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Dear Thomas,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 10/04/2024. 
Apologies for the delay in responding to your request. 

 

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

 

Could you please be so kind and provide me with the mean and median marks
as well as percentage breakdowns by class (e.g. 1st class, 2.1 class, 2.2
class etc) of students taking the following modules in academic years
2022/23,  2021/22 and 2020/21.

 

POLS0002 Democracy and Authoritarianism

POLS0016 British Politics

POLS0020 Politics of the European Union

POLS0021 International Development and Public Policy

POLS0022 Gender and Politics

POLS0023 Global Environmental Politics

POLS0027 Human Rights and World Politics

POLS0028 Welfare Politics

POLS0030 The Ethics of Crime and Punishment

POLS0032 Authority, Democracy and Resistance

POLS0033 The Ethics and Politics of the Social Sciences

POLS0034 British Parliamentary Studies

POLS0035 Strategies of Terrorism

POLS0039 Global Economic and Social Rights

POLS0041 The Politics of Economics Policy in Post Industrial Democracies

POLS0043 International Political Economy

POLS0064 Politics and Policy in Practice

POLS0065 Wars and Violence

POLS0070 Critical Approaches to Foreign Policy

POLS0072 Spread of Conflict in International Relations

POLS0074 Religion and Politics

POLS0075 Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutions

POLS0076 American Government

POLS0079 Middle East Politics

POLS0080 Migration, Politics and Policy

POLS0085 Political Representation

POLS0087 Contemporary Politics and Governance in Africa

POLS0088 Postcolonial and Critical Approaches to World Politics

POLS0090 Theories of Justice and Injustice

POLS0091 Humanitarian Protection

POLS0097 History of Political Thought

POLS0098 Latin American Politics

POLS0099 Politics of Nature

POLS0100 Global Justice

POLS0101 Environmental and Climate Justice

POLS0103 Historical Injustice and the Politics of Decolonisation

POLS0104 Models and Evidence in Political Economy

POLS0105 Russia and the West: Conflicts and Interventions

POLS0108 Chinese Politics (new in 2024/25)

POLS0109 Development in the Global Economy (new in 2024/25)

POLS0111 Economic Inequality and Democracy (new in 2024/25)

POLS0112 Innovation: Political Economy and Policy Perspectives (new in
2024/25) (third year students only)

POLS0113 Judicial Politics (new in 2024/25)

POLS0114 Social Justice and Alternatives to Capitalism (new in 2024/25)
(second or third year students only)

POLS0115 The Ethics of Politics of Emotions (new in 2024/25)

POLS0092 America in the World (Third Year students only)

POLS0093 LGBTIQ Politics (Third Year students only)

POLS0094 Political Economy of East Asia (Third Year students only)

POLS0096 Improving Public Policy Implementation

 

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 PDF, where percentages are based on a
group of 22 individuals or fewer (≤22), and this includes requests for
percentile information about marks; where percentages represent a total
number of students that is 5 or fewer (≤5); and where, if you requested
the total number of students, you could calculate a five or fewer value
(withheld), 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).

 

Please note that some 0 values are represented by ≤5 because it was
possible to calculate a ≤5 value from the disclosed percentages.

 

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