Attainment statistics for undergraduate students

The request was refused by University of Liverpool.

Dear University of Liverpool,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please send me:

1. The percentage of all UK-domiciled undergraduate students achieving a 1st or 2:1 at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

2. The percentage of UK-domiciled white undergraduate students achieving a 1st or 2:1 at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

3. The percentage of UK-domiciled BAME/BME undergraduate students achieving a 1st or 2:1 at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

4. The percentage of all UK-domiciled undergraduate students achieving a 1st only at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

5. The percentage of UK-domiciled white undergraduate students achieving a 1st only at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

6. The percentage of UK-domiciled BAME/BME undergraduate students achieving a 1st only at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

7. The percentage of non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students domiciled in the European Economic Area in your institution, for each of the past 5 years

7a. Additionally, if this information is held, the percentage of non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students domiciled in the European Economic Area who are not white in your institution, for each of the past 5 years

8. The percentage of non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students domiciled outside the European Economic Area in your institution, for each of the past 5 years

8a. Additionally, if this information is held, the percentage of non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students domiciled outside the European Economic Area who are not white in your institution, for each of the past 5 years

9. The percentage of all non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students achieving a 1st or 2:1 at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

9a. Additionally, if this information is held, the percentage of undergraduate students domiciled outside the European Economic Area achieving a 1st or 2:1 at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

9b. Additionally, if this information is held, the percentage of non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students domiciled in the European Economic Area who are not white achieving a 1st or 2:1 at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

9c. Additionally, if this information is held, the percentage of non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students domiciled outside the European Economic Area who are not white achieving a 1st or 2:1 at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

10. The percentage of all non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students achieving a 1st at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

10a. Additionally, if this information is held, the percentage of undergraduate students domiciled outside the European Economic Area achieving a 1st only at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

10b. Additionally, if this information is held, the percentage of non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students domiciled in the European Economic Area who are not white achieving a 1st only at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

10c. Additionally, if this information is held, the percentage of non-UK-domiciled undergraduate students domiciled outside the European Economic Area who are not white achieving a 1st only at your institution, for each of the past 5 years

For clarification, if this information is not already held in the aggregate form, “BAME/BME/not white” in this context covers all students for which your institution holds ethnicity data who have responded with a response other than any kind of white ethnicity, and includes respondents who have responded as mixed-race.

If it is not possible to provide some or all of the information requested above for each of the past 5 years, please provide as much of it as has been recorded.

If some or all of the information requested above is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as it is “reasonably accessible to the applicant, please provide a link to the precise location of this information.

In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this.

I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act. If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Liow

foi Uof Liverpool, University of Liverpool

Dear Mr Liow,

This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information from the University of Liverpool on 10th July. Your reference number is FOI/2019/258. We will review and process your request as soon as possible.
We will respond within 20 working days of the day we received the request. You will hear back from us by 8th August at the latest.
Yours sincerely

Vicki Heath
Data Protection / FOI Manager
Legal & Compliance
University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 7ZX

The information in this email and any attachments is confidential. Unless you are the intended recipient, you must not read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately.

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foi Uof Liverpool, University of Liverpool

FOI/2019/258

22nd July 2019

Name: Robert Liow
By email to: [FOI #588744 email]

Dear Mr Liow,

Thank you for your email of 10th July requesting information concerning attainment statistics.

This information is accessible elsewhere. HESA supplies data for research into pathways through education and could provide comparable data for all UK institutions. HESA undertake data enquiries - those that only take around an hour to process - free of charge. You can contact HESA via https://www.hesa.ac.uk/services/custom/d.... Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, as this information is publically available, the University is not required to provide it to you.

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 [University of Liverpool request email] or write to the Freedom of Information Reviewer, Legal & Compliance, 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.gov.uk.

There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours sincerely,

Kirsty Rothwell
Freedom of Information / Data Protection Officer
Legal & Compliance
University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 7ZX

The information in this email and any attachments is confidential. Unless you are the intended recipient, you must not read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately.

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