FOI request: Number of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students

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To whom it may concern,

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. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my enquiry as specifically as possible. If however this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you would contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.

I would like to find out the number of people who define their ethnicity as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (or equivalent) who are accepted to study at the university each academic year. I would also like to discover whether these figures have changed over the past 10 years.

As such, could the following information please be made available:

a) The number of people who define their ethnicity as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (or equivalent) who applied to study at the university each year for entry in the academic years 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019.

b) The overall number of people who applied to study at the university each year for entry in the academic years 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019. I would like these figures broken down by ethnicity.

c) The number of people who define their ethnicity as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (or equivalent) who were accepted to study at the university each year for entry in the academic years 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019.

d) b) The overall number of people accepted to study at the university each year for entry in the academic years 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019. I would like these figures broken down by ethnicity.

Where possible, I would like all application/ acceptance figures to be broken down by undergraduate/ postgraduate study.

I understand that under the Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you would confirm in writing that you have received this request.

Yours faithfully,

Jasmin Gray

Loughborough University Freedom of Information, Loughborough University

Catherine Smethurst

Freedom of Information Officer

Rutland Building, Loughborough University

Leics., LE11 3TU

 

Web: [1]http://www.lboro.ac.uk/

 

1 October 2018

 

Name: Jasmin Gray

Address: By email

 

Ref: FOI1584

 

Dear Ms Gray,

 

In response to your Freedom of Information request dated 9 August 2018,
please find below information relating to your enquiry. Please accept my
apologies for the delay in responding at what is an exceptionally busy
time of year for the Academic Registry.

 

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught

 

NOTE: For postgraduate taught applicants we do not hold this data in a
verifiable format prior to 2010 entry. For undergraduate applicants, we
only hold this information for the application years 2016 and 2017;
however, you may be able to request it directly from UCAS
([2]www.ucas.com) for earlier admissions cycles. Ethnic group data is not
routinely collected for temporary student applications (e.g. exchange
students, visiting research students etc.)

 

The table below provides the number of applicants for postgraduate taught
courses by ethnic group description:

 

 Total Number of
Applicants Application Year
Ethnic Group
Description 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
5 or 5 or 5 or
Arab less less less 158 292 348 467 416 1686
Asian Or Asian
British -
Bangladeshi 35 26 29 25 18 29 28 28 218
Asian Or Asian
British - Indian 1328 860 646 663 557 602 871 1013 6540
Asian Or Asian
British - Pakistani 276 182 134 135 113 137 146 149 1272
Black Or Black
British - African 1262 1480 1162 1071 930 972 1296 1165 9338
Black Or Black
British - Caribbean 53 41 35 43 32 38 79 46 367
Chinese 5934 6759 6611 7553 6626 7508 10891 12427 64309
5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or
Gypsy or Traveller   less   less less   less less 14
Mixed - White And
Asian 65 36 33 47 30 31 30 48 320
Mixed - White And
Black African 70 71 66 57 46 47 61 58 476
Mixed - White And
Black Caribbean 20 11 10 12 13 25 25 23 139
Other Asian
Background 850 655 601 581 417 389 581 593 4667
Other Black
Background 337 359 291 265 223 220 274 308 2277
Other Ethnic
Background 563 119 79 45 35 40 56 61 998
Other Mixed
Background 72 40 49 54 45 59 69 96 484
Other White
Background 281 74 43 36 31 31 54 60 610
White 862 1160 982 1166 1054 1043 1428 1299 8994
White - British 589 475 383 209 155 173 204 286 2474
White - Irish 86 71 34 20 18 20 15 19 283
5 or 5 or
White - Scottish 14 21 11 10 less less 6 7 75
Data not available 714 1519 865 628 442 444 580 816 6008
Total 13412 13961 12067 12782 11084 12157 17165 18921  

 

 

The table below provides the number of unconditional firm (UF) applicants
for postgraduate taught courses by ethnic group description (i.e. those
accepted by Loughborough University):

 

