Module results for LCFR and LCSP

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Dear University College London,

I hope you are doing well.

May I please request the data for the following information:

The number of students taking the modules & number of people getting 1:1, 2:1, 2:2, and 3 + mean marks and highest mark for each of the following modules for the most recent four years, including the 2023/2024 academic year if applicable.

French Levels 1+2 (LCFR0010)
French Levels 2+3 (LCFR0011)
Spanish Levels 1+2 (LCSP0009)
Spanish Levels 2+3 (LCSP0010)

I appreciate your help and support!

Yours faithfully,
Tom Smith

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Dear Tom,

 

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

 

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

 

Your request

 

May I please request the data for the following information:
The number of students taking the modules & number of people getting 1:1,
2:1, 2:2, and 3 + mean marks and highest mark for each of the following
modules for the most recent four years, including the 2023/2024 academic
year if applicable.

French Levels 1+2 (LCFR0010)
French Levels 2+3 (LCFR0011)
Spanish Levels 1+2 (LCSP0009)
Spanish Levels 2+3 (LCSP0010)

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 1:1, 2:1, 2:2, 3 for each of the modules requested.

 

However, with regards to the modules that you have listed, please note the
following:

 

·       As shown in the attached document, we are able to provide you with
some figures showing the mean marks, and 10-point decile percentile
marks(sections for each 10% of the possible score a student could achieve)
for the requested modules for the academic years 2020 to 2023.

·       We are unable to disclose the highest mark for each module because
it is associated with a single student, and this may inadvertently lead to
the identification of these individuals.

·       The figure under each percentile is the number of students who
achieved a score in that range that year". For example, for 2020, under
the Percentile (60 - 69.99) column with regards to the module code 
‘LCFR0010’ this shows that <5 students achieved a score between 60 and
69.99. Similarly, for the same year and module code, 11 students achieved
a score between 70 -79.99.

·       If a module code does not appear for a year no one took that
module that year.

·       The 2023/24 marks are preliminary as late summer assessments have
not taken place yet.

                                                         

As you can see, we are unable to disclose the exact number of students
where 5 or fewer students. 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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