Undergraduate law admissions: data on candidates applying through non-traditional routes

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Dear Manchester Metropolitan University,

I would like to request the following data relating to all law courses (i.e. both the single honours LLB or BA and any joint honours law courses) offered by your university.

I am requesting the data for candidates who received offers for one of the aforementioned law courses in the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 admissions cycles (I refer to these candidates as ‘the offerholders’).

If the data for 2018/2019 is not available for whatever reason, please provide it for 2016/2017 (I am looking for at least two admission cycles’ worth of data, in order to ensure that it is reliable).

I request the following data for each admissions cycle:

1. The total number of offerholders for the aforementioned law courses.

2. The number of offerholders who were either planning to complete or had completed BTECs as their most recent qualification.

3. The number of offerholders who were either planning to complete or had completed a Higher National Diploma (‘HND’) or Higher National Certificate (‘HNC’) as their most recent qualification.

4. The number of offerholders who were either planning to complete or had completed an Access to Higher Education diploma as their most recent qualification.

5. The number of offerholders who received offers while planning to resit their A-levels. (These individuals will show up on your system as having completed one set of A-levels already, with predictions for at least one other A-level).

I look forward to hearing from you. Let me know if I can be of assistance in any way.

Yours faithfully,

Samira El Amein

FOI, Manchester Metropolitan University

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Dear Ms El Amein

 

Please find below the information held by the University in the categories
you have requested, subject to the following notes:

 

The University does not collect/report details of applicants holding
HND/HNC level qualifications as their most recent qualification, nor
applicants who re-sat their A-levels.  An attempt to identify and retrieve
this information would therefore require a significant amount of manual
checking and calculation, which would be likely to exceed the cost limit
for complying with a request under the Appropriate Limits & Fees
Regulations.  The cost limit is £450/18 hours.  Under s12 of the Act, we
are not obliged to comply with your request.  However, to assist you as
far as possible, we have supplied data in all other categories where
information is held by the University.

 

Where there are very small numbers (5 or less) we have not given the
precise number, in order to prevent any identification of individuals. 
Information containing personal data from which individuals could be
directly or indirectly identified is exempt from disclosure under s40 of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as it would be contrary to the
requirements of Article 5(1)(a) of the GDPR.

 

Business Business
Cycle Business Management Management
Year Management with Law with Law LLB LLB Law Total
2018/19 with Law (with (with Law (Foundation)
Overseas placement)
Study)
1.
Total
number
of
offer 103 23 46 1685 544 2401
holders
as of
30th
June
2.
Offer
holders
as of 41 8 23 409 151 632
30th
June -
BTEC
3.
Offer
holders
as of N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
30th
June -
HND/HNC
4.
Offer
holders
as of 0 0 0 5 or 0 5 or
30th less less
June -
Access
to HE
5.
Offer
holders
as of N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
30th
June -
A'Level
re-sit

 

Business Business
Cycle Business Management Management
Year Management with Law with Law LLB LLB Law Total
2017/18 with Law (with (with Law (Foundation)
Overseas placement)
Study)
1.
Total
number
of
offer 109 34 44 1743 400 2330
holders
as of
30th
June
2.
Offer
holders
as of 56 13 25 401 129 624
30th
June -
BTEC
3.
Offer
holders
as of N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
30th
June -
HND/HNC
4.
Offer
holders
as of 0 0 0 5 or 0 5 or
30th less less
June -
Access
to HE
5.
Offer
holders
as of N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
30th
June -
A'Level
re-sit

 

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(ICO), see their website at: [2]https://ico.org.uk for more information.

 

Regards

 

Michelle Gretton | Senior Information Governance Officer

Legal Services | Manchester Metropolitan University

Email: [3][Manchester Metropolitan University request email]  

All Saints Building | Oxford Road | Manchester | M15 6BH | United Kingdom
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