Suicide rates

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Ross Brannigan
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Dear University of Aberdeen,

I was hoping you might be able to provide me with data for the last five years on the number of suicides/suspected suicides within the student body at the University of Aberdeen.

Please display these with the number of suicides for each year.

Yours faithfully,

Ross Brannigan

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Foi, University of Aberdeen

Dear Mr Brannigan

I refer to your email of 09 October 2017 and, on behalf of the University, I acknowledge receipt and confirm that your request is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. In terms of the Act, a reply will be sent to you within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely,
Christina Muir

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Dear Mr Brannigan

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FOI 2017-270

I refer to your email of 09 October 2017 requesting information relating to suicide rates at the University of Aberdeen.

Your request has now been considered under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, ‘the Act’.

I am unable to provide information in response to your question as the University's system for recording registered students and the reason they left the University does not record cause of death. Please accept this message as a notice under section 17(1)(b) of the Act that the University does not hold the information you have requested.

Should you be dissatisfied with this response, you have the right under the Act, to request a review. A request for review must be made within 40 working days of the date of this reply. It must include your name and address for correspondence and specify the request for information and the grounds for dissatisfaction with the decision. Please send your request for review to our mailbox, [University of Aberdeen request email]. The University will respond to your request for a review within 20 working days of receipt of your request.

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Yours sincerely

Christina Muir
Administration Assistant
Library, Administration and Planning
University of Aberdeen
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