Number of applicants for Land Economy
Dear St Catharine's College, Cambridge,
Would it be possible to know the number of applicants to the land economy (KL41) course for the 2021 cycle?
Yours faithfully,
Thang Kit Han
FOI – acknowledgement of request
Our Reference: FOI_0082
Dear Gaby Vibes,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request on 19/01/2021. We will respond to your request on or before 16/02/2021 – 20 working days.
Yours sincerely,
Nicola Robert
Bursar
Dear Thang Kit Han,
Apologies for the incorrect name in the email below. Your request is still FOI_0082 and will be responded to on or before 16/02/2021.
Yours sincerely,
Nicola Robert
Bursar
FOI – response
Our Reference: FOI_0082
Dear Thang Kit Han,
The information requested, insofar as it is held (noting that the current
undergraduate applications cycle is ongoing), is exempt under section
36(2)(c) of the Act because its disclosure would be likely to prejudice
the effective conduct of public affairs, in this case the integrity of the
College’s applications and admissions process which form a fundamental
part of its mission as an educational institution. (As the information
requested is statistical in nature, the opinion of the qualified person
did not need to be sought for this application of section 36.) The current
undergraduate applications cycle is ongoing and applications are still
being submitted and assessed. The College considers that the disclosure of
detailed statistics about applications made within the current cycle would
be likely to prejudice the notion of a fair and confidential admissions
process whereby each applicant has the same information at their disposal
and partial granular data is not disclosed to specific members of the
public while the process is ongoing. As this is a qualified exemption, the
College has considered whether, in all the circumstances of the case, the
public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest
in disclosing the information. The College considers that, while some
people might have an understandable private interest in these statistics,
there is no genuine public interest in them when set against the extensive
statistical information available about previous admissions cycles
published at https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.u... statistics,
coupled with the prevailing public interest in maintaining a level playing
field in terms of the information available to all applicants.
If you are not content with the outcome of your review, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted
the complaints procedure provided by the College. The Information
Commissioner may be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
(https://ico.org.uk/).
Yours sincerely
Nicola Robert
Bursar
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