Biomedical sciences admission statistics 2019

Waiting for an internal review by Newcastle University of their handling of this request.

Dear Newcastle University,

Of the students who were accepted onto the following courses, who missed the standard offer of AAA-AAB:

B940 Biomedical sciences
B901 Biomedical genetics
B902 Medical science
B100 Physiological sciences
B210 Pharmacology

I would like to know:

a) Did they all firm Newcastle?
b) What were their achieved grades?
c) How many students were accepted through clearing for the above courses
d) What were the grades of those students in question (c) ?

Yours faithfully,

Fran Reid

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Dear nrecman,

I would be grateful if you could let me have an update/reply as this request is now overdue.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Fran Reid

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Dear nrecman,

Can you please provide an update? This request is now a month overdue. By law it should have been responded to by October 7th. Are you able to indicate when a response may be likely?

Many thanks

Yours sincerely,

Fran Reid

Dear Newcastle University,

Can you please provide an update or answer the original information request? This request is long overdue and way beyond the response date required by law. This is the third time I have requested an update and you have yet to respond.

Yours faithfully,

Fran Reid

Good afternoon Fran,

Thank you for your request for information dated 09-09-2019. Plan accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding to your request, we are working to respond to your request as soon as possible.

Kind regards,

Information Security & Governance Team
IT Service
Newcastle University
NE1 8HQ

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Dear nrecman,

You still have not replied to my request which is now more than 10 weeks past the date it was due by law. Four weeks ago you said you were working to respond to my request but still you have not replied. You have been able to provide this type of data for other courses.

Yours sincerely,

Fran Reid

Dear Newcastle University,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Newcastle University's handling of my FOI request 'Biomedical sciences admission statistics 2019'.

I made this request on 9th September 2019 and the response by law was due on 7th October. As of today - January 19th 2020 I still have received no response. On 20th November I was informed Newcastle University were working to answer my request. Over nine weeks later I still have not had a response. All told this request is beyond long overdue - 15 weeks past the date due by law. I appreciate that sometimes it is not possible to meet deadlines but this has gone beyond an acceptable delay.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b...

Yours faithfully,

Fran Reid

Dear nrecman,

Your FOI policy states that "We will aim to respond to a request for review and to provide a full response within 20 working days of receiving it". It is now over 30 days since I made this request and I have had no communication at all. In addition it is nearly 6 months since I made my original request for information and over 15 weeks since your last email. I would be grateful if you could provide me with a timescale as to when a full response will be made.

Many thanks

Yours sincerely,

Fran Reid

Dear nrecman,

Can you please provide me with an update?

Yours sincerely,

Fran Reid

Dear nrecman,

I still do not have any information nor an update. I do not understand why as you are providing the same information for other courses so the information must be held by you. It is 10 MONTHS since I made this request.

I assume the next stage is to make a formal complaint to the Information Commissioner - perhaps you could at least advise of this?

Yours sincerely,

Fran Reid