Admission Statistics for South Korean Domiciles

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Dear [name removed],

Thank you for your request.

In order to process this we require the following clarification:

1. Does “the number of places confirmed” refer to how many students started the current UCL academic year (2023 - 24)?
2. Is your request only for undergraduate numbers?

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Rowan Glover-Perrett
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator
Data Protection Office
Office of the General Counsel
University College London
 
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Dear [name removed],

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

We can confirm that we do hold information of the description specified in
your request and this information is attached.

Your request

I would like to know the admissions statistics, specifically the number of
applications made, offers made, and the number of places confirmed for
South Korean domiciles divided by the undergraduate programs (for the 2023
UCAS cycle, the most recently completed cycle).

Our response

Please see the document attached which shows the number of applications
received from, offers made to, and enrolments of, South Korean students
for undergraduate courses in 2023 – 24.

As you can see, exact numbers of cases totalling five or fewer have been
withheld. This is because these are personal data of third parties or, if
linked with other personal identifiers in the public domain, would be
likely to become personal data. This information has been withheld under
section 40(2) of the FOIA by virtue of s40(3A)(a). Section 40(2) of the
FOIA allows a public authority to withhold information under the FOIA
where (i) the requested information is personal data relating to someone
other than the requester and (ii) its disclosure would breach any of the
data protection principles. 

Although there are no identifiable details within the data being
disclosed, that data may be used by ‘motivated intruders’ and other
knowledgeable third parties to identify the individuals concerned. This is
where strands of data available to an individual can be put together to
create personal data not in the public domain. There would be no
expectation that this type of information would be disclosed to the wider
public and it would be considered unfair to do so; this therefore breaches
the first data protection principle.

It is for these reasons that this information is exempt under section
40(2) of the Act. As the section 40(2) exemption is an absolute one, there
is no need to conduct a public interest test.

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Kind regards,

Rowan Glover-Perrett

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator

Data Protection Office

Office of the General Counsel

University College London

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