University hate convictions

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Hello,

I hope whoever is reading this is keeping well.

This is a request for information under the FOI Act.

Please can you answer the following questions for the academic years of: 2018/9, 2019/20, 2020/21:

1) Over this time period, how many people (undergraduate students and postgraduate students) applied to enroll to an undergraduate course at your university who was found (either by self-declaration or when prompted to disclose any criminal convictions) to have had a conviction for any sort of religious or racial hate crime incident or abuse. Can you provide the information in terms of individuals applying to enrol at your university to start at the beginning of these academic years. i.e. this includes those applying in, say December 2017, for enrollment in 2018/9. I want to be clear that I am asking about students who declare (or who have been found to have) a criminal conviction, through their application to the University.

I am defining 'religious hate crime or abuse' as any crime relating to verbal and physical abuse, bullying, threatening behaviour, online abuse or damage to property on the grounds of race or religion.

When answering Q1, please can you state the types of convictions disclosed (and how many times this type of conviction was disclosed).

2) How many of the people identified in Q1 were subsequently allocated to live in (university maintained/owned) residential settings (either in apartments or shared accommodation blocks on campus, for example) with students who identified as being from a 'BAME' background or a 'religious' background?

When answering Q2, please can you specify the type of residential setting, and whether the student who was allocated a house with the student convicted of a hate/religious crime identified as 'black' or 'Asian' or another ethnic minority, and the type of religion (i.e. 'christian' or 'Muslim') they identified as.

Best,

Yohannes

FOI Team, Bishop Grosseteste University

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Dear Yohannes,

 

FOI REQUEST (300) – regarding applicant convictions (Bishop Grosseteste
University)

Emailed and received by the University: 22^nd July 2021 at 09:25

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request asking about
University applicants with convictions. A copy of your request is attached
below. The request will be handled under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, which means that you can expect to receive a
response from us within 20 working days or by 19^th August 2021.

 

Please contact me if you have any queries about this email or about the
progress of your request ([Bishop Grosseteste University request email]). If you are dissatisfied
with any aspect of the service you receive in relation to your request,
then please write to Stephanie Gilluly, Registrar and University
Secretary, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln LN1 3DY
([email address]). If you are not content with the
outcome of a complaint or internal review, you have the right to appeal
and the process for this will be provided within our FOI response.

 

Kind regards,

 

Nadine

 

Nadine Cook

Information Compliance Officer

Part time Monday-Friday, usual hours 9-2.30.

_________________________________

 

 

Bishop Grosseteste University

Longdales Road

Lincoln

LN1 3DY

_________________________________

 

Phone:     (01522) 583797

Email:       [email address]  

Website:  [1]www.bishopg.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FOI Team, Bishop Grosseteste University

2 Attachments

FOI REQUEST (301) – regarding applicant convictions (Bishop Grosseteste
University)

Emailed and received by the University: 22^nd July 2021 at 09:25

Acknowledged: 22^nd July 2021

 

Dear Yohannes,

 

I write in response to your recent Freedom of Information request relating
to applicant convictions at the University.  A copy of your full request
is attached below.

 

Please can you answer the following questions for the academic years of:
2018/9, 2019/20, 2020/21:

 

1) Over this time period, how many people (undergraduate students and
postgraduate students) applied to enrol to an undergraduate course at your
university who was found (either by self-declaration or when prompted to
disclose any criminal convictions) to have had a conviction for any sort
of religious or racial hate crime incident or abuse. Can you provide the
information in terms of individuals applying to enrol at your university
to start at the beginning of these academic years. i.e. this includes
those applying in, say December 2017, for enrolment in 2018/9. I want to
be clear that I am asking about students who declare (or who have been
found to have) a criminal conviction, through their application to the
University.

I am defining 'religious hate crime or abuse' as any crime relating to
verbal and physical abuse, bullying, threatening behaviour, online abuse
or damage to property on the grounds of race or religion.

When answering Q1, please can you state the types of convictions disclosed
(and how many times this type of conviction was disclosed).

 

Response: the University has no record of any convictions related to hate
crimes of any sort (religious or otherwise), relating to applications to
enrol between the academic years 2018-19 to date.

 

2) How many of the people identified in Q1 were subsequently allocated to
live in (university maintained/owned) residential settings (either in
apartments or shared accommodation blocks on campus, for example) with
students who identified as being from a 'BAME' background or a 'religious'
background?

When answering Q2, please can you specify the type of residential setting,
and whether the student who was allocated a house with the student
convicted of a hate/religious crime identified as 'black' or 'Asian' or
another ethnic minority, and the type of religion (i.e. 'Christian' or
'Muslim') they identified as.

 

Response: not applicable, in accordance with our response to question one.

 

Please contact me if you have any queries about this email or about the
information provided ([1][Bishop Grosseteste University request email]). If you are dissatisfied
with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to
make a complaint or ask for an internal review, then please write to
Stephanie Gilluly, Registrar and University Secretary, Bishop Grosseteste
University, Lincoln LN1 3DY ([2][email address]). If
you are not content with the outcome of a complaint or internal review,
you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner.  Generally,
however, they cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints and review procedures provided by the University itself.  The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF.

 

Kind regards,

 

Nadine

 

Nadine Cook

Information Compliance Officer

Part time Monday-Friday, usual hours 9-2.30.

_________________________________

 

 

Bishop Grosseteste University

Longdales Road

Lincoln

LN1 3DY

_________________________________

 

Phone:     (01522) 583797

Email:      [email address]  

Website: [3]www.bishopg.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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