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

Amy Woollcott made this Freedom of Information request to University of Worcester as part of a batch sent to 154 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

University of Worcester did not have the information requested.

Dear University of Worcester,

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

Megan Horton, University of Worcester

Dear Ms Woollcott,

I refer to your request of 13th September and acknowledge safe receipt.

We will endeavour to provide a full response within 20 working days.

If you have any queries in the meantime, please email me quoting the reference in the subject line.

Yours sincerely,

Megan Horton
Legal and Governance Administration Assistant
Directorate
Main Reception number: 01905 855000 | Website: http://www.worcester.ac.uk/

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Megan Horton, University of Worcester

Dear Ms Woollcott,

Further to your Freedom of Information request of 13th September, we are now in a position to respond.

The University of Worcester's Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive, Professor David Green CBE, has not had any correspondence with Priestley College or its principal, James Gresty and therefore, I can confirm a nil return.

I am obliged, under the Freedom of Information Act, to inform you of our complaints procedures in case you are unhappy about the way in which your request has been dealt with.

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been handled, you can request a review by writing to Helen Johnstone, University Secretary, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ.

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113 - http://www.ico.gov.uk/

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Megan Horton
Legal and Governance Administration Assistant
Directorate
Main Reception number: 01905 855000 | Website: http://www.worcester.ac.uk/

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