Freedom of Information

GUIDE TO INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION

1. This Guide is produced in accordance with the Model Publication Scheme produced by the Information Commissioner (see Appendix A) and adopted by the School from 1 January 2009. The Guide is intended as a summary of where the classes and sub-classes of information covered by the Publication Scheme (as outlined in the Information Commissioner’s Definition Document for Universities – see Appendix B) may be accessed.

2. The Guide does not list individual publications covered by the Publication Scheme because these will change as new material is published or existing material is revised. The Guide will be reviewed and monitored regularly to ensure that it is up to date.

3. Information in the Scheme will only be published when it has been approved by the highest relevant School authority. Information about the School is also published by HEFCE, HESA and the QAA. The School will not routinely publish in this Scheme any information that it considers exempt under one of the exemptions in Part II of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or one of the exceptions in Part 3 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, unless there is a legal obligation to do so.

4. The School is committed whenever possible to publishing on its website, where information covered by the Publication Scheme can be accessed free of charge. Where this is not possible, requests for information covered by the Publication Scheme should be directed to the Academic Registrar’s Office (ARO). The ARO should also be contacted in the first instance about requests for information not covered by the Publication Scheme. Such requests will be considered in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

5. Where information covered by the Publication Scheme cannot be published online or otherwise supplied free of charge (e.g. by email), or where the requester’s preference is for hard copies to be supplied, the School reserves the right to charge for disbursements (printing, photocopying and postage costs) and, where applicable, to charge the cover price of any commercial publication. The School will always inform the requester of any charges to be Freedom of Information Publication Scheme 2009 Page 1 of 7 levied. The School may ask for payment before the information is provided. Charges for information covered by the Publication Scheme are separate from the fees that may be charged following Freedom of Information requests for information not covered by the Publication Scheme.

6. The School (along with any third parties, where appropriate) retains the copyright in material that it publishes on the website or which it provides (in whatever form) in response to an individual request. Use of copyright works must be only as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and, save where permitted under that Act, such material must not be copied, distributed, modified, reproduced, transmitted, published (including published on the Internet or an intranet), or otherwise made available in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. You must not re-use the documents and the information within the Publication Scheme in a misleading context.

7. If any person who has made a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and is unhappy with the way that their request has been handled, they should in the first instance take this up with the Academic Registrar, otherwise formal complaints should be submitted in writing to Ms Deborah Scully, Deputy Principal (Corporate).

James Prince
Academic Registrar
Central School of Speech & Drama
Embassy Theatre
Eton Avenue
London
NW3 3HY
E: james.prince@cssd.ac.uk
T: +44 (0) 20 7722 8183