Dear J Singh

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the University of Liverpool.   Your reference number is FOI/2020/417. We
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FOI/2020/417

20 October 2020

Name:  J Singh

By email to: [1][FOI #695765 email]

Dear J Singh,

Thank you for your email of 1 October requesting information from the
University of Liverpool.  Colleagues have provided the information
requested in the attached spreadsheet.

I am writing to you regarding your BSc Geography (F800) course. Could you
please provide myself with an Excel spreadsheet with the following
data/information from the last 2 admission cycles:

1) A Level grades (predicted)

2) A Level grades (achieved)

3) Whether an offer was made

Although the University does hold the information requested, it will not
supply it to you in the format requested.

We are unable to provide the A level grade data requested by programme and
year as this would relate to an individual (even if anonymised). We
believe this information is exempt as disclosure would not comply with the
principles set out in the Data Protection Act 2018 and is therefore exempt
under Section 40 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information
Act.  Providing it could enable the individuals involved to be identified,
either now or in the future, and these individuals would have a reasonable
expectation that their information will not be disclosed.

In the interests of transparency, we have provided predicated and actual A
level scores separately of each entrant by programme aggregated for the
years requested. In some cases, numbers are still less than five
individuals. In these instances, we have withheld the information.

Also, how many people applied for the course and how many offers were
made?

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  |2019 entry |2020 entry |
|--------------------------------------+----------------+----------------|
|Total applications | 297 | 320 |
|--------------------------------------+----------------+----------------|
|Total offers made after results | 267 | 296 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Yours sincerely,

Kirsty Rothwell
Freedom of Information Officer  / Data Protection Co-ordinator
Legal & Governance

University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69
7ZX

The information in this email and any attachments is confidential. Unless
you are the intended recipient, you must not read, copy, distribute, use
or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended
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