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Data Protection & FOI
Legal Services
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Dear Mr Jonas,

We have completed the compilation of information in response to your
request.

We can confirm that we do hold some of the information of the description
specified in your request and this information is given attached.

Q1) May I please have the number of applicants, number of offers made and
number of enrolled students for the following courses:

Computer Science BSc

Computer Science MEng

A1) Please see attached PDF document.

* Please note that the acceptances and intake for 2018 entry would be
known in August after the prospective students receive their grades and
accept or reject the offers.

Q2) If possible could I also have a breakdown of the predicted and
achieved A-level / IB grades of applicants. Additionally, I would like to
request data for the courses from 2010 onwards (including the offers given
out 2018).

A2) The above requested information has been withheld. Section 40 exempts
personal information about a ‘third party’ (someone other than the
requester), if revealing it would breach the principles of the Data
Protection Act (DPA) 1998. The DPA prevents personal information from
disclosure if it would be unfair or at odds with the reason why it was
collected, or where the subject had officially served notice that
releasing it would cause them damage or distress. It is the First Data
Protection Principle concerned with the fair and lawful processing of
personal data which is of issue in this instance.

Although there are no identifiable details within the data being
disclosed, that data may be used by ‘motivated intruders’ and other
knowledgeable third parties to identify the particular applicants as part
of a jigsaw-effect. This is where strands of data available to an
individual can be put together to create personal data not in the public
domain. There would be no expectation that this type of information would
be disclosed to the wider public and it would be considered unfair to do
so.

It is for these reasons that this information is exempt under section
40(2) of the Act.

We can however, provided aggregated figures for the A Level / IB grades of
applicants. Please let me know if you would like this.

You are free to use any information supplied for your own use, including
for non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for
the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for
example by publishing or issuing copies to the public, will require the
permission of the copyright owner.

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Review’ in the subject and be marked For the Attention of the Vice Provost
Operations, alternatively you should write to:

Vice Provost Operations

University College London

1-19 Torrington Place

London WC1E 7HB

Please note, complaints and requests for internal review received more
than two months after the initial decision will not be handled.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner at the address given below.
You should do this within two months of our final decision.

If you have any queries or concerns, please contact me using the details
provided in this letter and including the request reference number.

Further information on the Freedom of Information Act is available from
the Information Commissioner’s Office:

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 5AF

01625 545700

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[3][email address]

Kind regards,

Mehwish Sultan

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Adviser

University College London

Legal Services, Finance and Business Affairs

Internal address: 6th Floor, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB

E: [4][email address] Data Protection: [5][email address]
FOI: [6][UCL request email].

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