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-----Original Message----- 
From: Rachel Harrad <[FOI #887842 email]> 
Sent: 17 August 2022 16:21 
To: FOI requests at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
<[Murray Edwards College, Cambridge request email]> 
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Student demographics and
demographic details pertaining to academic misconduct. 
 
Dear Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 
 
I would like to request the following information please. Where possible
could this be provided in a spreadsheet: 
 
Questions about student demographics: 
 
1.1 In the final semester of the academic year 2020/2021 how many students
in total (across all levels and modes of study) studied at your
institution? 

574 
 
Of this total please provide a breakdown by: 
 
1.2 Nationality 

┌────────────┬────┐
│United │ │
│Kingdom  │360 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Brazil  │ <5 │
├────────────┼────┤
│China  │ 61 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Singapore  │ 13 │
├────────────┼────┤
│United │ │
│States  │ 18 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Morocco  │ <5 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Italy  │ 6 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Ghana  │ <5 │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Hong Kong  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│India  │ 10 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Estonia  │ <5 │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Bulgaria  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│Germany  │ 15 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Denmark  │ <5 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Cyprus  │ <5 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Romania  │ <5 │
├────────────┼────┤
│Viet Nam  │ <5 │
├────────────┼────┤
│France  │ 11 │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│Russian │ │
│Federation  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Poland  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Australia  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Albania  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Qatar  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│Greece  │ 8 │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Belgium  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Netherlands │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│Brunei │ │
│Darussalam  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Canada  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Chile  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Croatia  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Finland  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Ireland  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Israel  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│Korea, │ │
│Republic of │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Japan  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Malaysia  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Mexico  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Lithuania  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Malawi  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Pakistan  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│New Zealand │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Taiwan  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Spain  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Sweden  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Somalia  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Zambia  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Austria  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Hungary  │  │
├────────────┼────┤
│  │  │
└────────────┴────┘

 
1.3 Ethnicity 

┌─────────────────────────────────────┬────┐
│Asian - Chinese or Chinese British  │ 98 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│White - English, Scottish, Welsh, N │ │
│Irish, British  │326 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│Any other Mixed or Multiple ethnic │ │
│background  │ 8 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│Asian - Pakistani or Pakistani │ │
│British  │ 10 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│Mixed-White & Asian/AsianBritish  │ 18 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│Black - African or African British  │ 19 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│Any other Asian background  │ 17 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│Information Refused  │ 23 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│Any other ethnic background  │ 6 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│ │ │
│Arab  │  │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│Asian - Bangladeshi or Bangladeshi │ │
│British  │  │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│Asian - Indian or Indian British  │ 36 │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│Mixed-White & Black │ │
│African/BlackAfricanBritish  │  │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│Mixed-White & │ │
│BlackCaribbean/BlackCaribbeanBritish │  │
└─────────────────────────────────────┴────┘

 
 
1.4 The number that were required to provide evidence of English Language
competence to commence study due to International status. 
 
All OS students are required to provide evidence of English Language
competence. 

1.5 Disability, as a total figure and where possible a breakdown of type,
for example in the following format: 
 
 
A No disability 
 
B social/communication impairment such as Asperger's syndrome/other
autistic spectrum disorder 
 
C Blind or have a serious visual impairment uncorrected by glasses 
 
D Deaf or have a serious hearing impairment 
 
E Long standing illness or health condition such as cancer, HIV, diabetes,
chronic heart disease, or epilepsy 
 
F Mental health condition, such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety
disorder 
 
G Specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or AD(H)D 
 
H Physical impairment or mobility issues, such as difficulty using your
arms or using a wheelchair or crutches 
 
