PPE Admissions Data

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Dear Requester

 

Thank you for your request for information from Durham University.
Colleagues have provided the information below/attached in response to
your questions.

Request:

 

Please may you provide me with the following information on admissions to
Ba Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE).

 

1) The percentage of offers given to home students, and to international
students every year from 2021-2023.

2) The mean and median score of IB applicants applying to the course and
receiving an offer in each year from 2021-2023

3) The score and subjects of HL grades from IB applicants applying to the
course and receiving an offer in each year from 2021-2023.

4) The top three most common IB higher level subjects taken by offer
holders from 2021-2023.

5) The GCSE scores and subject breakdown of those who got an offer in
these years, when appropriate.

 

Response:

Please note:

For information relating to the current 2023 admissions cycle. The
University confirms that it holds the information that you have requested.
However, the University declines your request for release under section
43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Section 43(2) of the
FOIA exempts information from release where its disclosure under the Act
would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any
person. As section 43(2) is a qualified exemption, the University has
conducted a public interest test and has concluded that release of this
data would prejudice the University’s commercial interests.

 

The University recognises that there can be a public interest in
understanding student enrolment patterns and trends. However, as the
admissions cycle is still active, release of the requested information
could significantly weaken our current position by allowing competitors to
have a better understanding of our market share strategies and adapt their
own plans accordingly. Consequently, the University’s position in this
specialist market would be undermined as competitors would be able to
tailor their own admission’s strategies to match or exceed our own
targets.

 

You may wish to resubmit your request once the current cycle closes at the
end of October.

 

For information on the remaining years please see attached spreadsheet.

Please note:

 

• Data has been provided for the course BA Politics, Philosophy and
Economics (VL52)
• Data has been provided for the following admission cycles: 2020-21
(entry 2021) and 2021-22 (entry 2022). Admissions cycle 2022-23 (entry
2023) is still currently in progress so we are unable to provide this
data until the cycle ends on 18^th October.
• All data has been rounded to the nearest 5 as per HESA guidelines,
numbers less than 5 are suppressed and represented by <5, a zero (0)
represents no data.
• Applicants include all who applied for the course regardless of the
outcome of their application
• Offer holders includes conditional and unconditional offers
• Only IB results that were received through ABL (Awarding Body Linkage)
were used, there may be some results which do not come through this
automated system which are not included
• GCSEs include International GCSEs

 

 

 

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information request, you can ask us to internally review our handling of
your request, including the application of any exemptions applied. This
must be within 40 working days from the date of our response to you.

To do this, please email [1][Durham University request email].

 

Please state the grounds on which you wish the decision to be reviewed and
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the date your request for internal review is received.

 

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apply to the Information Commissioner's Office for an independent review.

 

Information Commissioner's Office

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Yours sincerely

 

Information Governance Unit

Durham University

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