Thank you for contacting the Freedom of Information team at Glasgow School
of Art (GSA). Please accept this email as confirmation that your enquiry
has been received. We will aim to respond to you within 3 working days. 

Dear Ms Gilmour

 

Ref: FOI/22/23/55

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Glasgow School of Art on 13 April 2023.

 

We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 11
May 2023, pending any clarification we may need to seek from you.

 

Kind Regards

 

Academic Quality Office

Glasgow School of Art  |  167 Renfrew Street  | Glasgow G3 6RQ

 

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Dear Ms Gilmour

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) on 13 April 2023. We are writing in
response to your request regarding the following information:

 

Number of places:

 

•             The number of places available for Scottish fee rate
students across all undergraduate programmes.

•             The number of places available for RUK fee rate students
across all undergraduate programmes.

•             The number of places available for EU fee rate students (in
years applicable)

•             The number of places available for international fee rate
students

Number of applications:

 

•             Number of applications from Scottish fee rate students
across all undergraduate programmes

•             Number of applications from RUK fee rate students across all
undergraduate programmes

•             Number of applications from EU fee rate students across all
undergraduate programme

•             Number of applications from international fee rate students
across all undergraduate programmes

Number of offers (conditional or unconditional):

•             Number of offers (conditional or unconditional) made to
Scottish fee rate students across all undergraduate programmes

•             Number of offers made to RUK fee rate students across all
undergraduate programmes

•             Number of offers made to EU fee rate students across all
undergraduate programmes

•             Number of offers made to international fee rate students
across all undergraduate programmes

Offers Accepted:

 

•             Number of offers accepted to Scottish fee rate students
across all undergraduate programmes

•             Number of offers accepted to RUK fee rate students across
all undergraduate programmes Number of offers accepted to EU fee rate
students across all undergraduate programmes Number of offers accepted to
international fee rate students across all undergraduate programmes

I refer to the first part of your request regarding the number of places
available for different categories of students. The number of places for
Scottish fee rates students at undergraduate level are set by the Scottish
Funding Council (SFC). During the period that you have referred to, EU
students were funded as home students and the number of places available
were part of our total funded places set by the SFC. These details can be
found on their website at www.sfc.ac.uk. However, the RUK and
international market is an unrestricted market and there is no cap in the
number of places.

 

In relation to the second part of your request regarding the number of
applications from different categories of students, these statistics are
published by Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) on their
website. The statistics for the admission cycles which you have queried
can be found here:
https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/u....

 

We note that you have also requested statistics relating to the number of
offers and number of offers that were accepted by the different categories
of students across all undergraduate programmes. I can confirm that we
hold this information. However, we consider this information to be exempt
from publication under the Section 33(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 which applies where disclosure would prejudice
substantially the economic interests of GSA. The information requested
contains information relating to historic trends which influence our
targets for subsequent admission cycles. We consider these to be
commercially sensitive information which could be utilised by competitors.

 

As Section 33(1)(b) does not provide an absolute exemption, we have also
considered whether it would be in the public interest to disclose this
information. This means that, we have balanced the public interest in
disclosing this information against the potential prejudice it may cause
to the commercial and economic interests of the organisation. We have
concluded that the public interest lies in ensuring the continued
operation and success of GSA by protecting its commercial and economic
interests from substantial risks which may arise from the publication of
this information.

 

This concludes our response to your request.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which GSA has responded to your
request, you have the right to seek a review. If you wish to request a
review, please contact Mrs Janet Allison, Academic Registrar,
[1][email address] or [2][email address] within 40 working days.
Your request must be in a recordable format (letter, email, audio tape,
etc.). You will receive a full response to your request for review within
20 working days of its receipt. Please quote the reference number above in
any communications.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have handled your request
for review, you have a right of appeal to the Scottish Information
Commissioner. You can now make an appeal online, using the new
Commissioners online appeal service. Please find the direct link to this
service at [3]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal. The online appeal
service is available 24/7 and offers you real time help and advice about
your appeal.

 

Other ways to appeal include:

By email to: [email address]

By post to: Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn
Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, KY16 9DS

Kind regards,

 

Academic Quality Office

Glasgow School of Art  |  167 Renfrew Street  | Glasgow G3 6RQ

 

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From: Foicoor <[email address]>
Sent: 13 April 2023 16:12
To: Lauren Gilmour <[FOI #971688 email]>
Cc: Foicoor <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Scottish fee rate students
places

 

Dear Ms Gilmour

 

Ref: FOI/22/23/55

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Glasgow School of Art on 13 April 2023.

 

We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 11
May 2023, pending any clarification we may need to seek from you.

 

Kind Regards

 

Academic Quality Office

Glasgow School of Art  |  167 Renfrew Street  | Glasgow G3 6RQ

 

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