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Dear Pika,

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

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

Your request

May I please request the mean, median and standard deviation of marks as
well as marks by percentile (including the 25th, 75th, 80th, 90th, 95th
and 99th percentiles, as well as Highest mark achieved) for the following
UCL modules for the academic years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 (please
respond to this request when data for the current academic year becomes
available) along with the number of students taking each module for each
year. Please also provide the mean mark for each module over all 3 years
specified (averaged over all 3 years, exclude missing years from average
should data not exist):

Frontiers of History (SEHI0003)
Introduction to Microeconomics (SESS0007) Introduction to Macroeconomics
(SESS0008) Understanding Politics I: The Big Questions in Contemporary
Europe (SESS0016) Understanding Politics II: How Politics Works (SESS0017)
Applied Game Theory for Economics and Business (SESS0009) Contemporary
Issues of International Business and Strategic Management (SESS0010)
Introductory Statistical Methods and Computing (STAT0021) Introductory
Statistical Methods (STAT0022) History of Economic Thought (ECON0008)
Introduction to International Relations: concepts and ideas (SESS0082)
Russian Level 1 (A) (SERS0007) Topics in Microeconomics (SESS0020)
European Macroeconomics (SESS0021) Applied Econometrics (SESS0023)
Economic History and Ideas (SESS0024) Emerging Market Economies: Economics
of Transition (SESS0019) New Venture Creation (SESS0022) Political Economy
of European Integration (SESS0026) Migration and Health (BASC0011) The
History of European Political Ideas (SESS0027) History of Russia 1598-1856
(HIST0488) History of Modern Germany 1815-1990 (HIST0490) History of the
Soviet Union (HIST0721) Comparative Political Analysis (SESS0033)
Researching Politics and Society (SESS0034) Democracy and Democratisation
(SESS0061) Qualitative Research Methods for Economics and Business
(SESS0087) International Trade (SESS0063) International Macroeconomics
(SESS0068) Economics of Political Institutions (SESS0073) Economic
Psychology (SESS0093) Labour Economics (SESS0095) The Crisis of 1989 and
the New Global Revolutions (SESS0050) Free-standing Dissertation
(SESS0053) History Undergraduate Dissertation (HIST0909) Economics of
Innovation (SESS0036) Topics in Financial Management I (SESS0039) Topics
in Financial Management II (SESS0040) The Economics of Entrepreneurship
(SESS0041) The Economics of the Family (SESS0042) Industrial Dynamics:
Theory and Empirical Applications (SESS0084) Concepts of Security
(SESS0031) European Security (SESS0046) Differential and Integral Calculus
(MATH0039) Calculus and Linear Algebra (MATH0045) Calculus in Several
Dimensions (MATH0046) Advanced Linear Algebra (MATH0047) Mathematical
Analysis (MATH0048) Logic (MATH0050) Linear Algebra for Data Science
(MATH0101)

Economics (ECON0002)
Applied Economics (ECON0004)
Statistical Methods in Economics (ECON0005) Mathematics for Economics
(ECON0010) Microeconomics (ECON0013) Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
(ECON0016) Quantitative Economics and Econometrics (ECON0019) Economics UG
Research Dissertation (ECON0117)

Microeconomics (ECON0065)
Macroeconomics (ECON0066)
Econometrics (ECON0064)
Research Methods (ECON0080)
Dissertation (ECON0079)

Our response

Please see the attached document that shows the mean and the 10-point
decile percentile marks for the requested modules for the academic years
2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. Please note the following:

• 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.
• With regards to the modules that you have listed, we are able to
provide you with modules results in deciles (sections for each 10% of
the possible score a student could achieve).
• The figure under each percentile is the number of students who
achieved a score in that range that year". For example, for 2021,
under the Percentile (50 - 59.99) column with regards to the module
code ‘BASC0011 ’ this shows that 16 students achieved a score between
50 and 59.99. Similarly, for the same year and module code, no
students achieved a score over 90.
• If a module code does not appear for a year no one took that module
that year.
• The 2023/24 results are preliminary as late summer assessments have
not taken place.

