Our ref: FOI/2021/460
Freedom of Information Team
Legal & Governance
Name: Alex Smith
University of Liverpool
By email to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Foundation Building
765 Brownlow Hil
Liverpool
L69 7ZX
18 November 2021
E xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/legal/
Dear Mr / Ms Smith,
Your request for information received on 20 October 2021 has now been considered. A response to your
enquiry is provided below.
I would like to request the fol owing data relating to all Medicine courses (i.e. both the A100 and A101 - not
including graduate entry medicine) offered by your university.
I am requesting the data for candidates who received offers for one of the aforementioned medicine courses
in the UCAS admissions cycle: 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 admissions cycles (I refer to these
candidates as ‘the offer holders’). I request the fol owing data for each admissions cycle:
The number of applicants who were either planning to complete, or had completed, an Access to Higher
Education diploma as their most recent qualification.
Year
Total applicants with Access to HE as most recent qualification
2018/2019
Information not held – our admissions records did not record most
recent qualification for this entry year
2019/2020
20
2020/2021
22
The number of offer holders who were either planning to complete, or had completed, an Access to Higher
Education diploma as their most recent qualification.
Year
Total offer holders with Access to HE as most recent qualification
2018/2019
<5
2019/2020
<5
2020/2021
5
The University has not been able to give the exact counts of five or less. This information is exempt under
section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as disclosure of this information would breach one
of the data protection principles; if linked with other personal identifiers in the public domain, it would be
likely to become personal data and subsequently identify an individual. The University has inserted a Less
than five (<5) value where applicable.
The average, highest, and lowest UCAT/BMAT (whichever is applicable) score of offer holders who were
either planning to complete, or had completed, an Access to Higher Education diploma as their most recent
qualification.
Year
Average UCAT score of offer holders with Access to HE as most
recent qualification
2018/2019
2493
2019/2020
2525
2020/2021
2538
The University has not been able to give the lowest or highest scores because of the low numbers of
individuals involved. This information is exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 as disclosure of this information would breach one of the data protection principles; if linked with
other personal identifiers in the public domain, it would be likely to become personal data and
subsequently identify an individual. The University has provided an average UCAT score.
The number of applicants who were either planning to complete, or had completed, A Levels as their most
recent qualification.
Year
Total applicants with A Levels as most recent qualification
2018/2019
Information not held
2019/2020
Information not held – our admissions records did not record most
recent qualification for this entry year
2020/2021
3133
The number of offer holders who were either planning to complete, or had completed, A Levels as their most
recent qualification.
Year
Total offer holders with A Levels as most recent qualification
2018/2019
953
2019/2020
624
2020/2021
543
The Average, highest, and lowest UCAT/BMAT (whichever is applicable) score of offer holders who were
either planning to complete, or had completed, A Levels as their most recent qualification.
Year
Total applicants with A Levels as most recent qualification
2018/2019
Information hot held – our admissions records did not record most
recent qualification for this entry year
2019/2020
2500
2020/2021
Not applicable - a combined point score was generated through
assessment of UCAT and GCSE and the combined scores were used
in selection. The process wil not be used for entry in 2022
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request for information, you have a right under
Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act to ask the University to review it; however, you must do so
within 40 working days of the date of this response. Your request should include our reference number and
explain the reason for requesting a review. Email xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx or write to the Freedom of Information
Reviewer, Legal & Governance, University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool
L69 7ZX. We will respond to your request for an internal review within 20 working days of receipt.
Following an internal review, if you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have a right to
appeal to the Information Commissioner at The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113 www.ico.org.uk.
There is no charge for making an appeal.
Yours sincerely
Kirsty Rothwell
Kirsty Rothwell
Freedom of Information Officer / Data Protection Co-ordinator
Legal & Governance
