Student information
Dear Birkbeck, University of London,
1. Please explain the steps that the university took last summer, prior to the main autumn enrolment period, to comply with Paragraphs 39, 45, 46, and 52 of the following Office for Students guidance, with particular reference to obtaining consent from students for changes to the material information.
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/med...
2. Please supply a copy of the review that you were asked to carry out during the first half of the spring term of your compliance with consumer protection law, as required in this letter from the Office for Students.
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/med...
Yours faithfully,
Harvey Slater
Dear Harvey Slater,
This is to confirm receipt of your Freedom of Information enquiry.
We will respond to your request for information by the due date of 15 April 2021.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information
Birkbeck, University of London
Dear Harvey Slater,
This is a response to your recent Freedom of Information (FOIA) request.
1. Please explain the steps that the university took last summer, prior
to the main autumn enrolment period, to comply with Paragraphs 39, 45,
46, and 52 of the following Office for Students guidance, with
particular reference to obtaining consent from students for changes to
the material information.
[1]https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/med...
The College guaranteed that all students could complete the 2020/21
academic year online as a mitigation to the global pandemic. This was
articulated in our terms and conditions of study and in individual
confirmation of study agreements. Any material changes were communicated
in writing to students at a departmental level.
[2]regulations-and-policies-update-2020.pdf (bbk.ac.uk)
[3]http://www.bbk.ac.uk/downloads/policies/...
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/downloads/policies/...
Guidance for staff in relation to CMA guidance was refreshed in the
summer of 2020, please find this attached.
2. Please supply a copy of the review that you were asked to carry out
during the first half of the spring term of your compliance with
consumer protection law, as required in this letter from the Office
for Students.
[4]https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/med...
Please find this attached.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you may wish to
contact the Freedom of Information Office in the first instance to see
whether your concerns can be resolved informally. You also have the right
to request a formal internal review that will consider the way in which
your request has been dealt with. Requests for an internal review should
be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to
your original communication and should be addressed to [Birkbeck, University of London request email].
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information
Birkbeck College
London WC1E 7HX
References
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1. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/med...
2. https://www.bbk.ac.uk/downloads/policies...
3. http://www.bbk.ac.uk/downloads/policies/...
4. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/med...
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