
78
61
65
40
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Table 2: RUK fee status offers and acceptances to A100 medicine through UCAS,
split by route offered and accepted (FTE)
2020-2021 cycle data correct as of 9 September 2020
Acceptances data includes both firm and insurance acceptances
Offers
Acceptances
Route offered/accepted
2018/9 2019/0 2020/21 2018/9 2019/0 2020/21
Scotland
23
27
26
18
23
20
England
108
103
96
85
78
77
Table 3: RUK fee status offers to A100 medicine through UCAS for applications
with ‘no route preference’ stated on application, split by route offered and year
(FTE)
2020-2021 cycle data correct as of 9 September 2020
Offers
Route offered
2018/9 2019/0 2020/21
Scotland
0
2
1
England
56
51
30
2. The lowest UCAT of the RUK cohort that was interviewed for a place on the Scotland
route
Table 4: Lowest UKCAT score of RUK fee status applicants interviewed for A100
medicine, split by route preference declared on application and year
Lowest UKCAT score
Route preference
2018/9 2019/0 2020/21
Scotland
2550
2550
2480
England
2560
2560
2400
No preference
2550
2550
2400
3. Number of RUK students who were interviewed, received an offer and accepted a place
on the England route (broken down if possible)
Please refer to Tables 1, 2 and 3 above.
4. The lowest UCAT of the RUK cohort that was interviewed for a place on the England
route
Please refer to Table 4 above.
5. Number of RUK students who were interviewed, received an offer and accepted a place
on the No Preference route (broken down if possible)
Please refer to Tables 1 and 3 above.
6. The lowest UCAT of the RUK cohort that was interviewed for a place on the No
Preference route
Please refer to Table 4 above.
7. How the candidates from the No Preference route were split between England and
Scotland?
Decisions to make offers will be based on the interview score and the ‘route’ to which
applicants have applied. Where applicants have the same interview score, the global
UCAT score will be used to differentiate between them.
Interviewees are ranked based on their interview score and then are placed onto their
preferred route from the top of the list working down. There are a set number of offers
available on each route for each fee status, and therefore places are allocated moving
down the ranking until the target number of offers is made on each route for each fee
status. Applicants who have indicated ‘No Preference’ are allocated randomly to the
route where spaces are available.
Your right to seek a review of how your information request was managed
If you are not satisfied with the University’s response and/or our reasoning set-out above, you
have the right to request a review of our decision. The timelines in which this right is available
are set out in section 20(5)(a) and (b) FOISA and regulation 16 of the EIRs. In broad terms
the right to seek a review must be exercised within 40 working days of receiving this
response.
The Information Assurance and Governance team are currently working remotely due to the
Coronavirus pandemic. Any request for review at this time should be sent by email to
foi@st-
andrews.ac.uk stating:
a) your name and address;
b) details of your original request; and
c) the reasons why you are dissatisfied with our response.
If you remain dissatisfied with how your request for information has been dealt with following
Review, you also have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC) for a
decision. In the event of an appeal to the SIC, the Commissioner will generally only be able
to investigate the matters raised in the request for review.
Details on how to make an appeal online to the SIC can be found on their website:
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/Unhappywiththeresponse/AppealingtoCommis
sioner.aspx .
This concludes the University’s response.
Yours sincerely
JUNE WEIR
Information Assurance and Governance Officer
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