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Dear University of Nottingham,

Please could you provide the following papers for academic years 2012 - 2017

PHYS3001: Atoms, Photons and Fundamental Particles (F33CO6)
PHYS3002: Introduction to Solid State Physics (F33CO7)
PHYS4005: From Accelerators to Medical Imaging (F34IAM)
PHYS4004: Atmospheric Physics (F34APM)
PHYS4003: Introduction to Cosmology (F34COS)
PHYS4008: Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos (F34NDC)
PHYS4017: Quantum Dynamics (F34QDY)
PHYS4006: Soft Condensed Matter (F34SCM)
PHYS4009: Extreme Astrophysics (F34EXT)
PHYS4010: Functional Medical Imaging (F34FMI)
PHYS4011: Imaging & Manipulation at the Nanoscale (F34IMN)
PHYS4012: Quantum Coherent Phenomena (F34QCP)
PHYS4014: Semiconductor Physics (F34SEM)
PHYS4013: Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics (F34TPP)
PHYS3015: Theory Toolbox (F33PDC)

Yours faithfully, Adam Scott

Br-Freedom-Of-Information, University of Nottingham

Dear Adam Scott,

I am writing in regards to the Freedom of Information we received on 1st July 2019.

Your request will be dealt with as quickly as possible and a final response should be sent to you within 20 working days of receipt.

If you wish to enquire about the progress of your request, then please do not hesitate to contact us,

Yours Sincerely,

Catherine Allin
Information Compliance & Quality Officer
University of Nottingham
B16 Lenton Hurst
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD
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0115 748 4098

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Dear Br-Freedom-Of-Information,

20 days have passed, can you please update me one status of my request?

Yours sincerely,

Adam Scott

Br-Freedom-Of-Information, University of Nottingham

Hello Mr Scott,

As per the acknowledgment below, we have 20 working days to respond to FOI requests, not calendar days, the deadline for the response is actually 29th July as per the legislation.

Yours sincerely

Catherine Allin

Information Compliance and Quality Officer – Freedom of Information,
Registrar’s Department
Web: www.nottingham.ac.uk/freedom-of-informat...
Email: [University of Nottingham request email]

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Br-Freedom-Of-Information, University of Nottingham

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Dear Mr Scott,

 

We are writing in response to the freedom of information request you
submitted on 30th June 2019, in which you requested the following:

 

Please could you provide the following papers for academic years 2012 -
2017

 

PHYS3001: Atoms, Photons and Fundamental Particles (F33CO6)

PHYS3002: Introduction to Solid State Physics (F33CO7)

PHYS4005: From Accelerators to Medical Imaging (F34IAM)

PHYS4004: Atmospheric Physics (F34APM)

PHYS4003: Introduction to Cosmology (F34COS)

PHYS4008: Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos (F34NDC)

PHYS4017: Quantum Dynamics (F34QDY)

PHYS4006: Soft Condensed Matter (F34SCM)

PHYS4009: Extreme Astrophysics (F34EXT)

PHYS4010: Functional Medical Imaging (F34FMI)

PHYS4011: Imaging & Manipulation at the Nanoscale (F34IMN)

PHYS4012: Quantum Coherent Phenomena (F34QCP)

PHYS4014: Semiconductor Physics (F34SEM)

PHYS4013: Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics (F34TPP)

PHYS3015: Theory Toolbox (F33PDC)

 

 

We have considered your request under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, and on this occasion we are unable to provide you
with the information you have outlined above.

 

Upon review, we believe that this information is exempt from disclosure
under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as the
information would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of the
University of Nottingham.

The legislation  states:

 

43 Commercial interests.

 

(1)Information is exempt information if it constitutes a trade secret.

 

(2)Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act
would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any
person (including the public authority holding it).

 

(3)The duty to confirm or deny does not arise if, or to the extent that,
compliance with section 1(1)(a) would, or would be likely to, prejudice
the interests mentioned in subsection (2).

 

The public interest in disclosing this information and has determined that
the prejudice arising from disclosure outweighs the benefit to the public,
indeed we believe there is no legitimate wider public interest in the
content of our examination papers.

 

In releasing these papers, we will prejudice the University of
Nottingham’s ability to reuse the past questions in any future
examinations. This would incur a direct cost in staff time for preparing
and checking new questions.

 

Releasing this information into the public domain means it could be used
by our competitors in setting their examinations, as you must appreciate 
the University is working in a competitive environment against other
higher education providers.

 

However, we would like to stipulate that our own students have access to
three example exam question papers, and model answers per module to help
them with their studies.

 

If you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled and
wish to request a review of our response or to make a complaint, then
please see the attached information sheet and form.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any enquiries regarding
this email.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Catherine Allin

 

Information Compliance and Quality Officer – Freedom of Information,

Registrar’s Department

Web:     www.nottingham.ac.uk/freedom-of-informat...

Email: [University of Nottingham request email]

 

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