Mathematics entry grades
Dear University of Sussex,
Please can I have the (anonymised) A-level subjects and grades of students admitted to the mathematics department in 2013?
Yours faithfully,
Mr Brown
Dear Mr Brown,
Thank you for your below email. We are assuming you are seeking undergraduate results only.
On this basis your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days following the date of receipt, i.e. by 18 September 2014.
Yours sincerely,
Alice Robertson
Dear Mr Brown,
I write following your request dated 20 August 2014 (below) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please find attached a list of the A-level subjects and grades of students admitted to the mathematics department in 2013.
If you are not satisfied with the University’s response to your request, you may ask the University to review it, but this must be within 40 working days of receiving the response. If you wish to do this, please write to the Academic Secretary at [University of Sussex request email] in the first instance. Full details of our FOI complaints procedure, including how to complain to the Information Commissioner, are at:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/ogs/policies/inf...
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Yours sincerely,
Alice Robertson
Dear Freedom of Information,
Please can I have the grades and subjects broken down by student? e.g.
Student 1: History A, English Language C, Mathematics D
Student 2: Further Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Music B
If possible, could you also indicate which of the students entered onto foundation programmes?
Yours sincerely,
Mr Brown
Dear Mr Brown,
Thank you for your below email.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days following the date of receipt, i.e. by 16 October 2014.
Yours sincerely,
Alice Robertson
Dear Mr Brown
Can I clarify whether you wish to know which of the students starting in 2013 came in via a foundation course, or whether you wish to know how many students started the foundation course in 2013?
Yours sincerely
Alice Robertson
Office of Governance and Secretariat,
University of Sussex,
Sussex House, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH.
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Please can you indicate which of the students started a foundation course in 2013, and exclude those starting the programme in 2013 after completing a foundation course.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Brown
Dear Mr Brown,
I write following your request dated 18 September 2014 (below) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The University considers that it has already released to you the anonymised subjects and grades of students who entered the mathematics department in 2013, and to release the further detailed information you've requested would breach the first principle of Schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act. This information is therefore withheld under section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act: data protection.
If you are not satisfied with the University’s response to your request, you may ask the University to review it, but this must be within 40 working days of receiving the response. If you wish to do this, please write to the Academic Secretary at [University of Sussex request email] in the first instance. Full details of our FOI complaints procedure, including how to complain to the Information Commissioner, are at:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/ogs/policies/inf...
Yours sincerely,
Alice Robertson
Office of Governance and Secretariat,
University of Sussex,
Sussex House, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH.
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Please can I have:
The A-level (not AS) grades attained by each student, either marked M if mathematics, FM if further mathematics, or O if other.
e.g.
Student 1: A (M) B (O) C (O)
Student 2 (foundation): B (FM) B (M) D (O)
If this is unacceptable under the terms of the FOI act, please can I have:
The A-level grades attained by each student.
e.g.
Student 1: A, B, C
Student 2 (foundation): B, B, D
If the first two are unacceptable, please can I have:
The total number of UCAS points (A=120, B=100, etc.) attained by each student from their top three A-level grades, excluding any other points.
e.g.
Student 1: 300
Student 2 (foundation): 260
Yours sincerely,
Mr Brown
Dear Mr Brown
Please find attached your letter of acknowledgement.
Yours sincerely
Alicia Payne
Office of Governance and Secretariat,
University of Sussex,
Sussex House, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH.
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From: Mr Brown [[FOI #225926 email]]
Sent: 16 October 2014 17:45
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Mathematics entry grades
Dear Freedom of Information,
Please can I have:
The A-level (not AS) grades attained by each student, either marked M if mathematics, FM if further mathematics, or O if other.
e.g.
Student 1: A (M) B (O) C (O)
Student 2 (foundation): B (FM) B (M) D (O)
If this is unacceptable under the terms of the FOI act, please can I have:
The A-level grades attained by each student.
e.g.
Student 1: A, B, C
Student 2 (foundation): B, B, D
If the first two are unacceptable, please can I have:
The total number of UCAS points (A=120, B=100, etc.) attained by each student from their top three A-level grades, excluding any other points.
e.g.
Student 1: 300
Student 2 (foundation): 260
Yours sincerely,
Mr Brown
Dear Freedom of Information,
Just to clarify, I'm not asking for any names or anything identifying the students. Just student 1, student 2, etc.
Is that still unacceptable?
Yours sincerely,
Mr Brown
Dear Mr Brown
That is correct. Please refer to the letter for the reasons it is not possible for us to supply this information.
Yours sincerely
Alicia Payne
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