By e-mail: request-1089535-
Freedom of Information Office
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4 West
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
11th March 2024
Dear Mr Chafer
Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 2000 – 2024/047
Your request was received on 19th February 2024 and has been handled under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act, 2000.
Section 1(1)(a)(b) usual y entitles you to be told whether the requested information is held and have
that information provided to you unless it is judged to be exempt from disclosure. Details of the
request text are reproduced below, together with the formal response provided by the University of
Bath.
Request:
I would like you to provide the following information:
1) For each year since 2018, how many students have been investigative for tuition fee fraud?
2) What were the outcomes in each case?
3) Of the total number of students investigated since 2018, how many were of Chinese nationality?
Response:
Two students have been investigated for tuition fee fraud since 2018.
In one case, funds were returned to the third-party payer.
Outcome information for the second case is not held as the case is not concluded.
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Yours sincerely
Rebecca Warhurst
Freedom of Information Officer