International Student Recruitment

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Dear University of Brighton,

Please confirm the headcount number (FTE) for your International Recruitment Team employed by the university or via agencies and note if staff are based in the UK or overseas, and if overseas which countries.

Please provide an organisation chart of roles that support international recruitment, marketing, and admissions.

Please also Include:

a. Your international recruitment budget for financial years 2019-20 to 2022-23 is split by type of spending e.g., travel, marketing, agents
b. Confirm whether you have an international admissions function separate from UK admissions
c. Confirm which function manages CAS issuing
d. Confirm whether you have license to provide visa/immigration advice to applicants.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Jones

FOI, University of Brighton

Dear Susan

 

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

 

Confirm the The International recruitment team member list, role summary and their locations can be found here:
headcount number
(FTE) for your  
International
Recruitment Team [1]https://www.brighton.ac.uk/international...
employed by the
university or  
via agencies and
note if staff
are based in the
UK or overseas,
and if overseas
which countries.
Please provide This information is not held, however the links below will supply the information required.
an organisation
chart of roles  
that support
international The International Recruitment Team are within the Marketing & Communications (M&C) unit and work parallel with colleagues in
recruitment, admissions.
marketing, and
admissions. [2]https://www.brighton.ac.uk/international...

 

The admissions and CAS functions are located in the Academic Registry.

[3]https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/gove...

 

The Academic Registry and M&C function all sit within the function of the University’s Registrar.

[4]https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/gove...
Your This information is exempt under section 43 (2) of the freedom of Information Act, which is to say that putting this
international information in the public sphere would damage our commercial interests. A public interest test applies to the use of this
recruitment exemption; please see the table below.
budget for
financial years
2019-20 to
2022-23 is split
by type of
spending
Confirm whether There is one admissions function within the academic registry.
you have an
international [5]https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/gove...
admissions
function
separate from UK
admissions
Confirm which CAS issuing is managed by the academic registry
function manages
CAS issuing [6]https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/gove...
Confirm whether Specific staff members of the University of Brighton provide immigration advice in line with the Office of the Immigration
you have license Services Commissioner (OISC) Code of Standards and the Immigration Rules of the United Kingdom. As a qualifying higher
to provide education institution, the University of Brighton is exempt from the requirement to register with the OISC, as per the
visa/immigration Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Part V Exemption: Educational and Health Sector Bodies).
advice to
applicants

 

Public interest test for FOI 3151

Reasons to disclose the requested Reasons to withhold the requested
information information
The transparency and accountability Putting information regarding the
of the institution   international recruitment budget into
the public domain would put us at a
disadvantage where our competitors
are concerned.
Public interest in good Information regarding the number of
decision-making by public bodies and overseas students recruited to the
upholding standards of integrity University is in the public domain.
The specific cost of recruiting
overseas students is not required to
demonstrate our decision-making
processes or standards of integrity.
Securing the best use of public Putting the spend on international
resources recruitment into the public domain
would not serve the public interest
but could put us at a disadvantage
with our competitors.

 

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With kind regards

 

Katie

 

Katie Warrener

Data Compliance and Records Officer

 

Vice Chancellors Office

University of Brighton

8^th Floor, Cockcroft Building

Lewes Road

Brighton

BN2 4GJ

 

 

References

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1. https://www.brighton.ac.uk/international...
2. https://www.brighton.ac.uk/international...
3. https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/gove...
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