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FOI2023/00673: Institution specific EDI data

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Case reference FOI2023/00673

Published 1 December 2023

Request

Request Received: 29 August 2023

I have studied with interest the EDI data presented for UKRI and research council applications and awards here: https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/supporting-healthy-research-and-innovation-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-data/

Is it possible to obtain this data at an institutional level?

Clarification request sent: 6 September 2023

The UKRI published EDI data includes number of applicants and awardees and the award rate for three role types and four characteristics, from 2014-15 onwards. Please could you clarify whether you are interested in a specific financial year or role type? Preliminary scoping has identified that we would need to suppress much of the data for individual financial years to protect information related to protected characteristics at institutional level. In that regard we propose aggregating as much of the data as we can and providing a five-year-cumulative for total applicants/awardees (the role types combined). Please confirm if this would be acceptable to you. Further aggregation may also be needed.

Clarification received: 6 September 2023

Thank you for responding, I am happy with the proposal to aggregate the data in the way described.

Response

Response Sent: 26 September 2023

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

Documents

• FOI2023-00673 Applicants_awardees_by_organisation_.xlsx (164.8 KB)
• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2023_00673_Redacted.pdf (228.9 KB)

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