The 9th annual Jisc infoNet, GuildHE and Universities UK information legislation and management survey shows a significant increase in the number of requests received in 2013.
The number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received by UK universities has risen by 43% in just one year and by 147% in the last five years, based on Jisc infoNet analysis.
The average across the 53 participating institutions was 184 FOI requests with the highest of 426 reported by one participant.