2011 BVSc course: figures concerning recent interviews of applicants

D Cade made this Freedom of Information request to University of Liverpool

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From: D Cade

28 April 2011

Dear University of Liverpool,

Regarding the recently-completed interviews of applicants for
places on the Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) undergraduates'
course beginning in October 2011.

I would be most grateful if you would provide the following
figures. The information will be of great assistance to a candidate
who was judged "Acceptable 2" but who needs the figures requested
in order to place that judgement in a meaningful context.

Please provide:

The total number of candidates who have been interviewed for the
BVSc course commencing October 2011.

The number of those candidates who have been offered places.

The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable".

The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable 1".

The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable 2".

The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable 3".

The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable 4".

and so on down to the "Acceptable 8" category,

and the number of candidates who may have been judged
"Unacceptable".

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. D. Cade.

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From: foi Uof Liverpool
University of Liverpool

3 May 2011

Dear Mr. Cade,

Thank you for your email of 28th April 2011 requesting information about
recently--completely interviews of applicants for places on the Bachelor
of Veterinary Science undergraduates' course commencing October 2011.  I
am writing to let you know that we have received your request and will
process it as soon as possible, and in any case within 20 working days of
the day we received the request.  You will hear back from us by 31st May
2011 at the latest.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Lesley Jackson

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

The University of Liverpool

The Foundation Building

765 Brownlow Hill

Liverpool   L69 7ZX

Fax: 0151 794 3272

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From: foi Uof Liverpool
University of Liverpool

5 May 2011

                                                                                                                                   

Mrs Lesley Jackson

Freedom of Information

Co-ordinator

The Foundation Building
765 Brownlow Hill
Liverpool
L69 7ZX

F  0151 794 3272
E  [University of Liverpool request email]

[1]www.liv.ac.uk

                                                                                                                    

FOI/LJ

5^th May 2011

Mr. D. Cade

Via email [2][FOI #69843 email]

Dear Mr. Cade,

Thank you for your email of 28^th April 2011 requesting information
regarding the recently completely interviews of applicants for places on
the Bachelor of Veterinary Science undergraduates’ course beginning in
October 2011. I am pleased to enclose the requested information as set out
below:-

Q1. The total number of candidates who have been interviewed for the BVSc
course commencing October 2011.

500 applicants are called for interview and approximately 2% of these do
not attend.

Q2. The number of those candidates who have been offered places.

244 offers were made.

Q3. The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable".

Q4. The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable 1".

Q5. The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable 2".

Q6. The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable 3".

Q7. The number of candidates who were judged "Acceptable 4".

and so on down to the "Acceptable 8" category,

The University of Liverpool does not use this criteria and is therefore
unable to answer these questions.

Q8. and the number of candidates who may have been judged "Unacceptable".

256

All applicants will be given individual feedback on their application and
interview performance should this be requested.

If you are not satisfied with the University’s response to your request,
you may ask the University to review it.  If you wish to do this, please
write to Mr. Michael Thorne, Solicitors, Legal, Risk & Compliance, The
University of Liverpool, The Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill,
Liverpool, L69 7ZX, enclosing a copy of your original request and
explaining your complaint.  Please include an address for correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Lesley Jackson

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

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From: D Cade

5 May 2011

Dear Mrs. Jackson,

Many thanks for the information which you have promptly supplied,
specifically that for the Bachelor of Veterinary Science
undergraduates’ course beginning in 2011 500 applicants were called
for interview, approximately 2% of these did not attend, and that
244 applicants were subsequently made offers, while 256 were not.

I would be grateful if you would advise of the titles of the
different classifications or grades into which the unsuccessful 256
applicants fell, as well as the numbers of candidates who fell into
each of those categories.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. D. Cade

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From: foi Uof Liverpool
University of Liverpool

18 May 2011

                                                                                                                                   

Mrs Lesley Jackson

Freedom of Information

Co-ordinator

The Foundation Building
765 Brownlow Hill
Liverpool
L69 7ZX

F  0151 794 3272
E  [University of Liverpool request email]

[1]www.liv.ac.uk

                                                                                                                    

FOI/LJ

18^th May 2011

Mr. D. Cade

Via email [2][FOI #69843 email]

Dear Mr. Cade,

Thank you for your email of 5^th May 2011 requesting the titles of the
different classifications or grades into which the unsuccessful BVSc
applicants fell as well as the number of candidates who feel into each of
those categories.

At the School of Veterinary Science candidates that are not offered places
on the programme are not categorised. The system we follow is quite
simple and places are offered to candidates obtaining the highest scores
at interview. So this year, 244 places were offered to the 244 highest
scoring candidates. The remaining 256 candidates were not offered a place
because their score at interview was lower than the 244 candidates who
were offered a place. There is no classification/categorising of the
students who are not offered a place. Whether a candidate’s score at
interview will result in a place being offered or not is relative to the
scores of the rest of the cohort.

If you are not satisfied with the University’s response to your request,
you may ask the University to review it.  If you wish to do this, please
write to Mr. Michael Thorne, Solicitors, Legal, Risk & Compliance, The
University of Liverpool, The Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill,
Liverpool, L69 7ZX, enclosing a copy of your original request and
explaining your complaint.  Please include an address for correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Lesley Jackson

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

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From: D Cade

23 May 2011

Dear Lesley Jackson,

Thank you for your reply.

I would be grateful if you would recommend to the Veterinary
Department that in future they should divide into categories the
50% of candidates who are unsuccessful in receiving an offer of a
place, so that unsuccessful candidates may then see roughly
whereabouts they fell amongst the unsuccessful.

Please advise the Veterinary Department that it is very helpful for
students to learn, for example, whether they unfortunately fell
just below the department's cut-off line, or whether they may have
been amongst those who fell far from cut-off line, perhaps even
amongst those who received the lowest scores.

Such information helps students greatly with determining how they
stand with regard to the rest of the competition and whether or not
they should invest time and energy in applying to the department
again.

Yours sincerely,

D Cade.

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