Dear University of Cambridge,

The Freedom of Information Act (herein 'the Act') gives members of the public the right to request data from public bodies and institutions. For the purposes of the Act, your institution - the University of Cambridge - is deemed to be a public institution. Accordingly, we request the following information regarding applicants in the 2018 cycle for "Modern and Medieval Languages (R800)" and "History (V100)"

(1) Please provide for each candidate, identified by name or, if your institution seeks to apply an exemption under s 40 of the act, a unique randomly generated number:--

i. GCSE results presented as a string (where GCSE results are absent, please provide an explanation, for example, "International"/"Not on Personal Statement", etc.
ii. Interview test score
iii. Pre-interview or at-interview test score
iv. The local authority of residence (defined as either the second tier where two-tiered local government exists or the single tier in a unitary area)
v. Achieved GCE grades or other (UMS desirable)
vi. Predicted A-level grades or other, as provided by each applicant, inclusion or exclusion of unaccepted GCEs, i.e. 'General Studies, is irrelevant for the purposes of this request and is left at your discretion.
vii. Aggregated candidate score, based on the university's metric

Please present your data tabulated in a manner which allows the cross-comparison of individual applicants's individual statistics.

Please reply within the statutory timeframe, public holidays considered. Any exemptions applied should be justified, providing us with relevant public interest tests.

If your institution wishes to pursue noncompliance with this request on the grounds provided by s 12 of the Act, please fulfill the request chronologically until the point where the exemption would apply.

Robert Y Chen

(By email)