HOW THEY TRAWL YOUR PERSONAL RECORDS JUST TO BOOST THEIR COFFERS

BRISTOL

Staff have handed over 117,105 alumni records in return for details on ‘estimated wealth’ and ‘personal interests’.

UCL Information

has been discovered on alumni’s will ‘bequests’, stocks and properties.

LEEDS

Alumni details have been passed to firms for information including ‘the likelihood of leaving a gift in their will to the university’.

LSE

More than 150,000 records have been sent to investigators to find out about alumni’s wealth and ‘spouse details’.

MANCHESTER

‘Wealth information’ has been collected, including ‘demographic coding’ – where people are categorised by class.

OXFORD

199,369 records have been screened to assess alumni’s wealth and whether some ‘appear in a published directory of prominent people’.

SOUTHAMPTON

Staff have sent 497,917 records to wealth screening firms.

BIRMINGHAM

Admitted using wealth screening firms but gave no further details.

QUEEN MARY

44,367 records have been vetted for information including if alumni have appeared ‘in a reputable newspaper as having made a donation to a charitable or political party’.

SHEFFIELD

While assessing 240,954 records, investigators have identified ‘retired residents in sizeable homes whose finances are secured by significant assets and generous pensions’.

CAMBRIDGE

Staff have sent investigators 301,769 former student records to assess their ‘philanthropic capacity’ and note if any are bankers, celebrities, politicians or religious leaders.

WARWICK

Since 2008, 182,720 sets of data have been vetted.

CARDIFF

Wealth screening agents have reported back with estimated incomes, sizes of shareholdings and property values.

IMPERIAL COLLEGE

Fundraisers have shared 332,061 records to find out about alumni’s wealth and information on their friends.

NEWCASTLE

Alumni have been identified for their ‘past giving’ and ‘estimated giving capacity’.

KING'S COLLEGE

Since 2011, staff have hired four firms to screen former students’ wealth.

QUEEN’S BELFAST

154,900 former students’ data sets have been wealth screened.

EXETER

Over the past decade, investigators have been hired to report on former students’ ‘net wealth’ and ‘giving capacity’.

LIVERPOOL

150,000 records have been shared with investigators.

DURHAM

The richest former students have been categorised as being worth either ‘£1m-£5m’, ‘£5m- £10m’, ‘£10m-£25m’, ‘£25m-£50m’ and ‘£50m+’.

EDINBURGH

At least 25,000 have been screened to ‘identify individuals that have the best ability to support the university at a considerable level’.

NOTTINGHAM

One firm was hired to rate former students on what they could afford and how likely they were to donate.

GLASGOW

Wealth screening has been used to identify those most able to support the university ‘at a significant level’.

YORK

Staff have discovered information on former students’ assets, donations and public web pages.