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Dear Taj,

Thank you for your below request for information.

In order to help answer your request, can you please clarify the following:

1. What is meant by home - Is it those on 'home' fees i.e. EU (inc. UK) students OR is it those from the UK?

2. What is STEP? (see Q6)

Kind regards,

Mehwish Sultan
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Adviser
University College London
Legal Services
E: [email address] Data Protection: [email address] FOI: [UCL request email].
Telephone: +44 (0)203 108 7862 (internal 57862)

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Dear Taj,

Apologies for the delay in responding to your request for information.

We are currently working on our response and should be in a position to provide a response by the end of this week.

I will keep you updated.

Kind regards,

Mehwish Sultan
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Adviser
University College London
Legal Services
E: [email address] Data Protection: [email address] FOI: [UCL request email].
Telephone: +44 (0)203 108 7862 (internal 57862)

Working hours: Please note that I work from home on Mondays.

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Dear Mr Singh

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

We can confirm that we do hold information of the description specified in
the scope of your request and this information is provided below.

Your request and our response:

Please may I request the most recent data (2019 entry ideally, if not
2018) below for two of your courses – BSc Mathematics and Statistical
Science (GG13) & MSci Mathematics and Statistical Science (GGC3):

1.     For home students only (not international). What was the
application/ offer/ places data for both courses?

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Session|Applicants|Offers|Intake|Course code |Course name |Domicile|
|-------+----------+------+------+------------+-----------------+--------|
|2018 |35 |19 |<5 |UBSMATASTA05|BSc Mathematics |Home |
| | | | | |and Statistical | |
| | | | | |Science | |
|-------+----------+------+------+------------+-----------------+--------|
|2018 |11 |8 |0 |UMSMATASTA05|MSci Mathematics |Home |
| | | | | |and Statistical | |
| | | | | |Science | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

2.     For home students given an offer/ admitted - the breakdown of which
type of school they came from (private/ grammar/ state).

For those given offers:

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|UBSMATASTA05 |BSc Mathematics and Statistical Science |
|-------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
|Session |Course |School type |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UBSMATASTA05 |Grammar School |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UBSMATASTA05 |Comprehensive School |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UBSMATASTA05 |Sixth Form College |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UBSMATASTA05 |Not Applicable |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UBSMATASTA05 |Independent School |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UBSMATASTA05 |Academy |
|-------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
|UMSMATASTA05 |MSci Mathematics and Statistical Science |
|-------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
|Session |Course |School type |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UMSMATASTA05 |Grammar School |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UMSMATASTA05 |Academy |
|-------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------|
|2018 |UMSMATASTA05 |Sixth Form College |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

3.     After A-level Maths and Further Maths, what were the next 3 most
popular A-levels taken by students who were given an offer for both
courses?

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|UBSMATASTA05 |BSc Mathematics and Statistical Science |
|-------------------------+----------------------------------------------|
| |Physics |
|-------------------------+----------------------------------------------|
| |Chemistry |
|-------------------------+----------------------------------------------|
| |Economics |
|-------------------------+----------------------------------------------|
|UMSMATASTA05 |MSci Mathematics and Statistical Science |
|-------------------------+----------------------------------------------|
| |Physics |
|-------------------------+----------------------------------------------|
| |Chemistry |
|-------------------------+----------------------------------------------|
| |Biology |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

4.     How many students who were given an offer/ accepted did A-level
Economics?

<5 students
on BSc
Mathematics
and
Statistical
Science who
were given
an offer
did A-level
Economics,
from these
<5 took the
course.
No students
on MSci
Mathematics
and
Statistical
Science did
A-level
Economics.

5.     What was the range of A-level results for both courses for those
who were accepted AND given a place.

BSc
Mathematics
and
Statistical
Science 3A*A
A*AB
MSci
Mathematics
and
Statistical
Science 3A*A
A*AB

6. How many offered/ accepted students took the STEP papers?

We do not hold this information for those who were given offers.

However, 24 of accepted students on MASS degrees took STEP or Advanced
Extension Award in the 2019 entry.

As you can see, exact counts totalling five or less have been withheld
because these are personal data of third parties or, if linked with other
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Kind regards,

Mehwish Sultan

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Adviser

University College London

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