FOI Request: University student dropout rate 2017-2022
Dear School of Oriental and African Studies,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am writing to all UK universities with this request.
For each academic year from 2017 to present (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, up to the date this FOI request is received), I would like to know the following:
(1) total number of undergraduate students, and total number of postgraduate students enrolled in each academic year;
(2) total number of undergraduate students who have dropped out, ceased, or interrupted their studies unofficially or officially in each academic year;
(3) total number of postgraduate students who have also dropped out, ceased, or interrupted their studies unofficially or officially in each academic year.
I would like the above information divided by sex of the student, and the academic department of study to be indicated, if possible.
If you require any clarification or there are any issues with the processing of this request, please do let me know as soon as possible. Otherwise, I look forward to your response within the statutory deadline of 20 working days from the receipt of this request.
Please provide this information in the form of an Excel spreadsheet or any other applicable form of table. Many thanks in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Laura Stewart-Liberty
Dear Laura Stewart-Liberty,
Thank you for your request for information which has been received by
SOAS.
We will provide you with the School’s response as soon as possible and
within 20 working days of the date of your request.
Yours sincerely,
Vanessa Bell
Records Manager and Archivist
Information and Technology Directorate
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
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Dear Laura Stewart-Liberty,
Further to your request for information, we require some further
clarification regarding the information that you wish to receive.
Whilst we can provide on this data broken down by department of study, we
cannot prevent students on joint degree programmes (i.e. BA Politics and
History) from being included in the data twice (once per department),
which will make these figures less accurate.
With this in mind, could you advise whether you would like the data by
department to be included or excluded from our response?
We have placed your request on hold until we receive your clarification.
Kind regards,
Vanessa
Vanessa Bell
Information and Technology Directorate
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
[1][email address] | [2][SOAS request email]
[3]http://www.soas.ac.uk/infocomp
The world's leading institution for the study of Asia, Africa and the
Middle East
[4]See the source image
Dear Laura Stewart-Liberty,
Further to our email of 1st March 2022 in which we requested clarification
of your request, I write to advise that since more than two calendar
months have elapsed without receipt of your clarification, we have now
closed your request.
If you still wish to access the information, please make a new request to
this email account or the alternative contact details listed in our guide
on [1]Submitting an FOI or EIR request.
Kind regards,
Vanessa Bell
Records Manager and Archivist
Information and Technology Directorate
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
[2][email address] | [3][SOAS request email]
[4]http://www.soas.ac.uk/infocomp
The world's leading institution for the study of Asia, Africa and the
Middle East
[5]See the source image
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