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Dear Julia,

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

We can confirm that we hold some of the information of the description
specified in your request; please see our explanation below.

Your request

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 (4 years of data, in
2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years):

2. The mean marks, as well as the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th
percentile marks
(4 years of data, in the 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic
years):

ELECTIVE OPTIONS: YEAR 3 TERM 1
2022/23
MSIN0039
MSIN0053
MSIN0060
MSIN0035
MSIN0077*
MSIN0092*
MSIN0143*

ELECTIVE OPTIONS: YEAR 3 TERM 2
2022/23
MSIN0028 Mergers and Valuation (Finance)
MSIN0029 Digital Conversations and Marketing (Marketing)
MSIN0047 Entrepreneurial Finance (Finance & Entrepreneurship)
MSIN0039 Corporate Financial Strategy (Finance)
MSIN0052 Law for Managers (Management)
MSIN0055 International Strategy (Consulting & Management)
MSIN0057 Strategic Human Resource Management (Management)
MSIN0061 Global Marketing Strategy (Marketing)
MSIN0069* Managing the Growing Firm (Entrepreneurship & Management) - CW
based module; MSIN0071*Decision Risk Analysis (Finance)
MSIN0097*
MSIN0144
MSIN0147
MSIN0180
MSIN0212
MSIN0257
MSIN0226*

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, we are able to
provide you with some figures showing the number of students and the
scores that were attained (please see the tables attached). We are also
able to provide you with the requested percentile marks, as well as the
mean score. Please note the following:

·         With regards to Tables 1, 3, 5 and 7, the figures listed under
each range of marks is the number of students who attained those marks.
For example, in 2019-20, for the module code MSIN0028 (Mergers and
Valuation), 48 students who took this module achieved a mark of 70 or
above. With regards to tables 2, 4, 6 and 8, the figures under each
percentile (10^th, 25^th, 50^th, 75^th and 90^th) is the mark/score
obtained or lower for the modules listed. For example, in 2019-20, under
the Percentile (10) column, with regards to the module code ‘MSIN0028’,
this shows that 10% of all students achieved a score of 48.2 or less.
Similarly, for the same year and module code, 90% of all students achieved
a score of 78.8 or less. 

·         We are unable to disclose the exact number of students where 5
or fewer students took a module or achieved a specific grade. Equally, we
are also unable to disclose the total number of students that completed
each module as it would be possible to deduce the exact numbers of
students where they are 5 or less. 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.

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Kind regards,

Fawwaz Noibi

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator

Data Protection Office

Office of the General Counsel

University College London

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