Admission of Black British Students
Dear University of York,
I would like to request the following information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, 2000.
Could you please tell me the number of undergraduate applications from black British students to your University, broken down by academic year, for the years commencing 2012-2017?
Could you then further tell me how many of those applications were successful in each year?
Yours faithfully,
Matthew Thompson
Dear Mr Thompson
Freedom of Information Request
I acknowledge receipt of your email dated 19 July 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 17 August 2018.
Yours sincerely,
Graham Hughes
Freedom of Information Officer
Information Services
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
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Dear Mr Thompson
Thank you for your request for information from the University of York.
Please see our response below.
I would like to request the following information under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act, 2000.
Could you please tell me the number of undergraduate applications from
black British students to your University, broken down by academic year,
for the years commencing 2012-2017?
Could you then further tell me how many of those applications were
successful in each year?
Academic Number of Number
year applicants successful
2012/3 386 166
2013/4 490 234
2014/5 513 276
2015/6 556 304
2016/7 633 364
2017/8 648 399
· "black British" defined as:
o Someone with any of the following Ethnicity values in the University’s
system:
Black or Black British - Caribbean
Black or Black British - African
Other Black Background
o Nationality or second nationality of "British citizen"
· "Successful" has been defined as any applicant who received a
conditional or unconditional offer from the University, irrespective of
whether they later met the conditions of their offer or whether they
accepted or declined their offer
· The numbers shown include all applications to the University
(undergraduate, postgraduate, PGCE etc). If an applicant has submitted
multiple applications they will be included in these figures multiple
times (once per application).
I hope this information is useful.
Yours sincerely,
Graham Hughes
Freedom of Information Officer
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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