The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by the University, subject to a number of exemptions.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you can ask the University to provide you with any information held by the University.
A request for information must be made in writing (including electronic means) and the applicant is entitled to be informed in writing whether the University holds the information requested and if so, to have the information communicated to him or her.
The University will usually have 20 working days to respond to your request or longer if we have requested a fee.
If you wish to make a request for information, please contact the University at FOI@lincoln.ac.uk or in writing to the following address:
Information Compliance
Secretariat
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS
Publication Scheme
The Freedom of Information Act requires every public authority to have a Publication Scheme, approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), and to publish information covered by the scheme.
The Publication Scheme either indicates that information is available on the website or provides contact details for the relevant department. Requests for information not included within the Publication Scheme would be managed according to a Freedom of Information Request.
1. Who we are and what we do
Legal framework
How the institution is organised
- Structure of the University
- Board of Governors
- Chancellor of the University
- Vice Chancellor of the University
- Senior Leadership Team
- Academic Colleges and Schools
- Support departments
Location and contact details
Organisations
- Academic Partnerships – The Office of Quality, Standards and Partnerships
- Research and Enterprise Support
- Business Engagement – Services for Businesses
- Wholly Owned Companies
- Press and Media Enquiries
- Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health
- Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology
- Lincoln Centre for Ecological Justice
- 21st Century Lab
- Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
- the engine shed
Student activities
EDI reporting
2. What we spend and how we spend it
Funding and income – income and expenditures infographics
Financial Statements
Pay and grading structures
Register of Suppliers
Procurement and tender procedures and reports
- Procurement main page
- Procurement Strategy
- Ethical Investment Policy
- Opportunities and contracts
- Competing for University Contracts
- Procurement – Tendering process and glossary
- Sustainability and ethical procurement
- Orders invoicing and payment
Financial regulations
3. What our priorities are and how we are doing
Plans and performance
- Regulations and policies
- Strategic Plan 2022-2027 | Strategic Plan 2016-2021
- Annual Sustainability Report 2020-2021 | Annual Sustainability Report 2019-2020
- Office of Quality, Standards and Partnership hub
- Digital Education Strategy
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion hub
- Equality Policy and Strategy
- The Lincoln Policy hub
- Anti-slavery Statement
- Decolonising at Lincoln
- Accessibility Statement
Annual monitoring and review
- University of Lincoln’s EDI reports
- The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) of the UK
- Research Excellence Framework (REF) of the UK
- Higher Education Statistics Agency of the UK
Corporate relations
- Business Engagement – Services for Businesses
- Research and Enterprise Support
- Lincoln Science & Innovation Park
- Industry links
- Research collaboration organisations
- Public Engagement with Research
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
4. How we make decisions
- Structure of the University – how the University is run, management structures, key people
- Board of Governors
- Senior Management Team
- Charitable status
5. Our policies and procedures
Policies and procedures for conducting University business
- University regulations and policies portal
- The Lincoln Policy Hub – insights, evidence and commentary from University researchers
- University General Regulations and Schedule of Awards
- Financial regulations
- Data Protection and Information Compliance
- Requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act
- Requests for personal information under the Data Protection Act
Procedures and policies relating to academic services
- University Regulations and Policies
- University Academic and Student Policies
- University Alumni Community
- Honorary Graduates
Procedures and policies relating to student services
- Student Services – Health and Wellbeing
- Student Services – Academic Support
- Student Admissions – undergraduate, postgraduate and transfers
- Applicants’ portal – applying for student finance and accommodation, and student chat service
- Student contention
- Lincoln Students’ Union Standing Orders
Procedures and policies relating to human resources
- University Human Resources portal
- Human Resources Reward and Recognition portal
- Human Resources Skills development portal
- Human Resources Equality, Diversity and inclusion portal
- Human Resources Supporting Your Wellbeing portal
- HR A to Z Index
Pay and recruitment
- Human Resources pay-related information and salary scales
- Human Resources recruitment portal
- Current job opportunities
Codes of conduct
Health and Safety and Estate Management
- Health and Safety JCC (Joint Consultative Committee)
- Estates Department
- Estates Services
- Estates Projects
- Estates Sustainability portal – reports, strategies, plans, and targets and objectives
- Estates Department policy portal
- Estates ECAs and ESP Procedures portal
6. Lists and registers
Public registers and registers held as public records
- Charity Commission – Register of Charities
- University of Lincoln’s registration with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) register of data protection fee payers – Entry details
Asset registers and information asset register
- Asset Register – contact the Finance Department by email: finance@lincoln.ac.uk
CCTV
Register of interests
- Register of Interests (including gifts and hospitality) – contact the Deputy University Secretary by email: aarsmith@lincoln.ac.uk
7. The Services we Offer
- Prospectus
- Services for Businesses
- Course content – Undergraduate degrees
- Course content – Postgraduate degrees
- Course content – Foundation and Top-up degrees
- University of Lincoln Student Services – including health and wellbeing and academic support
- Careers and Employability
- Multi-Faith Chaplaincy
- Services for which the University is entitled to recover a fee:
- University of Lincoln Parking
- Study fees (undergraduate/postgraduate and international) – including fees, how to pay, and support
- Student Accommodation
- Certificates and Transcripts
- University of Lincoln Sports Centre – including membership and fees
- University of Lincoln Sports Centre – facilities and bookings
- University of Lincoln Online Store – including payments for products, services, events, short courses and replacement degree certificates
- Library Services
- Great Central Warehouse Library and the Biomedical and Health Sciences Library
- The Digital Library
- Conferences and Events
- Student Life
- The Alumni Community – including events, benefits and services, news, careers support and student enterprise
- Information for Parents: Student Support
- Press and Media