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Introduction
Inverness College UHI Publication Scheme, produced as required by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Introducing to the Publication Scheme
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) provides individuals with a right of access to all recorded information held by Scotland’s public authorities. Anyone can use this right, and information can only be withheld where FOISA expressly permits it.
Section 23 of FOISA also requires that all Scottish public authorities maintain a publication scheme. A publication scheme sets out the types of information that a public authority routinely makes available. This publication scheme has been approved by the Scottish Information Commissioner, who is responsible for enforcing FOISA. We are also obliged to review this publication scheme from time to time.
The purpose of the publication scheme is to provide you with details of the range of information that we routinely publish. The scheme also provides details of how you can access this information and informs you whether it is free, or if there is a charge for the information.
Alongside FOISA, the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (the EIRs) provides a separate right of access to the environmental information that we hold. This publication scheme also contains details of the environmental information that we routinely make available.
Where information is not published under this publication scheme, you can request it from us under FOISA or, in the case of environmental information, the EIRs. For further information on accessing information not covered by this scheme, refer to Section 11 – How to access information not available under the scheme.
About Inverness College
Inverness College UHI is a further and higher education institution providing lifelong learning opportunities. It is the largest college in the Highlands and Islands, and is one of the largest partner in the group of colleges and research institutions that form the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Preparing the Publication Scheme
When preparing or reviewing our publication scheme, we are obliged by FOISA to have due regard to the public interest in providing access to the information that we hold which relates to:
• the services we provide;
• the costs of those services;
• the standard of those services;
• the facts that inform the decisions we take which are of importance to the public; and
• the reasoning that informs our decisions.
In preparing this publication scheme Inverness College UHI has reviewed the previous publication scheme and freedom of information requests received in the past three academic years.
