28 July 2014, Education (University)
The complainant made a number of requests to the University of Ulster (the University) for information relating to the selection process for a talented athlete programme. The complaint to the Information Commissioner concerns the University’s application of the exemption provided by section 40(2) (third party personal) of FOIA to three of these. The Commissioner’s decision is that two of the requests ((1) and (2), 3 July 2013) do engage section 40(2) of FOIA. However, with regard to the third request ((c), 4 October 2013), the Commissioner has found that the request includes non-identifiable information that should be disclosed as it is not covered by the section 40(2) exemption.
FOI 40: Partly upheld