Diversity statistics for 2016-2018 [Undergraduate law]

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Jasonara Stathamara

To whom it may concern,

The following request refers to students who enrolled in a law-related (i.e. Group M) course at the university in the following three years: 2016, 2017, 2018.

By ‘law-related course’, I refer to both single honours law and any law with a language, law with a year abroad, or joint honours law programmes which admitted students during this period.

My request:

Please provide the following information about the relevant students’ background for each of the three years (2016, 2017, 2018):

a. The % of students who are Black or Minority Ethnic (‘BME’);

b. The % of UK-domiciled students who have come from a postcode that falls within POLAR4 young participation quintiles 1 or 2;

c. The % of all students (UK and EU and non-EU) who attended a private/fee-paying school;

d. The 10 most commonly-occurring secondary schools among all students who enrolled, whether these schools are located in the UK or abroad. Please provide this as a list in descending order of enrolment.

Yours sincerely,

Jasonara Stathamara

Tracey Crombie,

Please note I am away from the University, returning Wednesday 7 August -
if your query is urgent contact Helen Pickersgill on ext 34036 ([email
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Freedom of Information, University of Leeds

Dear Jasonara

I can confirm receipt of the request below, dated 6 August 2019.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days. As such, you should expect to hear from the University in response by 6 September 2019, if, in the meantime, you have any queries about the request, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

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Lucy Scott

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Tracey Crombie,

1 Attachment

Dear Stathamara

Further to your FOI request, please see below/attached:-

Sheet 1 is a list of all schools/universities etc that registered students
on Law courses had attended with a pie chart for the percentage in each
category. The second sheet is the top ten Schools by numbers of registered
students.

In respect of the other information requested please see below

a.            The % of students who are Black or Minority Ethnic (‘BME’);

The Faculty of Social Sciences do not collect this information, it is not
required as part of the application decision making

b.            The % of UK-domiciled students who have come from a postcode
that falls within POLAR4 young participation quintiles 1 or 2;

The Faculty did not collect these data in the cycles requested.  Earlier
iterations of the POLAR information (2 and 3) may have been collected on
the UCAS form, but the faculty do not use this information for decision
making.

c.            The % of all students (UK and EU and non-EU) who attended a
private/fee-paying school;

Please see attached spreadsheet (2016/7/8 All Schools - %).

d.            The 10 most commonly-occurring secondary schools among all
students who enrolled, whether these schools are located in the UK or
abroad. Please provide this as a list in descending order of enrolment.

Please see attached spreadsheet (2016/7/8 Top 10 Schools)

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Tracey Crombie
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