Dear Michael Stafford,
I refer to your email of 27 May and, on behalf of the University, I acknowledge receipt and confirm that your request is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. In terms of the Act, a reply will be sent to you as soon as possible and within the statutory timescales.

Yours sincerely,
Mary Sabiston
Information Compliance Officer
University of Aberdeen

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Dear Michael Stafford,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FOI 2021-146

I refer to your email of 27 May 2021 requesting information relating to medicine A100.

Your request has now been considered under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, ‘the Act’.

I am interested in your selection criteria for medicine A100 for 2021

Can you confirm the numbers of applicants to medicine A100 who were Scottish, remainder of UK (RUK) and non Uk?

This information is published on our website:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/undergradua...

Can you confirm the numbers of applicants shortlisted for interview to medicine A100 who were Scottish, remainder of UK (RUK) and non Uk?

This information is published on our website:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/undergradua...

Can you confirm the numbers of applicants offered a place to medicine A100 who were Scottish, remainder of UK (RUK) and non Uk?

The admissions cycle for 2021 is not complete, therefore we are unable to provide this information, when the information becomes available it will be published on our admissions data webpage (link provided above).

Can you confirm how GCSE results, UKAT score and personal statements were used to determine selections

This information is published on our website:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/undergradua...

For undergraduate who applied to your A100 Medicine programme for 2021 entry, could I please receive a spreadsheet containing:
1 - Whether the applicant was Scottish, RUK or Non UK
2 - The applicant's academic score based on GCSE results
3 - The applicant's global UKCAT score
4 - If the applicant received an interview
5 - If the applicant received an offer

Please see the attached spreadsheet.

Please note that applicants GCSE results (2) are not recorded and therefore not held.
As the admissions cycle is not complete, we are not able to answer if the applicant received an offer (5).
Where the spreadsheet lists #N/A there is no information held for that candidate.

Where we have indicated that the information is not held, please accept this message as notice under section 17(1)(b) of the Act – Information not held.

Where we have indicated that the information you have requested is published on our website the information is otherwise available and exempt from disclosure. The University is not obliged to provide copies of the information in terms of section 25(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Information otherwise available. If you have any difficulties accessing the information please let me know.

Should you be dissatisfied with this response, you have the right to request a review. A request for review must be made within 40 working days of the receipt of this reply. It must include your name and address for correspondence and specify the request for information and the grounds for dissatisfaction with the decision. Please send your request for review to [University of Aberdeen request email].

If you are unhappy with the outcome of the University’s internal review, you have the right to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months of the receipt of the University’s review response. Details on how to make an appeal to the Commissioner are available at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal. Should you be dissatisfied with the Commissioner’s decision, you have a right of appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law.

Yours sincerely,
Mary Sabiston
Information Compliance Officer
University of Aberdeen

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