Scotland - rejected donations, gifts, grants and research funding
Dear Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
For the financial years 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and available data for 2017/2018, I would like to be provided with details on donations, gifts, grants and research funding that have been rejected by the university.
For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the following information:
- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was rejected
For each rejection, please also provide further information regarding where the awarded donation, gift, grant and research funding came from:
- If it was an individual, please provide the full name and title of the individual who awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, as well as the country that the person is based in.
- If it was a government department or government ministry that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name of that government department or ministry, as well as the country that government department or ministry is based in.
- If it was a company that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name of that company, as well as the country that the company is registered in.
- If it was a foundation that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name of that foundation, as well as the country that the foundation is based in.
- If it was a charity that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the name of that charity, as well as the country that the charity is based in.
- If it was a group of individuals or government officials or companies or foundations or charities that awarded the donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the full name of the group, as well as additional information on who or what that group is composed of and what country they’re based in.
I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.
Many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Jenna Corderoy
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Good morning Jenna,
I refer to your request for information on rejected donations, gifts,
grants and research funding. Queen Margaret University has no record of
rejecting any donations, gifts, grants or research funding. The
University's Gift Acceptance policy, available [1]here, outlines when a
donation or gift would not accepted.
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Musselburgh
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Gerry O’Hare
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