I Disability, impairment or medical condition that is not listed above 
 
J Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions 

┌────────────────────┬────┐
│No known disability │472 │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│A specific learning │ │
│difficulty such as │ │
│dyslexia, dyspraxia │ │
│or AD(H)D  │ 25 │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│A mental health │ │
│condition, such as │ │
│depression, │ │
│schizophrenia or │ │
│anxiety disorder  │ 28 │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│Two or more │ │
│impairments and/or │ │
│disabling medical │ │
│conditions  │ 14 │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│A long-standing │ │
│illness or health │ │
│condition such as │ │
│cancer, HIV, │ │
│diabetes, chronic │ │
│heart disease, or │ │
│epilepsy  │ 5 │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│A │ │
│social/communication│ │
│impairment such as │ │
│Asperger's │ │
│syndrome/other │ <5 │
│autistic spectrum │ │
│disorder  │  │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│A disability, │ │
│impairment or │ │
│medical condition │ │
│that is not │ │
│otherwise listed  │ 15 │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│ │ <5 │
│Deaf or a serious │ │
│hearing impairment  │  │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│Information refused │ 8 │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│A physical │ │
│impairment or │ │
│mobility issues, │ │
│such as difficulty │ │
│using arms or using │ │
│a wheelchair or │ │
│crutches  │ <5 │
├────────────────────┼────┤
│  │574 │
└────────────────────┴────┘

 
 
 
 
Academic misconduct questions: 
 
Total number of referrals: 
 
0-5 (Actual number withheld under s. 40 exemption for personal
information). 
 
2.1 In the final semester of the academic year 2020/2021 how many students
were referred for academic misconduct (institution wide)? If a student was
referred more than once, please only count them once. 
 
Of that number please provide a breakdown (in numbers) by: 
 
2.2 Nationality 
 
2.3 Ethnicity. 
 
2.4 The number that were required to provide evidence of English Language
competence to commence study due to International status. 
 
2.5 Disability, as a total figure and where possible a breakdown of type,
for example in the following format: 
 
Please see previous answer 
 
A No disability 
 
B social/communication impairment such as Asperger's syndrome/other
autistic spectrum disorder 
 
C Blind or have a serious visual impairment uncorrected by glasses 
 
D Deaf or have a serious hearing impairment 
 
E Long standing illness or health condition such as cancer, HIV, diabetes,
chronic heart disease, or epilepsy 
 
F Mental health condition, such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety
disorder 
 
G Specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or AD(H)D 
 
H Physical impairment or mobility issues, such as difficulty using your
arms or using a wheelchair or crutches 
 
I Disability, impairment or medical condition that is not listed above 
 
J Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions 
 
Please see previous answer 
 
Total cases proved / substantiated 
 
Please see previous answer 
 
3.1. In the final semester of the academic year 2020/2021 how many student
cases of academic misconduct (institution wide) were found proven/
substantiated? If a student was referred more than once, please only count
them once. 
 
0-5 (Actual number withheld under s. 40 exemption for personal
information). 

 
Of that number please provide a breakdown (in numbers) by: 
 
3.2. Nationality 
 
3.3 Ethnicity. 
 
3.4 The number that were required to provide evidence of English Language
competence to commence study due to International status. 

Please see previous answer 
 
3.5 Disability, as a total figure and where possible a breakdown of type,
for example in the following format: 
 
A No disability 
 
B Social/communication impairment such as Asperger's syndrome/other
autistic spectrum disorder 
 
C Blind or have a serious visual impairment uncorrected by glasses 
 
D Deaf or have a serious hearing impairment 
 
E Long standing illness or health condition such as cancer, HIV, diabetes,
chronic heart disease, or epilepsy 
 
F Mental health condition, such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety
disorder 
 
G Specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or AD(H)D 
 
H Physical impairment or mobility issues, such as difficulty using your
arms or using a wheelchair or crutches 
 
I Disability, impairment or medical condition that is not listed above 
 
J Two or more impairments and/or disabling medical conditions 
 

Please see previous answer 
 
 
4. Does your institution use Turnitin to help staff identify cases of
academic misconduct? 
 

Murray Edwards College does not use Turnitin, as academic conduct is the
responsibility of the University of Cambridge rather than the College,
which looks after students’ pastoral care. 
 
 
5. Does your institution give students access to Turnitin to help students
understand academic misconduct prior to submission of work? 
 
Please see previous answer 
 
Yours faithfully, 
 
 
 
Rachel Harrad 
 
 
 
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