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Dear James,

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

 

We confirm that we hold some information of the description specified in
your request. Please see our response below.

Your request

Could you please provide module result statistics, including number of
students, mean mark, standard deviation and percentage in each class
category, for the following modules for the most recent three years?

SESS0007: Introduction to Microeconomics

SESS0008: Introduction to Macroeconomics

SESS0009: Applied Game Theory for Economics and Business

SESS0010: Contemporary Issues in International Business

SESS0023: Applied Econometrics

SESS0036: Economics of Innovation

SESS0042: Economics of the Family

SESS0024: Economic History and Ideas

SESS0019: Emerging Market Economies: Economics of Transition

SESS0021: European Macroeconomics

SESS0084: Industrial Dynamics: Theory and Empirical Applications

SESS0068: International Macroeconomics

SESS0063: International Trade

SESS0022: New Venture Creation

SESS0026: Political Economy of European Integration

SESS0087: Qualitative Research Methods for Economics and Business

SESS0041: The Economics of Entrepreneurship

SESS0039: Topics in Financial Management I

SESS0040: Topics in Financial Management II

SESS0020: Topics in Microeconomics

SESS0073: Economics of Political Institutions

SESS0093: Economic Psychology

SESS0095: Labour Economics

SOCS0077: Economics of Developing Countries

MSIN0146: Financial Management

MSIN0060: Entrepreneurship in a Global Context

MSIN0053: Mastering Entrepreneurship

MSIN0051: Digital Strategy and Transformation

INST0007: Web Technologies

MSIN0004: Accounting for Business

MSIN0048: Understanding Management

MSIN0003: Communication and Behaviour in Organisations

MSIN0047: Entrepreneurial Finance

MSIN0057: Strategic Human Resource Management

MSIN0049: Competitive Strategy

Our response

We do not hold the information in the requested format (“standard
deviation and percentage in each class category”), 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 shows
the module results in deciles. The table below shows, for 2021/22, 2022/23
and 2023/24, the mean mark and the number of students whose marks were
within each respective decile for the modules listed. The figure under
each decile is the number of students who achieved a score in that range
that year. For example, for the module INST0007 in 2021/22, 17 students
achieved a score between 40 and 49.99.

