Donations from oil and gas companies

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Dear University of Brighton,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. I would like to be provided with the following information:

(1) For the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and any available data for 2021/2022, I would like to be provided with details on accepted donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have come from oil and gas companies. For each, I would like the following information:
- The name of the oil/gas company that gave the donation, gift, grant or research funding
- The date the university accepted such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the accepted donation, gift, grant and research funding
- A description of what the donation, gift, grant and research funding was used for

(2) Also, for the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and any available data for 2021/2022, I would like to be provided with details on donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have come from oil and gas companies which have been rejected by the university.
For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the following information:
- The name of the oil/gas company that tried to give the donation, gift, grant or research funding
- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was rejected

I would like to receive the information electronically - preferably in an Excel format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

Good afternoon,

Apologies, but I feel that my request is too wide, and would like to narrow my request to the following companies:

- BP
- Shell
- Total
- Equinor
- Eni
- Chevron
- Exxon/ExxonMobil
- ConocoPhillips

Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

And many apologies. I should have said calendar years and not financial years.

Hence the original request should have said: (1) For the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and any available data for 2021, I would like to be provided..."

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

FOI, University of Brighton

Dear Jenna

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request; please see the
response to your enquiry below:

 

(1) For the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and any
available data for 2021/2022, I would like to be provided with details on
accepted donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have come from
oil and gas companies. For each, I would like the following information:

- The name of the oil/gas company that gave the donation, gift, grant or
research funding

- The date the university accepted such donation, gift, grant and research
funding

- The sum and description of the accepted donation, gift, grant and
research funding

- A description of what the donation, gift, grant and research funding was
used for

 

Name Date Accepted Amount Type
BP 29.11.13 £29,364 Studentship
BP 14.12.17 £24,000 Studentship
BP 3.8.20 £33,530 Studentship
  Total £86,894  

 

 

(2) Also, for the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and
any available data for 2021/2022, I would like to be provided with details
on donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have come from oil
and gas companies which have been rejected by the university.

For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please
provide the following information:

- The name of the oil/gas company that tried to give the donation, gift,
grant or research funding

- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and research
funding

- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and
research funding

- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was
rejected

 

We do not have any records of rejected donations, gifts etc for the
companies specified in your request.

 

Should you wish to seek a review of this response to your request, please
write to Mr A Wilson, Deputy Secretary, 8th Floor, Cockcroft Building,
Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4GJ. If this fails to resolve the matter then you
have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision.

 

With kind regards

 

Katie

 

 

Katie Warrener

Data Compliance and Records Officer

 

[1][email address]

01273 64 2010

 

Vice Chancellors Office

University of Brighton

8^th Floor, Cockcroft Building

Lewes Road

Brighton

BN2 4GJ

 

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