About the University

Access to information

Introduction

The University is committed to promoting public understanding of its activities through the publication of all information routinely required by staff, students and the public. For some of the most common documents see the Related Links below.

In addition every effort will be made to provide non-routine information within the law on request.

Responsibility for access to information held by Bournemouth University lies with the University's Information Officer.

Information for the Public

Much of the information that the University holds is already in the public domain. Many of the University's official documents are available on our website and details of information that is made routinely available is included in our Publications schemes.

If you would like to obtain information that is not routinely available you can make an Information Request (or a Subject Access Request for personal information - see Data Protection).

Further Information
Information Officer Legal Services Bournemouth University M402, Melbury House 1-3 Oxford Road Bournemouth BH8 8ES	Email: information@bournemouth.ac.uk Tel:+44 (0) 1202 961211 Fax:+44 (0) 1202 961201

Information for Staff

Training on both the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act is included in the University's Staff Development Programme.

Other useful workshops include those on minute-writing and document and file management. See the Staff Development pages for further details. The Information Officer will be happy to provide training for specific groups on request.

Each School/Support Service also has an Information Coordinator who can help with routine enquiries about Freedom of Information and Data Protection, alternatively you can contact the Information Officer direct.

Please report any broken links or forward any comments or suggestions for this site to: information@bournemouth.ac.uk