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Jason Markoutsis [email protected]

20 August 2019

Ref: FoI Request 160-190806

Dear Mr Markoutsis,

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Please find below the University of Bradford’s response to your request for information dated 25 July 2019.

Your request The following request refers to students who enrolled in a law-related (i.e. Group M) course at the university in the following three years: 2016, 2017, 2018. By ‘law-related course’, I refer to both single honours law and any law with a language, law with a year abroad, or joint honours law programmes which admitted students during this period. My request: Please provide the following information about the relevant students’ background for each of the three years (2016, 2017, 2018): a. The % of students who are Black or Minority Ethnic (‘BME’); b. The % of UK-domiciled students who have come from a postcode that falls within POLAR4 young participation quintiles 1 or 2; c. The % of all students (UK and EU and non-EU) who attended a private/fee- paying/independent school; d. The 10 most commonly-occurring secondary schools among all students who enrolled, whether these are located in the UK or abroad. Please provide this as a list in descending order of enrolment. Our Response Please provide the following information about the relevant students’ background for each of the three years (2016, 2017, 2018): a. The % of students who are Black or Minority Ethnic (‘BME’); Academic %BME Year 2016/17 87.8 2017/18 87.6 2018/19 87.7

b. The % of UK-domiciled students who have come from a postcode that falls within POLAR4 young participation quintiles 1 or 2; Academic % Polar4, Quintile 1&2 Year 2016/17 43 2017/18 39 2018/19 40 c. The % of all students (UK and EU and non-EU) who attended a private/fee- paying/independent school; Academic % of students Year attending Independent school 2016/7 2 2017/8 3 2018/9 4 d. The 10 most commonly-occurring secondary schools among all students who enrolled, whether these are located in the UK or abroad. Please provide this as a list in descending order of enrolment. 10 most commonly occuring secondary Schools 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 Belle Vue Girls' School Belle Vue Girls' School Belle Vue Girls' School Bradford College Bradford College Grange Technology College, Leeds City College, All Bradford Dixons Allerton Campuses , Bradford Leeds City College, All Leeds City College, All Campuses Campuses Carlton Bolling College Carlton Bolling College Oasis Academy Lister Park NCUK, Manchester Grange Technology College, Oasis Academy Lister Bradford Academy Bradford Park NCUK, Manchester NCUK, Manchester Samuel Lister Academy Bradford Girls Grammar Thomas Rotherham Samuel Lister Academy School College Feversham College, Craven College Bradford If you are unhappy with the University processing of your request or the response you have received, you may request an internal review. Please contact the Legal and Governance Team at [email protected] within two months if you wish to request an internal review. The University will undertake an internal review and will usually inform you of the outcome of this review within 20 working days. If you are unhappy with the outcome of the internal review you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner may be contacted at: The Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Yours sincerely J Giddings Information Governance Officer