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Dear M. B. Floyd,

 

Freedom of Information Request (our reference FOI20-492)

 

We refer to your Freedom of Information request dated 18^th October.  You
requested the following information:

 

“I would like to request admissions statistics for University of Bristol's
Doctorate in Educational Psychology (DEdPsy).

I would like to request the following admissions statistics, covering the
period from 2014-2015 academic year to present:

° How many students applied?
° How many students were accepted?
° How many self-funded students applied?
° How many self-funded students were accepted?”

 

University’s Response

 

Further to Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the “Act”) we
confirm that the information requested is held by the University of
Bristol (the “University”).

 

Please find the information requested in the table below:

 

Funded Applications submitted Intake (AEP
Applicant Year  applications via direct to UoB online funded route
AEP website  application system – only) 
includes self-funded
2014  109  11  10 
2015  146  5  10 
2016  156  10  10 
2017  217  13  10 
2018  211  <5  10 
2019  203  15  10 
2020  170  20  10 

 

Please note that the University does not release exact counts of less than
five because these are personal data of third parties or, if linked with
other personal identifiers in the public domain, would be likely to become
personal data. This information has been withheld under section 40(2) of
the Act, on the grounds that disclosure would likely breach the data
protection principles enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

 

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Director of Legal Services

Secretary’s Office

University of Bristol

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Bristol

BS8 1QU

 

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Kind Regards

 

Freedom of Information Team

University of Bristol

 

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