Agreements on the Confucius Institute
Dear University of Wales Trinity St David,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following:
- Agreements and supplementary agreements with the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) and the Beijing Union University on the establishment / continuation of the Confucius Institute at University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Yours faithfully,
Dirk Eisman
Dear Dirk,
Thank you for your freedom of information request received by this office
on 29^th January 2020. I will respond to your request as quickly as
possible and within the statutory timeframe.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Osborne BSocSc(Hons) LLM,
Solicitor
Swyddog Diogelu Data / Data Protection Officer
Campws Busnes Abertawe SA1 1NE Cymru DU/ Swansea Business Campus, SA1 1NE,
Wales, UK
Llinell Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01792
481180
e-bost / e-mail: [1][email address]
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Dear Paul,
You did not respond to my FOI request "Agreements on the Confucius Institute" dated 29th January 2020 within 20 working days, as defined by law.
Please inform me immediately on the status of my request.
Yours sincerely,
Dirk Eisman
Dear Dirk,
Thank you for your email and please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your request. I would anticipate a response as quickly as possible and by the start of next week at the latest.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Osborne BSocSc(Hons) LLM, Solicitor
Swyddog Diogelu Data / Data Protection Officer
Campws Busnes Abertawe SA1 1NE Cymru DU/ Swansea Business Campus, SA1 1NE, Wales, UK
Llinell Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01792 481180
e-bost / e-mail: [email address]
Dear Dirk,
Thank you for your freedom of information request received by this office
on 29^th January 2020 and please accept my apologies for the slight delay
in this response. I would refer you to the attached exemption letter in
relation to your request.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Osborne BSocSc(Hons) LLM,
Solicitor
Swyddog Diogelu Data / Data Protection Officer
Campws Busnes Abertawe SA1 1NE Cymru DU/ Swansea Business Campus, SA1 1NE,
Wales, UK
Llinell Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01792
481180
e-bost / e-mail: [1][email address]
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Dear University of Wales Trinity St David,
Please pass this on to Mr Lee Bartlett.
I am writing to request an internal review of University of Wales Trinity St David's handling of my FOI request 'Agreements on the Confucius Institute'.
Especially from the point of view of current public concerns about funding from Chinese sources and whether this is influencing UK organisations, it is necessary to strive for maximum transparency and openness. Also, it's important that an organisation discloses how it receives and spends public money from China and the UK. Only then, the Institute operates transparently.
It is unacceptable that no agreements have been made available to me by the University of Wales Trinity St David.
I request an internal review. I want full disclosure of the agreements that fall within the scope of my FOI request.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...
Yours faithfully,
Dirk Eisman
Dear Dirk,
Thank you for your request for an internal review of the decision as made
by UWTSD on 4^th March 2020 and received by this office today, 10^th March
2020. This request for a review of the original decision has been passed
to the University’s reviewer, Lee Bartlett, and all correspondence in this
matter will now come from his office.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Osborne BSocSc(Hons) LLM,
Solicitor
Swyddog Diogelu Data / Data Protection Officer
Campws Busnes Abertawe SA1 1NE Cymru DU/ Swansea Business Campus, SA1 1NE,
Wales, UK
Llinell Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01792
481180
e-bost / e-mail: [1][email address]
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Dear Paul,
Please pass this on to Mr Lee Bartlett.
You did not respond to my request for internal review of my FOI request "Agreements on the Confucius Institute" dated 29th January 2020.
Please inform me immediately on the status of my request.
