Correspondence between the Vice-Chancellor of the university and Priestley College

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Dear University of Durham,

This is a formal freedom of information and as such you are required to respond in full within 20 working days.

Under the freedom of information act please can you provide a copy of all email chains between the Vice-Chancellor of your university and Priestley College (a college in Warrington in Cheshire that is part of another academy trust called The Challenge Academy Trust) between the 1st April 2023 and present. I understand that you will need to redact personal information and also potentially other information.

Additionally, under the freedom of information act please can you provide a copy of all email chains between the Vice-Chancellor of your university and James Gresty (James is the principal of Priestley College) between the 1st April 2023 and present. I understand that you will need to redact personal information and also potentially other information. Please include emails sent to James’s work email as well as James’s personal email as long as they were sent from the Vice-Chancellor’s work email address.

Please note that if you choose to withhold/refuse to disclose any of this information then you will also be required to do the following:

1. Confirm which exemption under the freedom of information act that you are relying on in order to withhold the requested information.

2. Specify in enough detail the basis on which you are applying this exemption.

I look forward to receiving your response within a maximum of 20 days as you are required to do under the freedom of information act.

Yours faithfully,

Amy Woollcott

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Dear Requester

 

Thank you for your request for information from Durham University.
Colleagues have provided the information below/attached in response to
your questions.

 

Request:

 

Under the freedom of information act please can you provide a copy of all
email chains between the Vice-Chancellor of your university and Priestley
College (a college in Warrington in Cheshire that is part of another
academy trust called The Challenge Academy Trust) between the 1st April
2023 and present. I understand that you will need to redact personal
information and also potentially other information.

 

Additionally, under the freedom of information act please can you provide
a copy of all email chains between the Vice-Chancellor of your university
and James Gresty (James is the principal of Priestley College) between the
1st April 2023 and present. I understand that you will need to redact
personal information and also potentially other information. Please
include emails sent to James’s work email as well as James’s personal
email as long as they were sent from the Vice-Chancellor’s work email
address.

 

Please note that if you choose to withhold/refuse to disclose any of this
information then you will also be required to do the following:

 

1. Confirm which exemption under the freedom of information act that you
are relying on in order to withhold the requested information.

 

2. Specify in enough detail the basis on which you are applying this
exemption.

 

Response:

 

Information not held – A search of the relevant email account(s) resulted
in 0 (zero) emails being held that are relevant to your request

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Information Governance Unit

Durham University

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