Student data: analytics and machine learning

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Dear University of York,
I am making a request under the The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Please can you provide information pertaining to analytics software used by the university using personal data about your students.

1a). Whether you are using any student data analytics software,
1b) if so, which?

2a). Any predictive analytics software such as but not only, Blackboard, Xray and JISC supported Civitas.
2b) if so, which?

3. If the answer to Q1a or Q2a is yes, please provide a copy of any contract terms on using the data by the provider company for training AI and machine learning by the provider.

4. Whether the University is using its own student or staff population data for machine learning?

5. How many people/user accounts have access to the whole population student data in any of the above -- if this is broken down by colleges, please list?

Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,

Jen Persson

Freedom of Information, University of York

Dear Ms Persson
Freedom of Information Request 
I acknowledge receipt of your email dated 8 March 2018 requesting
information from the University of York.
Please be advised that the University will respond as soon as possible and
in any event by 11 April 2018. 
Yours sincerely, 
Graham Hughes
Information Governance 
Information Services
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
Web: [1]www.york.ac.uk/records-management/
Email disclaimer: [2]http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/em...

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Freedom of Information, University of York

Dear  Ms Persson
Thank you for your request for information from the University of York.
Please see our response below.
Please can you provide information pertaining to analytics software used
by the university using personal data about your students.

1a). Whether you are using any student data analytics software,
1b) if so, which?

2a). Any predictive analytics software such as but not only, Blackboard,
Xray and JISC supported Civitas.
2b) if so, which?

3. If the answer to Q1a or Q2a is yes, please provide a copy of any
contract terms on using the data by the provider company for training AI
and machine learning by the provider.

4. Whether the University is using its own student or staff population
data for machine learning?

5. How many people/user accounts have access to the whole population
student data in any of the above -- if this is broken down by colleges,
please list?

Information not held. IT and relevant departments holding student data
have no knowledge of any data analytics software being used.
I hope this information is useful. 
Yours sincerely,
Graham Hughes
Information Governance 
Information Services
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
Web: [1]www.york.ac.uk/records-management/
Email disclaimer: [2]http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/em...

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