Bsc Geography with Economics statistics 2021/2 2022/3
Dear London School of Economics,
I am requesting statistics regarding the Bsc Geography with economics course for the years 2021/2 and 2022/3
1) How many applicants were there to the course and of those, how many received an offer?
2) How many applicants were there for deferred entry, and how many received an offer?
3) What was the ethnic background of those who received offers?
4) What percentage of offers were made to applicants who had one A-Star and two A-Star predicted grades?
5) How many offers were made to applicants with 3 6s or more at GCSE?
6) Are there targets for the amount of offers or places given to applicants from certain ethnic backgrounds?
7) How many applicants were allowed entry to the course after missing their offer by one grade?
8) How many applicants who had been predicted three As or better and were taking Geography, Economics and Maths were not offered a place? Yours faithfully,
Mr Green
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Dear Mr Green,
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The Information Rights Team
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Dear GLPD.Info.Rights,
I understood that under the guidance given by the information commissioners office, the use of Mr followed by my surname is an acceptable form of identification as my real name.
‘The Commissioner recognises that there are different ways of expressing a real name.
Where an individual uses a title followed by a first name and a surname, any variation of the requester’s title or first name combined with their surname (e.g. Miss Wong or Natalie Wong) is sufficient to meet this requirement.’
Please let me know if this is not the case, If it is acceptable, please refer to my previous request.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Green
Dear Mr Green,
We have reviewed your request and, in this instance, will proceed with answering it. However, please be advised that if you have used a pseudonym rather than your real name for this request, you will be unable to make a complaint to the Commissioner should you be dissatisfied with the response.
We will respond to your request no later than Monday 18 December 2023.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Rights Team
London School of Economics
Dear Mr Green,
Your FoI request has been forwarded to the appropriate team within the
School to answer. However, our colleagues have come back to us seeking
clarification as to whether you are requesting this data for Home UK
students only? They have noted that ethnicity data is only relevant for
HUK cohort. Once you confirm, they will be able to proceed with compiling
the requested data.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Rights Team
London School of Economics
Dear GLPD.Info.Rights,
Yes, I am only seeking the data for Home UK students.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Green
Dear GLPD.Info.Rights,
Yes, I am only seeking the data for Home UK (HUK) students.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Green
Dear Mr Green,
Further to your recent FoI request, the School’s response is provided
below:
1) How many applicants were there to the course and of those, how many
received an offer? See attached file “FOI 5344 (A)”
2) How many applicants were there for deferred entry, and how many
received an offer? See attached file “FOI 5344 (A)”
3) What was the ethnic background of those who received offers? See
attached file “FOI 5344 (A)”
4) What percentage of offers were made to applicants who had one A-Star
and two A-Star predicted grades? See attached file “FOI 5344 (B)”
5) How many offers were made to applicants with 3 6s or more at GCSE? <5
6) Are there targets for the amount of offers or places given to
applicants from certain ethnic backgrounds? No.
7) How many applicants were allowed entry to the course after missing
their offer by one grade? See attached file “FOI 5344 (A)”
8) How many applicants who had been predicted three As or better and were
taking Geography, Economics and Maths were not offered a place? See
attached file “FOI 5344 (B)”
For questions 4 and 8, the team have provided the raw data for you to
perform calculations on. Numbers smaller than 5 have been suppressed (and
are displayed as "<5") in order to prevent the identification of
individuals in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
If you think that the information provided does not meet your request,
contact Rachael Maguire at [1][email address] or write to
Louise Nadal, School Secretary, London School of Economics and Political
Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE. We will then review the
response to your request and get back to you within 20 working days. You
can also contact the Information Commissioner's Office
[2]http://www.ico.gov.uk/, though they expect the internal review to be
carried out before receiving a complaint directly.
The provision of information by the LSE under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 does not imply a right to copy, reproduce publish or otherwise
use such information. Copying or reproducing such information in any way
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to the LSE or a third party.
Yours sincerely,
The Information Rights Team
London School of Economics
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