How many students have formally dropped out of university since 5th September 2016
Dear Kingston University,
could you please provide the following information:
1) the number of students who have permanently dropped out of their courses at any level/year of their course since September 2016? Please provide a breakdown for each course and use all HESA codes as a definition for “dropped out.”
2) the percentage of the drop-out rate for each course in each of the last five years.
3) the total number of students who permanently dropped out of Kingston University in each of the last five years.
4) the percentage of the overall drop-out rate for Kingston University in each of the last five years.
Yours faithfully,
Meka Beresford
Dear Meka
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Kingston University. Your request was received on 07/11/2016 and is now being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please note that in some circumstances a fee may be payable prior to information being supplied. If a charge is applicable in this case I will contact you to request payment before proceeding further. Details of the University’s charging policy can be found in section 3 of its Freedom of Information Policy, available at the link below:
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I will be in touch again in due course and in any event not later than 05/12/2016 this being twenty working days following receipt of your request. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.
Kind regards
Cathy
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Cathy Murr
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
Dear Meka,
Further to your recent request for information, the University’s response
follows.
1) the number of students who have permanently dropped out of their
courses at any level/year of their course since September 2016? Please
provide a breakdown for each course and use all HESA codes as a definition
for “dropped out.”
See attached spreadsheet. Please note that the HESA code used is defined
as “Other personal reasons and dropped out”.
2) the percentage of the drop-out rate for each course in each of the last
five years.
See attached spreadsheet. We have provided data for the last two years.
The University advises that data for previous years is available from the
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and therefore claims exemption
21 of the Freedom of Information Act.
3) the total number of students who permanently dropped out of Kingston
University in each of the last five years.
See attached spreadsheet. We have provided data for the last two years.
The University advises that data for previous years is available from the
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and therefore claims exemption
21 of the Freedom of Information Act.
4) the percentage of the overall drop-out rate for Kingston University in
each of the last five years
See attached spreadsheet. We have provided data for the last two years.
The University advises that data for previous years is available from the
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and therefore claims exemption
21 of the Freedom of Information Act.
This completes the University’s response to your information request. If
you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review of our
decision please contact:
Director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory and Support Department, email :
[1][email address] or by post: Kingston University,
River House, 53-57 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1LQ.
In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision
unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Kingston
University. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
I hope that you now have the information you require.
Kind regards,
Lyn
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Lyn Porteous
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
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