Information Assurance and Governance
Office of the Principal
23 June 2021
Dear Tim,
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Our Ref: 194-21
I refer to your enquiry dated 25 May 2021 asking to be supplied with the following admission
statistics under the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“the
FOISA”):
• For the undergraduate degree French and Spanish (UCAS ref RR14) in the last three
admission cycles:
- the number of applications;
- the number of offers made; and
- how many offers made where to non-Scottish domiciled students?
Please find attached Appendix A which provides the information requested for Master of Arts
(Honours) French and Spanish course RR14. Also included is data pertaining to the Master
of Arts (Honours) French and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad) course RRC4 which I
trust you find of interest.
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This concludes the University’s response.
Yours sincerely
JUNE WEIR
Information Assurance and Governance Officer
Enc.