Professor Paul Younger emails to find what/why/how he attacked Glasgow University Divestment?

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Dear University of Glasgow,

I would like to formal request the following information:

1. I wish to see any emails containing the phrases 'divestment', 'the Times', 'newspaper', 'divest', 'fossil free', 'student campaign' or 'People & Planet', sent or received by Professor Paul Younger the Rankine Chair of Engineering, Professor of Energy Engineering (Systems Power and Energy), between 1st May 2014 and 2nd December 2014.

2. I wish to see any emails sent or received, by Professor Paul Younger the Rankine Chair of Engineering, Professor of Energy Engineering (Systems Power and Energy), to any email addresses containing the following text '@five-quarter.com', '@carnegiefoundation.org', '@epsrc.ac.uk', '@nerc.ac.uk', and '@scottishpower.co.uk', between 1st May 2014 and 2nd December 2014.

3. I wish to see any emails sent or received, by Professor Paul Younger the Rankine Chair of Engineering, Professor of Energy Engineering (Systems Power and Energy), to Principal and Vice Chancellor Professor Anton Muscatelli, between 1st May 2014 and 2nd December 2014.

4. I wish to see any emails sent or received, by Professor Paul Younger the Rankine Chair of Engineering, Professor of Energy Engineering (Systems Power and Energy), to Mr David Newall Secretary of Court , between 1st May 2014 and 2nd December 2014.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Taylor

FOI Office, University of Glasgow

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Dear Mr Taylor,

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Dear Mr Taylor,

We apologise for the delay in responding to your FOISA request noted above.

We are presently collating a response to your request and will contact you as soon as this has been completed.

Yours sincerely


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Dear FOI Office,

Please can you inform me when this request will be completed by?

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Taylor

Dear FOI Office,

The response to this request is now 5 working days late and there has been no correspondence in regard to my last message. Please can you confirm when the request will be completed.

If i have not received any further information by 16th Jan i will request an internal review and I will appeal to the Information Commissioner's Office, asking them to treat this as a refusal to respond to a Freedom of Information request.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Taylor

FOI Office, University of Glasgow

Dear Mr Taylor,

We again apologise for the delay in responding to your FOISA request noted above.

We are unable to confirm when a response will be issued as we are currently consulting with external bodies in relation to your request and will contact you as soon as this has been concluded.

Yours sincerely,

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Dear University of Glasgow,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of University of Glasgow's handling of my FOI request 'Professor Paul Younger emails to find what/why/how he attacked Glasgow University Divestment?'.

The request is now well passed the statutory limit for response time and no indication of when i will receive the information has been provided. I am taking this as a refusal.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Taylor

FOI Office, University of Glasgow

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Dear Mr Taylor,

Further to your Freedom of Information Request for a Review, dated 18 January 2015 timed 11:05 hours, please find letter of acknowledgement attached.

You will find that the University's acknowledgement of your Request for a Review is in PDF (Portable Document Format) file(s) attached to this email.

The PDF file format is used for electronic distribution because it preserves the look and feel of the original document complete with fonts, colours, images, and layout. To open a PDF file you can download a free program called Acrobat Reader and install it onto your computer by clicking on to the following URL:

http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/...

Yours sincerely,

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Office

Direct Line: +44 (0)141 330 2523
Fax: 0141 330 3742

Gilbert Scott Building
University of Glasgow
University Avenue
Glasgow G12 8QQ

The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401

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