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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 22 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

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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I refer to your information request dated 22 February 2022 made under the
Official Information Act 1982 (Act). You have requested the mark
breakdowns for the 2021 200-level Genetics and Zoology papers, as well as
the mark breakdowns of GENE312, GENE313, GENE314, GENE315, GENE360,
ZOOL315 and ZOOL316.

 

Subject to the comments below, please find attached the information you
have requested. Please note that there are four sheets in the attached
document.

 

o For privacy and student wellbeing reasons, we have withheld the lowest
failing mark 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 are outweighed by other
considerations which would make it desirable in the public interest to
make the information available.

 

o 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 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 mark is Fail D, Fail E, Fail, Aegrotat, Failed Terms or Failed
Compulsory Assessment, where 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.

 

o Students who withdrew from GENE or ZOOL papers are excluded from the
data.

 

I 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 [1][University of Otago request email]

 

 

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