Request for data on enrolled students - undergraduate law
Dear University of Nottingham,
All of the requests below pertain to your law (M100) course. Please do not include data from other law-related courses (such as Law with a Language or Law with a Year Overseas) if these courses are available.
THE REQUEST
I would like to request the following information for the 2017/2018 admissions cycle:
1. A complete, anonymised list of all (I)GCSE grades achieved by the students who enrolled in the M100 law course following the relevant admissions period.
2. A complete, anonymised list of all A-level grades achieved by the students who enrolled in the M100 law course following the relevant admissions period.
3. A complete, anonymised list of all IB grades achieved by the students who enrolled in the M100 law course following the relevant admissions period;
4. A complete, anonymised list of all the scores for the LNAT multiple-choice section that were achieved by students who enrolled in the M100 law course following the relevant admissions period.
EXAMPLE
Your response may be expressed in the following format, where each row represents a separate, anonymous student:
(I)GCSE scores
999A*A*A*A*A*A*AAAA
A*A*A*A*A*A*A*A*A*A*A
999888888887765
A*A*A*A*A*A*AAAAB
IB Scores
43
35
39
40
40
38
A-level Scores
A*AA
A*A*AA
AABB
AAA
AAAAB
A*AAB
LNAT Multiple Choice scores
25
30
32
25
28
19
Yours faithfully,
John Dimitroulopoulos
Dear John
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
We have evaluated your request and can confirm that we are unable to provide information in the way you have asked for as to do so would greatly increase the likelihood of individuals being identified. We believe that, to produce information on a line-by-line basis in relation to each student (even if anonymised), is exempt under Section 40 (2) as disclosure would breach data protection regulations because these individuals have a reasonable expectation that their information will not be disclosed.
Please also be aware that the University's policy is not to specify the exact number where figures are less than 10 as to do so would greatly increase the likelihood of individuals being identified, which would breach data protection regulations as these individuals have a reasonable expectation that their personal data will not be released.
Although we recognise that it would be difficult to identify the individuals concerned, under the remits of data protection regulations, we note that personal data constitutes that from which the Data Controller can identify an individual. Therefore there may be other information which you could obtain from the University, either through further Freedom of Information requests or other means, that could be used to identify the individuals here. The risk of this is greatly increased where numbers are less than 10 and it is for this reason that we do not specify such small numbers of individuals. Should an individual be identified then the University would be in breach of data protection regulations.
If you are able to ask for information which would not breach data protection regulations, we would be happy to re-consider your request.
We will respond to your request within twenty working days from the date of receiving the clarification requested.
I hope that this is of help. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any enquiries regarding this email.
Yours sincerely,
Karen Page
Information Compliance Officer – Freedom of Information
Registrar’s Department
Web: www.nottingham.ac.uk/freedom-of-informat...
Email: [University of Nottingham request email]
Dear Br-Freedom-Of-Information,
Would it be possible to provide the results in 'categories' that include a range of grades?
For example, the data could be presented as follows:
A*A*A*- A*A*A - 15 students
A*AA - AAA - 45 students
AAB - ABB - 56 students
etc.
I'd be more than happy to only receive information on the best three A-levels of students enrolling on this course if that is more convenient for you.
Yours sincerely,
John Dimitroulopoulos
Dear John
Thank you for your revised request for information regarding M100 Law student data. Your request was received on 8 March 2019 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We will respond to your request within twenty working days. Please note this is calculated from the following working day from receipt of your request.
I hope that this is of help. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any enquiries regarding this email.
Yours sincerely,
Karen Page
Information Compliance Officer – Freedom of Information
Registrar’s Department
Web: www.nottingham.ac.uk/freedom-of-informat...
Email: [University of Nottingham request email]
Dear John
I am writing further to your request for information regarding M100 Law student data. A search of our electronic and paper records has been completed and I can confirm that the information requested is held by the University.
In answer to your request:
All of the requests below pertain to your law (M100) course.
I would like to request the following information for the 2017/2018 admissions cycle:
Would it be possible to provide the results in 'categories' that include a range of grades?
The data you have requested for M100 students for the academic year 2017/18 is:
A*A*A* to A*A*A - 15 students
A*AA - 28 students
AAA - 46 students
AAB - 39 students
ABB - 36 students
BBB to BBC - 24 students
Please note this information is based on students with at least 3 A-levels for whom A-levels are their highest qualification on entry.
If you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled and wish to request a review of our response or to make a complaint, please see the attached information sheet and form.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any enquiries regarding this email.
Yours sincerely,
Karen Page
Information Compliance Officer – Freedom of Information
Registrar’s Department
Web: www.nottingham.ac.uk/freedom-of-informat...
Email: [University of Nottingham request email]
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