The University's Careers Services' business expenditure
Dear Kingston University,
Could you please provide me with the following information regarding the University’s Careers Services and its business relationships with private ltd companies?
For the academic years 2016/17 OR 2017/18:
• What was the total expenditure budget of the University’s Careers Services (excluding operational costs such as salaries)?
• How many private ltd companies did the University’s Careers Service do business with?
• Approximately how much did the University’s Careers Services spent on acquiring products and services from third-party private companies?
• How much did the University’s Careers Services spend on careers literature (booklets, leaflets, handouts, etc.) provided by Graduate Prospects ltd?
Many thanks!
Yours faithfully,
Mark McCaree
Dear Mark,
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Kingston
University. Your request was received on 04/10/18 and is now being dealt
with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please note that in some circumstances a fee may be payable prior to
information being supplied. If a charge is applicable in this case I will
contact you to request payment before proceeding further. Details of the
University’s charging policy can be found in section 3 of its Freedom of
Information Policy, available at the link below:
[1]http://www.kingston.ac.uk/aboutkingstonu...
I will be in touch again in due course and in any event not later than
01/11/18 this being twenty working days following receipt of your request.
In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if I can be of any further
assistance.
Kind regards,
Lyn
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Lyn Porteous
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
Dear Mark,
Further to your recent request for information, the University’s response
follows.
For the academic years 2016/17 OR 2017/18 (our response is for the
academic year 2017/18)
• What was the total expenditure budget of the University’s
Careers Services (excluding operational costs such as salaries)? £7000
• How many private ltd companies did the University’s Careers
Service do business with? 2
• Approximately how much did the University’s Careers Services
spent on acquiring products and services from third-party private
companies? £6759
• How much did the University’s Careers Services spend on
careers literature (booklets, leaflets, handouts, etc.) provided by
Graduate Prospects ltd? Nil
This completes the University’s response to your information request. If
you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review of our
decision please contact:
Director of VCO and DPO, email : [1][email address] or
by post: Kingston University, 10 Crescent House, Grove Crescent, Penrhyn
Road Campus, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE.
In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision
unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Kingston
University. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
I hope that you now have the information you require.
Kind regards,
Lyn
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Lyn Porteous
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
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