Dear Applicant

This is to acknowledge receipt of your recent request for information from
the University under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002,  it
is being dealt with and you will hear from us shortly.

Please note that all subsequent correspondence with the University should
be emailed to [1][RGU request email] as this mailbox is monitored in my absence.

Kind regards

Hannah

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Dear Ally

FOI Request 190318-1 Correspondence with Sputnik or RT

Please find in Blue below the University's response to your recent request
for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information Requested:

1.       Have people acting in an official capacity for Sputnik or RT made
an approach to the university journalism or media school with an offer to
meet with students, become involved in university teaching programmes, or
support the university in any other way?

No

2.       If so, please supply copies of all recorded communications,
internal and external correspondence, project proposals, meeting minutes
and briefing papers that the university may have received or hold in
relation to Sputnik or RT working with the university.

As the Answer to Question one is No, the information requested in Question
2 is exempted under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland)
Act 2002 as information not held.

I trust that this provides the information you require, however, if you
are dissatisfied with the University’s handling of your request for
information under the Act, you have 40 days from the date of our response
to request a formal review of our decision.  However, you are encouraged
to contact me in the first instance, to determine if I can resolve your
concerns informally as this may lead to a quicker resolution of your
complaint than a formal appeal. 

If you remain dissatisfied after contacting me, you may ask for an
Internal review of the University’s handling of your request. All
complaints regarding requests for information will be handled in
accordance with this procedure, and should be put in writing and sent to
the address below.

The request should:

(a) detail your request for a review of our decision to be undertaken;

(b) describe the nature of your original request; and

(c) explain the reasons why you are dissatisfied with our response. 

Email [1][RGU request email].

If you remain dissatisfied with how your request for information has been
dealt with, you also have the right to apply to the Scottish Information
Commissioner for a decision as to whether we have handled your request
properly. 

Information relating to your right to seek review is available from the
Scottish Information Commissioner's web page at:

[2]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/faqs.... or by contacting the
Scottish Information Commissioner's Office at the following address:

Scottish Information Commissioner, 

Kinburn Castle, 

Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, 

Fife KY16 9DS 

Telephone: 01334 464610 

Fax: 01334 464611 

E-mail: [3][email address]

Website: [4]www.itspublicknowledge.info

This concludes the University’s response to your enquiry.

Yours sincerely

Hannah

Hannah Upsher-Stuart: Administrator

Robert Gordon University| Garthdee Road | Aberdeen | AB10 7GJ

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