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FOI2022/00228: phd students

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2022/00228

Published 11 November 2022

Request

Request Received: 8 July 2022

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please send me the following:

1) How many UKRI-funded PhD students completed their PhD during the past five years?

2) How many PhD students left their PhD prematurely during the past five years?

Could you please give this information broken down by year (academic/calendar/financial year depending on how data is organised). Could you, also, please give a breakdown by research council and also the gender of students. So, for example, I'd be able to say how many male students funded by MRC completed/dropped out of PhD last year.

I would like the above information to be provided to me in electronic format.

If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under Section 16 of the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.

If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed.

Response

Response Sent: 2 August 2022

Full details of this response are provided in the attached documents.

Documents

• FOI2022-00228 ukri_doctoral_awards_and_terminations.xlsx (18.6 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2022_00228_Redacted.pdf (231.0 KB)

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