Northumberland College and the Freedom of Information Act

Northumberland College is committed to being an open and honest organisation. Our Publication Scheme tells you about the classes of information we publish as a matter of course.

If the information you require is not included in the Scheme you can make a request for information. This must be in writing, addressed to The Data Quality Manager, by email to foi@northland.ac.uk or fax to 01670 841201.

Please state as fully as possible what it is you are requesting. The College will comply with the legislation and will satisfy your request as fully as possible within the 20 working days deadline. We will acknowledge receipt when a request is received.

The FOI applies to information relating to the College as a public body. If you wish to obtain information about yourself the Data Protection Act 1998 will apply.

Data protection provides you, the data subject, with a right to a copy of the information we hold about you. Personal data about other people cannot be released if this would mean a breach of the Act.

To enable us to deal with your request for personal data effectively then please write to The Data Quality Manager, by email to foi@northland.ac.uk or fax to 01670 841201. Please state precisely what information you are requesting. Once we have received your request we will have 40 days in which to process it. We will acknowledge receipt when a request is received.

If you are unhappy with the way we deal with your request for information please request a copy of our official complaints procedure.

If our internal consideration of your complaint fails to satisfy you can make a request for an independent review, in writing, to the Information Commissioner.

You can download the college's publication scheme here.

Weather forces college closures

Northumberland College was forced to close its centres this morning (Thursday) due to the ongoing snow.

All students are advised that there will be no lessons this afternoon or evening at any centres. The college expects to open as normal again tomorrow (Friday).

The college phone system is currently down, so we are unable to take any calls.

Engineers are working hard to fix the problem and hope to have the system back up and running soon. In the meantime, you can email advice.centre@northland.ac.uk or use the Live support service via the button on this home page to access our contact centre staff.

Apologies for any inconvenience.