Application statistics for BABLiberal Arts
Dear King's College London,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2020, I would like to request all data regarding applicants and applications to ‘Liberal Arts’ (UCAS code: LP99) for the 2022-23 cycle. Could I please have the following:
1. The average predicted grades of applicants.
2. The lowest offer given.
3. The average contextual offer.
4. The lowest contextual offer.
5. The total amount of students which applied and the ratio of students who were given an offer (e.g. 1 in 5)
6. The total number of offers given and the total number of applicants.
Yours Faithfully,
Salma Boujettif
Thank you for your email.
Please note, if you are sending an automated request for personal data
erasure via a third-party, before we can proceed with your request we
require a copy of your ID, scanned copy of a driving licence/passport.
If your enquiry is related to a current application to study at King's
please contact the relevant admissions team directly:
[1]https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduat...
For all other enquiries relating to requests made under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000), the Environmental Information Regulations (2004),
or the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR (2018) a member of the Information
Compliance team will be in touch separately with official acknowledgement
of your request.
Kind regards,
Information Compliance
References
Visible links
1. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduat...
Dear Salma Boujettif,
Thank you for your email. We will treat your request for information as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received by the university on 13th December 2023. We will endeavour to respond to your request within the statutory 20 working day time frame.
Please note that the university has adopted the Model Publication Scheme and also publishes FOI responses on our Disclosure Log. The Fees Regulations state that requests received within 60 consecutive working days can be aggregated.
Kind Regards,
Lakeisha Dowsey-Magog (she/her)
Information Compliance Officer
Department of Business Assurance
King’s College London
Room: SW1.09
Somerset House East Wing
Strand Campus
WC2R 2LS
Dear Salma Boujettif,
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the
Act”)
Further to your recent request for information held by King’s College
London, I am writing to confirm that the requested information is held by
the university.
Your request
We received your information request on 13^th December 2023 and have
treated it as a request for information made under section 1(1) of the
Act.
You requested the following information:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2020, I would like to request all
data regarding applicants and applications to ‘Liberal Arts’ (UCAS code:
LP99) for the 2022-23 cycle. Could I please have the following:
1. The average predicted grades of applicants.
2. The lowest offer given.
3. The average contextual offer.
4. The lowest contextual offer.
5. The total amount of students which applied and the ratio of students
who were given an offer (e.g. 1 in 5) 6. The total number of offers given
and the total number of applicants.
Our response
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2020, I would like to request all
data regarding applicants and applications to ‘Liberal Arts’ (UCAS code:
LP99) for the 2022-23 cycle.
Please note data provided for the 2023 UCAS cycle.
Could I please have the following:
1. The average predicted grades of applicants.
Of those who provided three predicted grades for A Level qualifications,
the modal set of predicted grades for applicants was A*A*A*
2. The lowest offer given.
3. The average contextual offer.
4. The lowest contextual offer.
There were two types of A Level offer: standard and contextual.
Standard: Obtain grades AAA in three A-levels excluding General
Studies/Critical Thinking.
Contextual: Obtain grades ABB in three A-levels excluding General
Studies/Critical Thinking.
There was only one type of A Level contextual offer given.
5. The total amount of students which applied and the ratio of students
who were given an offer (e.g. 1 in 5) 6. The total number of offers given
and the total number of applicants.
There were 560 applicants and 431 offers made.
This completes the university’s response to your information request.
Your right to complain
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
information request or feel that it has not been properly handled you have
the right to complain or request a review of our decision by contacting
the Director of Information Governance & Data Protection Officer within 60
days of the date of this letter.
Further information about our internal complaints procedure is available
at the link below:
[1]https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policyhub/freedom-...
In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally,
the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted the internal complaints procedure provided by King’s College
London.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely,
Lakeisha Dowsey-Magog (she/her)
Information Compliance Officer
Department of Business Assurance
King’s College London
Room: SW1.09
Somerset House East Wing
Strand Campus
WC2R 2LS
References
Visible links
1. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policyhub/freedom-...
We work to defend the right to FOI for everyone
Help us protect your right to hold public authorities to account. Donate and support our work.
Donate Now