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Official information request for information related to the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 28 May 2019:
- "May I please have a break down of all students enrolled in a degree run by the Faulty of Engineering (interested primarily in BEng(Hons) and BSc). May I please have total student numbers, and student numbers broken down by degree and major (e.g. 2017 1000 students total, 600 doing a BEng in software, 300 doing a BSc in CompSci, etcetc).
- May I also have a grade distribution breakdown for papers ENGR121 and ENGR122 for the history of the courses e.g. ENGR121 2017 A+ 5, A 3, A- 10.... 2016 A+ 2, A 7, A- 4....
- I would also like to know for the numbers of failing grades, the number of students who retook the paper, number of students who drop out of uni directly after failing, and number of students who switch majors/degrees directly after failing the paper (for each year in history pf the paper).
e.g ENGR121 2017 total failing grades: 25, number of retakers: 17, number of uni dropouts: 2, number of major/degree switchers: 6
- May I also please have any data you have pertaining to the drop out rates of ENGR121/ENGR122 for the history of the courses - numbers of students who were enrolled and dropped out of the paper, a distribution of what stage of the course they dropped out in (maybe timeline can be week 0-2, week2-6, week6+ .I would also like to know the number of students who after dropping ENGR121 or 122 switch degrees/majors or drop out of uni directly after dropping out of the course. This would be for each year in the history of the course too.
e.g ENGR121 2017 no. of course drops: 19 , weeks0-2:12, weeks 2-6: 5, week 6+: 2, no of uni dropouts: 3, no of major switches: 13)
- In addition, (I know this may not be possible due to privacy reasons) do you have any statistics as to what courses people switch into after dropping these courses e.g. 50% of people who drop ENGR121 will switch into MATH151, or can you provide any data that would allow me to analyse and extract this kind of statistics."

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Ngā mihi nui

Georgia Tawharu
Adviser, Information Access and Copyright
D: 04 463 5249
Room 213, Hunter Building
Victoria University of Wellington, Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui
Gate 2 Kelburn Parade PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
 
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Ngâ mihi nui

Georgia Tawharu
Adviser, Information Access and Copyright – Legal Services
D: 04 463 5249
Room 213, Hunter Building
Victoria University of Wellington, Te Whare Wânanga o te Ûpoko o te Ika a Mâui
Gate 2 Kelburn Parade PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: M Whytock [mailto:[FOI #10404 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 28 May 2019 11:58 PM
To: OIA Requests <[VUW request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Student statistics of School of Engineering and Computer Science

Dear Victoria University of Wellington,

May I please have a break down of all students enrolled in a degree run by the Faulty of Engineering (interested primarily in BEng(Hons) and BSc). May I please have total student numbers, and student numbers broken down by degree and major (e.g. 2017 1000 students total, 600 doing a BEng in software, 300 doing a BSc in CompSci, etcetc).

May I also have a grade distribution breakdown for papers ENGR121 and ENGR122 for the history of the courses e.g. ENGR121 2017 A+ 5, A 3, A- 10.... 2016 A+ 2, A 7, A- 4....

I would also like to know for the numbers of failing grades, the number of students who retook the paper, number of students who drop out of uni directly after failing, and number of students who switch majors/degrees directly after failing the paper (for each year in history pf the paper).
e.g ENGR121 2017 total failing grades: 25, number of retakers: 17, number of uni dropouts: 2, number of major/degree switchers: 6

May I also please have any data you have pertaining to the drop out rates of ENGR121/ENGR122 for the history of the courses - numbers of students who were enrolled and dropped out of the paper, a distribution of what stage of the course they dropped out in (maybe timeline can be week 0-2, week2-6, week6+ .I would also like to know the number of students who after dropping ENGR121 or 122 switch degrees/majors or drop out of uni directly after dropping out of the course. This would be for each year in the history of the course too.
e.g ENGR121 2017 no. of course drops: 19 , weeks0-2:12, weeks 2-6: 5, week 6+: 2, no of uni dropouts: 3, no of major switches: 13)

In addition, (I know this may not be possible due to privacy reasons) do you have any statistics as to what courses people switch into after dropping these courses e.g. 50% of people who drop ENGR121 will switch into MATH151, or can you provide any data that would allow me to analyse and extract this kind of statistics.

Could this information please be supplied in CSV format for easy analysis.

Yours faithfully,
M. Whytock

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Ngâ mihi nui

Georgia Tawharu
Adviser, Information Access and Copyright – Legal Services
Victoria University of Wellington | Te Whare Wânanga o te Ûpoko o te Ika a Mâui

Phone: 04 463 5249
Room 213, Hunter Building
Gate 2 Kelburn Parade PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
 
This message and any attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy any copies of this e-mail.