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

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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If you have any queries or concerns, please contact me using the details
provided in this letter and including the request reference number. If you
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Vice-President (Operations)
University College London
Gower Street
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You should do this within two months of our final decision. Further
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Kind regards,

Gladys Mandangu

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator

Data Protection Office

Office of the General Counsel

University College London

Tel: 020 80168488 (ext. 68488)

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Dear Pika,

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

We confirm that we hold some information of the description specified in
your request, please see our response below. I apologise for the delay in
the provision of this response.

Your request 

Thank you very much for your response. If I may, may I please request a
few additional data points for the now non-provisional marks (including
late summer assessment scores) for the 2023-2024 academic year. For the
following modules, please provide the mean mark, median mark, and marks
for the 75th, 80th, 90th, 95th and 99th percentiles (mark value rather
than number of students scoring in a certain decile) as well as the number
of students taking each module:

Introduction to Microeconomics (SESS0007) Introduction to Macroeconomics
(SESS0008) Topics in Microeconomics (SESS0020) European Macroeconomics
(SESS0021) Applied Econometrics (SESS0023) Economic History and Ideas
(SESS0024) Qualitative Research Methods for Economics and Business
(SESS0087) International Trade (SESS0063) International Macroeconomics
(SESS0068) Economics of Political Institutions (SESS0073) Economic
Psychology (SESS0093) Labour Economics (SESS0095) The Crisis of 1989 and
the New Global Revolutions (SESS0050) Free-standing Dissertation
(SESS0053) - if possible, please separate dissertation marks by discipline
(e.g. separately for History, for Politics, for Economics etc.) Topics in
Financial Management I (SESS0039) The Economics of the Family (SESS0042)
Calculus and Linear Algebra (MATH0045) Advanced Linear Algebra (MATH0047)
Mathematical Analysis (MATH0048) Mathematics for Engineers 1 (MATH0049)
Logic (MATH0050) Linear Algebra for Data Science (MATH0101) Introductory
Statistical Methods and Computing (STAT0021)

For Topics in Microeconomics (SESS0020), please also provide the revised
marks for the 2022-2023 academic year for the same percentiles (75th,
80th, 90th, 95th and 99th) and mean and median. I very much appreciate
your time and support in this process. Thank you.

Our response

We do not hold the information in the format you have requested (i.e.
percentiles), and we are unable to provide you with individualised bespoke
data because this would constitute us creating new data. However, we have
a standard set of data which shows the module results in deciles (sections
for each 10% of the possible score a student could achieve). In this case,
you have not asked for the data in decile format, but please let us know
if this were something you would now like to request.  Additionally, the
late summer assessment data is not yet available, so we do not hold this
information.

You are free to use any information supplied for your own use, including
for non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for
the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for
example by publishing or issuing copies to the public, will require the
permission of the copyright owner.

If you have any queries or concerns, please contact me using the details
provided in this letter and including the request reference number. If you
are unhappy with our response to your request and wish to make a complaint
or request a review of our decision, please email [1][email address].
Emails should include the words ‘Internal Review’ in the subject and be
marked ‘For the Attention of the Vice-President (Operations)’.
Alternatively, please write to:

Vice-President (Operations)
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT

Please note that complaints and requests for internal review received more
than two months after the initial decision will not be handled. If you are
not content with the outcome of the internal review, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) by using the
following web address: [2]www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints or by writing to
the ICO at the following address:

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF

0303 123 1113

[3]https://ico.org.uk/

You should do this within two months of our final decision. Further
information on the FOIA is available on the ICO’s website:
[4]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/offici....

Kind regards,

Gladys Mandangu

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator

Data Protection Office

Office of the General Counsel

University College London

Email: [5][email address]

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