Humanities Subjects Admissions Statistics

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Dear University of Cambridge,

I am writing to request the following information for Geography, History (and Joint Schools), English, HSPS, Law, Economics, Land Economy, PBS, Linguistics, Education, Philosophy and Music in the 2021, 2020, 2019 application cycles:
1. Number of Singaporean applicants per course
2. Number of Singaporeans given offers per course
3. Number of Singaporeans per course who accepted their offers and matriculated

Yours faithfully,

Isaac Ong

FOI, University of Cambridge

This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information. Your reference number is given in the subject line of this email. We will respond on or before 17 June 2021.

Regards,

Information Compliance Office
University of Cambridge
Governance and Compliance Division, The Old Schools Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
E: [University of Cambridge request email]

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Dear FOI,

In addition, regarding the 2021 cycle, I would like to request the total number of Singaporean applicants who applied, received offers and accepted their offers respectively.

Yours sincerely,

Isaac Ong

FOI, University of Cambridge

Your addition to this request is noted.

Regards,

Information Compliance Office
University of Cambridge
Governance and Compliance Division, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
E: [University of Cambridge request email]

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Further to your request for information, please find attached the University’s response.

Regards,

Information Compliance Office
University of Cambridge
Governance and Compliance Division, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
E: [University of Cambridge request email]

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Dear University of Cambridge,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of University of Cambridge's handling of my FOI request 'Humanities Subjects Admissions Statistics'.

In the University's response to my request, the admissions data from 3 application cycles were aggregated in order to prevent the identification of individuals, with the statistics on acceptances being omitted. However, I believe that it is reasonable for the data from individual application cycles to be presented separately, as long as numbers smaller than 3 but bigger than 0 are replaced with a generic "<3". This way, data on the number of acceptances per course can be provided too. From what I gather, using "<3" to maintain anonymity is standard practice, as seen in the University's response to a previous WhatDoTheyKnow request of mine (https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...). Therefore, I hope that the University will be able to present the requested admissions statistics for Singaporean applicants by UCAS apply year (with the necessary measures to prevent identification of individuals), rather than amalgamating them.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...

Yours faithfully,

Isaac Ong

FOI, University of Cambridge

This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for a review of our handling of request number FOI-2021-445. We will respond on or before 9 July 2021.

Regards,

Information Compliance Office
University of Cambridge
Governance and Compliance Division, The Old Schools Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
E: [University of Cambridge request email]

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FOI, University of Cambridge

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Further to your request for a review, please find attached the University’s response.

Regards,

Information Compliance Office
University of Cambridge
Governance and Compliance Division, The Old Schools
Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
E: [University of Cambridge request email]

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