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Dear Mr Martin,

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

We can confirm that we do hold the information of the description
specified in your request and this information where it is not exempt is
given below each limb of your request and attached.

Q1) In addition to my previous request could I please have the number of
applicants who gained entry for the following courses and failed to meet
the entry requirements:

Social Sciences with Quantitative Methods BSc 
History, Politics and Economics BA 
Politics, Sociology and East European Studies BA 
European Social and Political Studies BA

A1)

  2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Not Not Not Not
Course Name Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Met
BA European
Social and
Political
Studies 42 <4 49 <4 39 8 79 <4
BA History,
Politics and
Economics     46 6 63 7 89 <4
BA Pol, Soc
and East
European
Studies w a
Yr Abrd             14  
BA Politics,
Sociology
and East
European
Studies             30  
BSc Social
Sciences
with
Quantitative
Methods         27   36 <4

Please note that any blanks in the above table means that there were no
applicants for those programmes in those academic years.

As you can see, exact counts of four or less have been withheld because
these are personal data of third parties or, if linked with other personal
identifiers in the public domain, would be likely to become personal
data. This information has been withheld under section 40(2) of the FOIA
by virtue of s40 (3)(a)(i). 

Section 40(2) of the FOIA allows a public authority to withhold
information under the FOIA where (i) the requested information is personal
data relating to someone other than the requester and (ii) its disclosure
would breach any of the Data Protection principles. In this case we
believe that the requested information could relate to and identify
individuals and therefore would be personal data. The disclosure of these
personal data would not be within the reasonable expectations of the
individuals concerned and it would be unfair to do so; this therefore
breaches the first data protection principle.

Q2) Could I have a breakdown of their achieved grades. 

A2) Intake criteria is AAA for students. Therefore those that did not meet
that criteria dropped one grade, which means they achieved AAB.

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for non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for
the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for
example by publishing or issuing copies to the public, will require the
permission of the copyright owner.

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Kind regards,

Mehwish Sultan

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Adviser

University College London

Legal Services, Finance and Business Affairs

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