Dear Laura,
Reference Number:
RI2062.
Thank you for your request for information (under the Freedom of Information Act 2000) about the
University’s student drop-out rates.
For each academic year from 2017 to present (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, up to
the date this FOI request is received), I would like to know the fol owing:
(1) total number of undergraduate students, and total number of postgraduate students enrol ed
in each academic year;
(2) total number of undergraduate students who have dropped out, ceased, or interrupted their
studies unofficial y or official y in each academic year; and
(3) total number of postgraduate students who have also dropped out, ceased, or interrupted
their studies unofficial y or official y in each academic year.
I would like the above information divided by sex of the student, and the academic department of
study to be indicated, if possible.
For academic years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21, the information
is reasonably
accessible to you via the public domain and because of this, general principles of the
Section 21
exemption of the FOIA applies to your request.
To access the information you have requested, please refer to the Higher Education Statistics Agency
(HESA
): https://www.hesa.ac.uk/services/custom/data.
For the academic year 2021-22, the information you have requested is due to be published at a
future date (approximately Winter 2022/23). Therefore, general principles of th
e Section 22
exemption of the FOIA apply to your request.
The data you have requested wil be available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA):
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/services/custom/data
If you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been dealt with or with the outcome of
the consideration given to your request, you may ask for an Internal Review. If you are not content
with the outcome of the Internal Review you have the right to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. Our procedure for carrying out Internal Reviews can be found under
the ‘Complaint’ section of
this document.
If you have any queries about this response or would like any further information about your
request, or the Freedom of Information Act in general, please do not hesitate to contact us again by
e-m
ail (xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx).
Yours sincerely,
Esther Steele
Governance and Compliance Advisor / Ymgynghorydd Llywodraethu a Chydymffurfiaeth
Cardiff Metropolitan University / Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd
Western Avenue / Rhodfa’r Gorllewin
Cardiff / Caerdydd
Wales, UK / Cymru, DU
CF5 2YB
Email / E-bost: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
www.cardiffmet.ac.uk
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