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Dear Heike,

Thank you for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Could you please confirm that regarding your request for: ' What have been the worst and best grades awarded in the bachelor's degree in anthropology in the year 2023/2024, and what has been the percentage distribution for First Class Honors, Upper Second 2:1, Lower Second 2:2, Third and <40?' - you would like to know this information for the modules listed below or for the Anthropology BSc as a whole?

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Dear Heike,

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

We confirm that we hold some of the information of the description
specified in your request; please see our response below and the attached
document.

Your request

What have been the worst and best grades awarded in the bachelor's degree
in anthropology in the year 2023/2024.

What has been the percentage distribution for First Class Honors, Upper
Second 2:1, Lower Second 2:2, Third and <40 in the 2023/24 academic year
for both Anthropology BA and the below modules:

2023     ANTH0029         The Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and
Race     
2023     ANTH0045         Ritual Healing and Therapeutic Emplotment
2023     ANTH0074         Art in the Public Sphere
2023     IEHC0030          A Life Course Approach to Health
2023     ANTH0136         The Anthropology of Violent Aftermaths
2023     ANTH0182         Medical Anthropology  
2023     BASC0039        Disability, Chronic Illness and Neurodivergence
in the Contemporary Society
2023     ANTH0079         Aspects of Applied Medical Anthropology

Our response

Before responding to your request, I should explain that individual
modules are not equivalent to, and do not constitute, a degree level
qualification which means students are not awarded a first-class honour,
2:1, 2:2 etc upon individual module completion. Depending on the choices
made by each student, as part of their degree, they select several
different modules to complete (which may include those that you have
listed) the total of which will make up their degree. With this in mind,
it means that UCL does not hold information on the number of students who
attained a 1^st, 2:1, 2:2, 3^rd for each of the modules requested.

We also do not hold the information in the format you have requested
(worst and best grades, and the percentage distribution of First Class,
Upper Second, Lower Second, Third Honours, and failing final grades), and
we are unable to provide you with individualised bespoke data because this
would constitute us creating new data. However, we have a standard set of
data which displays module results in deciles (sections for each 10% of
the possible score a student could achieve).

The tables in the attached document shows the number of students who
completed the listed modules, and the marks they achieved, broken down in
10-point deciles, and the number of graduates who were awarded First
Class, Second Class (Upper Division), and Second Class (Lower Division)
Honours in BSc Anthropology in the 2023/24 Academic Year.

Please note the following:

• Regarding Table 2, the figure under each mark range (00.01-9.99,
10.00-19.99, 20.00-29.99 etc.) is the number of students who achieved
that specific range of marks. For example, with regards to the module
code ‘ANTH0029’, this shows that 6 students achieved a mark of
40.00-49.99. Similarly, for the same module code, 35 students achieved
a mark between 60.00-69.99.

• The award and mark numbers are preliminary as the result of Late
Summer Assessments are not confirmed.

• As you can see, we are unable to disclose the exact number of students
or graduates where 5 or fewer received a specific range of marks or
degree classification.

This is because to provide the exact numbers may inadvertently lead to the
identification of these individuals. Whilst there are no personally
identifiable details within the data being withheld, that data, when
combined with other data that may already be available in the public
domain, could be used by ‘motivated intruders’ and other knowledgeable
third parties to identify the individuals concerned. Linking together
separate strands of data available in this way can indirectly lead to an
individual being identified which would breach the first data protection
principle. Further, these individuals would have no expectation that their
identities, by virtue of disclosing this type of information, would be
made known to the wider public and it would be considered unfair to do so.

As this data would be likely to become personal data, this information is
exempt from disclosure and has been withheld under section 40(2) of the
FOIA by virtue of s40(3A)(a). 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.

It is for these reasons that this information is exempt under section
40(2) of the Act. As the section 40(2) exemption is absolute, there is no
need to conduct a public interest test.

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Kind regards,

Fawwaz Noibi

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator

Data Protection Office

Office of the General Counsel

University College London

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