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Dear David,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 7 November 2023.

 

We have completed the compilation of information in response to your
request which read:

 

May I please request the data for the following information for each of
the listed modules:

 

1. Number of students taking the modules + number of people getting 1:1,
2:1, 2:2, 3 for each of the following modules, by ‘1:1, 2:1, 2:2, 3 for
each of the following modules’ I mean the numbers of students scoring <50,
50-60, 60-70, 70+ for each of the following modules (3 years of data, in
2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years):

 

2. The mean marks, as well as the 25th, 50th, 75th, 85th, 90th and 95th
percentile marks

(3 years of data, in the 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years):

 

COMP0002     Principles of Programming

COMP0003     Theory of Computation

ENGF0002      Design and Professional Skills 1

ENGF0001      Engineering Challenges

COMP0147     Discrete Mathematics for Computer Scientists

COMP0011     Mathematics and Statistics

COMP0005     Algorithms      

COMP0004     Object-Oriented Programming

COMP0141     Security

COMP0016     Systems Engineering 

COMP0010     Software Engineering

COMP0009     Logic

COMP0008     Computer Architecture and Concurrency

COMP0199     Intermediate Mathematics for Computer Science

 

We can confirm that we do hold information of the description specified in
your request and this information is provided in the attached spreadsheet.

 

As you will see within the attached spreadsheet, where the number of
students is 5 or fewer (˜5), and where the total number of students would
allow you to calculate a ˜5 figure, the information has been withheld
because, with such low numbers, even providing this information without
names it is possible that the underlying individuals could be identified,
which means that this is personal data of third parties or, if linked with
other personal identifiers in the public domain, would be likely to become
personal data. This information has been withheld under Section 40(2) of
the FOIA by virtue of Section 40(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. In this case, we
believe that the requested information could relate to and identify
individuals and therefore would be personal data. The disclosure of these
personal data would not be within the reasonable expectations of the
individuals concerned and it would be unfair to do so; this therefore
breaches the first Data Protection principle.

 

As the Section 40(2) exemption is an absolute one, there is no need to
conduct a public interest test.

 

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Kind regards,

 

Josh Keyte

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Adviser

University College London

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