Student Disciplinaries

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1. In the past three years have to you sought or successfully pursued any legal action, civil, disciplinary or criminal, against participants in 'protests' such as occupations at the university, this could include (but is not limited to) injunctions against occupations or trespass cases?
a. Please provide all documents relating to these cases. Details should include, but not be limited to, any affidavits, witness statements and other evidence given support of such an injunction.

2. How much money has the university spent (including but not limited to) on these cases. Please provide a breakdown by case, and if possible costs, e.g. court fees, legal expenses, etc.

3. How many disciplinaries have you conducted against students for protest related offences in the past 3 years?

4. How many of the aforementioned disciplinaries against students have been upheld (where the student have been found 'guilty')?

5. Please provide copies of any injunctions relating to protest situations (including but not limited to occupations) which you have taken out in this time period.

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Miss Ortega

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Freedom of Information Unit, University of Stirling

Dear Ms Ortega

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information request entitled Student
Disciplinaries.  The responses to your questions are below:

 

1. In the past three years have to you sought or successfully pursued any
legal action, civil, disciplinary or criminal, against participants in
'protests' such as occupations at the university, this could include (but
is not limited to) injunctions against occupations or trespass cases?

 

No

               a. Please provide all documents relating to these cases.
Details should include, but not be limited to, any affidavits, witness
statements and other evidence given support of such an injunction.

 

Not applicable.

 

2. How much money has the university spent (including but not limited to)
on these cases. Please provide a breakdown by case, and if possible costs,
e.g. court fees, legal expenses, etc.

 

Not applicable.

 

3. How many disciplinaries have you conducted against students for protest
related offences in the past 3 years?

 

None

 

4. How many of the aforementioned disciplinaries against students  have
been upheld (where the student have been found 'guilty')?

 

Not applicable.

 

5. Please provide copies of any injunctions relating to protest situations
(including but not limited to occupations) which you have taken out in
this time period.

 

Not applicable.

 

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Yours faithfully

Freedom of Information Unit

 

 

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