Information on the application process to the undergraduate law course.

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George Mounokoliavitz

Dear University of Nottingham,

Please provide the following information regarding the Law (M100 or M101) undergraduate course at your university. If variants of this course are available (such as Law with another subject or Law with a year of study abroad), please exclude them from your response.

[1] The number of candidates enrolled in the law course at the start of the following academic years: 2018, 2017, 2016.

[2] The percentage of UK-domiciled, EU-domiciled, and International candidates enrolled in the law course at the start of the following academic years: 2018, 2017, 2016.

[3] The offer rate for the law course for the following application cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

[4] The number of students who were offered a place on Results Day despite missing the terms of their conditional offers.

[4A] An anonymised list of all of the A-level, IB, or other final graduation grades of the students who missed their conditional offers but who were nonetheless offered a place. This list should contain a separate entry or row for each candidate.

[5] Whether the university’s law course has entered into the UCAS Clearing process during the following admissions cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

[5A] If so, the number of law offers given to candidates through Clearing in each of these admissions cycles.

[6] Whether the university’s law course has received applications through the UCAS Extra process during the following admissions cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

[6A] If so, the number of law offers given to candidates through Extra in each of these admissions cycles.

[7] Whether the university’s law course has participated in the UCAS Adjustment process during the following admissions cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

[7A] If so, the number of law offers given to candidates through Adjustment in each of these admissions cycles.

[8] Whether the university has offered candidates a lower ‘contextual’ offer during the following admissions cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

[8A] If so, the number of contextual offers given to candidates in each of these admissions cycles.

Yours faithfully,

George Mounokoliavitz

Br-Freedom-Of-Information, University of Nottingham

Dear George,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request regarding Undergraduate Law Enrolments.  Your request was received on 27th February 2019, and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will respond to your request within twenty working days.  Please note this is calculated from the following working day from receipt of your request. 

I hope that this is of help.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any enquiries regarding this email.

Yours sincerely,

James Nicholls-Marcy

Information Compliance Administrator – Freedom of Information
Registrar’s Department

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Dear George

I am writing further to your request for information regarding undergraduate Law applications and registered student data. A search of our electronic and paper records has been completed and I can confirm that the information requested is held by the University.

In answer to your request:

Please provide the following information regarding the Law (M100 or M101) undergraduate course at your university. If variants of this course are available (such as Law with another subject or Law with a year of study abroad), please exclude them from your response.

[1] The number of candidates enrolled in the law course at the start of the following academic years: 2018, 2017, 2016.

[2] The percentage of UK-domiciled, EU-domiciled, and International candidates enrolled in the law course at the start of the following academic years: 2018, 2017, 2016.

The data below is for students enrolled only on the M100 LLB Hons Law (except 2016 which also includes less than 10 students on the M101 Senior Status Law Degree).

Where figures are less than 10 we do not specify the exact number as to do so would greatly increase the likelihood of individuals being identified, which would breach data protection regulations as these individuals have a reasonable expectation that their personal data will not be released.

We recognise that from the information provided here alone, it would be difficult to identify the individuals concerned. Nevertheless, under the remits of data protection regulations, we note that personal data constitutes that from which the Data Controller or another person can identify an individual. Therefore there may be other information which you could obtain from the University, either through further Freedom of Information requests or other means, that could be used to identify the individuals here. The risk of this is greatly increased where numbers are less than 10 and it is for this reason that we do not specify such small numbers of individuals. Should an individual be identified then the University would be in breach of data protection regulations.

Information in relation to new students:

2016 entry:
UK domicile - 183
EU domicile - 15
International domicile - 79
Total: 277

2017 entry:
UK domicile - 191
EU domicile - 15
International domicile - 73
Total: 279

2018 entry:
UK domicile - 225
EU domicile - 16
International domicile - 80
Total: 321

Information in relation to all students:

2016 entry:
UK domicile - 487
EU domicile - 47
International domicile - 266
Total: 800

2017 entry:
UK domicile - 514
EU domicile - 44
International domicile - 246
Total: 804

2018 entry:
UK domicile - 569
EU domicile - 47
International domicile - 247
Total: 863

[3] The offer rate for the law course for the following application cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

Information prior to the entry year 2016 is not held.

2016 – 50.1%
2017 – 47.6%
2018 – 44.9%

[4] The number of students who were offered a place on Results Day despite missing the terms of their conditional offers.

Information prior to the entry year 2016 is not held.

2016 – 164
2017 – 197
2018 - 278

[4A] An anonymised list of all of the A-level, IB, or other final graduation grades of the students who missed their conditional offers but who were nonetheless offered a place. This list should contain a separate entry or row for each candidate.

We are not able to provide a response for this question as the data relates to individual applicants and we believe this information is exempt under section 40(2) as disclosure would breach data protection regulations because individuals have a reasonable expectation that their information will not be disclosed.

[5] Whether the university’s law course has entered into the UCAS Clearing process during the following admissions cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

Yes

[5A] If so, the number of law offers given to candidates through Clearing in each of these admissions cycles.

Information prior to the entry year 2016 is not held.

2016 – 14
2017 – 69
2018 - 20

[6] Whether the university’s law course has received applications through the UCAS Extra process during the following admissions cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

[6A] If so, the number of law offers given to candidates through Extra in each of these admissions cycles.

Information is not held by the University as we are unable to identify these applications in comparison with the standard UCAS route.

[7] Whether the university’s law course has participated in the UCAS Adjustment process during the following admissions cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

Yes

[7A] If so, the number of law offers given to candidates through Adjustment in each of these admissions cycles.

Information is not held by the University as our systems do not distinguish between those applicants gained through adjustment and those through clearing.

[8] Whether the university has offered candidates a lower ‘contextual’ offer during the following admissions cycles: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

Yes

[8A] If so, the number of contextual offers given to candidates in each of these admissions cycles.

Information prior to the entry year 2016 is not held.

2016 – 7104
2017 – 6902
2018 - 7441

If you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled and wish to request a review of our response or to make a complaint, please see the attached information sheet and form.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any enquiries regarding this email.

Yours sincerely,
Karen Page

Information Compliance Officer – Freedom of Information
Registrar’s Department

Web: www.nottingham.ac.uk/freedom-of-informat...
Email: [University of Nottingham request email]

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