Dear Tereza

I acknowledge receipt of your below email received by this office on 8^th
March 2020.

Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and has been allocated reference FOI20-108 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 6^th April 2020.

Where we consider that we will not be able to meet this deadline or if
further time is required to consider the public interest test we will
contact you as soon as possible and give you a revised date for response.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and, if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

Yours sincerely

Ian Johnson   Ian Johnson
Assurance Officer   Swyddog Sicrwydd
Strategic Planning & Governance     Adran Cynllunio Strategol a
Cardiff University Llywodraethu
2nd Floor, Friary House
Greyfriars Road Prifysgol Caerdydd
CF10 3AE
LLawr 2, Friary House

Heol y Brodyr Llwydion
CF10 3AE
Tel: 029 208 79633   Ffon: 029 208 79633
E-mail: [1][email address] E-bost:
[2][email address]
 
 
The University welcomes
correspondence in Welsh or English. Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n
Saesneg.

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Dear Tereza

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 8^th
March 2020.

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

1)         the number of EU students enrolled at your University for each
academic year 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020.

            Under the Freedom of Information legislation our first
responsibility is to confirm whether we hold the information and we can
confirm that the University holds information about EU students. 

However, the information that you have requested for 2015/2016 to
2018/2019 is already in the public domain and is available from HESA, the
official agency for the collection, analysis and dissemination of
quantitative information about higher education in the UK, at
[1]https://www.hesa.ac.uk/.  Please note that while high level statistics
are readily available from the HESA website, in order to obtain data at
institution level, it might be necessary to submit a custom data request
directly to HESA. Information about this service including how to make a
request is available at [2]https://www.jisc.ac.uk/tailored-datasets. 
Accordingly this information is reasonably accessible to you by other
means and is exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

The data for 2019/2020 is due to be published by HESA in January 2021. As
this information is intended for future publication it is exempt from
disclosure by virtue of Section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
subject to a public interest test.

It is acknowledged that there is a public interest in making information
available that contributes to public debate and understanding about higher
education and this would include information around student numbers. It
would not be in the public interest to undermine established processes for
the publication of such information particularly where a commitment has
been made to make this information generally available and a date for
publication has been fixed. Therefore, in the absence of any compelling
public interest to disclose this information prior to its scheduled
release date it is considered reasonable, in all the circumstances, to
withhold this information prior to HESA's publication date. As such
Section 22 of the FOI Act applies.        

2)         if possible - the number of EU students having their tuition
fees paid by Student Loans Company each academic year 2015/2016,
2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020.

            Please see below table:

            2019/0                 552

2018/9                 687

2017/8                 765

2016/7                 757

2015/6                 640

I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.  The University has a
Freedom of Information Complaints Procedure should you feel dissatisfied
with this response or the way in which your request was handled.
Complaints must be made in writing and must set out why you believe the
University has not met its obligations under the Freedom of Information
Act.  You may email your complaint to [3][email address] where
it will be forwarded to the Director of Strategic Planning and Governance
who will be responsible for overseeing the review.

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of your complaint, 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.

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.

Yours sincerely

Ian Johnson   Ian Johnson
Assurance Officer   Swyddog Sicrwydd
Strategic Planning & Governance     Adran Cynllunio Strategol a
Cardiff University Llywodraethu
2nd Floor, Friary House
Greyfriars Road Prifysgol Caerdydd
CF10 3AE
LLawr 2, Friary House

Heol y Brodyr Llwydion
CF10 3AE
Tel: 029 208 79633   Ffon: 029 208 79633
E-mail: [4][email address] E-bost:
[5][email address]
 
 
The University welcomes
correspondence in Welsh or English. Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n
Saesneg.

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