Number of students within each range of marks
Module Year Mean 90.00+
code mark 00.01-9.99 10.00-19.99 20.00-29.99 30.00-39.99 40.00-49.99 50.00-59.99 60.00-69.99 70.00-79.99 80.00-89.99
INST0007 2021/22 62.3 <5 0 <5 <5 17 29 40 48 <5 0
INST0007 2022/23 60.5 <5 <5 <5 <5 22 36 43 40 8 0
INST0007 2023/24 67 0 0 0 0 8 17 26 61 <5 0
MSIN0003 2021/22 59.2 <5 <5 <5 17 24 48 57 49 10 0
MSIN0003 2022/23 65.9 <5 0 0 <5 10 18 113 75 0 0
MSIN0003 2023/24 58.7 0 <5 <5 7 32 73 55 38 6 0
MSIN0004 2021/22 61.4 7 13 <5 8 60 122 211 150 21 0
MSIN0004 2022/23 61.1 <5 <5 12 23 82 123 169 145 38 0
MSIN0004 2023/24 61.5 <5 6 10 31 60 101 136 123 48 <5
MSIN0047 2021/22 64.6 0 0 <5 <5 <5 35 151 49 0 0
MSIN0047 2022/23 62.9 0 0 <5 7 17 86 199 74 0 0
MSIN0047 2023/24 63.4 0 0 <5 <5 6 67 174 66 0 0
MSIN0048 2021/22 63.8 0 <5 <5 0 16 56 133 79 0 0
MSIN0048 2022/23 63.8 0 <5 0 <5 32 43 140 90 <5 0
MSIN0048 2023/24 63.8 0 0 <5 0 27 61 171 64 <5 0
MSIN0049 2021/22 62.2 0 0 <5 0 6 26 69 8 0 0
MSIN0049 2022/23 63.3 0 0 <5 <5 <5 28 96 22 0 0
MSIN0049 2023/24 63.5 0 0 0 0 13 34 75 31 <5 0
MSIN0051 2021/22 64.7 0 0 0 0 13 64 151 62 11 0
MSIN0051 2022/23 67.1 0 0 <5 0 <5 28 107 67 <5 0
MSIN0051 2023/24 65.7 0 0 <5 0 <5 21 133 55 <5 0
MSIN0053 2021/22 67.2 0 0 0 0 0 16 50 34 <5 0
MSIN0053 2022/23 68.4 0 0 0 0 0 <5 66 45 <5 0
MSIN0053 2023/24 67.5 0 0 0 0 0 9 81 42 0 0
MSIN0057 2021/22 68.3 0 0 0 0 0 <5 28 20 0 0
MSIN0057 2022/23 67.3 0 0 0 0 <5 <5 58 34 0 0
MSIN0057 2023/24 66.2 0 0 0 0 <5 9 54 19 0 0
MSIN0060 2021/22 69 0 0 0 0 0 6 55 59 0 0
MSIN0060 2022/23 67.3 <5 0 0 0 <5 30 77 60 11 0
MSIN0060 2023/24 64.9 0 0 <5 0 <5 38 67 46 <5 0
MSIN0146 2021/22 59.4 0 <5 0 <5 9 23 29 12 0 0
MSIN0146 2022/23 65.1 0 0 0 <5 <5 10 9 8 7 0
MSIN0146 2023/24 64.2 0 0 <5 <5 <5 <5 15 13 <5 0
SESS0007 2021/22 64.9 <5 <5 0 0 15 46 114 78 9 0
SESS0007 2022/23 66.5 0 <5 0 0 15 23 68 58 13 <5
SESS0007 2023/24 63.5 0 <5 <5 <5 22 34 60 59 10 0
SESS0008 2021/22 68.7 <5 11 <5 <5 21 22 55 69 68 25
SESS0008 2022/23 61.1 0 <5 <5 6 39 45 64 43 19 <5
SESS0008 2023/24 57.1 0 <5 <5 17 35 55 64 27 6 0
SESS0009 2021/22 54.4 0 0 <5 11 33 37 30 16 <5 0
SESS0009 2022/23 53.6 0 0 <5 <5 24 26 24 9 <5 0
SESS0009 2023/24 50.9 0 <5 7 13 27 24 12 8 10 0
SESS0010 2021/22 63.2 0 <5 0 <5 6 29 78 37 <5 0
SESS0010 2022/23 59.5 0 <5 0 <5 14 27 39 27 0 0
SESS0010 2023/24 62.3 0 0 0 0 10 32 47 28 0 0
SESS0019 2021/22 56.3 0 <5 0 <5 14 27 33 <5 0 0
SESS0019 2022/23 59 0 <5 0 <5 8 35 39 8 0 0
SESS0019 2023/24 54.6 <5 <5 <5 <5 7 33 12 9 <5 0
SESS0020 2021/22 64.3 0 <5 <5 6 12 19 31 33 14 <5
SESS0020 2022/23 68.7 <5 0 0 <5 14 15 50 56 23 7
SESS0020 2023/24 78 0 <5 0 0 6 <5 17 39 36 26
SESS0021 2021/22 61.9 0 0 <5 <5 20 21 40 31 <5 0
SESS0021 2022/23 62.9 <5 0 0 <5 11 42 63 33 8 0
SESS0021 2023/24 60.2 0 0 <5 <5 14 35 41 22 0 0
SESS0022 2021/22 64.9 0 0 0 0 0 <5 73 6 0 0
SESS0022 2022/23 59 0 0 0 0 8 43 37 <5 0 0
SESS0022 2023/24 58.9 0 <5 <5 <5 <5 12 40 <5 0 0
SESS0023 2021/22 65.8 0 <5 0 0 <5 13 49 22 <5 0
SESS0023 2022/23 58.2 0 <5 0 <5 26 34 34 33 0 0
SESS0023 2023/24 55.3 <5 <5 0 9 18 18 42 <5 0 0
SESS0024 2021/22 61.8 0 0 <5 <5 <5 17 82 8 0 0
SESS0024 2022/23 64.7 0 0 0 <5 7 16 78 25 0 0
SESS0024 2023/24 63 0 0 <5 0 <5 18 35 14 0 0
SESS0026 2021/22 57.9 0 0 <5 <5 <5 8 8 <5 <5 0
SESS0026 2022/23 59.7 <5 0 0 <5 7 10 20 7 <5 0
SESS0026 2023/24 60.5 0 0 <5 <5 6 15 25 14 0 0
SESS0036 2021/22 62.2 0 0 <5 0 <5 14 30 <5 0 0
SESS0036 2022/23 62.8 0 <5 <5 0 0 13 42 7 0 0
SESS0039 2021/22 60.7 0 0 0 <5 13 26 32 18 <5 0
SESS0039 2022/23 70.1 0 0 0 0 <5 12 28 43 17 0
SESS0039 2023/24 59.3 0 0 0 <5 18 31 37 15 <5 0
SESS0040 2021/22 57.8 0 <5 0 <5 6 14 23 8 0 0
SESS0040 2022/23 56.5 0 0 0 <5 9 13 11 <5 <5 0
SESS0040 2023/24 62.5 0 0 0 0 <5 8 15 <5 <5 0
SESS0041 2022/23 62.4 0 0 <5 <5 <5 20 50 21 0 0
SESS0041 2023/24 61.5 0 0 0 <5 <5 17 26 8 <5 0
SESS0042 2022/23 63.5 0 0 <5 <5 <5 14 21 19 <5 0
SESS0042 2023/24 62.4 0 0 0 <5 6 18 34 16 0 0
SESS0063 2021/22 65.9 0 0 0 <5 <5 9 26 24 10 <5
SESS0063 2022/23 78.5 0 0 0 0 <5 8 19 21 22 33
SESS0063 2023/24 67.6 0 0 <5 <5 21 6 24 34 31 8
SESS0068 2021/22 67.3 0 0 0 <5 0 <5 12 11 <5 0
SESS0068 2022/23 67.2 0 0 0 0 0 8 16 7 6 0
SESS0068 2023/24 63.5 0 0 0 <5 <5 21 35 21 <5 0
SESS0073 2021/22 67 0 <5 0 0 <5 <5 7 8 <5 0
SESS0073 2022/23 65.5 0 <5 0 <5 <5 <5 13 17 <5 0
SESS0073 2023/24 58.7 0 0 <5 <5 15 14 22 9 <5 0
SESS0084 2021/22 58.6 0 0 0 0 <5 6 6 <5 0 0
SESS0084 2022/23 64.8 0 0 0 0 0 <5 <5 <5 0 0
SESS0087 2021/22 64.1 0 <5 0 <5 <5 13 41 26 <5 0
SESS0087 2022/23 65.6 0 0 0 <5 <5 15 61 30 <5 0
SESS0087 2023/24 66.2 0 0 0 0 <5 11 52 22 <5 0
SESS0093 2023/24 68.1 0 0 0 0 0 13 40 32 <5 0
SESS0095 2023/24 65.3 0 0 <5 0 <5 6 13 10 7 0
SOCS0077 2021/22 67.6 0 0 0 0 0 <5 21 16 <5 0
SOCS0077 2022/23 69 0 0 0 0 0 6 29 30 6 0
SOCS0077 2023/24 68 0 0 0 0 <5 11 28 18 13 0

