Number of admission appeals and complaints from 2010 to 2019 and the number upheld at Stage 1 of appeal process.
Dear Wadham College, Oxford,
Please provide the following information:
1. For each year from 2010 to 2019, how many appeals and complaints (Stage 1 of appeal process) relating to undergraduate admission did the college receive?
2. For each of these years, how many of these appeals and complaints were upheld at Stage 1 and resulted in an applicant receiving an offer? (ie a student appealed a rejection for an undergraduate course and subsequently received an offer from the college without the need to progress to Stage 2 of the appeal process)
Please list appeals and complaints separately.
Thank you for your assistance.
Dr. Mike Whittome
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Freedom of Information Officer
Wadham College | University of Oxford
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PN
United Kingdom
Email: [email address]
Dear Dr Whittome,
Many thanks for your request for information relating to our admissions processes, submitted under the Freedom of Information Act.
We do not hold the requested information for the years 2010-2012, but the data for 2013-2019 is as follows:
Year of Entry Appeals/Complaints Appeals/Complaints Upheld
2019 1 0
2018 0 0
2017 0 0
2016 1 0
2015 0 0
2014 0 0
2013 0 0
We do not record appeals and complaints separately; as noted on the University’s website, ‘appeals are not upheld unless there is evidence of procedural error or irregularity’:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergrad...
We take this to imply that any formal appeal, by definition, involves a complaint that our procedures were not followed correctly. Formal complaints regarding our admissions procedures are likewise taken to imply an appeal with regard to the outcome of decisions made.
Freedom of Information Officer
Wadham College | University of Oxford
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PN
United Kingdom
Email: [email address]
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