Medical School Statistics Preceding and Following UCAT Implementation
Dear University of Exeter,
Could you please provide the following information about your medical school?
1. What year was the UCAT implemented at your institution?
2. How many students enrolled and withdrew in your institution each year for the three years preceding the implementation of the UCAT (e.g. 2018 -120, 2019 – 135, etc.)?
3. How many students enrolled and withdrew in each year for 3 years following the implementation of the UCAT (e.g. 2018 -120, 2019 – 135, etc.)?
4. In the above responses, how many students left of their own accord and how many were asked to withdraw?
5. What were the highest, lowest, and median UCAT scores of students for each of the years mentioned in question 3?
6. What were the UCAT scores of students who were asked to leave or withdrew themselves from the program?
7. Please state the number of students that were international vs. local in all previous questions.
8. Please state the gender distribution of students in all previous questions.
Yours faithfully,
Sahir Danyal Farooq
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Dear Sahir,
In order for us to process your request we will require you to clarify the
following points.
▪ Do you mean withdrawals after starting the program?
If we do not receive a response within 40 working days we will consider
your request to be closed. If you respond after that period we will
consider it to be a new request and process it accordingly.
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University of Exeter
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From: InformationGovernance mailbox
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2023 9:22 AM
To: Sahir Danyal Farooq <[FOI #1004215 email]>
Subject: FOI23-0277 Acknowledgement
Dear Sahir,
Thank you for your request under the information Act of 2000. Your
reference number is FOI23-0277.
We will consider your request and respond in due course.
The data you provide to allow us to process your request is collected so
that you are able to exercise your lawful rights under the Freedom of
Information Act. Your personal data will be held by the Information
Governance Office and shared with relevant staff as necessary.
Once a request has been completed, the relevant data will be held by the
Information Governance Office for three years in line with ICO guidance,
this is to ensure the University has fully carried out its requirements
under the legislation.
For further information on how we process your personal data, please see:
[2]http://www.exeter.ac.uk/dataprotection/
The University should respond to your FOI request as soon as possible and
no later than twenty working days after the date of receipt of the
request. Should The University be required to undertake a public interest
test relating to the potential application of a qualified exemption we may
extend the time frame by up to twenty additional days. Please be aware
that our response time takes into account the workloads of the Information
Governance Office and relevant data owners and will therefore not always
correlate with the complexity of the request. Should The University seek
clarification any resulting time spent awaiting communication will not be
counted against that time limit.
Regards,
Information Governance Officer
University Corporate Services
University of Exeter
[3]www.exeter.ac.uk
Lafrowda House, St. German’s Road, Exeter, EX4 6TL
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Dear InformationGovernance mailbox,
What you've written is correct, I meant withdrawals after starting the program.
Yours sincerely,
Sahir Danyal Farooq
Dear Sahir,
Thank you. We will now proceed with your request accordingly.
Kind regards,
Information Governance Officer
University Corporate Services
University of Exeter
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Lafrowda House, St. German’s Road, Exeter, EX4 6TL
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Dear Sahir,
In order for us to process your request we will require you to clarify the
following points.
• The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) was created in 2006,
while The University of Exeter Medical School was created in 2013.
This means that we have no pre-UCAT data to provide you with. If you
would like to proceed with the remainder of your request, could you
specify specific years for which you require data?
If we do not receive a response within 40 working days we will consider
your request to be closed. If you respond after that period we will
consider it to be a new request and process it accordingly.
Kind regards,
Information Governance Officer
University Corporate Services
University of Exeter
[1]www.exeter.ac.uk
Lafrowda House, St. German’s Road, Exeter, EX4 6TL
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From: InformationGovernance mailbox
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2023 9:22 AM
To: Sahir Danyal Farooq <[FOI #1004215 email]>
Subject: FOI23-0277 Acknowledgement
Dear Sahir,
Thank you for your request under the information Act of 2000. Your
reference number is FOI23-0277.
We will consider your request and respond in due course.
The data you provide to allow us to process your request is collected so
that you are able to exercise your lawful rights under the Freedom of
Information Act. Your personal data will be held by the Information
Governance Office and shared with relevant staff as necessary.
Once a request has been completed, the relevant data will be held by the
Information Governance Office for three years in line with ICO guidance,
this is to ensure the University has fully carried out its requirements
under the legislation.
For further information on how we process your personal data, please see:
[2]http://www.exeter.ac.uk/dataprotection/
The University should respond to your FOI request as soon as possible and
no later than twenty working days after the date of receipt of the
request. Should The University be required to undertake a public interest
test relating to the potential application of a qualified exemption we may
extend the time frame by up to twenty additional days. Please be aware
that our response time takes into account the workloads of the Information
Governance Office and relevant data owners and will therefore not always
correlate with the complexity of the request. Should The University seek
clarification any resulting time spent awaiting communication will not be
counted against that time limit.
Regards,
Information Governance Officer
University Corporate Services
University of Exeter
[3]www.exeter.ac.uk
Lafrowda House, St. German’s Road, Exeter, EX4 6TL
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Dear University of Exeter,
In that case, the only years for which information is needed would be 2013 to 2016.
Yours sincerely,
Sahir Danyal Farooq
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University of Exeter
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