Dear Royal Northern College of Music,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am writing to all UK universities with this request.

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 following:

(1) total number of undergraduate students, and total number of postgraduate students enrolled in each academic year;

(2) total number of undergraduate students who have dropped out, ceased, or interrupted their studies unofficially or officially in each academic year;

(3) total number of postgraduate students who have also dropped out, ceased, or interrupted their studies unofficially or officially 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.

If you require any clarification or there are any issues with the processing of this request, please do let me know as soon as possible. Otherwise, I look forward to your response within the statutory deadline of 20 working days from the receipt of this request.
Please provide this information in the form of an Excel spreadsheet or any other applicable form of table. Many thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,
Laura Stewart-Liberty