Freedom of information disclosure log
In the interests of transparency, Birkbeck has opted to publish basic details of all freedom of information requests received and responded to over a rolling 12-month period.
If you have any queries, please contact our freedom of information team.
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| 2022-004 | Student drug use | 21/01/2022 | I am making a freedom of information request about the outcome of any investigation of class A drug use of your students (of any course) from 1 August 2021 to 7 January 2022.
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| 2022-025 | Student marking | 08/02/2022 | How many students' marks have been changed after the submission of marksheets by markers to administrators, in order to uplift the students' degree classifications, or in response to informal requests by staff or students asking to change the students' marks, within Department of Organizational Psychology's postgraduate examination board (chaired by Almuth McDowall), in the academic years 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, and 2017-18?
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| 2022-016 | Birkbeck bar | 11/02/2022 | 1. Could you please provide me with information about the permanent or temporary closure of Birkbeck Bar, located in the main operational building (Malet Street)? 2. Please provide things such as circulars, board meetings, or executive decisions about the plans for this bar.
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| 2022-006 | PhD information | 21/02/2022 | 1. Is the above-cited thesis (Taiwanese planning law: a historical review and comparison with Hong Kong) the final examined PhD thesis submitted by Mr Shih?
2. Has Mr Shih eared his PhD degree in law from Birkbeck?
3. If yes for question (2), when was this doctoral degree awarded?
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| 2022-008 | Staff demographics | 21/02/2022 | 1. How many British Muslim employees have you recruited? Please provide figures for every year since 2010. 2. What is the average length of service?
3. How many British Muslims have you employed in communications/media roles since 2010?
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| 2022-023 | Student accommodation | 21/02/2022 | 1. How many students have you had staying in university-run accommodation and student halls, in the last five years? 2. How much rent has the university collected year on year for university-run accommodation and student halls, in the last five years? 3. How much money has been invested in university-run accommodation and student halls for upkeep/maintenance/renovations, in the last five years? 4. How many students staying in university-run accommodation and student halls, if any, have been indebted to the university for late rent payments, in the last five years? 5. How many students staying in university-run accommodation and student halls, if any, have been evicted for missing rent payments, in the last five years?
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| 2022-005 | Student drug use | 28/02/2022 | 1. How many reports have been made regarding students taking recreational drugs in the last academic five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)?
2. Can I have a breakdown of which recreational drugs these were, please?
3. What are the steps you take after a student has been reported for recreational drug use?
4. How many students have been suspended due to recreational drug use in the last academic five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)?
5. How many students have been expelled permanently due to recreational drug use in the last academic five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)?
6. How many students have been reported for dealing recreational drugs in the last academic five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)?
7. How many staff members have been reported for taking recreational drugs in the last academic five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)?
8. What are the steps you take after a member of staff has been reported for recreational drug use?
9. How many staff members have been suspended due to recreational drug use in the last academic five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)?
10. How many staff members have been fired due to recreational drug use in the last academic five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)?
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| 2022-009 | CCTV | 28/02/2022 | 1. Supplier of the contract for CCTV maintenance and support.
2. How much the organisation spends annually with the supplier (if multiple suppliers please list the annual spend for each)?
3. What is the expiry date of this contract?
4. What is the duration of the contract?
5. What is the review date of this contract? If possible the likely outcome of this review
6. The primary brand of the CCTV equipment. I don’t require the model just the brand. If there is various brands could you please list?
7. What is the total number of cameras in use/under this contract?
8. The description of the services provided under this contract. Please state if this contract includes more than just CCTV services.
9. Contact details of the employee responsible for the contract between the supplier and the organisation. Can you please provide me with their full contact details:
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| 2022-011 | Estates | 28/02/2022 | 1. Do any of the university buildings have central deionised water plants?
2. What are the age of the central water plants?
3. Are there any plans to replace the central water plants?
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| 2022-020 | Grants | 28/02/2022 | 1. The value of grants made to each of the organisations listed below. Please provide the information for each of the three financial years separately, and list all grants separately. 2. The value of loans made to each of the organisations listed below. Please provide the information for each of the three financial years separately, and list all loans separately.
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| 2022-021 | Ransomware | 28/02/2022 | 1. Has your university been subject to any ransomware attacks in the last 2 years?