Number of UF Applicants Application Year
Ethnic Group Description 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
5 or 5 or 5 or
Arab less less less 31 25 58 53 41 211
Asian Or Asian British - 5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or
Bangladeshi less 6 less less less less 6 6 33
Asian Or Asian British -
Indian 122 100 77 83 70 109 157 175 893
Asian Or Asian British -
Pakistani 19 12 8 14 17 20 21 31 142
Black Or Black British -
African 115 116 143 125 114 149 182 184 1128
Black Or Black British - 5 or 5 or
Caribbean 13 6 10 less less 13 24 12 87
Chinese 646 779 671 869 635 1067 1055 1196 6918
5 or 5 or 5 or
Gypsy or Traveller       less       less less
Mixed - White And Asian 8 14 6 7 7 10 10 9 71
Mixed - White And Black 5 or 5 or 5 or
African less less 7 less 13 8 8 7 55
Mixed - White And Black 5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or
Caribbean less less less less less 8 13 less 46
Other Asian Background 82 72 93 72 60 71 85 74 609
Other Black Background 28 19 15 20 21 24 26 37 190
5 or
Other Ethnic Background 38 14 21 less 7 6 11 10 109
Other Mixed Background 12 8 14 13 10 16 17 28 118
5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or
Other White Background 35 9 8 less less less less   58
White 366 462 388 574 510 596 673 620 4189
5 or
White - British 270 202 173 20   12 less 31 710
5 or 5 or
White - Irish 28 16 8 less     less   56
5 or 5 or 5 or 5 or
White - Scottish less 8 less less less       18
Data not available 18 51 34 39 31 44 47 55 319
Total 1817 1903 1688 1891 1533 2217 2393 2520  

 

The table below provides the number of applicants for undergraduate
courses by ethnic group description:

 

Total Number of Applicants Year Entry
Ethnic Group Description 2016 2017
White 17161 17621
Gypsy, Traveller or Irish
Traveller 5 or less 5 or less
Black - Caribbean 389 346
Black - African 1496 1652
Black - Other 99 94
Asian - Indian 1412 1558
Asian - Pakistani 519 564
Asian - Bangladeshi 200 217
Asian - Chinese 238 251
Asian - Other 523 596
Mixed - White And Black
Caribbean 290 327
Mixed - White And Black
African 147 178
Mixed - White And Asian 393 468
Other Mixed Background 279 277
Arab 122 123
Other  197 239
Data not available 4599 5284
Total 28068 29797

 

The table below provides the number of unconditional firm (UF) applicants
for undergraduate courses by ethnic group description:

 

Number of UF Applicants Year Entry
Ethnic Group Description 2016 2017
White 2492 2354
Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller 5 or less 5 or less
Black - Caribbean 32 41
Black - African 153 179
Black - Other 8 6
Asian - Indian 159 189
Asian - Pakistani 34 44
Asian - Bangladeshi 15 15
Asian - Chinese 32 30
Asian - Other 60 79
Mixed - White And Black Caribbean 34 44
Mixed - White And Black African 15 18
Mixed - White And Asian 56 66
Other Mixed Background 35 27
Arab 10 8
Other  13 18
Data not available 720 753
Total 3869 3872

 

Postgraduate Research

 

2018-19 (to
date
  -incomplete
admissions
  2008-9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 cycle)
PGR Applications
Received 1816 2347 2548 2562 2412 2529 2627 3066 2995 3069 1932
Of which
Gypsy/Roma/Traveller 0 0 0 <5 <5 0 0 <5 0 <5 0
PGR Offers Made 572 623 681 624 615 575 529 479 419 445 346
Of which
Gypsy/Roma/Traveller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

In accordance with good data protection practice, small numbers have been
presented as fewer than 5 or 5 or less to prevent the potential
identification of the individuals concerned.

 

I hope this information is useful but if you require any further
assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with the way in which your
request for information has been handled, you may invoke the following
complaints procedure:
[3]http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/ar/policy/f...

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Catherine Smethurst

 

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