Yours sincerely,
Dirk Eisman
Diolch am eich e-bost. Mae'n ddrwg gen i, rwy’n gweithio i ffwrdd o'r
Brifysgol ac ni fyddaf yn ol yn y swyddfa tan 27 Mai. Os ydy'ch ymholiad
yn un brys, gallwch ailgyfeirio'ch neges e-bost at Emma Hughes
[email address] Fel arall, byddaf yn ymateb i'ch e-bost pan fyddaf
yn dychwelyd. Os oes gennych ymholiad Rhyddid Gwybodaeth neu Fynediad at
Wybodaeth dan y Ddeddf Diogelu Data, cysylltwch a [email address] Diolch
Paul Osborne Swyddog Diogelu Data
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Thank you for your e-mail. Sorry, I'm working away from the University and
won't return to the office until 27th May. If your enquiry is urgent,
please redirect your email to Emma Hughes [email address]
Otherwise, I will respond to your e-mail on my return. If you have a
Freedom of Information or Data Protection Access enquiry please contact:
[email address] Thank you Paul Osborne Data Protection Officer
Dear Dirk,
Thank you for your email of 22nd May 2020 received by this office on my
return from leave today, 27th May 2020. I have sent a reminder to the
University reviewer with a copy of the above email and await his response.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Osborne
Swyddog Diogelu Data
Data Protection Officer
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Dear Dirk,
Thank you for your freedom of information review request as received by
this University on 10th March 2020 (the original request is beneath in red
narrative) and please accept my apologies for the slight delay in this
response. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of
all University campuses at present it is proving very difficult to
retrieve all of the data you have requested. As a result, rather than
leave this as an outstanding review request I would ask your permission to
return to this matter when information is available and I have access to
both colleagues and data when I return to my office from working remotely.
- Agreements and supplementary agreements with the Office of Chinese
Language Council International (Hanban) and the Beijing Union University
on the establishment / continuation of the Confucius Institute at
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Yours sincerely,
Lee Bartlett
Director of Regulatory Compliance (UKVI)
UWTSD
Swansea Campus
Dear Lee Bartlett,
Please inform me again on the status of my request for internal review of my FOI request "Agreements on the Confucius Institute" dated 29th January 2020. This is now 5 months ago.
Yours sincerely,
Dirk Eisman
Dear Lee Bartlett,
Please inform me immediately on the status of my request for internal review of my FOI request "Agreements on the Confucius Institute". This is now 8 months ago.
Yours sincerely,
Dirk Eisman
Dear Lee Bartlett,
Please inform me immediately on the status of my request for internal review of my FOI request "Agreements on the Confucius Institute". This is now almost 1 year ago.
Yours sincerely,
Dirk Eisman
Dear Mr Eisman,
Further to your correspondence and a letter received from the Information
Commissioner’s Office dated 11^th February 2021, I attach agreements
between University of Wales Trinity Saint David as per your original
request of 20^th January 2020 as beneath in red narrative . The
redactions within the two documents are made under s.40 Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (personal data) which is an absolute exemption so the
public interest test does not apply.
Agreements and supplementary agreements with the Office of Chinese
Language Council International (Hanban) and the Beijing Union University
on the establishment / continuation of the Confucius Institute at
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
If you remain dissatisfied following this review response you may appeal
to the Information Commissioner at [1]ico.org.uk. Alternatively, you may
write to the ICO at:
Head Office
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a
national rate number
Yours sincerely,
Lee Bartlett
Executive Director
UWTSD
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Dear Lee Bartlett,
Why did the internal review take almost 12 months?
Where is the agreement on the establishment of the Confucius Institute with the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban)? You only sent me the renewal agreement.
I hope for a quick response. Otherwise I'll appeal to the Information Commissioner again.
Yours sincerely,
Dirk Eisman
Dear Mr. Eisman
Many thanks for your email below. I appreciate the urgency of the matter and will provide a substantive response to your queries below in the early part of next week (week commencing 01 March 2021).
Kind Regards
Lee Bartlett
Executive Director
UWTSD
Dear Mr. Eisman
Further to my email below.
May I once again apologise for the time taken to respond to the review request. As previously indicated we are currently operating off campus and have been ostensibly doing so since March 2020.
In regards to your query referencing the agreement on the establishment of the Confucius Institute below. I have undertaken a review of the documentation and can again confirm that the University has provided all agreements it holds between UWTSD and the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) and the Beijing Union University on the establishment / continuation of the Confucius Institute at University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Yours sincerely
Lee Bartlett
Executive Director
UWTSD
Dear Mr Eisman,
Further to correspondence between the University and the Information
Commissioner’s Office we attach a copy of the originating document between
University of Wales Lampeter and Beijing Union University as signed in
2007. Please be aware we have removed personal data and would apply the
exemption in s.40(2) Freedom of Information Act 2000 (personal data)
Yours sincerely,
Paul Osborne BSocSc(Hons) LLM,
Solicitor
Swyddog Diogelu Data / Data Protection Officer
Campws Busnes Abertawe SA1 1NE Cymru DU/ Swansea Business Campus, SA1 1NE,
Wales, UK
Llinell Uniongyrchol / Direct Line: 01792
481180
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