Admissions Statistics for Economics related Undergraduate courses in the last 5 years
Dear University of St Andrews,
I would like to request (preferably in Excel form) the following data on admissions at the university, specifically for all Economics related undergraduate courses offered:
The number of undergraduate applications, offers and acceptances broken down into three categories based on the applicants fee paying status:
1. Scotland
2. Rest of UK
3. International
In addition, the data should be separated by the past five admissions cycles (preferably into different excel sheets).
Yours faithfully,
Aditya
Dear Aditya,
Many thanks for your enquiry below dated 25 December 2021. Before I can
proceed to process your request however under the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), I would be grateful if you could confirm your
surname please. Is this as it appears in the email address?
I am asking for this point of clarification as part of the University’s
duty under Section 15 of the FOISA is to provide advice and assistance to
enquirers. Details of your name is important for two reasons:
o For a request to be valid under section 8(1)(b) of the FOISA the name
of the applicant needs to be stated in the enquiry – a request with
only the first name of an applicant in the body of an email does not
meet this requirement.
o To safeguard your own rights. In the event that the University
answered your enquiry in such a way that you were unhappy with the
response given, after an internal review, your next course of action
would be to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner. The
Commissioner however, is unable to deal with any applications where it
is found that the original enquiry was invalid as in this case.
Your request is considered to be invalid at present and will therefore be
held pending until I hear from you further.
Kind regards
June
June Weir
Information Assurance and Governance Officer
Office of the Principal
University of St Andrews
Walter Bower House
Main Street, Guardbridge, St Andrews KY16 0US
Fife, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462776
Dear Aditya,
Many thanks for the confirmation of your surname to validate your request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 in relation to admission to undergraduate courses for Economics in the last 5 years.
You will receive a response as soon as possible and within the timeframe prescribed in section 10 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 i.e. no later than 2 February 2022.
Kind regards
June
June Weir
Information Assurance and Governance Officer
Office of the Principal
University of St Andrews
Walter Bower House
Main Street, Guardbridge, St Andrews KY16 0US
Fife, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462776
Dear Aditya,
Please find attached the University’s response to your request below for
information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Yours sincerely,
June
June Weir
Information Assurance and Governance Officer
Office of the Principal
University of St Andrews
Walter Bower House
Main Street, Guardbridge, St Andrews KY16 0US
Fife, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1334 462776
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