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To whom it may concern

25 June 2024

To whom it may concern,

Your request to access information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for access to information held by the University of Warwick.

We have considered your request under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

Your request

You have requested access to the following information:

May I please request the fol owing information for the previous 5 academic years for the
course Bsc Economics at University of Warwick:

The specified cohort refers to home student applicants who study 3 or more A-Levels.

1) Number of applicants who belong to the specified cohort

The University declines to provide the requested information as this information is exempt
under section 21(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which states that “information
which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1 is exempt
information”.

Details can be found via Admissions Statistics Course Level (warwick.ac.uk).

2) Number of offers made to the specified cohort

As per the response to Q1 above.

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3)  Number of applicants who belong to the specified cohort who took Further
Mathematics as one of their A-Levels

Academic
Count of applicants
Year of
Department
Course code
Course name
taking Further
Entry
Mathematics A-level
19/20
Economics
U-L100
Economics
600
20/21
Economics
U-L100
Economics
607
21/22
Economics
U-L100
Economics
602
22/23
Economics
U-L100
Economics
533
23/24
Economics
U-L100
Economics
551

Data notes:

-  This is based on applicants flagged as application category “home” in the system and
that indicated they were taking qualification type ‘A-level’ (or variations of) and
qualification title ‘Further Mathematics’ (or variations of) in their UCAS application.

4)  Mean number of A* predicted grades for offer holders from the specified cohort

Average (mean) number of A Level grade A*s predicted:
2019 - All applicants
2.9
2019 - Offer holders
2.7
2020 - All applicants
2.2
2020 - Offer holders
2.7
2021 - All applicants
2.3
2021 - Offer holders
2.6
2022 - All applicants
2.8
2022 - Offer holders
3.2
2023 - All applicants
2.7
2023 - Offer holders
3.1

Data notes:

-  The above data is provided for applicants to L100 Economics taking up to four A
Levels (applicants with other qualifications excluded).

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5)  Mean number of A* (Grade 9 or 8) achieved grades at GCSE, of whom received an
offer from the specified cohort

Average (mean)
Average
Average
Average (mean)
number of GCSE
(mean)
(mean)
number of GCSE
grades 5/C-U
number of
number of
grades 8/9/A*
GCSE grades  GCSE grades
6/B
7/A
2019 - All applicants
0.5
0.9
2.6
6.0
2019 - Offer holders
0.4
0.5
2.4
6.5
2020 - All applicants
0.6
1.1
2.3
6.0
2020 - Offer holders
0.3
0.6
1.8
7.2
2021 - All applicants
0.6
1.1
2.1
6.1
2021 - Offer holders
0.4
0.7
1.6
6.9
2022 - All applicants
0.4
0.8
1.7
7.0
2022 - Offer holders
0.2
0.4
1.2
8.2
2023 - All applicants
0.3
0.6
1.3
7.6
2023 - Offer holders
0.2
0.3
0.9
8.3

Data notes:

  The above data is in respect of questions 5 – 8.
  The data is provided for applicants to L100 Economics, with minimum 6 and
maximum 14 qualification type ‘GCSE’ (or variations of) in their UCAS application
(range set to exclude applicants who retook GCSEs or Overseas applicants taking
only one or two GCSEs alongside other qualifications).
  Many factors influence the numbers involved and this should not be used to
determine the likelihood of achieving a place on a course in a current or future cycle.
  Data is based on information provided by applicants in their UCAS application form.
  The University receives an applicant’s qualification data from UCAS provided in the
applicant’s UCAS application form, however this data is often not validated and/or
recorded in free text fields that are often not stored in a reportable format.
Information not provided in the correct parts of the UCAS form, or in an incorrect
format will not be reported.
  Data is provided for applicants applying for the requested year of entry. This may
include applicants who deferred or applied in a previous cycle.

6)  Mean number of A (Grade 7) achieved grades at GCSE, of whom received an offer
from the specified cohort

As per the response to Q5 above.

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7) Mean number of Grade 6 achieved grades at GCSE, of whom received an offer from
the specified cohort

As per the response to Q5 above.

8) Mean number of Grade 5-U achieved grades at GCSE, of whom received an offer
from the specified cohort

As per the response to Q5 above.

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