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Dear Gary,

Freedom of Information request: Action required

We have received the following request for information below under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI).

    

May I please request to the ratios of students graduating with 1:1, 2:1,
2:2, 3:1 degrees respectively in math department this year? Also, would
you like to share the average scores and quartiles (10, 25, 50, 75, 90) of
the following modules for academic year 23/24(just finished):

MATH0003 Analysis 1 

MATH0004 Analysis 2 

MATH0005 Algebra 1 

MATH0006 Algebra 2

MATH0008 Applied Mathematics 1 

MATH0009 Newtonian Mechanics 

MATH0010 Mathematical Methods 1 

MATH0011 Mathematical Methods 2

MATH0013 Analysis 3: Complex Analysis 

MATH0015 Fluid Mechanics 

MATH0016 Mathematical Methods 3 

MATH0014 Algebra 3: Further Linear Algebra 

PHAS2222 Quantum Physics
MATH0034 Number Theory 

MATH0051 Analysis 4: Real Analysis 

MATH0052 Geometry and Groups 

MATH0053 Algebra 4: Groups and Rings 

MATH0055 Electromagnetism 

MATH0056 Mathematical Methods 4 

MATH0057 Probability and Statistics 

MATH0058 Computational Methods
BASC0017 Interdisciplinary Game Theory 

BASC0038 Algorithms: Logic and Structures 

BASC0047 Machine Reasoning and Expert Systems 

ECON0011 Basic Microeconomic Concepts 

ECON0044 An Introduction to Applied Economic Analysis 

INST0002 Programming 1 

INST0004 Programming 2 

MSIN0004 Accounting for Business A4U 

MSIN0048 Understanding Management 

MSIN0059 Managerial Accounting for Decision Making 

MSIN0061 Global Marketing Strategy

MATH0017 Measure Theory 

MATH0018 Functional Analysis 

MATH0019 Multivariable Analysis

MATH0020 Differential Geometry 

MATH0022 Galois Theory

MATH0021 Homological Algebra 

MATH0023 Algebraic Topology 

MATH0024 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 

MATH0025 Mathematics for General Relativity 

MATH0027 Mathematical Methods 5 

MATH0026 Biomathematics 

MATH0028 Combinatorial Optimisation 

MATH0029 Graph Theory and Combinatorics 

MATH0031 Financial Mathematics 

MATH0030 Mathematical Ecology 

MATH0035 Algebraic Number Theory 

MATH0032 Introduction to Mathematica 

MATH0036 Elliptic Curves 

MATH0033 Numerical Methods 

MATH0038 History of Mathematics 

MATH0037 Logic 

MATH0054 Analytical Dynamics 

MATH0109 Theorem proving in LEAN 

MATH0108 Commutative Rings and Algebras
MATH0070 Linear Partial Differential Equations 

MATH0069 Probability 

MATH0074 Topology and Groups 

MATH0073 Representation Theory 

MATH0075 Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

MATH0079 Cosmology

MATH0077 Real Fluids 

MATH0080 Waves and Wave Scattering 

MATH0083 Prime Numbers and their Distribution 

MATH0092 Variational Methods for PDEs 

MATH0104 Modular Forms 

MATH0102 Applied Stochastic Methods
STAT0005 Probability and Statistics II 

STAT0007 Introduction to Applied Probability

STAT0006 Regression Modelling 

CPAS0012 Mathematical Education for Physical and Mathematical Sciences 

STAT0011 Decision and Risk 

STAT0025 Optimisation Algorithms in Operational Research
PHAS0037 Physical Cosmology 

PHAS0042 Quantum Mechanics 

PHAS0049 Theory of Dynamical Systems

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Dear Ziqi,

Thank you for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) 2000. I apologise for the delay in the provision of this response.

