Miss Zoe Allwood
FOI Manager
Yiping Niu
By email
Reference: FOI-2021-342
6 May 2021
Dear Yiping Niu,
Your request was received on 12 April 2021 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’).
You asked:
I am writing to kindly request the folllowing information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 regarding each Singapore applicant of PBS (psychological and behavioural sciences) in
the past 5 years
1) their H2 and H3 subjects (if they chose H3 subject)
2) their predicted grades
3)whether they were shortlisted for an interview
4) their interview score
5) whether they were given an offer by that college, or they rejected or pulled elsewhere
This information is attached insofar as it is held. We do not hold information to answer questions 3 and
4: all interview processes for entry to undergraduate degree courses at the University are set and
managed locally by each of the individual Colleges, each of which is a separate legal entity and public
authority under the Act. The data has been aggregated across the five-year period to prevent the risk of
any individual being identified. In presenting the information in this way, the University is engaging the
exemption at section 40(3A)(a) of the Act because the release of the raw data would breach the first
data protection principle (the fair, lawful and transparent processing of personal data) as set out in the
UK General Data Protection Regulation. This part of section 40 confers absolute exemption under the
Act.
Please note that the attached document should not be copied, reproduced or used except in
accordance with the law of copyright.
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If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request an internal review of this decision, you should contact us quoting the reference
number above. The University would normally expect to receive your request for an internal review
within 40 working days of the date of this letter and reserves the right not to review a decision where
there has been undue delay in raising a complaint. If you are not content with the outcome of your
review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the University. The Information Commissioner may be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
(https://ico.org.uk/).
Yours sincerely,
Zoe Allwood