University of the Highlands & Islands approval to offer Teaching Qualification in Further Education: FOI release

Information requested

A copy of all correspondence (including letters, emails, reports) between Scottish Government and the University of the Highlands & Islands in relation to approval to offer a Teaching Qualification Further Education. I would like this information from January 2021 – today (29 November 2021).

Response

Attached is a copy of most of the information requested in Annex A.

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. names, contact details, and other identifiable information, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

Where reasonably practicable I have provided the correspondence in its original format, however for some documents the text has been extracted from its original format to assist with the redaction of information. There is no alteration to the content of the original text, except those redactions.

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FOI202100258667 - Annex A

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