Kia ora BR

We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

If we have any questions or need to seek clarification on any points we will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond to your request as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the date your request was received (by 3 March 2022). If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.

Ngā mihi
Kelsey

Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator

Official Information Requests, Office of the Registrar | University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo | New Zealand | Aotearoa | Email/Īmera [email address]

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Kia ora BR

I refer to your information request dated 2 February 2022 made under the Official Information Act 1982 (Act). You have requested grade breakdowns for the 2021 LAWS413, LAWS467 and LAWS488 papers.

Please see attached a spreadsheet that shows the information you have requested.

For privacy and student wellbeing reasons, we have withheld the lowest failing mark (where applicable) for each paper. Revealing these marks would provide personal information about the lowest failing mark a student in the class could have achieved. We therefore withhold this information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act, and we do not consider that the reasons for withholding this information is outweighed by other considerations which would make it desirable in the public interest to make the information available.

It is also the University's standard practice to not report on marks which relate to less than 5 students where we consider that such disclosure could affect an individual's privacy and wellbeing. Where the numbers are very low, there there is a risk that the identity of these students could be determined/inferred, and that their personal information (i.e. their grades) could be revealed. We note that where the grade is Fail E, as there are less than 5 students, we have indicated this using <5 - again to protect the privacy and wellbeing of these students pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act.

We trust that this information will be helpful.

We note your right to seek a review of these decisions via a complaint to an Ombudsman. However, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.

Ngā mihi
Kelsey

Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email | Īmera [University of Otago request email]

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