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Dear Jai,

 

Thank you for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) 2000.

 

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

 

Your request

I would like statistics regarding offers and acceptances made for Computer
Science BSc from 2020 to 2024 for both home and international students.
The exact data I want is as follows:

 

1. Number of applicants

2. Total number of offers made

3a. Number of offers made to students with Further maths.

3b. Total number of students enrolled.

4. Number of students enrolled with further maths

5. Most common A-level conditions

I want data to be divided between home and international students.

 

Our response

The document attached includes tables showing the statistics that you have
requested regarding offers and acceptances made for Computer Science BSc
from 2020 to 2024 for both home and international students.

 

As you can see from the table attached, tables number 2 and 3a, exact
numbers of cases totalling five or fewer have been withheld together with
the totals for these . This is because to provide the exact numbers may
inadvertently lead to the identification of these individuals. Whilst
there are no personally identifiable details within the data being
withheld, that data, when combined with other data that may already be
available in the public domain, could be used by ‘motivated intruders’ and
other knowledgeable third parties to identify the individuals concerned.
Linking together separate strands of data available in this way can
indirectly lead to an individual being identified which would breach the
first data protection principle. Further, these individuals would have no
expectation that their identities, by virtue of disclosing this type of
information, would be made known to the wider public and it would be
considered unfair to do so.

 

As this data would be likely to become personal data, this information is
exempt from disclosure and has been withheld under section 40(2) of the
FOIA by virtue of s40(3A)(a). Section 40(2) of the FOIA allows a public
authority to withhold information under the FOIA where (i) the requested
information is personal data relating to someone other than the requester
and (ii) its disclosure would breach any of the data protection
principles.

 

It is for these reasons that this information is exempt under section
40(2) of the Act. As the section 40(2) exemption is an absolute one, there
is no need to conduct a public interest test.

 

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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
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months of our final decision.

 

Further information on the FOIA is available from the Information
Commissioner’s Office:

 

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Kind regards,

 

Gladys Mandangu

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator

Data Protection Office

Office of General Counsel

University College London

 

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