Scottish domiciled students

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elizabeth thomson

Dear Heriot-Watt University,

I would like to request the following information under FOISA:

How many students were admitted to your institution to begin studying an undergraduate degree in each of the last 6 academic years?

How many Scottish domiciled students were admitted to your institution to study an undergraduate degree in each of the last six academic years? I would like this information broken down by degree programme.

How many Scottish domiciled students from ‘Scotland’s most deprived backgrounds’ as defined by the Scottish Government’s widening access policy were admitted to your institution to study an undergraduate degree in each of the last 6 academic years? I would like this information broken down by degree programme.

If you require clarification please contact me promptly.

Yours faithfully,

elizabeth thomson

elizabeth thomson

Good evening,

I wanted to send a clarification on a couple of points based on a query I received from a different institution:

1. I am only seeking information relating to the number of new students being admitted to an undergraduate degree programme. ie, whichever year they are entering at - as i realise some will start in year 1 and others may leapfrog into a higher year to begin with. I am not seeking info relating to continuing students going into 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year.

2. By admitted i refer to the number of (new) students who took up a place at the institution (or enrolled/registered) in each academic year.

Kind regards,
elizabeth thomson

elizabeth thomson

Dear Heriot-Watt University,

I haven't received an acknowledgement of this request, which is now overdue. Please respond as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,

elizabeth thomson

Freedom Of Information,, Heriot-Watt University

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Dear Elizabeth,

 

Thank you for your information request dated 8^th May 2019 around Scottish
domiciled students at Heriot-Watt University.  Your request has been
handled under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.  Please
accept my apologies for  the delay in my reply, we are currently
experiencing a high volume of requests.  I hope this has not
inconvenienced you.

 

I have answered your questions in red below for ease of reference.

 

How many students were admitted to your institution to begin studying an
undergraduate degree in each of the last 6 academic years?  Please refer
to page 37 of our annual accounts where you will find details of our UG
admission figures for the last 6 academic years. 
[1]https://www.hw.ac.uk/services/management...

 

How many Scottish domiciled students were admitted to your institution to
study an undergraduate degree in each of the last six academic years? I
would like this information broken down by degree programme.  Please refer
to the attached document which provides the number of enrolled new, and
continuing students at a UK campus with domicile in Scotland by academic
year.

 

How many Scottish domiciled students from ‘Scotland’s most deprived
backgrounds’ as defined by the Scottish Government’s widening access
policy were admitted to your institution to study an undergraduate degree
in each of the last 6 academic years? I would like this information broken
down by degree programme.  Please refer to the attached widening access
facts and figures document.  We do not breakdown the data by course as
there is no business need to do so, therefore, this is exempt from release
under Section 17 of the Scottish Act:  Information not held.

 

Your right to seek review of our decision

 

If you are not satisfied with our response or our reasoning set-out above,
you have forty working days from today in which to request a review of our
decision.  Any request should be put in writing and should be sent to Ann
Jones, Head of Heritage and Information Governance, at the address
detailed at the bottom of this email. The request should:

 

(a) detail your request for a review of our decision to be undertaken;

 

(b) describe the nature of your original request; and

 

(c) explain the reasons why you are dissatisfied with our response.

 

If you remain dissatisfied with how your request for information has been
dealt with, you also have the right to apply to the Scottish Information
Commissioner for a decision as to whether we have handled your request
properly.

 

Information relating to your right to seek review is available from the
Scottish Information Commissioner's web page at:

 

[2]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourR...
  

 

or by contacting the Scottish Information Commissioner's Office at the
following address:

 

Scottish Information Commissioner,

Kinburn Castle,

Doubledykes Road,

St Andrews,

Fife KY16 9DS

Telephone: 01334 464610

Fax: 01334 464611

E-mail: [3][email address]  

Website:
[4]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/home/...
 

 

Contact us

 

Finally, should you wish to discuss the contents of this email, please do
not hesitate to contact me.

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

Sarahna Rowley

Senior Administration Assistant

Information Governance

Cameron Smail Library

Heriot-Watt University

0131 451 3216

[5]https://www.hw.ac.uk/documents/HW-YoH-si...

 

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