Dear Ms Pritchard

Reference: FOIA 2021.161

Your request has been received and will be answered within twenty working
days, i.e. by 20 December 2021.

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Yours sincerely,

FOI Team

[1][email address] |  University of Chichester, Bishop Otter campus,
College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE  |  [2]chi.ac.uk/findus

From: Grace Pritchard <[FOI #808610 email]>
Sent: 19 November 2021 12:57
To: FOI (Email) <[The University of Chichester request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Undergraduate and Postgraduate
long Covid statistics

Dear The University of Chichester,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the
following information on the number of undergraduate and postgraduate
students impacted by long Covid at your university.

How many postgraduate and undergraduate students were recorded to have had
long Covid at your university at any time in the period between September
2020 - September 2021?

How many postgraduate and undergraduate students from your university:
a) Deferred their studies citing long Covid as the reason
b) Took a leave of absence until the following academic year citing long
Covid as the reason
c) Permanently dropped out of their course, as a result of developing long
Covid

What were the five longest periods in days that postgraduate and
undergraduate students took a leave of absence from their course due to
long Covid in the time period between September 2020 - September 2021?

Does your university offer any specialised support for postgraduate and
undergraduate students living with long Covid? If so could you please
provide details of these services.

What plans, if any, are in place to improve the support available to
postgraduate and undergraduate students who have long Covid at your
university?

Yours faithfully,

Grace Pritchard

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Dear Ms Pritchard

Reference: FOIA 2021.161

Thank you for your email below requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

Your request appears below, with our responses interleaved:

 1. How many postgraduate and undergraduate students were recorded to have
had long Covid at your university at any time in the period between
September 2020 - September 2021? 0
 2. How many postgraduate and undergraduate students from your university:
a) Deferred their studies citing long Covid as the reason - 0
b) Took a leave of absence until the following academic year citing
long Covid as the reason - 0
c) Permanently dropped out of their course, as a result of developing
long Covid - 0

 3. What were the five longest periods in days that postgraduate and
undergraduate students took a leave of absence from their course due
to long Covid in the time period between September 2020 - September
2021? N/A, please see above.

 4. Does your university offer any specialised support for postgraduate
and undergraduate students living with long Covid? If so could you
please provide details of these services. The University offers
individualised support to students, which would extend to students
living to long Covid.   

 5. What plans, if any, are in place to improve the support available to
postgraduate and undergraduate students who have long Covid at your
university? The University does not hold this information.  

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to [The University of Chichester request email]. Please remember
to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

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Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team

[1][email address] |  University of Chichester, Bishop Otter campus,
College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE  |  [2]chi.ac.uk/findus

From: Poppy Ford On Behalf Of FOI (Email)
Sent: 01 December 2021 10:48
To: 'Grace Pritchard' <[FOI #808610 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Undergraduate and
Postgraduate long Covid statistics

Dear Ms Pritchard

Reference: FOIA 2021.161

Your request has been received and will be answered within twenty working
days, i.e. by 20 December 2021.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team

[3][email address] |  University of Chichester, Bishop Otter campus,
College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE  |  [4]chi.ac.uk/findus

From: Grace Pritchard <[5][FOI #808610 email]>
Sent: 19 November 2021 12:57
To: FOI (Email) <[6][The University of Chichester request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Undergraduate and Postgraduate
long Covid statistics

Dear The University of Chichester,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the
following information on the number of undergraduate and postgraduate
students impacted by long Covid at your university.

How many postgraduate and undergraduate students were recorded to have had
long Covid at your university at any time in the period between September
2020 - September 2021?

How many postgraduate and undergraduate students from your university:
a) Deferred their studies citing long Covid as the reason
b) Took a leave of absence until the following academic year citing long
Covid as the reason
c) Permanently dropped out of their course, as a result of developing long
Covid

What were the five longest periods in days that postgraduate and
undergraduate students took a leave of absence from their course due to
long Covid in the time period between September 2020 - September 2021?

Does your university offer any specialised support for postgraduate and
undergraduate students living with long Covid? If so could you please
provide details of these services.

What plans, if any, are in place to improve the support available to
postgraduate and undergraduate students who have long Covid at your
university?

Yours faithfully,

Grace Pritchard

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be delayed.

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