Dear Jenna,

I acknowledge receipt of your email received by this office on 31/01/20 in
which you requested information regarding donations, gifts, grants or
research funding from Huawei. 

Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and has been allocated reference FOI20-050 which should be quoted in
all correspondence. We will respond to your request within 20 working days
starting the next working day after receipt, therefore you can expect to
receive a response no later than 28/02/20.

Where we consider that we will not be able to meet this deadline or if
further time is required to consider the public interest test we will
contact you as soon as possible and give you a revised date for response.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and, if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

Yours sincerely

John Groves   John Groves
Project Officer   Swyddog Prosiect
Strategic Planning & Governance     Adran Cynllunio Strategol a
Cardiff University Llywodraethu
2nd Floor, Friary House
Greyfriars Road Prifysgol Caerdydd
CF10 3AE
LLawr 2, Friary House

Heol y Brodyr Llwydion
CF10 3AE
Tel: 02920 879870   Ffon: 02920 879870
E-mail: [1][email address] E-bost:
[2][email address]
 
 
The University welcomes
correspondence in Welsh or English. Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n
Saesneg.

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Dear Jenna,

Further to our email of 31/01/20 unfortunately we will be unable to
provide you with a response by the original deadline. We anticipate we
will require a further 10 working days and you can therefore expect to
receive a response by 13/03/20.

We apologise for the inconvenience.

Kind regards

Assurance Services   Gwasanaeth Sicrwdd
Strategic Planning & Governance   Adran Gynllunio Strategol a
Llywodraethu
Cardiff University   Prifysgol Caerdydd
2nd Floor, Friary House   Llawr 2, Friary House
Greyfriars Road   Heol y Brodyr Llwydion

Cardiff Caerdydd
CF10 3AE   CF10 3AE
E-mail: [1][email address]   E-bost:
[2][email address]
We welcome correspondence in Welsh
or English Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth trwy’r
Gymraeg neu’r Saesneg

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Dear Jenna,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated
31/02/20.

For ease of reference, I have reproduced your questions below and set out
our corresponding responses.

(1) For the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20, I would like to
be provided with details on accepted donations, gifts, grants and research
funding that have come from the Chinese company Huawei. For each, I would
like the following information:

- The date the university accepted such donation, gift, grant and research
funding

- The sum and description of the accepted donation, gift, grant and
research funding

- A description of what the donation, gift, grant and research funding was
used for

(2) Also, for the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20, I would
like to be provided with details on donations, gifts, grants and research
funding that have come from the Chinese company Huawei which have been
rejected by the university.

For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please
provide the following information:

- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and research
funding

- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and
research funding

- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was
rejected

Please see the attached spreadsheet for information about research
funding.

Cardiff University has received no gifts or donations and no offers of
gifts or donations from Huawei in the period in question. There is no
record held of potential grants and research funding from Huawei which
have been rejected by the University. At any point in time the University
is in discussion with many private sector organisations about potential
commercial and collaborative projects. Some of these discussions progress
to the contract negotiation stage whereas others do not proceed. In the
latter case, this may be due to a wide variety of technical and/or
commercial reasons and this is a routine aspect of business development
for all academic institutions

I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.  The University has a
Freedom of Information Complaints Procedure should you feel dissatisfied
with this response or the way in which your request was handled.
Complaints must be made in writing and must set out why you believe the
University has not met its obligations under the Freedom of Information
Act.  You may email your complaint to [1][email address] where
it will be forwarded to the Director of Strategic Planning and Governance
who will be responsible for overseeing the review.

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of your complaint, you
have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for
consideration.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the
following address: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Cardiff University. If you require further assistance please feel free to
contact me.

Yours sincerely

Assurance Services   Gwasanaeth Sicrwdd
Strategic Planning & Governance   Adran Gynllunio Strategol a
Llywodraethu
Cardiff University   Prifysgol Caerdydd
2nd Floor, Friary House   Llawr 2, Friary House
Greyfriars Road   Heol y Brodyr Llwydion

Cardiff Caerdydd
CF10 3AE   CF10 3AE
E-mail: [2][email address]   E-bost:
[3][email address]
We welcome correspondence in Welsh
or English Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth trwy’r
Gymraeg neu’r Saesneg

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Dear Jenna,

It has been identified that the figures enclosed with our response to the
above FOI query on 09/03/20 were incorrect.

As a result, please see the enclosed spreadsheet for the correct figures.
We apologise for any inconvenience which this may have caused.

Yours sincerely

University Secretary’s Office   Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol
Cardiff University   Prifysgol Caerdydd
Friary House   Friary House
Greyfriars Road   Heol y Brodyr Llwydion

Cardiff Caerdydd
CF10 3AE   CF10 3AE
     
E-mail: [1][email address]   E-bost:
[2][email address]
 
 
We welcome correspondence in Welsh
or English. Corresponding in Welsh Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth trwy’r
will not lead to any delay. Gymraeg neu’r Saesneg. Ni fydd
gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhyw
oedi.

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