To whom this may concern,

I hope this email finds you well.

My name is Dr Leeron Marshall, I am a practicing clinician in the UK with a personal and professional interest in medical education. I would like to make a freedom of information request please.

I request 2 data sets. One for groups of applicants and one anonymised per individual applicant. I would like all data to please be provided in a spreadsheet.

1. Data for groups of applicants
Can I please request the following statistics on applicants who applied to study medicine at Nottingham, for application cycles relating to the following years of entry: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021:
Please split the data in the following groups:
A100
International undergraduate applicants;
International graduate applicants,
Home undergraduate applicants,
Home graduate applicants.
A101
International undergraduate applicants;
International graduate applicants,
Home undergraduate applicants,
Home graduate applicants.

International means considered international for fee purposes. Home includes all candidates that qualified as home fees. I understand that in previous years, that includes both UK and EU applicants.
If these exact groups are not available, please provide the data in an equivalent, or similar grouping that you have available. For areas where the data will not apply, for example undergraduate and GAMSAT score, please put “NA”.

For each of these 4 groups, and per programme, I would like to know the following information

Number of applicants (total)
Number of applicants (with contextual data/factors)
Number of applicants interviewed
Number of offers
Number of places
Number of deferrals

UCAT + VR
For students who received an interview (no contextual data/factors), the:
-Lowest and Highest UCAT score
-Interquartile range of UCAT scores
-Mean UCAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median UCAT score
-Mode UCAT score
-Lowest and Highest VR score
-Interquartile range of VR scores
-Mean VR score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median VR score
-Mode VR score
For students who received an interview (with contextual data/factors), the:
-Lowest and Highest UCAT score
-Interquartile range of UCAT scores
-Mean UCAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median UCAT score
-Mode UCAT score
-Lowest and Highest VR score
-Interquartile range of VR scores
-Mean VR score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median VR score
-Mode VR score
For students who received an offer (no contextual data/factors), the:
-Lowest and Highest UCAT score
-Interquartile range of UCAT scores
-Mean UCAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median UCAT score
-Mode UCAT score
-Lowest and Highest VR score
-Interquartile range of VR scores
-Mean VR score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median VR score
-Mode VR score
For students who received an offer (with contextual data/factors), the:
-Lowest and Highest UCAT score
-Interquartile range of UCAT scores
-Mean UCAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median UCAT score
-Mode UCAT score
-Lowest and Highest VR score
-Interquartile range of VR scores
-Mean VR score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median VR score
-Mode VR score
Lowest SJT band to receive an interview (no contextual factors)
Lowest SJT band to receive an interview (contextual factors)

GAMSAT
The following data applied for a) overall score b) section1 score c) section 2 score c) section 3 score
For students who received an interview (no contextual data/factors), the:
-Lowest and Highest GAMSAT score
-Interquartile range of GAMSAT scores
-Mean GAMSAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median GAMSAT score
-Mode GAMSAT score
For students who received an interview (with contextual data/factors), the:
-Lowest and Highest GAMSAT score
-Interquartile range of GAMSAT scores
-Mean GAMSAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median GAMSAT score
-Mode GAMSAT score
For students who received an offer (no contextual data/factors), the:
-Lowest and Highest GAMSAT score
-Interquartile range of GAMSAT scores
-Mean GAMSAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median GAMSAT score
-Mode GAMSAT score
For students who received an offer (with contextual data/factors), the:
-Lowest and Highest GAMSAT score
-Interquartile range of GAMSAT scores
-Mean GAMSAT score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
-Median GAMSAT score
-Mode GAMSAT score

Per Individual applicant data
I would like to know the following information per individual applicant, in a spreadsheet. One row per applicant.
I understand that at the time of application, the fee status may not always be clear, and if that is the case, please categorise the applicant as “unsure” for fee status and provide the rest of their data.

Candidate number (any unique identifier) - 1 column
Undergraduate or Graduate applicant - 1 column
Course applied for by code (A100, A101 etc) - 1 column
UK/home or International applicant (fee status) - 1 column
UCAT score (per section & SJT + VR if available, OR overall score) - 6 columns
GAMSAT score (per section of the exam & overall if available) - 4 columns
Curriculum (GCE A-levels, IB, CBSE, APs, SAT subject tests, Canadian secondary school, other) - 1 column
Invited for interview - yes or no, 1 column
Received an offer - yes or no, 1 column
If yes, what offer was sent? (grades required to achieve), 1 column
Accepted an offer for application year - yes or no, 1 column
Deferred place for the following year - yes or no, 1 column

If Following GCE A-levels, then please provide:
A Level Grades for each subject (1 column per subject)
Specify if that grade is predicted or achieve (1 column)

If Following IB, then please provide:
HL grades per subject (1 column per subject)
Specify if that grade is predicted or achieve (1 column)
SL grades per subject (1 column per subject)
Specify if that grade is predicted or achieve (1 column)
Overall IB score predicted or achieved

Please provide the equivalent information (predicted or achieved grades) for students who apply with CBSE curriculum, APs, SAT subject tests and Canadian secondary school diploma.
If a student applied with a different curriculum, write “NA”.

