This appeal raises general and specific questions as to the commercial interest in course material created within a university, the impact on the university of its disclosure and, if the asserted exemptions to disclosure are engaged, the strength of the conflicting public interests, in protecting the financial standing of universities and exposing their teaching materials and standards to general scrutiny.
Citations:
[2009] UKFTT EA – 2009 – 0034 (GRC
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Statutes:
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Department for Work and Pensions v The Information Commissioner and Another CA 27-Jul-2016
The applicant sought disclosure of certain organisations who had provided placements for those seeking work. They said that in the past disclosure had led to adverse publicity for those organisations, and refused disclosure under the department’s . .
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Updated: 12 October 2022; Ref: scu.428757