The table below lists the module names which correspond to the module
codes in the table above.

Module code Module name
INST0007 Web Technologies
MSIN0003 Communication and Behaviour in Organisations
MSIN0004 Accounting for Business
MSIN0047 Entrepreneurial Finance
MSIN0048 Understanding Management
MSIN0049 Competitive Strategy
MSIN0051 Digital Strategy and Transformation
MSIN0053 Mastering Entrepreneurship
MSIN0057 Strategic Human Resource Management
MSIN0060 Entrepreneurship in a Global Context
MSIN0146 Financial Management
SESS0007 Introduction to Microeconomics
SESS0008 Introduction to Macroeconomics
SESS0009 Applied Game Theory for Economics and Business
Contemporary Issues of International Business and Strategic
SESS0010 Management
SESS0019 Emerging Market Economies: Economics of Transition
SESS0020 Topics in Microeconomics
SESS0021 European Macroeconomics
SESS0022 New Venture Creation
SESS0023 Applied Econometrics
SESS0024 Economic History and Ideas
SESS0026 Political Economy of European Integration
SESS0036 Economics of Innovation
SESS0039 Topics in Financial Management I
SESS0040 Topics in Financial Management II
SESS0041 The Economics of Entrepreneurship
SESS0042 The Economics of the Family
SESS0063 International Trade
SESS0068 International Macroeconomics
SESS0073 Economics of Political Institutions
SESS0084 Industrial Dynamics: Theory and Empirical Applications
SESS0087 Qualitative Research Methods for Economics and Business
SESS0093 Economic Psychology
SESS0095 Labour Economics
SOCS0077 Economics of Developing Countries

Please note the following:

·       Marks for the 2023/24 academic year are preliminary, because the
results of Late Summer Assessments are not known yet.

·       If a module does not appear for one of the years, this means that
nobody took the module that year.

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