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

Dear Amy Woollcott,

Thank you for your request for information which has been received by SOAS.

We will provide you with the School's response as soon as possible and within 20 working days of the date of your request.

Yours sincerely,

Vanessa Bell
Records Manager and Archivist
Information Compliance Team
Information and Technology Directorate
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
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FOI2023/160 

 

Dear Amy Woollcott, 

  

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request of 13^th September
2023. I have reproduced your questions below together with SOAS’s
response. 

 

Your 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. 

 

Our response 

Duty to confirm or deny 

We deny that the requested information is held. SOAS does not have a Vice
-Chancellor, but the equivalent post of Director, and our Director Adam
Habib has had no communications with the said institution or individual in
the period specified. 

 

Your right to appeal
You can request an internal review within 40 working days of the date you
received our response by writing to: 

  

Information Compliance Manager 

SOAS, University of London 

Thornhaugh Street 

Russell Square 

London WC1H 0XG 

United Kingdom 

  

Email: [1][SOAS request email]  

 

Your review will be carried out in accordance with the our appeal
procedure, which can be found on SOAS's website at
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been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations. The
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review process first before they consider your appeal. If the Commissioner
finds in your favour, the Commissioner can require SOAS to release the
information to you. The Commissioner can be contacted at the following
address: 

  

Information Commissioner 

Wycliffe House 

Water Lane 

Wilmslow 

Cheshire SK9 5AF 

United Kingdom 

  

Further information about your right to appeal to the Information
Commissioner is available on the Commissioner's website
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Yours sincerely 

  

David Ogden 

Information Compliance Manager 

Information Compliance Team

Information and Technology Directorate 

SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG 

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From: Amy Woollcott <[FOI #1026372 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 12:17 PM
To: Information Compliance Manager <[SOAS request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Correspondence between the
Vice-Chancellor of the university and Priestley College
 
Dear School of Oriental and African Studies,

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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