Requests for Information About the University

Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you may ask the University to provide you with practically any information that is not covered by the Data Protection Act 1998. If you wish to make a request for information that relates to the University please complete the Freedom of Information Request Form (Word doc: 56 KB)

  • If the information you request is already published in some form we will direct you on how to find it rather than provide the information itself. Equally if we know that the requested information is published by another Public Authority we will direct you on how to contact that Authority.

  • You cannot use a Freedom of Information Request form to obtain personal information relating to yourself. If you wish to do this please use the Subject Access Request procedure.

  • In some cases there may be a charge for the service which will reflect the costs of providing the information you request. The University has 20 working days to respond to your request but will not release the information until the required fee has been received. The University will make every effort to inform you of the amount of the fee as quickly as possible.

  • All reasonable effort will be made to locate the information you require but we may have need for you to provide more detail if your original request does not allow us to quickly identify the information you are looking for. Only when we are clear what is required will the 20 working day response time commence.

  • Be sure to ask for everything you need as subsequent requests may attract additional fees.

  • Both the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998 provide some limits to your access rights. Consequently, in some cases, the University will withhold information. We will not, for example, provide information of a commercially sensitive nature, neither will the University disclose personal information where any such disclosure would entail a breach of the Data protection Act 1998.

  • If, for whatever reason(s), the University cannot comply with your request we will supply you with those reason(s).

Freedom of Information Request Form (Word doc: 56 KB)