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affected by the Coronavirus outbreak but we will respond to your enquiry
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statements about requests during the Covid-19 pandemic which you may find
helpful.

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Dear Jessie Cai

Thank you for your email of 26 September requesting information about
admissions to Masters programmes at the University of Edinburgh in 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
including an address for correspondence. When the review process is
complete, if you are still dissatisfied, you may use the Scottish
Information Commissioner’s guidance on making an appeal to make an appeal
to the Commissioner. 

[3]The University of Edinburgh's request privacy notice, which describes
how we use the information you have supplied about yourself and your
request, is published on the University website.

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

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
with registration number SC005336.

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Dear Jessie Cai

Thank you for your email of 26 September requesting information about
admissions to Masters programmes at the University of Edinburgh in 2020.

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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