2019/20 Postgraduate programmes admission statistics
Dear University of Edinburgh,
Wish your working is going well.
I would be very grateful if you can kindly provide following data for 2019/20 admission cycle last year:
1. List of all postgraduate taught programmes
2. Numbers of all applicantions (each specific programme)
3. Numbers of all offers made (each specific programme)
4. Numbers of Chinese nationality applications (each specific programme)
5. Numbers of Chinese nationality offers made (each specific programme)
Yours faithfully,
Austin Li
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Dear Austin Li
Thank you for your email of 8 May requesting information about
postgraduate admissions and Chinese students in 2019/2020.
As explained in our automatic reply message, the University’s working
arrangements are affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. Unfortunately, I am
currently unable to tell you exactly when you will receive a response to
your request. However, I can confirm that it is actively being progressed
and that we are making all efforts to respond to your request promptly.
The [1]Scottish Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a statement
about requests during the Covid-19 pandemic which you may find helpful.
If you are unhappy with the way the University has handled your request,
you do have the right to ask the University to conduct an internal review
of the reasons for the delay. The [2]Scottish Information Commissioner’s
guidance about this during the Covid-19 pandemic is available on their
website. If you wish to submit a review request you should write to the
Records Management Section (using this email address), describing the
original request, explaining your grounds for dissatisfaction, and
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complete, if you are still dissatisfied, you may use the Scottish
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to the Commissioner.
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Yours sincerely
Mark Hepworth
Information Compliance Officer
Records Management Section
The University of Edinburgh | Old College | South Bridge | Edinburgh | EH8
9YL
Telephone: 0131 651 4099
Email: [4][University of Edinburgh request email]
Website: [5]http://www.ed.ac.uk/records-management
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Dear Austin Li
Thank you for your email of 8 May requesting information about
postgraduate admissions and Chinese students in 2019/2020.
We apologise again for the delay in responding to your request. Please
find our response attached.
Yours sincerely
Mark Hepworth
Information Compliance Officer
Records Management Section
The University of Edinburgh | Old College | South Bridge | Edinburgh | EH8
9YL
Telephone: 0131 651 4099
Email: [1][University of Edinburgh request email]
Website: [2]http://www.ed.ac.uk/records-management
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
with registration number SC005336.
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