The UK’s elite universities have asked the Government if they can be exempted from the Freedom of Information Act.

The Russell Group, which represents the UK’s 24 leading universities (including Oxford and Cambridge) has made the request to the Government’s Independent Commission on Freedom of Information which is currently considering ways to limit FoI.

The Cambridge University colleges have said that they should not be subject to FoI because they are not funded by public money. This is despite the fact that most university funding comes from Government-administered and subsidised student loans.

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