2. If so, when did they take place?
3. Have you paid a ransom/s in return for data stolen during a mentioned ransomware attack/s?
4. If you've paid ransom/s, then what's the total amount you've paid?
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| 2022-022 | Past papers | 28/02/2022 | Please may you release the following past theory and practical exam papers taken by geology undergraduates from 2015 to 2021?
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| 2022-027 | Staff contact details | 28/02/2022 | Chief Information Officer (or equivalent)
Chief Technology Officer (or equivalent)
Director of IT, ICT, IM&T
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| 2022-037 | Research grants | 28/02/2022 | Please can you provide me with any information you have about donations (financial or in kind), research grants/funding and loans to your institution from the companies and individuals listed below, from the start of the 2016-17 academic year until your most recent records: Companies: Gazprom; Gazprom Neft; Rossiya; Jenn Bank; General Bank; Promsvyazbank; the Black Sea Bank; Sberbank; Aquind; Rosneft; Lukoil; Novatek; Nornickel; Yandex; Polyus; Surgutneftegas. Individuals: Boris Rotenberg; Igor Rotenberg; Gennady Timchenko; Lubov Chernukhin; Alexander Temerko; Dmitry Leus; Lev Mikheev.
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| 2022-001 | Student demographics | 04/03/2022 | 1. Number of Chinese mainland applications and offers made (for each postgraduate programme) for the 2021 autumn admission cycles. 2. Number of all application and offers made (for each postgraduate programme) for the 2021 autumn admission cycles.
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| 2022-002 | Application information | 04/03/2022 | Please can you email me, for each academic year between 2017-18 and 2021-22 inclusive, and for each master's degree qualification and other RQF Level 7 qualification offered by the University in that year, a) the number of applications and b) the number of admissions, with each number broken down into i) home students and ii) international students.
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| 2022-018 | Estates | 04/03/2022 | 1. The make and model of readers used.
2. The company which manufactures/distributes the readers.
3. Any third-party installers/channel partners used to purchase the readers.
4. The security infrastructure provider.
5. The software used to manage the door controllers and readers.
6. Approximate quantity of doors at the university.
7. Name of the Head of Estates for the university.
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| 2022-031 | Advertising budget | 04/03/2022 | 1. What fraction of the Birkbeck University budget is dedicated to communications and PR?
2. What fraction of Birkbeck's comms/PR budget was spent designing the "Hootie" graphic?
3. What amount of money was spent on posters/banners/window pieces which feature the "Hootie" graphic?
4. Compared to the total communications/PR budget for Birkbeck, what do each of these costs represent?
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| 2022-012 | Graduation | 07/03/2022 | 1. Is it mandatory for distance learning Master's students of Birkbeck, University of London who have completed their studies to attend a graduation ceremony in person if they wish to graduate?
2. If it is not mandatory for a distance learning master's student of Birkbeck, University of London to attend a graduation ceremony in person if they wish to graduate, what are the costs to the student to graduate if they do not attend the ceremony?
3. If it is not mandatory for a distance learning master's student of Birkbeck, University of London to attend a graduation ceremony in person if they wish to graduate, is there a delay to when the student obtains the degree certificate? If so, how long is the delay?
4. If it is not mandatory for a distance learning master's student of Birkbeck, University of London to attend a graduation ceremony in person if they wish to graduate, what is the cost to a student to receive the certificate through the post to their home address?
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| 2022-024 | Sexual assault | 15/03/2022 | I am writing to request the number of sexual misconduct cases involving university students reported to the University. I also require the data to include information on the following:
For the following academic years: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21. To clarify both the victim and perpetrator must be or have been students.
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| 2022-003 | Staff information | 17/03/2022 | Question and answer provided as spreadsheets. |
| 2022-019 | Decolonisation | 18/03/2022 | What work is being done, or has been proposed in the above material, to tackle historic legacies of slavery, racism, or other contested legacies?
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| 2022-010 | Student mental health services | 21/03/2022 | 1. Detail the amount spent on mental health and whether you have a dedicated mental health budget.
2. Detail the amount of a) counsellors b) other clinical staff employed.
3. Detail the a) median b) longest wait to see a counsellor.
4. Detail the number of students enrolled.
5. Detail the number of students engaged with counselling.
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| 2022-014 | Spam emails | 21/03/2022 | Please provide me with the total number of malicious emails blocked by your organisation over the last three calendar years (2021, 2020, 2019) broken down by year and categorised accordingly.
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