If the student has completed GCSEs or iGCSEs, please provide:
Specify if GCSEs or iGCSEs
Grades achieved for each subject

If a graduate applicant:
Degree achieved or predicted
Degree class
Degree subject
Masters (yes or no)
PhD (yes or no)

For areas where the data will not apply, for example undergraduate and GAMSAT score, please put “NA”.
If information is not available for any given year, please provide information for years that are available

Thank you for your time and for your help, it is very much appreciated
VBW
Leeron

Dear compliance team,

I have simplified the FOI request as per your concerns about time/cost. I hope you will find this satisfactory. I think perhaps I worded it in such a way that made it look a lot more than it is as other universities have replied with the data requested.

In addition, the exemption of 40(2) to provide personal data only apples when that person can be identified. It is possible to release data with arbitrary identification numbers rather than candidate numbers so that the individual applicants cannot be identified.

Please let me know if anything else can be clarified.

I request 2 data sets. One for groups of applicants and one anonymised per individual applicant. I would like all data to please be provided in a spreadsheet.

Data for groups of applicants

Can I please request the following statistics on applicants who applied to study medicine at Nottingham, for application cycles relating to the following years of entry: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021:
Please split the data in the following groups:

A100
International undergraduate applicants;
International graduate applicants,
Home undergraduate applicants,
Home graduate applicants.
A101
International undergraduate applicants;
International graduate applicants,
Home undergraduate applicants,
Home graduate applicants.

International means considered international for fee purposes. Home includes all candidates that qualified as home fees. I understand that in previous years, that includes both UK and EU applicants.
If these exact groups are not available, please provide the data in an equivalent, or similar grouping that you have available. For areas where the data will not apply, for example undergraduate and GAMSAT score, please put “NA”.

For each of these 4 groups, and per programme, I would like to know the following information

Number of applicants (total)
Number of applicants (with contextual data/factors)
Number of applicants interviewed
Number of offers
Number of places
Number of deferrals

UCAT + VR
Lowest SJT band to receive an interview (no contextual factors)
Lowest SJT band to receive an interview (contextual factors)
For students who received an interview (no contextual data/factors)
For students who received an interview (with contextual data/factors)
For students who received an offer (no contextual data/factors)
For students who received an offer (with contextual data/factors)

For i - iv
Lowest and Highest score
Interquartile range of scores
Mean score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
Median score
Mode score

GAMSAT
The following data applied for a) overall score b) section1 score c) section 2 score c) section 3 score
For students who received an interview (no contextual data/factors)
For students who received an interview (with contextual data/factors)
For students who received an offer (no contextual data/factors)
For students who received an offer (with contextual data/factors)

For i - iv
Lowest and Highest score
Interquartile range of scores
Mean score (ideally with standard deviation and variance)
Median score
Mode score

Per Individual applicant data

I would like to know the following information per individual applicant, in a spreadsheet. One row per applicant.
I understand that at the time of application, the fee status may not always be clear, and if that is the case, please categorise the applicant as “unsure” for fee status and provide the rest of their data.

Any unique identifying number - 1 column
Undergraduate or Graduate applicant - 1 column
Course applied for by code (A100, A101 etc) - 1 column
UK/home or International applicant (fee status) - 1 column
UCAT score (per section & SJT + VR if available, OR overall score) - 6 columns
GAMSAT score (per section of the exam & overall if available) - 4 columns
Curriculum (GCE A-levels, IB, CBSE, APs, SAT subject tests, Canadian secondary school, other) - 1 column
Invited for interview - yes or no, 1 column
Received an offer - yes or no, 1 column
If yes, what offer was sent? (grades required to achieve), 1 column
Accepted an offer for application year - yes or no, 1 column
Deferred place for the following year - yes or no, 1 column

If Following GCE A-levels, then please provide:
A Level Grades for each subject (1 column per subject)
Specify if that grade is predicted or achieve (1 column)

If Following IB, then please provide:
HL grades per subject (1 column per subject)
Specify if that grade is predicted or achieve (1 column)
SL grades per subject (1 column per subject)
Specify if that grade is predicted or achieve (1 column)
Overall IB score predicted or achieved

Please provide the equivalent information (predicted or achieved grades) for students who apply with CBSE curriculum, APs, SAT subject tests and Canadian secondary school diploma.

If a student applied with a different curriculum, write “NA”.

If the student has completed GCSEs or iGCSEs, please provide:
Specify if GCSEs or iGCSEs
Grades achieved for each subject

If a graduate applicant:
Degree achieved or predicted
Degree class
Degree subject
Masters (yes or no)
PhD (yes or no)

For areas where the data will not apply, for example undergraduate and GAMSAT score, please put “NA”.
If information is not available for any given year, please provide information for years that are available

Again, thank you for your time
VBW
Leeron