Geography Admission Statistics 2018

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Alexandra Smith

Dear University College London,
Can you please send me the statistics of student applicants for Geography L700 (Hons) who applied to UCL to start in September 2017 including the following information:

1) Actual grades achieved for AS and A-level, highlighting their grade (if applicable) in Geography and whether or not these applicants were successful in obtaining a place.
2) The number of students who applied to study the program who were successful in obtaining a place.
3) The number of students who applied to study the program who were not successful in obtaining a place.

Yours faithfully,

Alexandra Smith

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Dear Mr Smith,

 

We have completed the compilation of information in response to your
request.

 

We can confirm that we do hold some of the information of the description
specified in your request and this information is given attached.

 

Can you please send me the statistics of student applicants for Geography
L700 (Hons) who applied to UCL to start in September 2017 including the
following information:

 

Q1) Actual grades achieved for AS and A-level, highlighting their grade
(if applicable) in Geography and whether or not these applicants were
successful in obtaining a place.

 

A1)

Programme Applications Offers Enrols
BA
Geography 342 307 77

 

Q2) The number of students who applied to study the program who were
successful in obtaining a place.

Q3) The number of students who applied to study the program who were not
successful in obtaining a place.

 

A2-3)

 

The above requested information has been withheld. Section 40 exempts
personal information about a ‘third party’ (someone other than the
requester), if revealing it would breach the principles of the Data
Protection Act (DPA) 1998. The DPA prevents personal information from
disclosure if it would be unfair or at odds with the reason why it was
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Although there are no identifiable details within the data being
disclosed, that data may be used by ‘motivated intruders’ and other
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individual can be put together to create personal data not in the public
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