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Dear Flo Marks

We acknowledge receipt of your recent request under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (ref FOIA/23/048).  Your request is
receiving attention and we hope to have a response to you no later than 12
April 2023

Regards

Azlina Cohen

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Dear Flo Marks

RESPONSE FOIA/23/048

Further to your Freedom of Information request, please view Ulster
University’s response as follows –

Could you confirm whether your university has any formal guidelines for
ensuring the safety of students from surveillance or coercion from those
acting on behalf of foreign governments (for example, safety from
surveillance, blackmail, forced pledges of loyalty and being reported on
by fellow students)? If so, please provide access to this document.

Has your organisation evaluated the possible risk posed by Chinese Student
and Scholar Associations given evidence that they have surveilled other
students, organised counter protestors and acted upon orders from the
Chinese Embassy?

Are you aware of how many international students are receiving funding
from the Chinese Scholarship Council stream?

Has your institution ever had to deal with a case where a student was put
at risk of transnational repression and can you provide details of how
your institution dealt with this situation? Feel free to keep the identity
of the student anonymous.

Ulster University has no record of any such documentation/guidance or any
cases of the nature described.

If you are unhappy with how the University has dealt with your request you
may raise the matter under the University's internal review process for
FOI requests. Please submit written details of your appeal to Clare
Jamison, University Secretary, University of Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA,
email at [1][email address] The University will normally
undertake to issue a decision on an appeal within 20 working days of
receipt.

If you do not wish to submit an appeal to the University in relation to
your request or if you are unhappy with the outcome of an appeal you may
apply to the Office of the Information Commissioner. Full particulars of
the FOI Act including the Information Commissioner's address may be found
at [2]www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

Azlina Cohen

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text of email is not intended to form a binding contract. Correspondence
to and from the University may be subject to requests for disclosure by
3rd parties under relevant legislation.
The Ulster University was founded by Royal Charter in 1984 and is
registered with company number RC000726 and VAT registered number
GB672390524.The primary contact address for Ulster University in Northern
Ireland is Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA

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