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Dear Arash Moaref, 
Thank you for your request for information.
In order to locate the information you have requested we need more
clarification in relation to your request. Please can you clarify what you
mean by the requested information in question 5? 
Please forward this clarification at your earliest convenience.  Until
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hold and the statutory time limit will not apply.
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do not wish to pursue this request and will consider the request closed.
Kind Regards,
FOI Team
SecOInformation Governance | University of Bristol |

To: SecOInformation Governance ([University of Bristol request email])
From: Arash Moaref ([FOI #1024273 email])
Title: Freedom of Information request - Economics Admissions
Sent: 10/09/2023 09:42

Dear University of Bristol,
Please may you provide me with the following information on admissions to
BSc Economics.
1) The total number and percentage of offers made for the course in the
2021-22 and 2022-23 cycle.
2) The percentage of offers given to home students, and to international
students every year from 2017-2023.
3) The number of IB applicants every year from 2017-2023.
4) The mean and median score of IB applicants applying to the course and
receiving an offer in each year from 2017-2023.
5) The mean and median combined score of higher level grades from IB
applicants every year from 2017-2023.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Arash Moaref
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Dear Arash Moaref,

Freedom of Information Request (our reference FOI23-463)

We refer to your Freedom of Information request dated 10^th September.

You requested the following information:

“Please may you provide me with the following information on admissions to
BSc Economics.

1) The total number and percentage of offers made for the course in the
2021-22 and 2022-23 cycle.
2) The percentage of offers given to home students, and to international
students every year from 2017-2023.
3) The number of IB applicants every year from 2017-2023.
4) The mean and median score of IB applicants applying to the course and
receiving an offer in each year from 2017-2023.
5) The mean and median combined score of higher level grades from IB
applicants every year from 2017-2023.”

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 document attached. Please
note that the university employs a rounding methodology (HESA’s
standard Rounding Methodology) when disclosing statistical information
linked to student or staff numbers. This is to reduce the risk of an
individual being identified from this dataset, or from this dataset in
combination with information elsewhere in the public domain. This is in
line with guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office for
anonymising datasets under section 40(2) of the Act. You can find a full
explanation of the rounding methodology on HESA’s website:

[1]https://www.hesa.ac.uk/about/regulation/...

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Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team

University of Bristol

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