clipped from: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk "In future, they will not be able to refuse requests for teaching materials ... people will be able to get hold of whole courses if they want to."
"The course that prompted the request is no longer the point," he said. "What matters is that all the usual exemptions claimed by universities have been ruled invalid.
Despite Uclan's protests, Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, ruled that none of the exemptions that organisations can rely upon to withhold information applied in this case.
He said that the university could not be considered a commercial organisation for FoI purposes, and must now release the course materials, bar any case notes that refer to patients.
Teaching materials used on a BSc degree in homoeopathy must be released to a campaigner against "pseudo-scientific" courses, the Information Commissioner has ruled.
A spokesman for Uclan said it would appeal the decision.