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Dear The University of Chichester,

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

FOI (Email), The University of Chichester

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Dear Ms Corderoy

 

Reference: FOIA 2021.142

 

Your request has been received and will be answered within twenty working
days, i.e. by 22 October 2021.

 

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Team

 

[1][email address] |  University of Chichester, Bishop Otter campus,
College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE  |  [2]chi.ac.uk/findus

From: Jenna Corderoy <[FOI #795201 email]>
Sent: 24 September 2021 15:56
To: FOI (Email) <[The University of Chichester request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Donations from oil and gas
companies

 

Dear The University of Chichester,

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

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FOI (Email), The University of Chichester

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Dear Ms Corderoy

 

Reference: FOIA 2021.142

 

Thank you for your clarification. Your revised request has been received
and will be answered within twenty working days, i.e. by 25 October 2021.
This date previously given of 22 October 2021.

 

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Team

 

[1][email address] |  University of Chichester, Bishop Otter campus,
College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE  |  [2]chi.ac.uk/findus

 

 

 

From: Jenna Corderoy <[FOI #795201 email]>
Sent: 27 September 2021 17:42
To: FOI (Email) <[The University of Chichester request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Donations from oil and gas
companies

 

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

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[3][FOI #795201 email]

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[4]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/offi...

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be delayed.

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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 sincerely,

Jenna Corderoy

FOI (Email), The University of Chichester

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Dear Ms Corderoy

 

Reference: FOIA 2021.142

 

Thank you for your email below requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

 

Your request appears below, with our response:

 

 1. For the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and any available data
for 2021, 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 calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and any available
data for 2021, 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 narrow my request to the following companies:

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

              The University did not receive donations, gifts, grants or
researching funding from oil and gas companies between the calendar years
of 2017 and 2021.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to [The University of Chichester request email]. Please remember
to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Team

 

[1][email address] |  University of Chichester, Bishop Otter campus,
College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE  |  [2]chi.ac.uk/findus

 

 

 

From: Jenna Corderoy <[FOI #795201 email]>
Sent: 01 October 2021 12:16
To: FOI (Email) <[The University of Chichester request email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Donations from oil and gas
companies

 

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 sincerely,

Jenna Corderoy

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