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

Your request

May I please request to the ratios of students graduating with 1:1, 2:1,
2:2, 3:1 degrees respectively in math department this year? Also, would
you like to share the average scores and quartiles (10, 25, 50, 75, 90) of
the following modules for academic year 23/24(just finished):

MATH0003 Analysis 1 

MATH0004 Analysis 2 

MATH0005 Algebra 1 

MATH0006 Algebra 2

MATH0008 Applied Mathematics 1 

MATH0009 Newtonian Mechanics 

MATH0010 Mathematical Methods 1 

MATH0011 Mathematical Methods 2

MATH0013 Analysis 3: Complex Analysis 

MATH0015 Fluid Mechanics 

MATH0016 Mathematical Methods 3 

MATH0014 Algebra 3: Further Linear Algebra 

PHAS2222 Quantum Physics
MATH0034 Number Theory 

MATH0051 Analysis 4: Real Analysis 

MATH0052 Geometry and Groups 

MATH0053 Algebra 4: Groups and Rings 

MATH0055 Electromagnetism 

MATH0056 Mathematical Methods 4 

MATH0057 Probability and Statistics 

MATH0058 Computational Methods
BASC0017 Interdisciplinary Game Theory 

BASC0038 Algorithms: Logic and Structures 

BASC0047 Machine Reasoning and Expert Systems 

ECON0011 Basic Microeconomic Concepts 

ECON0044 An Introduction to Applied Economic Analysis 

INST0002 Programming 1 

INST0004 Programming 2 

MSIN0004 Accounting for Business A4U 

MSIN0048 Understanding Management 

MSIN0059 Managerial Accounting for Decision Making 

MSIN0061 Global Marketing Strategy

MATH0017 Measure Theory 

MATH0018 Functional Analysis 

MATH0019 Multivariable Analysis

MATH0020 Differential Geometry 

MATH0022 Galois Theory

MATH0021 Homological Algebra 

MATH0023 Algebraic Topology 

MATH0024 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 

MATH0025 Mathematics for General Relativity 

MATH0027 Mathematical Methods 5 

MATH0026 Biomathematics 

MATH0028 Combinatorial Optimisation 

MATH0029 Graph Theory and Combinatorics 

MATH0031 Financial Mathematics 

MATH0030 Mathematical Ecology 

MATH0035 Algebraic Number Theory 

MATH0032 Introduction to Mathematica 

MATH0036 Elliptic Curves 

MATH0033 Numerical Methods 

MATH0038 History of Mathematics 

MATH0037 Logic 

MATH0054 Analytical Dynamics 

MATH0109 Theorem proving in LEAN 

MATH0108 Commutative Rings and Algebras
MATH0070 Linear Partial Differential Equations 

MATH0069 Probability 

MATH0074 Topology and Groups 

MATH0073 Representation Theory 

MATH0075 Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

MATH0079 Cosmology

MATH0077 Real Fluids 

MATH0080 Waves and Wave Scattering 

MATH0083 Prime Numbers and their Distribution 

MATH0092 Variational Methods for PDEs 

MATH0104 Modular Forms 

MATH0102 Applied Stochastic Methods
STAT0005 Probability and Statistics II 

STAT0007 Introduction to Applied Probability

STAT0006 Regression Modelling 

CPAS0012 Mathematical Education for Physical and Mathematical Sciences 

STAT0011 Decision and Risk 

STAT0025 Optimisation Algorithms in Operational Research
PHAS0037 Physical Cosmology 

PHAS0042 Quantum Mechanics 

PHAS0049 Theory of Dynamical Systems

Our response

We do not hold all of the information in the format you have requested
(ratio of the students graduating with 1:1, 2:1, 2:2, 3:1, and the 10^th,
25^th, 50^th, 75^th, and 90^th quartiles) 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).

Please see the tables in the attached document that show the number of
graduates who received a First Class, Second Class (Upper Division),
Second Class (Lower Division), and Third Class Honours in Mathematics BSc,
and Mathematics MSCi in the 2023/24 academic year, and the mean mark,
number of students who completed the modules requested (broken down into
10-point deciles), and the marks they achieved in the 2023/24 academic
year.

Please note the following:

• If a module does not appear, then no one took the module that year.

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

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
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It is for these reasons that this information is exempt under section
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