Dear [Name Removed] Blandamer

I acknowledge receipt of your email received by this office on 12 November 2024.

Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and has been allocated reference FOI24-409 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 11 December 2024.

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Yours sincerely

Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol
Prifysgol Caerdydd
Ebost : [email address]

Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n Saesneg. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhwy oedi.

University Secretary's Office
Cardiff University
Email: [email address]

The University welcomes correspondence in Welsh or English. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.

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Dear [Name Removed] Blandamer

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 12
November 2024

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

I Request the Following for medicine (Not foundation year)

For 2019-2023 please see attached.

For 2024 please see below.

Please note that we do not hold any earlier data.

1) Lowest UCAT score which was invited to an interview and given an offer.
From years 2016 to present.

 A100 = 1970

2) How long do you have to live in wales to apply for Welsh student
finance

We assume from the question that you mean qualifying for undergraduate
Student Finance Wales (SFW) funding, meaning specifically tuition fee
funding and funding for living costs. This is the funding system for the
first 4 years of Medicine for Welsh domiciled students. In this case,
there is no specific time frame for having lived in Wales.

To qualify for funding from any UK Student Finance body a student would
need to evidence all of the following:

·       settled status in the UK

·       been living in the UK and Islands for 3 years before the first day
of the first year of the course (this is considered to be the 1^st Sept if
the student is beginning a course in Sept/Oct)

The funding body they can apply to is determined by where they have been
living/ordinarily resident in the UK prior to the first day of the first
year of the course (1^st Sept). If a student was ordinarily resident in
Wales before the start of their course then they would apply to SFW for
funding. SFW would have to satisfy that the student met the conditions
above but all of the 3 year residency would not have to be in Wales. They
would however need to show that they were ordinarily resident in Wales not
for the purpose of education. If a student moved to Wales for the sole
purpose of education (eg coming to University) they would not qualify for
funding under SFW and would be directed to apply for funding from the
country that they lived in prior to moving to Wales for education.

Eligibility is normally determined as of the first day of the first
academic year of the course (1^st Sept) and would not change during the
length of the course; so a student could not accrue living in the UK for 3
years while also studying.

There are exceptions to the statutory regulations above, such as students
who are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection, students who
are family members of migrant workers. In addition, there are exceptions
where some students may be able to access tuition fee funding only if they
qualify under the EU Settlement Scheme.

All of the above would be assessed by Student Finance Wales (and is
available [1]here) and regulations are laid out by the Welsh Government.

3) From 2016 to present the lowest a level results / score that was
offered a place.

 We do not hold A Level information.

4) Amount of applicants which applied for MBcHB Medicine course from 2016
to present. Do please provide an answer

 A100 = 4036

5) How many offers was made from 2016 to present for medicine course

 A100 = 716

6) What was the highest UCAT score invited to interview from 2016 to
present

 A100 = 3370

7) How many people got a offer after successfully completing a interview
and also how many people didn’t get a offer after completing the interview
from 2016 to present

A100 = 716 offer, 443 rejected.

I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.  Should you feel
dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was
handled you can request an Internal Review. This should be made in writing
within 40 working days of the date of this email. Please provide your
unique reference number of your request, information on why you are
dissatisfied and any detail you would like us to consider as part of the
Internal Review process. Email your request to [2][email address] where
it will be forwarded to the University’s Data Protection Officer who will
be responsible for overseeing the review.

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome, 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. Further information is available on their
website: [3]Make a complaint | ICO.

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.

Kind regards,

Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office

Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University

Ebost : [4][email address]   Email: [5][email address] 

Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu The University welcomes correspondence
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n in Welsh or English.  Corresponding in
Saesneg.  Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg Welsh will not lead to any delay.
yn creu unrhwy oedi.

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