Business Assurance
5th Floor

Information Compliance
James Clerk Maxwell Building

57 Waterloo Road

London
SE1 8WA

Tel: 020 7848 7816
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx.xx

Michael Davis
By email only to:  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

19th May 2020

Dear Michael,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”)

Further to your recent request for information held by King’s Col ege London, I am
writing to confirm that the requested information is held by the university.

Your request

We received your information request on 28th April 2020 and have treated it as a
request for information made under section 1(1) of the Act.

You requested the fol owing information:

I request the fol owing. For the PhD programs in Department of Geography for the year 2017 to
2020 (or 2019 is 2020 results are not available) please could you provide:

1) The total number of submitted proposals to upgrade from MPhil to PhD (brokedown by PhD
programs in the Department) that took place for that department's students for these years.
2) The total number of Upgrade proposal to PhD that got accepted (unconditional pass and refer
for further review that led within the same academic year to a successful upgrade)
3) The Total that failed to upgrade and had to remain at MPhil level
Our response

Please find attached an excel spreadsheet containing the information you have
requested.

This completes the university’s response to your information request.

Your right to complain

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
information request or feel that it has not been properly handled you have the right
to complain or request a review of our decision by contacting the Assistant Director
of Business Assurance (Information Compliance) within 60 days of the date of this
letter.

Further information about our internal complaints procedure is available at the link
below:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/col ege/policyzone/assets/files/governance_and_legal/Freed
om_of_Information_Policy_updated_Oct_%202011.pdf

In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint you may
apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally the Information
Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the internal
complaints procedure provided by King’s College London.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the fol owing address:

The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Katie Poole
Information Compliance

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